The silver anniversary of a Las Vegas residency is a number worth pausing on. Australia’s Thunder From Down Under has been working the Thunderland Showroom at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino since around 2002 — more than 11,500 performances at that one address — and the twenty-fifth year of that run falls in July 2026, the same month the troupe swings through Texas on the 2026 USA Tour. San Antonio is Thursday, July 30. The Aztec Theatre. Eight p.m.
About Australia’s Thunder From Down Under
Founded in 1991 by Bill Cross in Australia and now produced by CEO Adam Steck and SPI Entertainment, Thunder From Down Under is the longest-running male revue in Las Vegas history. It has sold more than 80 million tickets across more than 80 countries over three and a half decades of continuous touring. The show is built around an all-Australian cast of acrobats, champion breakdancers, and performers each carrying a distinct personal style. The production runs 75 to 90 minutes — no intermission — combining choreographed group numbers, solo spotlight routines, and acrobatic feats with the kind of audience interaction that has made it a bachelorette and girls’-night-out institution across multiple continents. A signature cowboy-themed number is in the lineup. The troupe has drawn celebrity audiences including Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Paris Hilton, and Sting with Trudie Styler, and has turned up on Today, The View, Project Runway, and Impractical Jokers.
The Texas leg of the 2026 USA Tour runs four consecutive nights: the Jefferson Theatre in Beaumont on July 28, House of Blues Houston on July 29, San Antonio on July 30, and House of Blues Dallas on July 31.
About the Aztec Theatre
A show that has been touring continuously since 1991 has outlasted a good many of the rooms where it played in its first decade. The Aztec Theatre knows something about that kind of durability. It opened on June 4, 1926, designed by the Los Angeles firm Meyer and Holler — the same architects behind the Egyptian Theatre and the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Built as a Meso-American theatrical fantasy in the heart of downtown San Antonio, the building features vibrantly colored columns, sculptures, and murals that include authentic reproductions of Meso-American artifacts. A Robert Morton pipe organ — three manuals, eleven ranks — served the silent-film era and remains on view in the Warrior Room today. A two-ton chandelier installed in 1929 was the largest in Texas when it went up. The Aztec declined through the 1970s, was briefly converted to a triplex, and closed in 1989. It reopened in 2006 and again in 2009 before coming under Live Nation’s management around 2013–2015. A terrace addition overlooking the San Antonio River Walk was completed in 2020. The address is 104 North St. Mary’s Street, downtown — steps from the River Walk.
Tickets
Australia’s Thunder From Down Under plays the Aztec Theatre on Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale now via the link below.