Everything you need to know about the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Live 2025 tour

After action-packed season 33 Dancing with the stars finale, fans are now firmly focused on the DWTS Live 2025 tour.

The return of the national event, which was confirmed during the October 7 episode of the hit ABC reality TV series, will feature an array of professional dancers, including Emma Slater, Gleb Savchenko And Rylee Arnold. The October announcement also teased that several guests from season 33 would join the live production.

Now the 2024 season of DWTS has been finalized, a handful of these guests have been confirmed, including the tour’s cohost and three high-profile contestants from Season 33.

The showcase will kick off in January 2025 at the Altria Theater in Richmond, Virginia and will visit a total of 68 cities before landing at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for a final show in April 2025.

“Dancing with the stars is extremely popular with millions of fans who watch our TV show every week, yet so few can come to Hollywood and land a coveted spot in our live studio audience,” Ryan O’Dowdexecutive producer of BBC Studios for DWTSsaid in a statement in October. “With the DWTS Tour, we’re excited to unlock a rare and unique opportunity for our fans to experience live and in person the magic they see on TV every week.

The statement continued: “Watching the TV show is brilliant, but when you see gravity-defying performances right in front of you and feel the thrill of some of the most powerful performances ever seen on the dance floor, it’s a whole new phenomenon. “

Keep scrolling for everything you need to know about the DWTS Live 2025 tour.

When is the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 tour?

The event kicks off on January 7, 2025 at the Altria Theater in Richmond, Virginia and will take place in a total of 68 cities before concluding on April 5, 2025 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

Which cities will the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 tour take place in?

The fun extends across the US with shows in Baltimore, Morristown, Portland, Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Nashville, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and beyond.

For a full list of cities and ticket information, check out the website.

Who is organizing the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 tour?

Former Penn State gymnast Stefanus Nedoroscik was confirmed as cohost of the event on Tuesday, November 26, the same day as the DWTS final. The two-time Olympic medalist, 26, a vaulting horse specialist, and his season 33 partner Arnold, finished fourth on the night.

Nedoroscik put in some serious work to ensure his transition from gymnasium to the dance floor was a success. A TikTok video posted by 19-year-old Arnold on Saturday, November 23, showed the pair recording themselves trying to remember when The Rembrandts’ ‘I’ll Be There for You’ contained the famous clapping part.

“Put the volume way down and tried to see who could clap to the beat,” Arnold captioned the clip. “What’s even more fun is that we’re dancing to this song for one of our dances in the finals!!!!”

Which stars will appear on the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour?

2024 DWTS champion, Joey Graziadeiis confirmed to be joining the tour, as are fellow season 33 contestants Chandler Kinney And Ilona Maher.

What benefits will be seen during the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 tour?

The DWTS guests join a roll call of seasoned veterans, including Graziadei’s winning partner, Jenna JohnsonLeader, 35, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Britt Stewart, Daniella Karagach, Gleb Savchenko, Pasha PachkovArnold and Ezra Sosa.

Who isn’t going on the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 tour?

Many Season 33 contestants will not be participating in the tour Tori spelling, Eric Roberts, Brooks Nader And Jen Tran.

Tran has been especially vocal about her disappointment at not receiving an invite, revealing via an Instagram video posted on Wednesday, November 20, that she had indeed received a call about the tour — it just wasn’t the call she had hoped for.

“I’m not going on tour, which is a shame because I really wanted to go,” Tran told her fans in the clip. “I felt like with the tour I would be able to keep this feeling and this dancing moment that I had a little longer.”

The Bachelor party alum, 27, added that she “started sobbing” when she received the news, which “felt silly.” Tran explained, “I’m crying because I can’t dance, when two months ago I didn’t even know I liked dancing.”