The Legong in the palace courtyard
Legong dance show entry ticket, Ubud Palace
★ 4.4 · 4,421 audience reviews
- Ticket fromfrom $6
- LengthNot stated
- Refund termsNot stated
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The practical part
Paid for, packed, not covered
Included3
- Admission to the evening dance show
- A seat in the courtyard, first come first served
- The same ticket price for children and adults
Bring3
- The voucher on your phone, for the entrance
- Mosquito repellent for the courtyard
- A shawl for when the evening cools
Left out of the price3
- A ride to the palace
- A refund once you have booked
- A date change, as the ticket holds one date
4,421reviews
guest reviews of the palace show
7:30PM, nightly
the show start time on the listing
90min of dance
about this long, with live gamelan
45min early
the arrival advice for a good seat
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Where each evening differs
Our Legong ticket next to the Ubud kecak, the morning Barong and a private evening that includes the palace show.
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Reviews
What the audience wrote
4.3
★★★★★4,421 checked reviews
The dance makes much more sense once you read the booklet they hand out at the entrance, so take it.
XimenaAugust 2026, traveling solo
The dancers were gifted, the costumes stunning and the live music magical, and it felt great value.
YasminJuly 2026, with friends
A very good-value and authentic evening, though I wish for better seats and stronger bug spray.
LauraJune 2026, as a couple
what the ticket is
What an Ubud Palace Legong dance show ticket gives you
The ticket is admission to a Legong dance show in the courtyard of Ubud Palace. It is valid on the visit date you select, children and adults are charged the same rate, and it is valid for all passport holders. The performance begins at 7:30 PM each day and runs for around 90 minutes.
There is no transfer and no guide: guests go straight to the palace and present the voucher for admission. The ticket starts from $6, and 4,421 reviews put the rating at 4.37.
The listing sets two honest limits. The activity is non-refundable, so the date has to be one you can keep, and it advises arriving at least 45 minutes early to secure preferred seating. The rest of this page explains the dance, the music and the neighbors on the Ubud dance calendar.
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Gold crowns, red stage, bronze gongs
Photos from the palace courtyard
why this courtyard
A royal residence that still stages dance
The tourism ministry names Ubud Palace, or Puri Saren Agung, as the Ubud royal family's official residence, set in the heart of town. Part of it is still used as a home, while some areas are open to the public. Indonesia's tourism ministry says traditional Balinese dance is often staged in the palace courtyard every night.
Central Bali is Ubud's setting, and the town's name derives from the Balinese ubad, meaning medicine. The ministry's page on the Legong dance goes further and calls the nightly Legong performances at Ubud Palace among the most beautiful and authentic.
A courtyard changes how a dance feels, and the Ubud Palace dance makes the case. The stage is close, the architecture frames the dancers, and the gamelan sits in the same space as the audience. That intimacy is what the ticket buys, more than any single dance on the program.
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Denpasar's airport, on the coast 29 km from the palace, holds the nearest long weather record; Ubud itself has no station in our data.
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seats and timing
The seating rule worth following
The listing recommends reaching the palace at least 45 minutes ahead of the show if you want your preferred seats. With a 7:30 PM start, that means standing at the palace well before the gamelan warms up.
The evidence from reviewers is mixed, which is why the advice is worth repeating: one who arrived 25 minutes early regrets it, and another who arrived 30 minutes early still found good seats. If you cannot be early, accept a seat further back and watch the whole stage rather than a single dancer.
Wheelchair and stroller users are covered: the listing describes the activity as wheelchair and stroller accessible. Tell the staff on arrival if you need a particular space.
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Your evening seat
Gold crowns, gamelan and a palace courtyard.
Choose a date you can keep: the ticket is valid on one night and cannot be refunded.
heard from the seats
What the audience keeps mentioning
Across the latest reviews on file, the same few points come up. Guests praise the dancers, the costumes and the live music, and some call it good value for money. One reviewer found the dance far more absorbing once the program made sense, and credits the booklet at the entrance.
Seating is the recurring practical theme. Some reviewers who came 25 to 30 minutes early still found good seats, and one wishes they had arrived sooner. Another reviewer asks the venue for more comfortable seats and warns that mosquitoes are vicious outside.
Treat those as single evenings, not promises. The ticket has 4,421 reviews, so the pattern is more reliable than any one voice, and the pattern says: arrive early, bring repellent, read the booklet.
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4,421 guests rated the show
4.3
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- Four of five0%
- Three of five0%
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the dance itself
Hands, eyes and gold: how to watch a Legong
The Legong dance at Ubud Palace is a court dance that the ministry places in the 17th or 18th century, in the age of Bali's royal courts. Two details carry the story. Dancers use mudras, symbolic finger gestures, and the seledet technique, in which the eyes flick sideways on the beat.
The costume is part of the show: silk sarongs and shimmering accessories under ornate golden headdresses. Traditionally the dancers are young prepubescent girls, and the dance has evolved so that performers of various ages can take part.
If you would like a guide before you sit down, the Legong guide on this site decodes the gestures and the costume, and the booklet that reviewers say is handed out at the entrance gives you the outline on the night.
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FAQ
Seating, music and timinganswered plainly.
What time does the Ubud Palace Legong dance show start?
Each night at 7:30 PM.
The show lasts about 90 minutes, and the listing advises arriving at least 45 minutes early for preferred seating.
How much is the Ubud Palace Legong dance show?
From $6.
Children and adults are charged the same admission rate, and the ticket holds only the date you select.
Can I get a refund on the Legong show ticket?
