Roar & Pour
August 31 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT
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In partnership with Coastal Virginia Brewery Alliance, join us for this family-friendly event featuring unlimited beer samplings from the finest that Coastal Virginia has to offer, alongside extended exhibit hours, a Food Truck Rodeo, live music, games, a kid’s play area, and much more.
Activities
- 5 – 5:45pm: Ambassador Animals in the Fountain Plaza
- 5 – 7pm: Entire Zoo & Goat Yard open
- Musical entertainment from the Bobby Blackhat Band
- Bounce Hopper Bounce Houses (Additional cost)
- Train Rides (Additional cost)
- Silent Auction (Additional cost)
Unlimited Beer Tastings
A free tasting cup is included with purchase of drinking adult ticket
Beer provided by:
- Elation Brewing
- Gloucester Brewing Company
- Beale’s Beer
- Caiseal Beer & Spirits Co. (The Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery)
- COVA Brewing Co.
- Benchtop Brewing Company
- Vibrant Shore Brewing
- Dragon Run Brewing
Vendors (extra cost)
- POPFlorist
- Bella’s Creations
- Face painting by Artfully Yours
- Norfolk Candle
- Custom Spoon Rings from Wuby’s Wings
- Fairy Hair from The Fairy Hair Company
- SuperCompStudios
- highonyoursupply
Food & Drinks (extra cost)
- African Village Restaurant
- Beastro
- Mini Melts
- Food Trucks (in Event Field):
💲 Advance Purchase Ticket Prices (through 8/25) 💲
Member prices
🍻 Drinking Adult (21+): $43
🍻 Non-drinking Adult (18+): $11
🍻 Child (2-17): $11
🍻 Under 2: Free
Non-member prices
🍻 Drinking Adult (21+): $53
🍻 Non-drinking Adult (12+): $20
🍻 Child (2-11): $17
🍻 Under 2: Free
Prices will increase for all ticket types starting 8/26.
Tickets go on sale for Zoo Members 7/5 and are available to the general public starting 7/12.
Limited number of tickets available. Advance ticket sales end when sold out (get yours early!). If tickets remain on the day of event, gate sales will be credit card only. 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.
The Zoo is a smoke-free facility; no smoking is allowed inside the Zoo. This also includes e-cigarettes and vaping.
Upcoming Events
- July 1, 2024 Membership Swap: Hermitage Museum & Gardens and Chrysler Museum of Art
- July 15, 2024 Summer Camp
- July 17, 2024 Wild Walks
- July 18, 2024 Wild Tykes
- July 18, 2024 Zoo Tales