By Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator
For 40 years, Stars on Ice has brought Olympic, World and National Champions figure skaters to audiences around the United States with its annual tour. Now following the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, the 2026 tour is one of the most anticipated tours in Stars on Ice history as it is featuring one of the most decorated American teams in Winter Olympic history.
Headlining this year’s tour, fresh off her Olympic gold medal performance in Milan, is Alysa Liu. The 20-year-old has become the most well-known and loved athlete of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Her comeback story culminated in the first U.S. women’s Olympic gold medal since 2002 as well as a gold medal in the team event. Also, last year, she became the first U.S.’s woman to win a World title since 2006. Liu is also a two-time U.S. Champion. This will be her fourth Stars on Ice tour.
Liu will be joined by Madison Chock and Evan Bates, one of the most decorated ice dance teams in U.S. history. In Milan, at their fourth Olympics together, they won their first individual Olympic medal, a silver, as well as their second-straight Olympic gold medal in the team event. Chock and Bates are also three-time World champions and seven-time U.S. Champions. Chock and Bates first appeared in Stars on Ice in 2016.
Though his first Olympics didn’t produce the results he was hoping for, four-time U.S. Champion Ilia Malinin did return home from Milan as an Olympic gold medalist in the team event and won the Olympics “Fair Play” award for his sportsmanship to Olympic Champion Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan. Better know as the “Quad God”, Malinin is won his third consecutive World title in Prague, Czech Republic last month. Now he’s hitting the road with Stars on ice for his third tour.
Three-time U.S. Champion and 2024 Grand Prix Final Champion Amber Glenn and 2024 U.S. Champions Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, also won gold in the team event in Milan and will be joining Stars on Ice this spring. This will be Glenn’s second Stars on Ice tour, but for Kam and O’Shea, this is their first tour with Stars on Ice.
“It feels amazing,” O’Shea said about being a part of the Stars on Ice tour in a recent interview with Team FSO’s Gina Capellazzi. “For Ellie especially, and for me as well, but for Ellie especially, that (being named to the tour) was as big as becoming an Olympian. It’s something that truly shapes so many young skaters’ lives, being a part of a show like that, and to get the opportunity to perform and and go to 28 cities as we do, it’s going to be amazing.”
Also new to Stars on Ice is 2026 Olympians Andrew Torgashev and Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe. Torgashev is a two-time U.S. silver medalist. He finished in 12th place at his first Olympics in Milan and 10th at the World Championships in Prague. Chan and Howe are four-time U.S. medalists and two-time Four Continents silver medalists. They finished seventh at their first Olympics in Milan. Fellow Olympian Isabeau Levito, who finished 12th in Milan, will take part in her second Stars on Ice tour. Levito finished fourth at the World Championships for the second straight year.
2026 Olympic ice dancers Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko and Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik are joining the tour in select cities. Carreira and Ponomarenko, who finished 11th at the Olympics and eighth at the World Championships, will perform in 19 shows, while Zingas and Kolesnik, who finished fifth at the Olympics and recently won the bronze medal in their first World Championships will perform in 10 shows.
Though he didn’t compete at the Olympics, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist and 2015 U.S. Champion Jason Brown was still in Milan to cheer on Team USA. The fan-favorite will be taking part in his sixth Stars on Ice tour.
2026 U.S. pewter medalist Jacob Sanchez will be a guest star in the Springfield, Mass. show.
The tour, which kicks off April 16 in Fort Myers, Florida, will visit 28 cities across the country before concluding May 31 in Southaven, Miss. Some of the cities are regular stops on the annual tour, while others have never hosted a Stars on Ice show before, or it has been a number of years since the tour has made a stop there.
Given the popularity of Liu and the other members of the 2026 Olympic figure skating team, shows are selling out. Hershey, Pa. was one of the first shows to sellout, so a show in nearby Wilkes-Barre, Pa., roughly 80 miles from Hershey, was added to the tour lineup. An additional show was also added in Allen, Texas after such a demand for the first show. Both shows have limited tickets available now. A show was also added in Tempe, Arizona. A number of cities are close to selling out and have limited seats available, which is good news for Stars on Ice organizers.
