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Zoo Lights When the animals go to sleep at night, the zoo comes alive with light! Take a stroll down Candy Cane Lane, browse our holiday market featuring new vendors each weekend
Event Details
Zoo Lights
When the animals go to sleep at night, the zoo comes alive with light!
Take a stroll down Candy Cane Lane, browse our holiday market featuring new vendors each weekend (full schedule will be available soon), and enjoy the festive sights and sounds of the season.
We’ve added MORE lights & new displays! Thousands of lights will transform the zoo into a winter wonderland- we can’t WAIT to welcome you back!
Zoo Lights will be open:
November 15 – December 30
Thursdays – Sundays: 5:30-9:00 pm
*Last tickets are sold at 8:30 pm
**Closed on Thanksgiving (Nov. 22); open every night of Winter Break (Dec. 26- 30)
Santa & Carousel: 5:30 – 8pm nightly
*Santa is at the Zoo every night thru Dec. 23rd!
Admission: $7 per person (children under 3 are admitted for free)
4-pack tickets will be available for $25/night
Season passes are now available for purchase online (includes 4 tickets for each night of Zoo Lights) for $44, Individual for $20.
All tickets, except season passes & group sales, will be sold on-site at the gates the night-of.
For safety reasons, wheelchairs and strollers will not be available for rent during the winter. You are welcome to bring your own stroller or wheelchair to the zoo during this time!
A warm holiday thank you to our 2018 Zoo Lights sponsors:
CG Schmidt
Culver’s
Habush, Habush & Rottier
Orthodontic Specialists of Madison
Quincy Bio Science
TDS Telecom
Tyrol Basin
Veridian Homes
UW Credit Union
WISC-TV Channel 3
Chick-fil-a
Enbridge Energy Partners
Safari Limited
Home Depot
Time
November 23 (Friday) 5:30 pm - December 30 (Sunday) 9:00 pm
Location
Henry Vilas Zoo
702 S Randall Ave
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Join our Young Professionals Group, PACK, for another 21+ event at the Henry Vilas Zoo. Sip on bubbles of beer under the sparkle of lights at our 3rd
Event Details
Join our Young Professionals Group, PACK, for another 21+ event at the Henry Vilas Zoo. Sip on bubbles of beer under the sparkle of lights at our 3rd annual beer tasting! Grab some holiday cheer and help us toast to Zoo Lights and the holiday season!
To purchase tickets, click the link here.
VIP: SOLD OUT // These tickets include early entrance, exclusive additional beer tastings, a special take away, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and greet one of our animals!
General Admission: $45 in advance, $60 at the door // Fill your commemorative glass with unlimited tastings from Wisconsin breweries, pose for a holiday photo booth, enjoy live entertainment and take in all the twinkle of our Zoo Lights
Designated Driver: $20 // Enjoy unlimited refills of non-alcoholic beverages in a commemorative glass, pose for a holiday photo booth, enjoy live entertainment and take in the twinkle of Zoo Lights
Participating Breweries:
Ale Asylum
Alt Brew
Barriques
Capital Brewery
Door County Brewing Company
Flix Brewhouse
Funk Factory Geuzeria
Giant Jones Brewing Company
Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company
Hacienda Beer Company
Hop Haus Brewing
Karben4 Brewing
Lakefront Brewery
Lombardi Limonata
The Lone Girl Brewing Company
Lucky’s 1313 Brew Pub
Mershon’s Cider
New Glarus Brewing
Next Door Brewing Company
O’so Brewing
One Barrel Brewing Company
Parched Eagle Brewpub
Potosi Brewery
Rockhound Brewing
Vintage Brewing Company
Wisconsin Brewing Company
Working Draft Beer Company
Thank you to our generous event sponsors:
Hovde Properties, Altria, CG Schmidt, Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C., Associated Bank, CapSpecialty, Tavern League of Wisconsin, Inc., Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Metcalfe’s Market
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Henry Vilas Zoo
702 S Randall Ave
Event Details
Zoo Lights When the animals go to sleep at night, the zoo comes alive with light! Take a stroll down Candy Cane Lane, browse our holiday market featuring new vendors each weekend
Event Details
Zoo Lights
When the animals go to sleep at night, the zoo comes alive with light!
Take a stroll down Candy Cane Lane, browse our holiday market featuring new vendors each weekend (full schedule will be available soon), and enjoy the festive sights and sounds of the season.
We’ve added MORE lights & new displays! Thousands of lights will transform the zoo into a winter wonderland- we can’t WAIT to welcome you back!
Zoo Lights will be open:
November 15 – December 30
Thursdays – Sundays: 5:30-9:00 pm
*Last tickets are sold at 8:30 pm
**Closed on Thanksgiving (Nov. 22); open every night of Winter Break (Dec. 26- 30)
Santa & Carousel: 5:30 – 8pm nightly
*Santa is at the Zoo every night thru Dec. 23rd!
Admission: $7 per person (children under 3 are admitted for free)
4-pack tickets will be available for $25/night
Season passes are now available for purchase online (includes 4 tickets for each night of Zoo Lights) for $44, Individual for $20.
All tickets, except season passes & group sales, will be sold on-site at the gates the night-of.
For safety reasons, wheelchairs and strollers will not be available for rent during the winter. You are welcome to bring your own stroller or wheelchair to the zoo during this time!
A warm holiday thank you to our 2018 Zoo Lights sponsors:
CG Schmidt
Culver’s
Habush, Habush & Rottier
Orthodontic Specialists of Madison
Quincy Bio Science
TDS Telecom
Tyrol Basin
Veridian Homes
UW Credit Union
WISC-TV Channel 3
Chick-fil-a
Enbridge Energy Partners
Safari Limited
Home Depot
Time
November 23 (Friday) 5:30 pm - December 30 (Sunday) 9:00 pm
Location
Henry Vilas Zoo
702 S Randall Ave
702 S. Randall Avenue
608.258.9490
