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Summer Nights Concerts Presented by Kids’ Free Days Presented by
Sponsored by
New! Brick Safari Fridays and Saturdays, Beer Garden Monday to Wednesday, August 5-7
June 21 to August 10 sponsored by
Everyone is welcome during Kids’ Free Days.
Our popular nighttime event is back. Join doctors, nurses, and health care
Enjoy Brookfield Zoo in a new light with cooler specialists from AMITA Health during
evening weather, enhanced dining, a beer Kids’ Free Days. Learn about fun ways to stay healthy, get ready for
and wine garden, live music, roaming the new school year, and participate in many interactive games.
performers, and a new laser light show,
Saturday, May 11, to Sunday, September 29 all while surrounded by wildlife and nature. ZooBrew Sponsored by
See page 22 for the lineup. Get more
Brick Safari features more than 40 life-size details at CZS.org/SummerNights. Saturday, August 24
animal sculptures created from millions Presented by Enjoy bears and beers, lions and lagers, anteaters and ales. ZooBrew
of individual colored LEGO® bricks! Summer Sundays is a one-of-a-kind, 21-and-over beer-tasting event featuring over
The menagerie of animals will be located Sundays, July 7, 14, 21, and 28 80 beers. Enjoy live music and bid on silent auction items from our
along a winding, wooded pathway on Sponsored by Sundays in the summer are the perfect day to visit Brookfield Zoo participating breweries. For additional information and to purchase
the east side of the park, and many of the
with the whole family! Join us for family-friendly programming tickets, go to CZS.org/ZooBrew.
sculptures are based on some Brookfield
on Sundays in July. See page 23 for the lineup. For additional
Zoo favorites, such as the lion, giraffe, information, visit CZS.org/SummerSundays.
snow leopard, and pangolin.
New! Roars & Pours Animal Enrichment Day ZooRunRun Presented by
Saturday, May 18 Sunday, August 4 for the Animal Care and Conservation Fund
Enjoy spring at Brookfield Zoo and join us for this inaugural wines and Get hands-on as you learn about enrichment, the tools and Sunday, September 8 Sponsored by
spirits tasting event. Enjoy music and food trucks, and meet some of techniques that animal care staff use to keep the animals
our Animal Ambassadors. For more information about this 21-and- mentally and physically stimulated. Zoo Chats will be all Bring your family and friends to cheer
over event and to purchase tickets, go to CZS.org/RoarsandPours. about enrichment, and you can create enrichment items at
Hamill Family Play Zoo. The animals will get special enrichment you along this certified 5K course set
Father’s Day Barbecue items throughout the day, too! This event is facilitated by the
Brookfield chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers. entirely within Brookfield Zoo. Kids can
Sunday, June 16
participate in the one-mile kids dash! All participants are chip-timed.
Bring Dad for a fun noontime Father’s Day barbecue featuring
an interactive DJ. Enjoying a complete, all-you-can-eat For more information and registration, go to CZS.org/ZooRunRun.
summertime buffet has never been easier. Cash bar service will
be available. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. Go online to
For more information and reservations, go to CZS.org/Events. CZS.org/Events
for more events.
World Giraffe Day
Sunday, June 23
Clomp along a parade route, enjoy a giraffe Zoo Chat, and create
a giraffe-themed craft. Plus, help some of our giraffes celebrate
their birthdays: Potoka (right) is turning 6 and Ato is turning 4.
Proud sponsor of the
Chicago Zoological Society
