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Wings Over Wausau

JUNE 27 & 28, 2025 – DOWNTOWN WAUSAU AIRPORT

NO CARRY-IN’S – NO PETS – NO SMOKING – NO FIREARMS/WEAPONS.

Wausau Events, in partnership with Brickner’s of Wausau is excited to present Wings Over Wausau!

Join us for static plane displays, military aspects from all branches (including various planes & demonstrations), drone & RC (remote controlled) demonstrations, kid’s games and activities, bounce houses, zip lines, a full petting zoo, Pilot Meet & Greets, food vendors, live entertainment and more!

The event will feature a professional day airshow both days, along with a professional night airshow leading into a fireworks show both nights!

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE ENTIRE AIRSHOW LINEUP.

General Information

 

ENTERING THE EVENT

Event Entrances are located at Emerson Street & Elmwood Blvd gates (Main Gate). $5 Entry fee per person – children 12 & under are FREE! Both cash & card accepted. 

PARKING
Parking is located along Southeast Side Neighborhood streets.
Airport Park is used for Handicap parking only!

EVENT SHUTTLE
There will be a shuttle running between Downtown Wausau & the Wausau Airport on Saturday, June 28th from 11 AM to 10:30 PM. This shuttle will also drop off & pickup attendees from local hotels. Please see the following map for details on pickup/drop-off locations and hotels.

EVENT GROUNDS
We want you to get up close & personal with the airplanes at our event! Please follow all signage and direction from event staff to ensure the safety of all in attendance. 

FOOD & DRINK
Local food vendors will be present at the event, with beverages sold from vendors and under the main beverage tent.
Carry-ins are not allowed at this event. Coolers with ice are accepted into the event grounds. Backpacks & bags are subject to inspection by security. Baby items are always allowed.

EXITING THE EVENT

Please see the below map for instructions on entering & exiting the event. The neighborhood is busy and this plan will help keep everyone safe during the event weekend!

CREDIT CARDS

Card payments are accepted for all beverage purchases, and most food vendors accept them as well, but cannot be guaranteed. There will be an ATM on site if you need to take out cash at the event. (2.5% CC Fee applies)

RAIN & WEATHER
This event is rain or shine, with most activities still happening in the case of rain. Please stay tuned to our social media pages for any delays or cancellations of the event and updated info.

Schedule of Events

JUNE 27, 2025

 

 4 PM:

Gates Open
Food Vendors
Kid’s Games and Activities
Beer Garden
Drone Demonstrations & RC Flying
Planes on display (times TBD)

6 PM:

Professional Airshow  

(PILOT MEET & GREET)will take place inside the tent near the Elmwood Blvd. entrance during & after Saturday’s airshow! 

​​7:30 PM to 9:30 PM:

Live Entertainment by CURIOUS CROW.

9:30 PM:

NIGHT Professional Airshow featuring lighted planes & Fireworks!

June 22nd, 2024

8 AM: Run the Runway 5K for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight & Wausau Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

11 AM: Main Event Grounds Open

Kid’s Games & Activities

Petting Zoo (4 PM to 8 PM)

Planes on display (Times TBD)

Drone Demonstrations & RC Flying
Local Food Vendors
Beer Garden
Live Music by Bradley Sperger

1 PM: RC Live Demonstrations & Show

4 PM: Professional Day Airshow (PILOT MEET & GREET) will take place inside the tent near the Elmwood Blvd. entrance during & after Saturday’s airshow!

6:30 PM: Live Entertainment by Hip Pocket

9:30 PM: NIGHT airshow & Fireworks!

Live Entertainment Lineup:

June 27 – CURIOUS CROW
June 28 – Bradley Sperger (day) & Hip Pocket (night)

Activities

There will be many activities at Wings Over Wausau for the public to engage in! This list is updated weekly!​ All activities are FREE for the public unless otherwise noted below.

