2019 Spring/Summer Skating Shows
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A schedule of major shows taking place during the remainder of the 2018-19 season and the 2019 off season. This is not a comprehensive list; many other shows will also be held in various locations during the off season. More information will be added to this post as it appears. Casts are subject to change; check the websites for updates.
See also: Figure Skating Event Calendar
LAST UPDATED: Sept. 2, 2019
STARS ON ICE: JAPAN (website)
Time and place: Mar. 29-31, Osaka, Japan
Cast: Shoma Uno, Stephane Lambiel, Javier Fernandez, Nathan Chen, Junhwan Cha, Deniss Vasiljevs, Koshiro Shimada, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Kanako Murakami, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, more
Broadcast: Mar. 31 at 11:55-15:00, TBS1 (live)
Notes: The annual Japanese leg of the Stars on Ice tour.
STARS ON ICE: USA (website)
Time and place: Apr. 18 - May 18, various locations (more info)
Cast: (see website for exact dates) Nathan Chen, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Ashley Wagner, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, Jason Brown, Mirai Nagasu, Jeremy Abbott, Bradie Tennell, Vincent Zhou, Kurt Browning, Alysa Liu, more
Broadcast: ???
Notes: Currently the largest touring ice show in North America. Not all skaters will skate at all the shows; see website for details.
THIN-Q ICE FANTASIA (instagram)
Time and place: Apr. 19-21, Seoul, South Korea
Cast: Junhwan Cha, Evgenia Medvedeva, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Jason Brown, Boyang Jin, Elladj Balde, Rika Kihira, Kaetlyn Osmond, Cheng Peng/Yang Jin, more
Broadcast: Apr. 20, KBS2 (live)
Notes: Ice show sponsored by LG Electronics, directed by Brian Orser and choreography by Shae-Lynn Bourne. First held in 2018.
CHAMPIONS ON ICE
Time and place: Apr. 20, Krasnodar, Russia
Cast: Alina Zagitova, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Morisi Kvitelashvili, Maxim Kovtun, Kamila Valieva, Daniil Samsonov, more
Broadcast: Video archive
Notes: A new show developed by Eteri Tutberidze, mainly starring students from her school with other Russian skaters as special guests.
STARS ON ICE: CANADA (website)
Time and place: Apr. 26 - May 16, various locations (more info)
Cast: (see website for exact dates) Patrick Chan, Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko, Kaetlyn Osmond, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Evgenia Medvedeva, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Nam Nguyen, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, Stephen Gogolev, more
Broadcast: ???
Notes: Currently the largest touring ice show in North America. Not all skaters will skate at all the shows; see website for details.
PRINCE ICE WORLD: YOKOHAMA (website)
Time and place: Apr. 27-29, May 3-5, Yokohama, Japan
Cast: (see website for exact dates) Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Kanako Murakami, Shoma Uno, Keiji Tanaka, Kazuki Tomono, Marin Honda, Miyu Honda, Sara Honda, Wakaba Higuchi, Sota Yamamoto, Mako Yamashita, Tatsuya Tsuboi, more
Broadcast: May 19 at 14:00 JST, BS Japan
Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show.
FANTASY ON ICE: MAKUHARI (website)
Time and place: May 24-26, Chiba, Japan
Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, Shizuka Arakawa, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, more
Broadcast: May 27 at 21:00 JST, BS Asahi
Notes: Annual ice show in Japan, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers.
FANTASY ON ICE: SENDAI (website)
Time and place: May 31 - June 2, Sendai, Japan
Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, Shizuka Arakawa, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, more
Broadcast: TBA
Notes: Annual ice show in Japan, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers.
ALL THAT SKATE (website)
Time and place: June 6-8, Seoul, South Korea
Cast: Yuna Kim, Yelim Kim, Soyoun Park, Haein Lee, Eunsoo Lim, Dabin Choi, Nathan Chen, Shoma Uno, Javier Fernandez, Junehyoung Lee, Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
Broadcast: June 6, SBS (live); June 8, SBS (live)
Notes: Organized by Yuna Kim’s agency, All That Sports. First held in 2010.
