Council announces dates for 2025 airshow

South Ayrshire Council is delighted to confirm that The International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight will return to Ayr shorefront on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September 2025.

This will be the third time the Council has organised the hugely popular festival, that packed in record crowds in 2023 and again in September 2024.

The festival will be held at Ayr's Low Green and will feature impressive and daring flying display programmes on the Friday night and Saturday afternoon.  The event's Festival Village will also return, jam-packed with a fantastic range of family entertainment to suit all interests.

South Ayrshire Council's Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Culture and Rural Affairs, Councillor Alec Clark said: "Following another hugely successful festival this year, it's wonderful to be able to confirm the dates for the 2025 airshow.  Once again, September's event attracted in excess of 250,000 people over both days of the festival, and we're delighted to have received extremely positive feedback about the improvements we made on the previous year and the event as a whole. So, my message is, get ready for the next one and save the date!"

South Ayrshire Council's Portfolio Holder for Sport and Leisure, Councillor Brian Connolly, said: "In September we witnessed another outstanding airshow, so I'm happy that we've confirmed the 2025 dates already.  A vast amount of planning and organisation goes into each Festival of Flight, with tremendous effort on the part of our officers and partners to ensure we can deliver a top-class event.  And with preparations already underway, I'm sure we're all in for another spectacular show next September.

Leader of South Ayrshire Council, Councillor Martin Dowey, said: "Our 2024 International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight drew in enormous crowds for the second year running.  The weather was thankfully in our favour again and people were able to enjoy spectacular aerial displays, great entertainment and activities, plus a good food and beverage offering all in the glorious South Ayrshire sunshine.  The success of this September's festival has spurred us on to deliver yet another exceptional event in 2025."

The 2025 International Ayrshow - Festival of Flight will be held at Ayr's Low Green on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September.  We'll provide more information about aerial displays, activities and entertainment as it becomes available.