Just 3 Weeks Till ZooFest 2025!

Thu Oct 2 09:45:11 PDT 2025

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HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN!
Three Weeks to ZooFest 2025: Silverback Soirée!
https://www.sfzoo.org/zoofest-2025/
Limited tickets are still available for the hottest ticket in town! Support SF Zoo by joining us at ZooFest 2025: Silverback Soirée, our annual gala fundraising event on Saturday, October 18, 2025!

This year’s theme celebrates the arrival of our new male silverback, Cecil, who recently joined our troop of Western lowland gorillas at the Jones Family Gorilla Preserve.

Guests will enjoy a special 5:30 p.m. cocktail reception at the Osher Great Hall where they can meet ambassador animals up close and personal from the Zoo’s Animal Rescue & Conservation Center (ARC). Dinner and dancing follow in the vibrantly decorated Big Tent, catered by McCalls and live music performed by Pure Ecstasy.

Guests can also bid on a host of items and experiences during the Live Auction, including two suite tickets to a Golden State Warriors home game this season, a signed Jonathan Kuminga jersey, and two First Class seats on Alaska Airlines. Guests can also participate in our silent auction, featuring unique items such as animal art painted by animals from wolverines to giraffes!

ZooFest 2025’s co-chairs are Kerry Deichen and Janie Friend. The event honors Dr. Gloria Hing, San Francisco Zoological Society Emeritus Board Member, long-time donor, and community leader.

Your support this year is more important than ever. Get ready for a fun night benefiting a great cause!

Reserve your table or ticket today! Exclusive VIP opportunities are also available. For more information, email zoofest at sfzoo.org (mailto:zoofest at sfzoo.org)
Buy Now (https://www.sfzoo.org/zoofest-2025/)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Registration Still Open for this Sunday's MORE THAN PINK Walk
https://secure.info-komen.org/site/TR?fr_id=10955&pg=entry

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is hosting the Susan G. Komen MORE THAN PINK Walk (http://www.komen.org/sanfranciscowalk) on Sunday, October 5 for the 5^th time! Event day begins at 9:30 a.m.

Participants can expect a family-friendly, festival-style event hosted on the Playfield Lawn. Gates close at 11 a.m. followed by a stage program where Komen will share how donations raised are supporting patients today. Following the program, SF Zoo will host a Survivor and MBC Thriver Carousel Ride on the historic Dentzel Carousel. It is a beautiful moment to close the event day activities. After the ride, Komen participants walk the Zoo at their own pace with their friends, family and teams. No formal route is marked, you are simply invited to enjoy the park knowing there are 4,000+ friends joining you from the breast cancer community.

Individuals, families and teams are all invited! R (http://www.komen.org/sanfranciscowalk) egister (http://www.komen.org/sanfranciscowalk)  to fundraise before event day for a seamless check-in that morning.

Whether you participate for yourself, a friend who is newly diagnosed or in memory of a loved one, we are stronger together. Learn more about Komen’s Patient Care Center (http://www.komen.org) .
Fleet Week is Back!
https://fleetweeksf.org/

We are honored to serve, once again, as one of this year's locations for Fleet Week's Neighborhood Concert Series!

Join us on Tuesday, October 7 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. to enjoy the Navy Band Southwest Woodwind Quintet, who will play a series of classics, standards and popular music, blending the individual sounds of the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone to create a unique Quintet sound.

During Fleet Week, we are offering complimentary admission for active and retired military members with a valid military I.D. Please show your military ID at the Gatehouse entrance; families are excluded from this offer.

This ensemble is always a much anticipated treat! Don't miss all of Fleet Week's exciting activities, demonstrations and shows, October 5-13. Learn more (https://fleetweeksf.org/) .
Come Celebrate with Beer & Brats Galore!

Join us for a rousing good time during ZootoberFest, our fun fall beer-and-brats event that will take place at the Leaping Lemur Cafe from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring live music by the entertaining and delightful Schwabenland German Band (http://www.schwabenlandgermanband.com/) from 12 to 2 p.m.

Celebrate our own Oktoberfest at this fun and lively Beerfest, featuring unique beer selections and festive food specials! We're serving up beers by Shiner, Firestone Walker, Dust Bowl Brewing Co., and Trumer Brewery. The event is open to all ages and no additional ticket is required (entry is included with general admission or Zoo membership).
Support Rhino Conservation

https://givebutter.com/zRPh3N

With Halloween around the corner, the American Association of Zoo Keepers San Francisco invites you to "Boo-ling" (bowling!) for Rhinos (BFR), on Sunday, October 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Presidio Bowl in San Francisco.

This ticketed event raises funds to support rhino and habitat conservation efforts with proceeds benefiting International Rhino Foundation, LEWA Wildlife Conservancy and Action for Cheetahs in Kenya, which shares a portion of its land mass with LEWA. Sanctuaries like these not only save rhinos (and cheetahs), but entire ecosystems.

Tickets can be purchased via thislink (https://givebutter.com/zRPh3N) . The evening includes pizza, soft drinks, a silent auction, a Spooktacular costume contest, and of course, bowling! Children under 12 are free with a paid adult admission.

Come help AAZKSF strike out extinction.

NEWS TO KNOW
Step into the Wild — Volunteer as a Zoo Docent!
https://www.sfzoo.org/volunteer-programs-draft/docents/

If you love animals and want to inspire others to care for wildlife, you'll want to join SF Zoo's Docent program! Docents connect guests to the wonders of the natural world through storytelling, education, and conservation action.

Our next Docent Information Session (https://www.sfzoo.org/volunteer-programs-draft/docents/) will take place at the Lurie Education Building on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10 a.m. Enjoy engaging presentations, a behind-the-scenes tour, a hands-on biofact demonstration, light refreshments, and free parking.

If you enjoy learning, teaching, and being outdoors with a great group of passionate individuals, we encourage you to become a Zoo Docent!

Space is limited—reserve your spot today! RSVP: join at sfzoodocents.org (mailto:join at sfzoodocents.org) .
Clancy's Pumpkins is Back!

We are thrilled to welcome back Clancy's Pumpkin Patch to our overflow parking lot on the corner of Sloat and Skyline Boulevard.

Clancy's supplies our animals with their favorite pumpkin treats, and will be the place for you to patronize for your Fall pumpkin needs! As a benefit to Zoo Members, show your Membership card when purchasing your pumpkins at Clancy's and receive a 10% discount! Clancy's has a variety of pumpkin sizes and shapes, and also gourds, stalks and Indian corn. They also have a fun corn maze and hay ride!

Pumpkin patch hours are Sunday-Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Friday & Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and runs September 26 thru October 31. (Photo courtesy of Clancy's.)
San Francisco Zoo & Gardens connects all people with wildlife, inspires caring for nature and advances conservation action.

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