Currently Jim Rose is one of 4 contributors to the Fraud, Scam, Rip Off and Con Artists BEWARE website. The not-for-profit site's goal is to empower with knowledge.The second part of their mission's statement is to learn what triggers human behavior so that the information can be used in legal ways for DIY marketing strategies.

Jim is teaching these skill sets to underground artists to help them fight the big entertainment promotion machines.

The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus freak show with spoken word about human nature and how to protect ourselves from scams,fraud,rip offs and cons. Done in a hilarious story telling style with tricks and stunts happening everywhere. It was founded in Seattle by Jim Rose in the early 1990s. The circus came to prominence as at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival, then called the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow. Rolling Stone magazine called it "the absolute must-see act" and USA Today termed Rose "Lollapalooza's word-of-mouth hit attraction".

After Lollapalooza, in 1993 Jim Rose headlined seven world tours and released a self-titled video on Rick Rubin's American Recordings that quickly became a cult classic.

In 1994 The Jim Rose Circus was chosen to tour with Nine Inch Nails and a then-unknown Marilyn Manson, and later with KoRn and Godsmack. 1998 saw another world tour featuring women sumo wrestling, Mexican transvestite wrestling and chain saw football. The show landed Rose and troupe in Lubbock Texas Jail and was later banned from New Zealand. Both of those issues were settled 4 months later. "That was one of my highest grossing shows," Rose claimed. It reportedly netted over 4 million dollars.

Jim Rose was also the top ticket of the Melbourne (Australia), New Zealand and Edinburgh (Scotland) Fringe and Comedy Festivals.

In 2009 Jim Rose joined with professional wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts for The Legends Collide Tour, a forty city campaign heralded as "Jake Roberts conquering his troubled past" amidst " pretty girls, wrestling, amazing circus stunts... and a fist fight". .

2010 Jim Rose worked w/ Guns N Roses,Stone Temple Pilots,God Smack, and Alice Coopers first ever Halloween shows in London.Jim also did a 1 month engagement at the Palms casino in Las Vegas.