Soar and Shore Fest Takes Off This Week With AC Air Show & More

After its sudden cancellation in 2024, Atlantic City's Air Show returns this week as part of a festival that features fireworks and a car show in addition to the aerial performances.

For 2025, the air show has rebranded as the Visit Atlantic City Soar and Shore Festival, as Visit Atlantic City partners with Herb Gillen Airshows to hold its first Atlantic City show.

The air show's practice day takes place on Tuesday, July 15, and the show day is Wednesday, July 16. Flying both days will take place between noon and 2:30 pm.

Air Show Details

The Air Show is free, and the action is centered on the beach and Boardwalk at Bally's Atlantic City Hotel & Casino.

Among the acts in the aerial lineup are aerobatics performers like the Musty Blues Parachute Team, an all-women team of skydivers; Nathan Hammond's Super Chipmunk, Warbird Thunder, and Third Strike Wingwalking.

Featured aircraft in the show include the World War II-era B-25 Mitchell Bomber, the F4F Wildcat, and the UH-1H Huey helicopter with Smokey Bear.

The 177th Fighter Wing, based in Egg Harbor Township, will also perform four F-16 flybys.

Atlantic City Air Show Schedule of Performances

• Noon: Misty Blues Parachute Team – All-women skydiving team
• 12:12 PM: Nathan Hammond’s Super Chipmunk – High-energy aerobatics
• 12:22 PM: USCG MH-65 – Dolphin SAR Demo
• 12:34 PM: 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey ANG – Four F-16 flybys
• 12:44 PM: B-25 Mitchell Bomber – Legendary WWII aircraft
• 12:54 PM: UH-1H Huey with Smokey Bear – Vietnam-era helicopter
• 12:59 PM: Warbird Thunder – Aerobatic team
• 1:14 PM: 108WG KC-46 Pegasus – Aerial refueling tanker
• 1:22 PM: Third Strike Wingwalking – Dual wingwalking + solo acrobatics
• 1:35 PM: Thom Richard FM-2 Wildcat – Classic U.S. Navy fighter
• 1:47 PM: Skip Stewart – Award-winning aerobatic daredevil
• 1:59 PM: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fighter – Cold War-era Soviet jet

Performance schedule subject to change

Other Events During Atlantic City's Soar and Shore Festival

Here's a look at the other events making up the Soar and Shore Festival.

From Monday, July 14, through Sunday, July 19, the Jimmy Johnson Atlantic City's "Quest for the Ring" fishing competition takes place with millions of dollars in cash prizes on the line.

On Air Show day, Wednesday, July 16th, there is also a free classic car show in Boardwalk Hall from 2 - 5 p.m., with live demonstrations of the World’s Largest Pipe Organ, organ tours, and on-site food trucks.

At 6 pm on Wednesday, the 1924 silent film "Sherlock Jr." and the Laurel and Hardy short "Two Tars" will be shown in Boardwalk Hall with live organ accompaniment.

Then, at dusk on Wednesday, a beachfront fireworks display will happen in front of Tropicana Atlantic City.

On Thursday, you are invited to watch or participate in the taping of an episode of ESPN's The Ocho game show "Slippery Stairs"  on the Missouri Avenue Beach from 12-2 p.m.

Slippery Stairs" is described as a high-energy, crowd-pleasing competition where contestants take on a hilariously slick, soap-covered staircase in a series of head-to-head races.