Special Event

Saturday and Sunday, October 24 & 25

9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Come join us for the 20th annual Bashas' Boo! at the Zoo.
This year, we will be celebrating our family-friendly Halloween event with a Fall-Fest at the Zoo's Harmony Farm!

Experience life on the farm with fun activities for young children including the following:

• Halloween scavenger hunt to find spooky animals like: cats, bats, owls, snakes, spiders, bugs and more on the Children's Trail
• Learn about cow branding in a hands-on activity with the Arizona Beef Council
• Magazines and more with Raising Arizona Kids
• Mama Mirabelle and Toot & Puddle Halloween cartoons in the schoolhouse
• National Geographic Kids Zone arts and crafts
• Nature's Own giving away bread at the exit (Saturday only)
• Painted crafts with Green Halloween
• Pumpkin Bean-bag toss
• Pumpkin bowling with the Arizona Farm Bureau
• Pumpkin patch photo opportunity - post your photo on the Zoo's facebook page
• Sample cheese with the Arizona Milk Producers
• Sample guacamole with Chipotle
• Sample Pears from USA Pears and Radio Disney
• Shamrock Farms milk sampling (Sunday only)
• Silly stampers with the Arizona Museum for Youth
• Spider sweep game
• Stick Pony corral
• Stuff scarecrows at Harmony Farm
• Tomato Tattoos with Sweet Tomatoes

Plus enjoy all of your favorite Boo! Traditions:

• The Pumpkin Stomp and Chomp for the Zoo's animals
• The Mascot Parade – costumed characters from the community in the main Plaza
• The Pony Parade – Horses of Hollywood @ the Equine Arena at noon
• Live entertainment with Mrs. B at Savanna Park
• Halloween photo opportunities - post your photo on the Zoo's facebook page
• And much more!

Zoo Animal Pumpkin Stomp and Chomp:

Saturday – October 24, 2009
9:30 – Mandrill/Baboon
10:30 – Collared Peccary
11:00 – Otter
12:00 – Warty pig
1:30 – Elephants
2:15 – Galapagos & Aldabra Tortoises
3:00 – Jaguar

Sunday – October 25, 2009
9:30 – Savanna
10:30 – Orangutan
11:00 – Rhino
11:45 –Tiger
12:15 – Warthogs
1:30 – Elephants
2:15 – Ocelot
3:00 – Anteaters

Pumpkins Donated by Mother Nature's Farm

Free with Zoo membership or regular admission.

Kids 8 years and older may prefer our new night-time event Howl-O-Ween October 30 & 31 6:30p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Click Here

Costumes can scare some of the Zoo's animals. Due to the nature of this event and the safety of the animals, Monkey Village will be closed and costumes may need to be altered or removed at the giraffe encounter.

For great ideas on how you can make your Halloween celebrations more eco-friendly check out this site from one of our community partners: Click Here