Zoo Lights

Note: The CyberMonday Zoo Lights sale link will be added this page at 12am on December 1st. Scroll down for details.

Be dazzled by custom light displays and canopies at Zoo Lights this winter on Alaska Zoo trails!

Zoo Lights is our annual community light festival spread across the 30 acres of maintained zoo trails. Visitors from across Alaska and around the world visit Zoo Lights, and local families make it a holiday tradition to visit with loved ones and guests.

Open Zoo Lights Dates and Times:

  • Opening Night: November 28 (Black Friday), 2025, 5-8pm

  • November 28-20, December 5-7, December 12-14, 5-8pm

  • Nightly December 19, 2025 - January 4, 2026, 5-8pm

  • No Zoo Lights on December 25th (zoo closed Christmas Day)

  • February 13-15 (Valentines Weekend), 5-8pm

  • March 6-15 (ASD Spring Break plus weekends), 7-9:30pm

Tickets:

buy tickets online

  • $25/person ages 3+

  • ZOO MEMBER DISCOUNT: Members ages 3+ receive a $10 discount per ticket which will be applied using the following steps:

    • Go to the ticket link above.

    • Log into your zoo membership account.

    • Ensure that your membership is listed as ACTIVE.

    • Go back to the Zoo Lights checkout.

    • Select regular price tickets listed, select date, select time.

    • Add this to your cart and your discounted ticket price will show up in checkout in your cart. It does not show up in the first steps, only after you have added ticket to your shopping cart.

  • Ages 2 and under are free

  • Please note that, although you select a date in checkout, zoo admissions will honor your Zoo Lights tickets for one use during any open period during the 2025/2026 season.

  • Tickets are available online and at the gate during open Zoo Lights hours. CyberMonday tickets may only be purchased online during the one-day sale on December 1st.

CyberMonday Sale:

Each year, we offer a one-day discount on Zoo Lights tickets on CyberMonday. The price for 2025 CyberMonday Zoo Lights tickets will be $13/ticket, regardless of zoo membership status. This is a deep discount on Zoo Lights tickets which will each be valid for one use during the 2025/2026 season.

This sale price will be available online only from 12am-11:59pm AK time on Monday, December 1, 2025. Many people purchase blocks of these tickets for the discounted price, then give them out as holiday gifts and stocking stuffers for friends, family and co-workers. There will be individual e-tickets that come in your confirmation email. You can print them to add to gifts or stockings, or hand them out to your favorite people.

The link will be added this page at 12am on December 1st.