The Blues do a fly by.

[53driver]

I was in SF Bay area a few weeks ago. They had a show the next day, but for hours (day before) they flew sorties over the Bay, was amazing and a bit of after burner action too.

Practice sessions, getting their land cue points down for the show....

For airfields hosting airshows, they will do various practice runs on Wednesday, a practice 'show' with a meet & greet for schools and such on Thursday, then they fly each day of the airshow (Fri/Sat/Sun), usually 1500 or 1530 each day.