Welcome to Thunder Over Louisville, featuring one of the nation’s top air shows and one of the largest annual fireworks shows in the country!

We’re counting down to the return of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Opening Ceremonies: Thunder Over Louisville! This year’s event, set for this Saturday, April 18, will include a packed air show, with military and civilian air acts. Here’s the full lineup* as of April 14, 2026 (in alphabetical order):

• Ace Maker T-33
• Britt Lincoln Extra 300
• Charlie Morris Airshows
• CT-142 Royal Canadia Air Force
• Grumman G-44 Widgeon
• KY ANG – C-130J Formation
• KY ANG STS (HALO)
• KY ANG – UH 60 Blackhawks
• LA ANG F-15C “The Bayou Militia”
• LMPD River Patrol Rescue Demo
• Matt Younkin Twin Beech 18
• MV-22 Osprey
• Skyliners T-34 Mento
• Smoke On Aviation
• Trojan Thunder T-28
• USAF F-16 Demo Team
• USAF Heritage Flight Formation
• USAF P-51 Demonstration
• USAF T-6 Formation
• USAF T-38 Formation
• Wisconsin ANG F-35
• Waco Taperwing “KONG”
• WV ANG “Charlie West” C130J-30 Super Hercules
• YAK-52

*PLEASE NOTE: Aircraft subject to change on show day.