Tickets Still Available for ZooFest 2025!

Thu Sep 25 11:01:05 PDT 2025

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SUPPORT THE ZOO
Coming Soon! ZooFest 2025: Silverback Soirée
https://www.sfzoo.org/zoofest-2025/
Support SF Zoo by joining us at one of San Francisco’s most anticipated and unique events! Tickets are still available for ZooFest 2025: Silverback Soirée, our annual gala fundraising event.

ZooFest 2025 takes place 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
SF Zoo Supports Susan G. Komen with Upcoming 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/) .
It's Time for ZootoberFest!

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! 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
Refreshed and Rejuvenated!
https://www.sfzoo.org/renew-the-zoo/

Recently, we hosted a community clean-up morning as part of our Renew the Zoo (https://www.sfzoo.org/renew-the-zoo/) program. Renew the Zoo is a volunteer beautification program that enlists adults and children to help us with weeding, clearing debris and planting.

What made this latest Renew the Zoo so special was that instead of focusing on the interior of the Zoo, we took the program outside, to the perimeter of the Zoo! As a destination that is so close to the Pacific Ocean, the wear and tear from the salt and sea air can sometimes affect our landscape and sidewalks. Thanks to nearly 50 volunteers, who were given gloves and tools to work with, we made great headway in making your Zoo presentable to our guests.

Thanks so much to our staff and volunteers, great job! If you're interested in participating in our next Renew the Zoo project on Saturday November 8, 2025, or if you're a company that wants to volunteer your team for a team building experience, email RenewtheZoo at sfzoo.org (mailto:Renewthezoo at sfzoo.org) .
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