Airshow Festival Village to bring fun for the whole family!

We've got a whole host of activities lined up for all ages at the International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight 2025 Festival Village!

Mark your calendars for this fantastic event which will take place on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September at Ayr's shorefront - with activities and attractions throughout the Low Green as well as breathtaking aerial displays.

This year, there will be plenty of attractions to suit the thrill seekers. Just a few of these include a climbing tower, laser tag, and axe throwing! If you've ever wondered what it's like to fly an aeroplane, you can find out for yourself by trying the amazing aircraft simulator. Or make your way to the fabulous lights and attractions of the fun fair.

If you're coming to the airshow with the whole family, there's a wide range of activities to keep children occupied in our Family Fun Village - with face painters, glitter tattooists, a circus workshop, bubble football, a dinosaur show, a magic show and more.

Our airshow strategic partner, theSKYLAB, will return to the Festival Village with the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) marquee. With hands-on activities and representatives from companies from the Prestwick aerospace hub and across Scotland, you'll be able to get a taster of all the impressive and interesting things that are going on in the world of STEM.

Also returning will be the popular Army, Navy and RAF village. 

We're especially pleased to welcome back our event charity partner to the festival site - the RAF Benevolent Fund.  Representatives from the Fund will be happy to welcome festival goers to their marquee to chat about the invaluable support they provide to serving and ex-serving RAF personnel and their families. 

You'll be able to create the perfect memory of your visit by choosing a souvenir from one of the many vendors in our Local Trade Village, or from our airshow merchandise stall.

Also, at our Food Village you'll find a wide variety of tasty treats to keep you fuelled up, plus, we'll have a bar on site.

Remember - if you're a business owner there's still time to register your interest in trading at the 2025 International Ayr Show via the online application form which is available on the airshow webpage - https://destinationsouthayrshire.co.uk/ayrshow/.

We're excited to announce that a fascinating range of static exhibitions will be featured this year, showcasing vintage cars, vintage motorcycles, model aeroplanes, heritage emergency vehicles and more. There will also be a range of fascinating military museum exhibitions to view.

With all this, plus daring aerial displays on both days, there's plenty to look forward to at the International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight.  So, get ready to head to Ayr shorefront on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September.

Leader of South Ayrshire Council, Councillor Brian Connolly said: "After two successful years, The International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight has gone from strength to strength and I'm sure 2025 will be no different. With even more announcements to come, the lineup for both the aerial displays and Festival Village are promising a brilliant weekend."

Depute Leader of South Ayrshire Council and Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Culture and Rural Affairs, Councillor Alec Clark said: "We'll have an excellent range of activities on offer at the airshow this year - making it not only a worthwhile trip for all the aviation enthusiasts, but also a great day out for families. It's exciting to have such a prestigious event to look forward to within South Ayrshire that draws in impressive crowds of both local people and visitors - just what we want and need for the area."

Gavin Davey, Area Director for Scotland, Northeast England and Northern Ireland, at the Fund said: "We are delighted to continue our partnership with South Ayrshire Council at The International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight in September. This outstanding event provides an invaluable platform to raise awareness of the vital support we offer to members of the RAF Family across Ayrshire, Scotland, and the wider UK.

"We look forward to this year's event with great anticipation and are grateful for the continued warmth and enthusiasm shown by South Ayrshire Council and the local community. The Ayr Show consistently offers a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere, and we are excited to strengthen our local engagement."

CEO of The Skylab, Geoff Coxon, said:  "The STEM village is a fantastic place to see what is happening at the amazing Prestwick aerospace hub and the rest of Scotland, with all of the companies bringing along the really exciting things they make. They will also bring interactive family activities such as mini drone flying, flight simulator, wind tunnel experiments and much more too. 

"It is a great place to talk to the companies about career opportunities too. Even though you may not think it, there are so many transferable skills that be used in the aerospace industry, so you never know where your next career move will take you after the airshow.

"Our airshow is very special in that it is the only airshow in the UK where the flying display programme is specifically designed around STEM. So, all of the exciting displays you will see have real links with the engineers and companies in the STEM village. This way there is real context to what is happening in the STEM village on the ground. Make sure to listen out for the display commentaries that link all of these great companies, and their teams, to the displays from the Typhoon, Red Arrows and many others to come!"

You can keep up with airshow news at www.ayrshow.co.uk