NATIONAL HARBOR. Md. (November 26, 2025) – Dancing with the Stars is returning to the DMV for two back-to-back shows, with the tour scheduled to make a stop at The Theater at MGM National Harbor on February 20 and 21, 2026. This year’s all-new stage show will feature your favorite dancers from the #1 hit television show. They’ll be performing brand-new numbers dreamed up by Emmy award-winning choreographer Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour) as well as some of the viral routines that launched a million TikToks. Come relive DWTS’ smash-hit, record-breaking 34th season live and in person!
Seven DWTS Season 34 fan favorites and finalists will join the tour for select dates! Live in National Harbor, Comedian Andy Richter will serve double duty as host. Other shows will feature Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel (who will also join as co-host), Parent Trap and Freakier Friday actress Elaine Hendrix (co-hosting as well as dancing) will join the tour as special guest co-hosts. DWTS season 34 finalists, content creator and The Traitors winner Dylan Efron, Team USA champion gymnast Jordan Chiles, and wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin are all thrilled to be joining the tour for select shows. DWTS pro Witney Carson will join Robert to perform in select cities.
Tickets are on sale now! Grab seats for the February 20 and the February 21 shows on Ticketmaster. The cast is subject to change. “Dancing with the Stars: Live!” is produced by Faculty Productions in association with BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions.
About Faculty Productions:
Faculty, formed by veteran manager and producer Jared Paul in partnership with Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment company, produces and creates world-class live branded entertainment and concerts. Faculty is responsible for some of the most successful global touring productions including the Faculty-managed New Kids on the Block recently completed 46-city Magic Summer 2024 Tour, which sold over 500,000 tickets, and the upcoming multi-year Las Vegas Residency: The Right Stuff, set to open in June 2025; and the Big Time Rush 2023 Can’t Get Enough Tour and 2024’s sold-out EU/UK and Australia/Asia Tours. Big Time Rush returned in 2022 after 9 years with sold out shows in the US and Mexico including stops at legendary venues such as Madison Square Garden. In 2022, Faculty produced the first-ever CHEER LIVE tour with stars from the Netflix series, are the long-time producers of the Dancing with the Stars: Live! Tour, and producers of Move Live on Tour (Derek Hough and Julianne Hough), Glee Live! In Concert!, America’s Got Talent Live!, American Idol Live!, and So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour. In 2017, Faculty and Paul created the acclaimed immersive pop-up art exhibit HAPPY PLACE, which started in Los Angeles before moving to locations across the US and Canada and most recently to Sydney, Australia and New Zealand. In 2023-2024, Faculty produced COCOMELON PARTY TIME an all-new, first-of-its-kind, kid-centric event centering on JJ, Cody & friends from the hugely popular children’s program CoComelon, the #2 most subscribed YouTube channel in the world with over 400 million views per month. Party Time has visited 28 cities thus far across the US and Canada entertaining thousands of families.
About BBC Studios
The main commercial arm of BBC Commercial Ltd, BBC Studios generated revenues in the last year of £1.8 billion and a third consecutive year of profits of over £200 million. Able to take an idea seamlessly from thought to screen and beyond, the business is built on two operating areas: the Content Studio, which produces, invests and distributes content globally and Media & Streaming, with BBC branded channels, services including bbc.com and BritBox International and joint ventures in the UK and internationally. The business made more than 2,800 hours of award-winning British programs last year for a wide selection of public service and commercial broadcasters and platforms, both in the UK and across the globe. Its content is internationally recognized across a broad range of genres and specialisms and includes world-famous brands like Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars, the Planet series, Bluey and Doctor Who.
In the U.S, BBC Studios operates both a distribution business and one of its major production units. The production unit, based in Los Angeles, creates and produces adaptations of UK programs, as well as all new original programs, for linear and digital platforms in the U.S. This production unit is responsible for the phenomenally successful, Emmy®-winning Dancing with the Stars, the multi-award-winning Life Below Zero franchise, the popular quiz show, Celebrity Weakest Link, the US version of the global sensation The 1% Club, the revved up Top Gear America, and the survival competition series Outlast. In scripted, the team has achieved success adapting British hits such as Ghosts, for top U.S. broadcast networks.
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DWTS Live Tour Publicist: Ingrid Meilan
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About MGM National Harbor
Located in an unrivaled setting, MGM National Harbor offers stunning panoramic views of the Eastern shore of the Potomac River in Maryland. The $1.4 billion LEED® Gold Certified resort sits a short distance from Washington, D.C. to the north and historic sites, including George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate across the river in Virginia. The 24-story, 308-room resort features premier amenities and experiences for locals as well as visitors from around the world including a dynamic two-level casino with over 160,000 square feet of space that includes slots, table games, and poker; a world-class spa and salon; an entertainment theater with flexible seating for up to 3,000; high-end branded retail; 50,000 square feet of meeting space; and restaurants from renowned local, national, and international chefs. MGM National Harbor is owned by MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). For more information, visit mgmnationalharbor.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Media Contacts
Joseph Pudlick, MGM National Harbor, jpudlick@mgmnationalharbor.com
Charisse McDaniel, MGM National Harbor, cmcdaniel@mgmnationalharbor.com
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