Vegas: After Hours opens its tour at Fareham Live on Saturday 3 October, with a matinee added at 2.30pm and an evening show at 7.30pm. Tickets £37 to £63.50.

Fareham gets the first night of a national tour on Saturday 3 October, when five Strictly Come Dancing professionals open Vegas: After Hours at Fareham Live. Brendan Cole, James Jordan, Pasha Kovalev, Vincent Simone and Ian Waite play the Main Auditorium twice that day, and every other town on the tour sees the show after Fareham has.

Demand has already changed the running order. The date began as a single evening performance and now carries a 2.30pm matinee as well, which is what the asterisk beside Fareham means on the tour poster and on the tour’s own date list: “includes a matinee performance”. Only four of the tour’s stops have one.

The evening show starts at 7.30pm. Tickets for both run from £37 to £63.50, and Fareham Live’s listing currently flags the date as selling fast. Those figures come from the venue’s own booking system, read on 10 September 2026.

Tour poster for The Legends in Vegas: After Hours, listing Fareham Live on 3 October at the top of the date list
The tour poster, with Fareham first on the list of dates and marked "MAT ADDED". Photo: supplied by Planet Earth Publicity

What is on stage

The show is the third outing for the same five dancers, after Legends of The Dance Floor in 2024 and The Return of The Legends in 2025. The producers, Senbla, describe a Las Vegas theme carried by the five men and what the press material calls “their incredible female dance partners”, set to a soundtrack “inspired by the greatest Las Vegas performers of all time”.

The publicity does not undersell it: “Neon lights and electric nights, roulette tables spinning, glamorous showgirls, dazzling casinos, desert sunsets, lavish pool parties, whirlwind weddings, iconic hotels and world-class entertainment.”

The dancers put it more plainly. Brendan Cole, who danced in every series of Strictly from its launch in 2004 until 2017 and won the first Glitterball with Natasha Kaplinsky, said: “Anyone who saw our last two shows will tell you that a Vegas-themed show is the perfect next step for us. We are the Rat Pack of dance, and we’re going to have a Vegas-style party. It’s going to be a riot.”

Vincent Simone, an Olivier Award nominee who joined Strictly in 2006 and reached the final with Rachel Stevens, said: “As if I haven’t got myself into enough trouble every single night of our last two tours together, our brand new show is inspired by Sin City. What could possibly go wrong? I can’t wait for everybody to find out!”

James Jordan, who was runner-up with Denise Van Outen in 2012, said: “We spent the last two years proving to everyone that we’ve still got it, so as long as my body holds up, I look forward to bringing our most dazzling dance spectacular yet, with my brothers in dance, to audiences across the UK.”

Ian Waite, another of the original 2004 professionals and later the man behind “Waite’s Warm-Up” on It Takes Two, said: “After having an absolute blast on tour with the guys, it’s now all about Vegas: After Hours for 2026. Maximum glitz, maximum glamour. I’m already there.”

Pasha Kovalev, who holds the show’s record for the most perfect 10s and won in 2014 with Caroline Flack, said: “Vegas, baby! Can’t wait for this tour. The Legends shows have been such a blast, but I’ve got a feeling Vegas: After Hours is going to top them all!”

The career details above are as given in the tour’s press material.

The tour after Fareham

From Fareham the run goes to Crewe on 4 October and finishes at the New Theatre in Cardiff on 8 November. The press release calls it a 30-date tour; the date list on the tour’s own website runs to 31, and the two lists differ in their detail. The release has two nights at Hall for Cornwall in Truro and no Oxford date, while the website lists one Truro date with a matinee and adds Oxford New Theatre on 30 October. Either way, Fareham is first.

Vegas: After Hours at Fareham Live, the practical details Key facts panel. Date Saturday 3 October 2026. Two performances, 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm evening. Tickets 37 pounds to 63.50 pounds. Venue Fareham Live, Osborn Road, PO16 7DB, Main Auditorium. It is the opening night of a tour that runs to 8 November in Cardiff. Vegas: After Hours at Fareham Live Opening night of the 2026 tour DATE Sat 3 October PERFORMANCES 2.30pm, 7.30pm TICKETS £37 to £63.50 VENUE Fareham Live, Osborn Road, PO16 7DB, Main Auditorium AND AFTER THAT Crewe on 4 October, ending in Cardiff on 8 November Source: Fareham Live booking system and legendsofthedancefloor.com, read 10 September 2026. Graphic by Fareham News.
Graphic by Fareham News. Times and prices are the venue's own, read on 10 September 2026.

What it means for you

Book through the venue or Ticketmaster, not a reseller. Fareham Live sells the date directly at trafalgartickets.com, and the tour points people to the venues, Ticketmaster and legendsofthedancefloor.com. The £37 figure is the cheapest seat on sale rather than a flat price, and it moves as seats go.

The matinee and the evening cost the same but not to park. Fareham Live is on Osborn Road, in the middle of town. Town centre car park charges run Monday to Saturday from 8am to 6pm, so a 2.30pm matinee is a paid stay and the 7.30pm show is not: after 6pm the town centre car parks are free. The tariffs and the car park by car park detail are on our parking in Fareham page.

If you are driving in, check the roads first. Our Fareham roadworks and travel page carries the current closures.

It is not the only thing booked into Fareham Live this season. The venue’s pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, runs from 11 December to 3 January, and there is more to do locally in our guide to things to do in Fareham.

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