Afternoon and Matinee Shows in Las Vegas in 2026, Sorted by Start Time

The Strip's dead zone is 2 to 6 p.m.: too hot for the pool in summer, too early for dinner, and the big theaters are dark. That gap is where the city's afternoon shows live, and they are priced like it. Nothing below costs more than a Cirque ticket except the Sphere screening and Jabbawockeez, most cost under $50, and the same-day discount booths cut deepest on matinees. Times and days come from our show pages as of September 27, 2026; prices are the lowest listed seat before fees.

The short list

• Best afternoon show: Mac King at Excalibur, 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, $45.
• Cheapest: Farrell Dillon at 4:30 p.m., $19, and Jen Kramer at 5 p.m. on weekends, $19.99.
• For small children: Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, 2:30 p.m. daily, $27.
• Big production before dark: KÀ at 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, from $69.
• Adults-only brunch: Hamburger Mary's drag brunch, noon Friday through Sunday, $34.79.

Late morning: the brunch shows (weekends)

Weekend brunch is the Strip's earliest showtime, and most of it is drag. Drag Your Sass to Brunch at Hamburger Mary's seats at noon Friday through Sunday with a 2:30 p.m. second seating on Saturday and Sunday, 90 minutes, $34.79, strictly 21 and over; arrive at doors with cash singles, because tipping is the engine of the show. Faaabulous! at the Rio runs 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, 70 minutes, $44.98, 21 and over, and Drag Brunch Las Vegas, the ten-year Voss Events show now at Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip, plays 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $55, 21 and over. Punk Rock Brunch at the Rio is the loud alternative at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, 60 minutes, $50. The all-ages option is Motown Brunch at Alexis Park, 11 a.m. Sundays, $59, 90 minutes.

Sphere's The Wizard of Oz screens at 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. on most dates, 75 minutes, intended for six and up, from $130 with every guest needing a ticket: the cheapest way into the dome, and still a $130 movie.

1:30 to 3 p.m.

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater is the anchor of this slot: a circus veteran and rescued cats and dogs at the V Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops, 2:30 p.m. daily with a 4 p.m. show on some dates, 70 minutes, $27, no age restriction. It is the best cheap afternoon on the Strip for families with young kids; adults without children may find it long. Mac King at Excalibur follows at 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 70 minutes, $45, ages 5 and up: twenty-plus years of proof that the slot works, and the one show that gets better with kids in the room.

On weekends, BattleBots Destruct-A-Thon behind Horseshoe runs a 2 p.m. show Saturday and Sunday, 75 minutes, $50, all ages and very loud (pack earplugs for kids), and The King Comes Home at the Westgate, Elvis's own residency hotel, plays a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee, 90 minutes, $41, ages 5 and up. Stripper 101 is a 1:30 p.m. daily pole class rather than a show, $59.98, women 18 and over.

4 p.m.: the cheapest hour on the Strip

Four shows share the 4 o'clock curtain and none costs more than $29. Nathan Burton plays daily inside FlyOver at the Showcase Mall, 70 minutes, $25, all ages. Paranormal Mind Reading Magic, a champion mentalist, plays Wednesday through Sunday at Horseshoe, 75 minutes, $29, ages 5 and up, and it holds adults as well as children. Adam London's Laughternoon runs Thursday through Monday at the Ahern Hotel off the north Strip, 75 minutes, about $23 with fees, all ages. Allstars of Magic at the V Theater plays Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, $26 at its usual promo price, family-friendly, with no guaranteed lineup. America - The Show at Alexis Park adds a 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday slot at $37.95.

4:30 p.m.

Farrell Dillon at The Magicians Room on the LINQ Promenade is the lowest price on this page, $19 before fees and about $36 all-in, Thursday through Monday, 90 minutes, family-friendly with 8 and up suggested. The same half hour on Saturday and Sunday is the earliest Cirque curtain in town: KÀ at MGM Grand plays 4:30 and 7 p.m. on weekends, 90 minutes, from $69, ages 3 and up with an adult; sit central and high for the near-vertical battle deck.

5 p.m.

Blue Man Group at Luxor runs a 5 p.m. show most days ahead of the 8 p.m., 90 minutes, from $68, all ages with three and up recommended; it is the family showtime. The Magic of Jen Kramer at the Westgate Cabaret plays 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, 75 minutes, $19.99, ages 5 and up with a paying adult, and the Westgate has its own Monorail station. House of Magic at Silver Sevens, a mile off the Strip, runs 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, $35, family-friendly with a PG-13 label, and Spirit of the King, an Elvis show at Notoriety downtown, plays 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $48, ages 3 and up. Two tribute concerts fill weekdays: Carpenters Legacy at the V Theater, 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, $59.98, and All Tina and Whitney at the LaMarre Theater, 5 p.m. Wednesdays, $56. In holiday weeks WOW at the Rio adds 5 p.m. matinees to its usual 7 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Jabbawockeez at MGM Grand plays 5:30 and 8 p.m., dark Tuesday, with occasional 2 p.m. matinees, 70 minutes, $92, all ages; buy proximity, because the footwork disappears from the rear. VEGAS! THE SHOW at the Saxe Theater plays 5:30 and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 75 minutes, $49, all ages, and Soul of Motown at the Westgate runs 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, $59, ages 5 and up; on those nights it pairs with Jen Kramer's room for two shows on one Monorail ride. The King Comes Home adds a 5:30 p.m. Tuesday show.

6 p.m.: dinner shows and early curtains

Tournament of Kings at Excalibur seats at 6 p.m. Thursday through Monday with a second 8:30 seating most of those nights, 90 minutes, $75 with the dinner included, all ages (under-threes free on a lap). Australian Bee Gees in the same hotel plays 6 p.m. nightly except Friday, 70 minutes, $41, ages 5 and up. All Shook Up, the nightly Elvis show at Alexis Park, is 6 p.m. every night, $58, all ages. L.A. Comedy Club at The STRAT runs a 6 p.m. set before its 8 and 10 p.m. shows, about $40, ages 15 and up with a guardian. For adults, Ghost Stories fills a 38-seat hidden room at Mandalay Place at 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday, $85, 21 and over, and BattleBots adds 6 p.m. shows Wednesday and Friday.

Why the afternoon is the better ticket

Three reasons, and none is about quality. The discount booths cut hardest on matinees, so the $45 Mac King ticket and the $25 Nathan Burton ticket are the ones most likely to drop further the day of; see how to get cheap Las Vegas show tickets. An afternoon curtain leaves the evening for a Cirque show or a dinner that matters, which is how two shows fit one day. And a 3 or 4 p.m. start gets a child through a show and into bed before the casino floors get loud; the age rules for every family pick are in family-friendly shows in Las Vegas. For the full budget field, the best cheap shows under $50; for how these compare with the headline evening shows, the best Las Vegas shows.