Beat the heat and explore the outdoors with Reid Park Zoo’s Summer Safari Nights on Friday and Saturday evenings!
Come to Summer Safari Nights, presented by TMC Health and enjoy the Zoo in the cooler evening hours! Each week will feature keeper chats, animal encounters, artifact stations, carousel rides, crafts and games. Face painting and glitter tattoos will be available for purchase. Refresh with dinner and a cold drink at the Flamingo Grill, listen to live music by some of Tucson’s best bands. Take a ride on the Cox Jungle Carousel, and play games in the Event Garden! There will be a different theme each week, so every visit brings something new and plenty of photo opportunities to remember a great evening.
World of Play is open until dusk! Check details below for upcoming bands and activities.
Tickets:
Free for children under 2
Free for Zoo members
$11.25 for adults (ages 15-61)
$9.25 seniors (ages 62+)
$7.00 for children ages 2-14
SNAP/WIC and ACT One Culture passes are not valid for Summer Safari admission.
Featuring a new theme every week!
World Giraffe Day
Are you a big fan of the giraffe tower? Join us for an evening of celebrating the Zoo’s tallest residents Msituni, Penny, Moyo, and Jasiri. Steve K will be providing the musical entertainment on Friday night and Groove Dog will be rocking out Saturday evening.
Royalty
It’s a party fit for a queen! Join us for Summer Safari Nights’s Royalty evenings. Wear your crown, pose like a princess, and don’t forget to get a glitter tattoo fit for a princess or a prince. Bring your court out to the Zoo on Friday night to groove with Taylor Tunes, or turn up on Saturday evening to rock out with Quadrant 44 and say hello to GLAM Princesses.
Stars & Stripes
Slide into fun on Stars & Stripes night in style. Show up in your best star-spangled gear and appreciate the natural stripes on the Zoo’s zebras and ring-tailed lemurs. An inflatable dual-lane slide will be available in the Event Garden. Jarett James and the Wanderers will be taking center state on Friday and Little House of Funk will be providing tunes on Saturday. On the evening of Friday, July 4 we are offering free admission for active duty, National Guard and Reserve, Veterans, and Retired members of the military (with Military, VA, or Retiree ID) and $5 admission for dependents in honor of Independence Day!
Check back for more themes later in the summer!
Thank You Summer Safari Sponsors
Title Sponsor
Zoo Keeper Chat Sponsor
Enrichment Sponsor
Event Sponsors & Partners:
Past Themes:
School’s Out! Teacher Appreciation Night
Animals learn, too! Visit on Teacher Appreciation Night and hear about how the animals at Reid Park Zoo learn with positive reinforcement training. Teachers get in free with work badge/ID.