Adult Night (RESCHEDULED)

RESCHEDULED TO JULY 27TH

RESCHEDULE UPDATE: Adult Night event has been rescheduled from July 13 to July 27 from 5pm-8pm due to the forecasted thunderstorms during set up and event hours. Our guests’ safety and experience is important to us, so all tickets will automatically be transferred to the new date, which is planned with the same lineup of activities and vendors. If you cannot attend on the rescheduled event date or have any questions, please email [email protected] by EOD Thursday, July 18 for assistance. Please note that this email is monitored Monday – Friday between 8am-4pm. We thank you for your understanding and can’t wait to beat the heat with you at Adult Night on July 27th!

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Unleash your inner wild child during our adults-only evening at the Zoo! Trails and exhibits will be open late and there will be drinks, a DJ, and a Food Truck Round Up alongside yard games to play in our Event Field. 

*Please note that in order to not disrupt our animals’ routines, exhibit trails will close at 7:30pm, though the event continues until 8pm. The Goat Yard in the ZooFarm will remain open until 7:45pm.

*Event is Ages 21+ and ALL IDs will be checked before entering.

Event Map

Activities:

• 5 – 5:45pm: Ambassador Animals in the Fountain Plaza
• 5 – 7:30pm: Entire Zoo open
• 5 – 7:45pm: Goat Yard open in the ZooFarm
• Slip ‘n slide Bounce Houses (FREE access!)
• Cornhole and Beer Pong (with water) provided by CLUBWAKA
• Free beer and wine samplings from Big Ugly Brewing & Waters Edge Winery in the Fountain Plaza (Full pours available for an extra cost.)
• Summer Jams DJ Dance Party
• Special Community Guests: Hampton Roads Pride, Pink Boots Society, the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, & Coastal Virginia Brewery Alliance
• Summer Splash Zone Train Rides (Additional cost.)

Food & Drinks (extra cost):

• African Village Restaurant
  • Big Ugly Brewing beer, wine, Waters Edge Serpentine Sangria & Coastal Cocktails
  • LIMITED EDITION: Spiked Icee’s (Alcohol options: Jose Cuervo Tequila or Smirnoff Vodka; Icee options: Blue Raspberry, Cherry & Mango) – While supplies last!
• Event Pavilion
  • LIMITED EDITION Specialty Cocktails – While supplies last!
    • Summer Pool Party Watermelon Margarita (Jose Cuervo Silver Tequila, Watermelon Pucker, Triple Sec, Lime Juice & Simple Syrup)
    • Coconut Cooler (Bacardi Superior Rum, Malibu, Cream of Coconut, Mango Juice, and Pineapple Juice)
• Food Trucks (in Event Field):
  • DC Smoothies
  • Salsa Libre
  • Stuuff Cakes

Vendors (extra cost)

• Fairy Hair from The Fairy Hair Company 
• Face Painting by Artfully Yours
• Permanent Jewelry from Of Great Value 
• Custom Spoon Rings from Wuby’s Wings
• AAZK
• Virginia Zoo Gift Shop (check out special Adult Night merch!) 

Limited number of tickets available. Tickets are non-refundable. All sales are final. Should a ticket holder be unable to attend the event, the purchase will be considered a donation. All events are rain or shine unless otherwise indicated. As an outdoor venue we encourage you to bring umbrellas or ponchos in the case of forecasted inclement weather.

The Zoo is a smoke-free facility; no smoking is allowed inside the Zoo. This also includes e-cigarettes and vaping.