Family, friends, and ZooLights are a great way to turn on your holiday spirit! This year’s much anticipated event will feature larger-than-life light displays to mirror the Oakland Zoo’s full-time animal residents. Holiday music will fill the air as guests mingle among hundreds of thousands of energy-efficient LED lights. “PG&E is proud to collaborate with the Oakland Zoo to make its annual ZooLights tradition energy efficient,” said Greg Hoaglin, PG&E’s executive manager of East Bay Service and Sales.
"Energy-efficient lights are a great way for our communities to go green this holiday season. We are thrilled that thousands of children and adults will have the opportunity to learn about energy efficiency while enjoying the blend of beauty, learning, and excitement that define the Oakland Zoo. PG&E truly values its relationship with the Oakland Zoo and looks forward to working closely with them in the future."
So, grab a cup of hot cocoa and feast your eyes on more than 120
lighted animal structures. Don’t miss the ZooLights meadow show with
music provided by Movin’ 99.7 and orchestrated by Impact Lighting. It’s
an animal escapade that will unplug any “bah humbug” attitude! Plus, have your picture taken with Santa! Jolly
Old St. Nick will be at the Oakland Zoo every Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday leading up to Christmas. AND...he will be at the Zoo on December
22nd and December 23rd! You can get a picture with Santa for only
$5.00!!
Embark on a more relaxed ZooLights experience and board the Snowball Express, a miniature C.P. Huntington steam engine train. The Zoo’s famous train ride is popular among the young and the young at heart! Let your holiday spirit take you away as you see breathtaking views of the Bay Area while winding around the Oakland Zoo after dark.
End the evening in the Oakland Zoo’s Rides Area where children will especially enjoy a fantasyland of giant toy soldiers, with over-sized candy canes, lollipops, and gingerbread cookies. The holiday season may even bring out the kid in you…take a twirl on the carousel!
Oakland Zoo’s ZooLights is the largest LED light festival in Northern California!
The 2008 Zoolights event is sponsored by:
PG&E, CW, CBS 5, Movin 99.7, the Oakland Tribune, and PETCO.
PG&E is a national leader in helping its customers use energy efficiency as a cost-effective way of reducing their energy bills and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Over the past three decades, PG&E’s 85 distinct residential and commercial energy efficiency programs have helped customers save more than 118 million megawatt-hours of electricity and 10.7 billion therms of natural gas. These joint efforts helped our customers save more than $22 billion in energy costs, while preventing more than 135 million tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Tis the Season for ZooLights!
ZooLights is open to the public
December 5, 2009 – January 4, 2010
Exception: ZooLights will be closed December 24 & 25, so staff members may spend the holidays with family members.
ZooLights Hours:
Friday - Sunday: 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Monday – Thursday: 5:30pm – 9:00pm
*Please note that Oakland Zoo animal residents will be in their nighthouses.
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Admission Prices:
Adult Members: $6.50
Senior/Child Members:$4.50
Adult, Non-Member: $7.50
Child, Non-Member: $5.50
Parking: $2.00 per car for Non-Members
Parking is FREE for Members
Celebrate the season with a special commemorative holiday ornament.
They are available for purchase at the Oakland Zoo’s Gift Shop.
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