The 15 Best Cheap Shows in Las Vegas (Under $50) in 2026

A $19 ticket to a working magician on the LINQ Promenade and a $138 seat at O are both Las Vegas shows, and the gap between them is not fifteen times the quality. Below the big-production tier the Strip runs dozens of 70 to 90 minute shows in cabarets, mall theaters and casino showrooms, and the good ones are very good. This list picks fifteen that play every week, cost $50 or less for the cheapest listed seat, and hold up next to shows at three times the price. Prices are the lowest listed seats on our show pages as of September 27, 2026 and exclude fees unless we say otherwise; expect $10 to $17 in fees on most of them, and see how to get cheap Las Vegas show tickets for the discount booths and timing tricks that push these numbers lower.

The short list

• Cheapest good ticket: Farrell Dillon at The Magicians Room, $19 (about $36 all-in), 4:30 p.m.
• Best afternoon: Mac King at Excalibur, $45, 3 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, ages 5 and up.
• Best under $30: Paranormal Mind Reading Magic at Horseshoe, $29, 4 p.m.
• Best full production: WOW at the Rio, $45, 90 minutes of acrobats and water effects.
• Best headliner at the cap: Mat Franco at The LINQ, $50, 7 p.m. most nights.
• Best for adults only: Zombie Burlesque, $39, or Vinnie Favorito downtown, $38.

1. Mac King Comedy Magic Show, $45

Mac King has played a 3 p.m. slot for more than twenty years, now in the Thunderland Showroom at Excalibur, Tuesday through Saturday, 70 minutes, ages 5 and up. Clean, quick and built around a goldfish, a cloak of invisibility and volunteers from the crowd, it is the rare show that gets better when you bring children. The $45 face price is the honest number; this is also one of the most reliably discounted tickets at the same-day booths. Skip it only if you need an evening curtain or spectacle.

2. Farrell Dillon at The Magicians Room, $19

Farrell Dillon is the lowest price on this page and not the lowest quality: a magician with real television credits in a small room on the LINQ Promenade, 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Monday, 90 minutes. Fees roughly double the $19 to about $36 all-in, still the best magic per dollar on the mid-Strip. Family-friendly, though the performer himself suggests 8 and up for some of the humor. Dark Tuesday and Wednesday.

3. Nathan Burton Comedy Magic Show, $25

A 4 p.m. show in the Nathan Burton Theater inside FlyOver at the Showcase Mall, right on the center Strip: 70 minutes, all ages, breezy comedy magic with big props and a lot of audience help. Nathan Burton works as the anchor of a family afternoon before dinner. Watch the price: resale sites list the same $25 seat at $150 and above, and people pay it. Buy through the box office or a discount booth.

4. Paranormal Mind Reading Magic, $29

Frédéric Da Silva is a European champion mentalist doing a 4 p.m. matinee in the Laugh Factory Showroom at Horseshoe Las Vegas, Wednesday through Sunday, 75 minutes, ages 5 and up. Paranormal is the best sub-$30 ticket on the Strip and the best afternoon show for adults who find kids' magic tedious. VIP buys the front section, which also makes you the likeliest volunteer.

5. Mike Hammer Comedy Magic, $45

Downtown's best show for the money: Mike Hammer in the Canyon Club at the Four Queens, 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 70 minutes, recommended for 13 and up. The language is clean and the stunts are edgy, and the whole show runs on pulling people out of their seats. General admission sees everything in a room this size, so keep the VIP money for the Fremont Street bars afterward. Wrong ticket if you hate being part of the act.

6. Mat Franco, $50

The America's Got Talent winner has his own theater at The LINQ, 7 p.m. most nights with an occasional 9:30 second show and limited Wednesday dates, 90 minutes, ages 5 and up. Mat Franco is the friendliest big-name magic show in town, improvised around the audience rather than built on hardware. The $50 lowest seat sits exactly at this list's cap, and the cheap rows are fine: his close-up work goes onto screens.

7. Piff the Magic Dragon, $39

A man in a dragon costume, a chihuahua named Mr. Piffles and card magic that is far better than the deadpan act lets on. Piff plays the Flamingo Showroom at the Flamingo, 7 p.m. Saturday through Thursday, 75 minutes, ages 8 and up. The one trap is the calendar: he is dark on Friday, not Monday. If your group wants the full experience, seat the most easily embarrassed person on the aisle.

