Vero Beach Air Show 2024: Best places to watch Blue Angels perform this year
The Vero Beach Air Show is this weekend.
The best view of the show, especially the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, will be the Vero Beach Regional Airport. Tickets are $25 each for prime viewing and event displays.
Otherwise, here are six other places to catch a glimpse of the air show this weekend.
Walking Tree Brewery
Grab a pint of local craft beer, such as the nationally award-winning Babycakes oatmeal stout, and watch from the outside patio at Walking Tree Brewery. The brewery, which opened in a former World War II aviation supply warehouse in 2016, is just south of the airport. The building uses large industrial fans instead of air conditioning.
3209 Dodger Road, Vero Beach; 772-217-3502; Website
BigShots Golf
Work on your golf swing while you get a glimpse of the air show at BigShots Golf, just east of the airport. The outdoor golf entertainment venue is like Top Golf or Drive Shack. The two-story facility on 10 acres is powered by BigShots proprietary golf technology. It has a full-service restaurant, two bars and 30 climate-controlled tee boxes with tables and couches.
3456 U.S. 1, Vero Beach; 772-979-4653; Website
Riverside Cafe
"Cruise to the Riverside" Cafe — shoutout to Jake Owen — and grab a seat on the outside deck, if you can, to catch a glimpse of the air show to the west. The restaurant along the Indian River Lagoon is a great spot to barhop by boat, responsibly, because it doesn’t charge customers to dock and dine.
3341 Bridge Plaza Drive, Vero Beach; 772-234-5550; Website
Riverside Park
The city park is on the west side of the barrier island, near the base of the Barber Bridge, along the Indian River Lagoon, facing the airport. Riverside Park is dog-friendly, includes a walking track, features picnic areas and also has public boat ramps.
3200 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach; 772-567-2144; Website
Bridges
In flat Florida, the highest vantage points tend to be bridges. In Vero, the northern Merrill P. Barber Bridge (State Road 60) and the southern Alma Lee Loy Bridge (17th Street) are close enough to the airport to give bridge walkers and runners a decent view of the air show.
Water
If you have access to any type of watercraft — boat, kayak, paddleboard, even pedal boat — there’s nothing more Treasure Coast than watching something in the sky from the Indian River Lagoon. Launch from the Vero Beach City Marina public boat ramp.
3611 Rio Vista Blvd., Vero Beach; 772-231-2819 or 772-978-4960; Website
Laurie K. Blandford is TCPalm's entertainment reporter dedicated to finding the best things to do on the Treasure Coast. Email her at laurie.blandford@tcpalm.com. Sign up for her What To Do in 772 weekly newsletter at profile.tcpalm.com/newsletters/manage.
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