Jack-O’-Lantern Nights and extra fall enjoyable at The Racine Zoo!

RACINE, WI (CBS 58) — Get prepared for Jack-O’-Lantern Nights and extra fall enjoyable on the Racine Zoo! Beth Heidorn and McKenna Moats joined us in studio to speak about that and extra on this week’s Zoo Zone!

OctoBEARfest

Friday, September 26, 2025

6-9pm

https://racinezoo.org/product/oktobearfest

Happy OktoBEARfest! Prepare your style buds for a German-themed evening of beer tasting out of your very personal memento sampling glass. Dive into a fantastic meals choice and go to with an animal ambassador. Bring your folks and revel in an evening on the Zoo!

Jack-O’-Lantern Nights

• October 2 – October 31, 2025
• Thursdays – Sundays
• 6pm – 10pm (final admission 9:30pm)
• $10 per particular person, 2 years and youthful: free (Admission solely on the door)
• In the crisp fall air, stroll by way of the Zoo alongside a devoted paved pathway and change into immersed in dazzling lights and charming decorations. Follow the trail and be absolutely immersed in Halloween with every step you’re taking. For the 4th annual Halloween-themed occasion, the Racine Zoo is giving a brand new and recent look to Jack-O’-Lantern Nights from Thursday, October 2 by way of Friday, October 31. From its debut in 2022, this occasion earned recognition as a nominee within the Innovation Award class for the 2023 Wisconsin Governor’s Tourism Awards, and we’re thrilled to convey it again for 12 months 4 with a recent new look!

This new firm will assist to vary Jack-O’-Lantern Nights and assist us create a present that’s extra distinctive and customary to the Zoo. Visitors will proceed on the trail lit with Halloween themed up lighting to suit with the ambiance that’s Jack-O’-Lantern Nights. Once they proceed across the nook, they are going to see a path crammed with pumpkins shows, tractors, photo-ops with pumpkins and hay bales, and crammed with spooky lighting all all through.

Old Fashioned Cocktail Night

Saturday, October 4, 2025

6PM – 9PM
Join the Racine Zoo in celebrating Wisconsin’s traditional cocktail. Sample quaint cocktails from native opponents on Lake Michigan. Vote in your favourite and on the finish of the evening we are going to crown a winner! Food included. Additional drinks might be accessible for buy. Must be 21 or older to attend. Get tickets at racinezoo.org.

Boo on the Zoo – Trunk-or-Treat Business Booth Registration

Boo on the Zoo
Saturday, October 25, 2025 |  10AM – 4PM

Business/group will present craft, sweet, meals or some form of tangible present for 3,000 children visiting your designated area. You are welcome to arrange your show in your automobile’s trunk or convey your individual desk or tent. Attendants have to be not less than 16 years of age.

Calling All Teens!

The Racine Zoo is proud to offer a volunteer program that’s designed for younger adults ages 13 to 18 years outdated. This is ideal for individuals who are contemplating a future profession with animals, zoos, schooling, or for these simply searching for a enjoyable volunteer alternative! Volunteens acquire beneficial expertise and study abilities to assist them of their future careers.

To study extra about our volunteen program, try our Volunteen Description

Those that want to take part within the Volunteen program should submit an utility together with a letter of advice from a instructor or group chief, and a private paragraph about why they need to be part of this system.

Volunteers

The Volunteer Program is for adults ages 18 and older. This is ideal for individuals who are contemplating a future profession with animals, zoos, schooling, or for these simply searching for a enjoyable volunteer alternative to do of their spare time! Volunteering on the Racine Zoo is a enjoyable, rewarding expertise for volunteers of all ages, from younger adults to retirees! 

Where else are you able to encompass your self with a few of the world’s most spectacular creatures whereas working and interacting with people who’re devoted to the mission and values of the Racine Zoo? Those that partake within the Racine Zoo’s volunteer program have opened the pathway to gaining beneficial work expertise that can assist them of their future endeavors and careers.

We depend on the help, dedication, and enthusiasm of those that share our imaginative and prescient of continuous to make the Racine Zoo a sanctuary for constructive interplay between individuals and the pure world. All positions require that the volunteer communicates successfully and pleasantly with the general public, in addition to symbolize the Zoo in a constructive method.