No, a booked ticket cannot be refunded.
The listing offers no free cancellation, so pick the date with care.
Does the ticket include a ride to the palace?
No transfer is included.
Guests go straight to Ubud Palace and present the voucher for admission.
Is the evening suitable for children?
Yes, children pay the adult admission rate.
The listing says children and adults are charged the same rate and that the venue is wheelchair and stroller accessible.
How long is the Ubud dance show?
Close to 90 minutes.
The listing gives a duration of about 90 minutes and a validity of 1.5 hours.
Is the show held at Ubud Palace itself?
Yes, in the palace courtyard.
The tourism ministry's page on Ubud Palace says traditional dance is often staged in the courtyard every night.
What is the Legong dance?
A Balinese court dance of fingers, eyes and gold.
The ministry places it in the 17th or 18th century and describes mudras, seledet eye movements and golden headdresses.
Which seats work well at the palace?
Come early: the listing advises at least 45 minutes.
Reviewers disagree on how early is enough: some at 25 to 30 minutes ahead still found good seats.
What if the weather turns bad on my night?
The listing does not say, and the ticket is non-refundable.
Rain is heaviest in the wet season; the ticket holds a single date, so plan a spare evening.
the music
Gamelan, the bronze orchestra under the dancers
The Legong draws on the compositions of gamelan gong kebyar, a traditional Balinese orchestra. The ministry derives the word Legong from "leg", graceful movement, joined to "gong", the gamelan accompaniment.
UNESCO's description of Balinese dance adds that the facial expressions and eye movements that reveal happiness, sadness, anger, fear and love are all accompanied by gamelan music. In the courtyard that means the music is not a backdrop: it cues the dancers, and they answer it.
Reviewers of the palace show mention the live music alongside the dancers and costumes. Our gamelan guide, written by the other half of this site, takes the orchestra apart instrument by instrument.
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The size of the crowd that rated it
4,421 guests have rated the palace show, at 4.37 on average.
The rating breakdown on the record gives value for money 4.5 and transportation 3, which fits a ticket that includes no transfer.
the one hard rule
One date, no refund: plan around it
The palace ticket is valid on the selected visit date only, and the activity is non-refundable. That is simple to live with if you pick the night first and the ticket second.
Season matters a little. The ministry puts the rains between November and March and the dry months between April and October across most of the country, Bali among them. The Japan Meteorological Agency's Denpasar normals, taken at a coastal station, run from 27.6 mm of rain in July to 350.7 mm in January.
If your trip falls in the wet months, book an early night of your stay so a spare evening remains, and carry a light layer. If your plans are fluid, a refundable alternative such as the Ubud Kecak ticket, which states free cancellation up to 24 hours before, may suit you better.
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Gold crowns and bronze gongs.A courtyard in central Ubud.One evening, one date.
This is an entry ticket to the Legong dance show at Ubud Palace. The show begins daily at 7:30 PM and runs about 90 minutes with live gamelan music, and the same admission rate applies to children and adults. The ticket holds the date you pick and cannot be refunded.
Valid on one date, non-refundable
other nights
Nights without Legong: Kecak, Barong and more
The Ubud dance week has other shows. The Ubud Kecak listing sells tickets for venues such as Sayan, ARMA, Peliatan Palace and Pura Dalem Kutuh Kaja by weekday, with the dance itself at 19:00 and the venue gates opening earlier, between 18:00 and 19:30.
A Barong and keris ticket starts at 9:30 in the morning at Pura Dalem Ubud or Seraya Budaya in Batubulan. A private evening tour from Ubud, from $39, includes a Legong performance inside Ubud Palace, the Tegallalang rice terraces and a look around the art market.
Our schedule guide sets the week out in a table, and the Kecak-or-Legong page compares the two evenings on sound, story, price and refund terms.
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telling dances apart
Legong, Kecak and Barong: how to tell them apart
Kecak has no gamelan: it is accompanied only by a chorus of men chanting. Barong shows a lion-formed spirit, the King of the Spirits, against Rangda, the Queen of Demons. Legong is the refined one, a court dance to gamelan.
UNESCO sorts traditional Balinese dance into sacred, semi-sacred and entertainment genres, and the ministry lists Legong Kraton and Barong Ket among the entertainment dances meant for public enjoyment. UNESCO inscribed the tradition on its Representative List in 2015.
The Balinese dance types guide explains all three in detail, with a two-question chooser that matches your mood to a listing.
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around the palace
An evening in the middle of Ubud
The palace sits in the heart of Ubud, so the show fits easily into a day in the town. The ticket includes no transfer, so how you reach the gate is your own decision, and the walk from a nearby stay is often the simplest.
If you are still choosing where to sleep, our guide to staying near the palace sets out the areas, and our water palace guide covers the lotus-pond temple that people often confuse with the royal palace.
Come hungry or fed: nothing in the listing mentions food, so plan dinner around the 7:30 PM start and the roughly 90 minutes the show takes.
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Who will enjoy the show, and who might pick another evening
The show suits anyone curious about Balinese culture who is happy to sit for about 90 minutes: children and adults pay the same admission rate, and the listing welcomes wheelchairs and strollers. It is also an inexpensive evening, from $6.
It suits people less well if they need flexibility, since the ticket is non-refundable, or if they want comfort: one reviewer wishes the venue would add more comfortable seats, and the rating breakdown on the record scores transportation 3 against value for money 4.5.
If a daytime plan, a private driver or a different dance fits you better, our other guides lay out the alternatives, and the booking panel shows today's open dates.
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