Abingdon Air & Country Show 2025
From the Abingdon Air & Country Show Facebook Page (11 October 2024):
2025:
"Following this years (2024) postponed event that took place on a smaller scale on 21/9, we have had a meeting whereby everything has been discussed and as the costs of putting on the Air Display program side of things keep rising together with the associated road closure & traffic management costs (& not to mention the all the paperwork involved), we after 24 years of running an air display program have for 2025 decided the 'Air Display' part of the event will not be run so effectively a year off from doing that.
Instead the event will take on a different stance thus to keep it running and viable.
What this means is we can also move the entire show back to the west side of the airfield where it traditionally was from 2000 - 2016 which allows us to utilise more concrete areas & better grass areas.
So the Country Show aspects we hope to build on and make more diverse, the Classic & ex Military vehicles we want to expand on and run more of the 'Classic vehicle parades' we trialled this year successfully, we hope to include a Dog Show and also we can bring back Tank Rides which were a hugely popular attraction when we were on the west side previously.
Aerial wise, instead of Air Displays we are looking at flypasts by various types, hoping it includes the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and we have requested for Royal Air Force transport & helicopter types to land & be open to the public (Like the C17 the last two years).
Theres lots of internal planning going on over the coming months with the flypasts side of things so, we hope to bring you some exciting news over the coming months on that score.
We are looking to run the event on Saturday 14th June 2025 and are excited to take the event to a different direction to keep it viable and continue.
Interested participants can apply soon via our website aswell as more information.
www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk"
• Abingdon Air & Country Show Facebook Page.