This Adult-Only Evening Features
- Local musicians set the mood, and you’ll be dancing until 8:30 p.m.
- Indoor sampling areas featuring beer, wine, spirits, coffee and delicious eats from local restaurants (while supplies last).
- Top off this astounding experience by gazing at the city’s lights, watching all of Colorado Springs sparkle.
- Larger-than-life illuminated inflatable animals! Photo ops abound with these located throughout the Zoo.
- Holiday-safari themed drone light show (weather permitting).
Our generous restaurant and beverage partners donate their product samples for this important Zoo fundraiser.
2024 Electric Moonlight Program PDF
(Shows detailed map, animal happenings, food, beverages and tunes)
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Highlights of Electric Moonlight
Animal Demonstrations
(Weather permitting.) Animal areas close at 8:30 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m. – Reptile Keeper Talk (Scutes Family Gallery)
- 7 p.m. – Sloth Keeper Talk (The Loft)
- 8 p.m. – Hippo Keeper Talk (Water’s Edge Africa)
Throughout the Evening
Admission Includes:
– All-inclusive food sampling from regional restaurants beginning at 5:30 p.m., while supplies last.
– Over 85 outdoor light displays and many animal exhibits.
– Complimentary souvenir sampling cup and spork.
– All-inclusive beverage sampling from regional breweries, wineries and distilleries.
– Soft drinks and coffee will be available.
– Live music throughout the Zoo.
(Advance tickets are required; day-of tickets available only if not sold out.)
Activities
- Interactive activities in The Loft. Come face-to-face with smaller animals!
- Santa will be at Safari Lodge in African Rift Valley, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Snap a photo with Santa while you tell him what’s on your holiday wish list!
- Giraffe and Budgie Feeding Experiences (available for purchase).
- Sky Ride – Tickets available at Admissions and at the Sky Ride entrance for $3 each. Be in line by 7:30 p.m.; last Sky Ride leaves at 8 p.m. (weather permitting).
- Holiday-Safari Themed Drone Show – 7:30 p.m. (weather permitting). Watch our drone light show from nearly anywhere in the Zoo! The show will last around 15 minutes. Prime viewing spots are Elephant Boardwalk, Lodge at Moose Lake and Giraffe Plaza.
- Select animal exhibits are open during the event, including:
– African Rift Valley (giraffe barn)
– Asian Highlands
– Australia Walkabout (Budgie building)
– Encounter Africa
– Rocky Mountain Wild (except grizzlies)
– Scutes Family Gallery
– Water’s Edge: Africa (hippo building)
Beverages
Sample beer, wine, liquor and coffee from regional companies.
– 3 Hundred Days Distilling
– Atomic Cowboy
– Blackhat Distillery
– BrewCHA (non-alcoholic)
– Bristol Brewing Co.
– Cheers Liquor Mart
– Evergood Adventure Wines
– Lebowski’s Taproom
– Lost Friend Brewing Company
– Manitou Winery
– Pub Dog
– Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers (non-alcoholic)
– Rock Bottom Brewery
– Vaqit
(Cash bar & soft drinks at Grizzly Grill.)
Food
Savor food from some of your local favorites.
– Buttercup’s Bakery
– Dickey’s BBQ Pit
– Edelweiss German Restaurant
– Nothing Bundt Cakes
– Noodles & Company
– La Casita Mexican Grill
– Melting Pot
– My Neighbor Felix
– Occult Herbs & Tonics
– Taste Catering – Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Catering
– Texas Roadhouse
Bands
Encounter local musicians for your listening pleasure!
– Angel of Harp
– Father Bacon & the Sizzle
– Rafiel & the Roomshakers
– Restless Hearts
– Williams & LeeInterested in playing music at Electric Moonlight?
Contact [email protected], or call 719-424-7847.