FANTASY ON ICE: KOBE (website)
Time and place: June 7-9, Kobe, Japan
Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Deniss Vasiljevs, Evgeni Plushenko, Philippe Candeloro, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara, Mai Mihara, Akiko Suzuki, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, more
Broadcast: June 22 at 13:00 JST, BS Asahi
Notes: Annual ice show in Japan, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers.
FANTASY ON ICE: TOYAMA (website)
Time and place: June 14-16, Toyama, Japan
Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Deniss Vasiljevs, Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Johnny Weir, Elladj Balde, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara, Mai Mihara, Akiko Suzuki, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, more
Broadcast: TBA
Notes: Annual ice show in Japan, tours in several cities during the off season. Often collaborates with singers.
PRINCE ICE WORLD: SAPPORO (website)
Time and place: June 22-23, Sapporo, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Evgeni Plushenko, Nobunari Oda, Kanako Murakami, Marin Honda, Miyu Honda, Sara Honda, Nathan Chen, more
Broadcast: ???
Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show.
DREAMS ON ICE (website)
Time and place: June 28-30, Yokohama, Japan
Cast: Keiji Tanaka, Kazuki Tomono, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Shun Sato, Sora Tarumi, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuna Shiraiwa, Yuhana Yokoi, Tomoe Kawabata, Nana Araki, Rika Tejima, Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Alina Zagitova, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, more
Broadcast: June 30 at 12:25-16:00 JST, TBS2 (live); July 6 at 15:30 JST, TBS; July 27 at 12:00-16:00 JST, TBS2
Notes: Annual ice show in Japan focusing on Japanese skaters; many of them debut their new competitive programs at this show.
PRINCE ICE WORLD: TOKYO (website)
Time and place: July 19-22, Tokyo, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Miki Ando, Takahiko Kozuka, Kanako Murakami, Nobunari Oda, Marin Honda, Miyu Honda, Sara Honda, Wakaba Higuchi, Kazuki Tomono, more
Broadcast: ???
Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan, notable for giving fans the opportunity to talk to the skaters and take pictures as they go around the rink after the show.
HYOEN 2019 (website)
Time and place: July 26-28, Yokohama, Japan
Cast: Daisuke Takahashi, Stephane Lambiel, Shizuka Arakawa, Julia Lipnitskaia, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Kanako Murakami, Kana Muramoto, more
Broadcast: TBA
Notes: Figure skating theater crossover retelling classical stories from Japanese mythology and literature. First held in 2017.
THE ICE: OSAKA (website)
Time and place: July 27-28, Osaka, Japan
Cast: Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, Vincent Zhou, Mikhail Kolyada, Romain Ponsart, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Alina Zagitova, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Mariah Bell, Marin Honda, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, more
Broadcast: TBA
Notes: Annual ice show originally starring Mao Asada, first held in 2007.
THE ICE: NIIGATA (website)
Time and place: July 30 - Aug. 1, Niigata, Japan
Cast: Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, Vincent Zhou, Mikhail Kolyada, Romain Ponsart, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Alina Zagitova, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Mariah Bell, Marin Honda, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, more
Broadcast: TBA
Notes: Annual ice show originally starring Mao Asada, first held in 2007.
THE ICE: NAGOYA (website)
Time and place: Aug. 3-4, Nagoya, Japan
Cast: Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, Vincent Zhou, Mikhail Kolyada, Romain Ponsart, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Alina Zagitova, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Mariah Bell, Marin Honda, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, more
Broadcast: Aug. 4 at 15:00 JST, Chukyo TV; Aug. 29 at 22:00 JST, NTV+
Notes: Annual ice show originally starring Mao Asada, first held in 2007.
FRIENDS ON ICE (website)
Time and place: Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, Yokohama, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Shoma Uno, Yuka Sato, Ilia Kulik, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Akiko Suzuki, Takeshi Honda, Miki Ando, Jeremy Abbott, Stephane Lambiel, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Kaori Sakamoto, more
Broadcast: TBA
Notes: Shizuka Arakawa’s annual ice show, first held in 2006.