8. WOW - The Vegas Spectacular, $45

WOW is the closest thing to a Cirque production at half the ticket: aerialists, acrobats and water effects in the Rio Showroom, 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, 90 minutes, ages 4 and up on the Rio's listing. Holiday weeks shuffle the schedule with 5 p.m. matinees and 6 p.m. starts, so check the date. The trade-offs are honest ones: water effects rather than a water stage, and a rideshare off the Strip rather than a walk.

9. V - The Ultimate Variety Show, $34

Twelve acts in 75 minutes, 7 p.m. nightly at the V Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, all ages. V is the dependable first-night sampler: jugglers, comedians, aerialists and impersonators rotate, and no single act runs long enough to fail badly. It has run permanent promotions for years, so $30 to $34 is the true price; never pay list and skip VIP in a room this small.

10. Zombie Burlesque, $39

A campy comedy-horror musical revue in the same V Theater, 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 75 minutes, ages 16 and up for the innuendo. Zombie Burlesque is the best dumb fun per dollar on the mid-Strip, ideal for a group with cheap seats and low expectations. Anyone who needs production polish, or actual burlesque, should look elsewhere. Dark Sunday.

11. Colin Cloud Mastermind, $45

The thinking crowd's alternative to illusion shows: Scottish mentalist Colin Cloud in Harrah's Cabaret at Harrah's, 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 90 minutes, ages 10 and up. The 7 p.m. start pairs with a 9:30 headliner elsewhere for a two-show evening. Sit somewhere visible only if you are willing to become the evidence; he reads the room, literally.

12. Vinnie Favorito Unfiltered, $38

The realest crowd-work comedy in Las Vegas: Vinnie Favorito at Notoriety on the third floor of Neonopolis downtown, Friday through Sunday at 9 p.m., 75 minutes, strictly 18 and up. Nobody in the front tables leaves unroasted, and that is the product. Take a back-row seat with a drink if you would rather watch the front rows get dismantled than join them.

13. The Magic of Jen Kramer, $19.99

The best cheap magic ticket nobody talks about: Jen Kramer, a credentialed headliner in the intimate Westgate Cabaret at the Westgate, 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, 75 minutes, ages 5 and up with a paying adult. The Westgate has its own Monorail station, which makes the off-Strip address painless, and the 5 p.m. curtain lines up with the room's 7:30 show for a double bill.

14. Adam London Laughternoon, $23

Comedy magic at 4 p.m., Thursday through Monday, in The Showroom at the Ahern Hotel just off the Strip's north end: 75 minutes, all ages, about $23 with fees. Laughternoon is the cheapest genuinely good family hour in the city, from a comic who has mastered the matinee crowd. Out by 5 with the evening open; the Sahara and The STRAT are within a mile for an early dinner.

15. VEGAS! THE SHOW, $49

The only full-scale, live-orchestra tribute to old Las Vegas still running: the Rat Pack, Elvis and showgirls in 75 minutes at the Saxe Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, all ages. VEGAS! THE SHOW is the single best cross-generational ticket on this page; take the grandparents. Buy at face, never resale, because its availability makes any markup a pure trap.

Also worth the money

• Comedy Cellar at the Rio, from $32, the New York club's Vegas room with rotating headliners, 18 and up.
• Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at MGM Grand, from $45, 8 p.m., the intimate-room alternative to the big-theater comics.
• Hypnosis Unleashed with Kevin Lepine, Four Queens, $34, 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday: a coin-flip by design that lands funny far more often than not.
• The Conjurors, $44, two-performer parlor magic at The Magicians Room, 6:30 p.m., through its last 2026 Strip date on October 25.
• Queen Selena and Sir Elton at the Piano, $44.95 each, live-band tributes at Alexis Park a mile off the Strip.

The full list of shows under the cap, sorted live from our catalog, is at shows under $50.

What $50 does not buy

Nothing from Cirque du Soleil: Mystère at Treasure Island is the cheapest of them from about $59, and it is the one to stretch for if the budget has any give. Penn & Teller start at $58, Shin Lim at $65, Blue Man Group at $68 and Tape Face at $69. Sphere, the big-name residencies and the celebrity comedians run from roughly $70 to several hundred dollars, and their cheap tiers vanish first. For where those fit against the value shows, see the best Las Vegas shows and how to choose a show.

How to keep the number low

Three habits matter more than any list. Buy afternoon: five shows above start between 3 and 5 p.m., and matinees are where the deepest discounts live. Buy midweek: a Tuesday seat at the same show is routinely cheaper than a Saturday one. Buy from the box office, an official promotion or a same-day discount booth rather than a marketplace, because the resale spread on a $25 show can be six times face. The rest of the playbook, including which shows never discount, is in cheap Las Vegas show tickets; the wider trip budget is in Las Vegas on a budget.