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Current Events

AUGUST

Subway Music in the Zoo 2008
Tickets on sale now

Aveda Butterfly Garden
Experience free-flying butterflies and the colorful explosion of flowering plants. Opening June 14 through September 1.

SEPTEMBER

Tiger Tracks 5K & Kid’s Run: September 6, 2008
Annual 5K Run for the Minnesota Zoo.

Ride 'n Roar 2008 Saturday, September 13
Join us at the 3rd annual Ride 'n Roar event scheduled for Saturday, September 13. Please email bridgette.rufledt@mnzoo.org for information on how to become a corporate sponsor or to participate in Ride 'n Roar 2008.

KARE 11 Walk – September 14, 2008

Family Fiesta: September 27, 2008
Bring the family out to the Zoo for a day filled with Latin American flair. The animals will have some fun with their own special piñatas.

OCTOBER

Fish First: October 2, 2008
Your seafood choices make a difference! Enjoy a fun evening of delicious food and drinks all prepared in ways that preserve the health of our water and ocean wildlife.

HallZOOween: October 18-19 and October 25-26, 2008
Looking for a fun, safe place for trick or treating? Come to the Zoo for a day of music, crafts, and treats! Even the animals will enjoy some pumpkin action.

MISCELLANEOUS

African Adventure 3D: Safari in the Okavango
For many of us, Africa remains a distant and inaccessible place. Now however, there is an opportunity to visit the Okavango Delta, one of the most unique wilderness areas on this fascinating continent, in African Adventure 3D: Safari in the Okavango, showing exclusively at the Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo.

The Delta, created by the flood waters of the Okavango, is so large it can be spotted from deep space like a giant hand, bringing relief to this desolate region. Little-known to the outside world until a few decades ago, this secluded 20,000 square km maze of lagoons, channels and islands forms one of the most beautiful and pristine wildlife reserves on Earth.

Calendar of Events for 2008
Planning ahead? See the Zoo's 2008 events schedule at a glance