{"id":12192,"date":"2025-06-25T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/12192\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:15:08","slug":"cost-timing-and-more-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/12192\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost, timing and more \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago\u2019s iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/tag\/chicago-air-and-water-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air and Water Show<\/a> will return this summer, and the sky above Lake Michigan will soon be filled by pilots performing stunts along the city\u2019s lakefront.<\/p>\n<p>Now the largest free show of its kind, the Chicago Air and Water Show first started in 1959. The multi-day event has since evolved to be a mainstay of summer in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the 64th edition of this Chicago tradition:<\/p>\n<p>When is the 2025 Chicago Air and Water Show?<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Air and Water Show will take place over the weekend of Aug. 16-17. An additional rehearsal will be held on Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Specific start and end times have not yet been announced. In previous years, the show lasted from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>How much does the Chicago Air and Water Show cost?<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Air and Water Show is free to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Where can the show be seen from?<\/p>\n<p>The show is visible along the waterfront from Fullerton Avenue to Oak Street, with North Avenue Beach as the focal point.<\/p>\n<p>Many rooftop bars and waterfront restaurants have unobstructed views, and several cruise companies offer special cruises on the day of the Air and Water Show. Choose Chicago has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choosechicago.com\/articles\/festivals-special-events\/chicago-air-water-show\/#where-to-watch-the-chicago-air-and-water-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several recommendations<\/a> for those looking for unique vantage points.<\/p>\n<p>What will be in the show? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The city has not yet announced this year\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a complete list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-air-water-show-schedule-where-best-view-what-to-know\/3518194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last year\u2019s performers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>U.S. Navy Blue Angels<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Navy F-35C<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Marine Corps F-35B<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Air Force C-17<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Air Force KC-135<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Air Force B-1B<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Army AH-64<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Air Force\/Maryland Air National Guard A-10<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Search &amp; Rescue<\/li>\n<li>RJ Gritter Decathlon Aerobatics<\/li>\n<li>Trojan Phlyers \u2013 T-28 (two ships)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Stein Edge 540<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Coleman Red Bull Aerobatic Pilot<\/li>\n<li>Susan Dacy \u2013 Big Red Stearman Biplane<\/li>\n<li>Ed \u201cHamster\u201d Hamill \u2013 Folds of Honor Biplane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The show will be narrated by Herb Hunter, who has served as \u201cthe voice of the show\u201d for over two decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago\u2019s iconic Air and Water Show will return this summer, and the sky above Lake Michigan will soon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,12910,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-12192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-air-and-water-show","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114741361181071618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}