“Ticket sales for the 2026 Stars on Ice U.S. tour have been very strong, and we’re seeing excitement build in a way that speaks to just how much energy U.S. figure skating has generated coming out of the Winter Olympics,” said Byron Allen, Producer, Stars on Ice. “Fans were inspired by the performances they saw on the world stage, and that enthusiasm is translating directly into demand for the tour. Alysa Liu, in particular, has captured people’s attention in a powerful way. Her talent, authenticity and star power have created real momentum. More broadly, this Olympic cycle has reminded audiences how compelling figure skating can be at its very best, and Stars on Ice gives fans the chance to experience that magic live.”
For a list of cities and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.starsonice.com/buy-tickets.
Meet and greet passes, which allows attendees the opportunity to meet and chat with the Stars on Ice cast, are sold-out for all 28 cities of the tour. Fans can still purchase Pre-Show Stargazer tickets along with their show tickets. During the Pre-Show Stargazer, fans have the opportunity to enter the venue early to watch the skaters warm up on the ice, along with attend a group question and answer session with two of the cast members. The warm-ups begin three-and-half hours prior to the show time, with question and answer session approximately an hour-and-a-half prior to show time. The Pre-show Stargazer sessions will end approximately one hour prior to the show. Pre-show Stargazers can be purchased here.
Canadian Tour
Stars on Ice will also be traveling through Canada this spring as well. The 2026 Canadian Stars on Ice tour, which kicks off in Halifax, Nova Scotia April 23, will visit 13 cities before wrapping up in Chilliwack, British Columbia May 16.
Headlining this year’s Canadian tour is 2026 Olympic bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, whose “Vincent” free dance in Milan captivated audiences both inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena and at home. The two are also five-time world medalists (three silver and two bronze), two-time Four Continents Champions and five-time Canadian champions. This is their sixth Stars on Ice tour.
Gilles and Poirier will be joined by their teammates from the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Madeline Schizas is a two-time Olympian and four-time Canadian Champion. She will be participating in her fourth Stars on Ice tour. Both pairs’ teams from the Olympics will be on tour. 2026 Canadian National Champions Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud, who recently won the bronze medal at the World Championships, are participating in their second Stars on Ice tour. Pereira and Michaud finished eighth in their first Olympic Games. 2024 World Champions and two-time Canadian Pair Champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps are returning to the Stars on Ice tour after making their first appearance in 2024. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps were 11th in Milan.
Though not performing in all of the shows, the rest of the Canadian 2026 Winter Olympic team will be a part of the Stars on Ice tour at select shows. 2026 Canadian National Champion Stephen Gogolev, who finished fifth at the Olympics and fourth at the World Championships, will be performing in the Toronto, Hamilton and London shows. Four-time Canadian National silver medallists Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha will be at the Halifax, Moncton, Ottawa, Laval, Winnipeg and Edmonton shows, while Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac will be at the Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria and Chilliwack. Lauriault and Le Gac competed in their second Olympic Games and finished 14th in the event. They won the bronze medal at the 2026 Canadian National Championships.
The 2026 Stars on Ice Canadian tour is the first Stars on Ice tour for Olympian and two-time Canadian Champion Roman Sadovsky.
Also apart of the 2026 Canadian cast is 2018 Olympic bronze medalist Kaetlyn Osmond, who will be skating in her eighth Stars on Ice tour. Canadian skating icon Elvis Stojko, a two-time Olympic Silver Medallist and three-time World Champion, is back for his 11th Stars on Ice tour. He is joined by Olympian and two-time Canadian Champion Keegan Messing, who will appear in his sixth tour.
For a list of cities and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.starsonice.ca/buy-tickets.
Meet and greet passes, which allows attendees the opportunity to meet and chat with the Stars on Ice cast after the show, are still available for all the shows. Fans can also purchase Pre-Show Stargazer tickets along with their show tickets. During the Pre-Show Stargazer, fans have the opportunity to enter the venue early to watch the skaters warm up on the ice, along with attend a group questions and answer session with two of the cast members. The warm-ups begin three-and-half hours prior to the show time, with question and answer session approximately an hour-and-a-half prior to show time. The Pre-show Stargazer sessions will end approximately 1 hour prior to the show. Pre-show Stargazers can be purchased here.
