The clowns play trumpets and saxophones during a six-minute act as part of Zippo's Circus, one of the UK's biggest travelling circuses.
But Birmingham council officials said the clowns were in breach of licensing laws.
Show organisers had to pull all music from the act, leaving the circus with silent clowns.
Circus owner Martin Burton claimed the clowns were being picked on as other acts can use instruments and a live keyboard throughout was deemed legitimate.
He said: "I'm a big fan of silent comedy but this is nonsense. Live music is an essential part of traditional clowning.
"It's absolutely ridiculous. It just highlights how ridiculous the Licensing Act is with regards to the circus.
"We had to take the music out. The clowns are from Spain, I explained the situation to them and now they think the English are mad.
Officials said the circus could apply for a licence for the clowns to play.
But Mr Burton said: "Applying for licenses takes an incredible amount of time and resources, ours and the taxpayer's money.
"We are currently trying to persuade the government that circuses should be exempt from this ludicrous legislation. Let's hope they see sense."
This is what happens when you give powers to petty minded, dim witted wankers who believe that a rule book and a clipboard is all one needs to get by.
Now as much as I fucking dispise clowns, pedophiles in strange outfits I happen to hate the braindead fucks in local authorities even more.
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Anywhere else in the world, any country or town, they would just either ignore the law or turn a blind eye, in fact wouldn't even give it a second thought.
This is Labour Britain though.
Oh come on, clowns are not pedophiles in strange outfits, well hopefully not too many of them.
None the less, when i read the title of the post, i couldn't help but think, what, they've banned themselves, that's a first!
"This is what happens when you give powers to petty minded, dim witted wankers...."
Nuff said, time to take those powers back and keep them from these wankers.
mk, I really have a problem with clowns just something about them that makes me want to punch them, like Guardian readers, BBC reporters, Polly Toynbee and Labour supporters and MP's.
The pedo comment stands, if they -clowns - don't like it they can cry to some human rights lawyer.
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