Balloon Throwing Activity $ varies

Bounce Houses (FREE)

Zip Line ($5/ride)

Trackless Train Rides ($3/ride)

Henna Tattoo Art – $ varies

Face Painting – $ varies

Petting Zoo (Friday 5-8 PM, Saturday 4-8 PM)

​Caricature Artists – $ varies

Balloon Artists – $ varies

Pilot Meet & Greet (Saturday Only during & after airshow)

Drone Demonstrations & Flying by RC Sports

Aspirus Helicopter & other Static Displays

US Army Booth with activities

US Navy booth with activities

US Airforce Booth with activities

Food Vendors

2025 FOOD VENDORS WILL BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY

Planes and Pilots

The below planes are only those flying in the DAY & NIGHT airshows and do not include all static displays. *2025 full lineup coming soon!

US ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS PARACHUTE TEAMS (DAY JUMP & NIGHT PYROTECH)

Millions of people throughout the world see the Golden Knights each year, at over 70 demonstration sites across the nation and abroad. These Army ambassadors perform precision free-fall demonstrations to connect the Army with people in towns who rarely, if ever, see a Soldier. These men and women, of the Black and Gold Demonstration Teams, tell their Army story to all they meet to increase the propensity to join the all volunteer force. Preparation for the demonstration itself begins hours prior to the performance. The aviation detachment (Team Six) prepares the aircraft for takeoff, smoke is rigged, flags packed, weather checked and media briefs are given to the media riders by the designated safety demonstrator. The C147A Dash 8 takes off 30-40 minutes prior to time on target. The flight pattern is established, black and gold wind drift indicators are dropped and they climb to altitude. 

TITAN AEROBATIC TEAM

For four decades, the TITAN Aerobatic Team has thrilled audiences all over North and Central America ​with their tight formations, billowing smoke systems and attention-getting radial engines. The Titan Team thrills millions every year, and has become one of the most recognizable and well-known air show performance teams in the world. This group will perform in both the day & night airshows at Wings Over Wausau.

GHOST WRITER – NATHAN HAMMOND

GhostWriter Airshow is a true 3-act performer! We can start the show with our 350hp, 200mph, screaming, smoking airshow display. We raise the crowd to their feet and let everyone know the show has begun! Looping, rolling and long verticals show the crowd what a 50’s era trainer on steroids can do.

Come night time, the GhostWriter puts on a celebration of light over dark with 4000 LED lights and over 250lbs of pyrotechnics attached to the airplane. In addition, you’ll see the plane writing in the sky before, during and after the airshows each day! This is a nationally-recognized act you don’t want to miss.

SKIP STEWART – AEROBATIC PILOT (DAY & NIGHT PERFORMER)
is best known for his high-energy aerobatics routine which includes very low and slow knife-edge passes. His performances most often involve transitioning into slow knife-edge flight immediately after take-off, followed by an outside-banked turn as he sets up for his routine. The performances themselves involve extreme positive and negative G maneuvers, utilizing the full performance and maneuvering envelopes of his aircraft. He is known for performing a double ribbon-cut, in which he slices the first (upper) ribbon with his aircraft’s vertical tail while in inverted flight, and the second (lower) ribbon with his lower wing while in sustained knife-edge flight. Stewart’s showmanship typically continues till the very end of his performances, as he lands on one wheel and then performs smoking doughnuts on the taxiway.
SUSAN DACY – BIG RED STEARMAN
Susan is one of only a few females performing airshows in a biplane, and is the only woman flying exhibition in the Super Stearman. Attending airshows as a child, Susan remembers being in awe of the big, loud, smoky biplanes.  As a teenager, yearning to fly, Susan felt the only way to fly a Stearman was to have one of her own.  At the family airport, located inHarvard, Illinois, Susan worked in the office, fueled planes, and eventually acquired a rebuildable Stearman Project.  While in high school, every spare hour was spent restoring the aircraft, which she still owns and operates today.
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