A fantastic variety of free, fun activities will be set up across Ayr Town Centre for families to enjoy on Sunday 8 September.
The International Ayr Show – Festival of Flight will be an unmissable, action-packed weekend! The hugely popular event will return to Ayr shore front from Friday 6 – Saturday 7 September 2024, with exciting aerial displays, and fabulous family entertainment in the Festival Village on the Low Green.
But the weekend doesn’t need to end there! Why not continue the fun and come along to the Sunday Funday on Sunday 8 September? Entertainment for the whole family will be spread out across multiple venues within Ayr Town Centre, so there’s plenty to keep the kids occupied throughout the day.
Come along and enjoy a range of family friendly crafting activities where children can make their very own aviation themed crafts, working with creative clay, paper craft, and more. There will also be a Play-Doh play area and an airport play area to get their imaginations going!
Aviation themed films will be showing all day at Ayr Town Hall, catering to all age groups.
1.30pm – 3.50pm
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (family comedy)
4.15pm – 5.50pm
Paper Planes (family drama)
7pm – 8.40pm
Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (drama / thriller)
The popular Ayrshire Farmers Market will be offering a fantastic selection of stalls to browse and a delicious range of fresh local produce for sale from 9am – 2pm.
Glasgow Science Centre Flight Simulators – Fly under the Erskine bridge in a Cessna light aircraft or take off from any airport across the globe! There are two different light aircraft available in the simulator to fly: The Beechcraft 58 Baron (B58) and the Cessna 172 Skyhawk (C172).
Energy underpins our modern lives but there are difficult choices to be made about how we will supply and use energy in the future. Is our energy affordable, secure and environmentally sustainable? As you explore these interactive hands-on exhibits, you can explore our energy options – from how we can produce electricity and fuels to how we can be smarter with our use of energy. What would you do?
The Grain Exchange will host an exhibition of facsimile murals by Tom Gilfillan, taken from the main lounge of Orangefield House, Prestwick Airport. There will also be a display of photographic images from our local history collection over the International Ayr Show Festival of Flight weekend.
Opening hours:
Friday 12.30pm – 4pm
Saturday 10.00am – 4.30pm
Sunday 12.30pm – 4pm
Unless otherwise stated.
Get your pulse racing at The Glasgow Science Centre, Bodyworks exhibition tour. This interdisciplinary experience will let participants explore endurance, strength, agility, speed, and coordination through a range of zoned exhibits.
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