If 'Dirty Dancing' Is the One 80s Movie That You Can't Get Enough of, You'll Want to See It in Concert in 2025
Get ready for the time of your life while watching this Patrick Swayze-starring film with a live band and singers performing the movie's tunes.
This could be love: a classic 80s film that's been adored for decades, a new date with the big screen, and a live band and singers bringing its soundtrack to life as you watch. Dirty Dancing in Concert isn't new to Australia, but it keeps returning to tour the country because the movie at its centre is one that audiences can't get enough of. If you're a fan, you'll know which phrase fits: ideally, you'll have the time of your film-watching life.
In September and October 2025, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey will dance up a storm in the 1987 romantic drama. While the tour is clearly hoping that you've never felt like this before, that'll only apply if you didn't go to 2022's or 2023's shows. Whether you're a Dirty Dancing in Concert first-timer or returning after seeing it before, you'll not only see the movie — you'll also hit up the party afterwards.
Accordingly, as you celebrate one of Swayze's biggest and most-charming film roles, you'll be immersed in the world of the picture from the moment that you take your seat. Although no one will be carrying watermelons or checking into Kellerman's Mountain House in the Catskills, the digitally remastered feature will grace the big screen, its iconic songs will get a workout live, then the musicians will stick around afterwards to headline a party that'll naturally have you singing and dancing. If you're feeling adventurous and inspired by the movie, you might even want to try to recreate the famous lift.
Here, nobody will put you or Francis 'Baby' Houseman in a corner — and you'd be just a fool to believe otherwise. Your hungry eyes will soak in Baby's first taste of dirty dancing, her eager rehearsals and her growing infatuation with Johnny Castle, as well as her parents' bitter unhappiness about the entire situation.
This blast-from-the-past affair has dates locked in for Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne — on Saturday, September 6 at the Darling Harbour Theatre, ICC Sydney; Saturday, September 20 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena; Sunday, September 21 at Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre; Saturday, October 4 at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre; and Thursday, October 9 at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.
Around the world, Dirty Dancing in Concert has staged more than 200 sessions so far.
Dirty Dancing in Concert 2025 Australian Tour
Saturday, September 6 — Darling Harbour Theatre, ICC Sydney
Saturday, September 20 — Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide
Sunday, September 21 — Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth
Saturday, October 4 — Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
Thursday, October 9 — Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
Dirty Dancing in Concert will tour Australia in September and October 2025 — head to Ticketek for tickets and further details.
Dirty Dancing in Concert images: Zdenko Hanout.
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