ZooBoo’s Finale is Coming Soon!

Celebrate Halloween without the Fright for the 30th and Final Time

All proceeds support the plants and animals of the Como Zoo and Conservatory.  The Nokomis has been helping out with this event since 1994 (this is our 24th time).  We really want to help keep one of America's last free-admission zoos free.

Como Zoo will be transformed for ZooBoo October 21st – 22nd; and October 28th – 29th. Gates Open: 4:30-7:30 p.m.

This is the 30th and final time ZooBoo happens in its current form.  After this year the midsection of Como will be under construction for the new Piniped Plaza, home of Sparky and his cousins (piniped is fancy for seals and sea lions).  The construction extends from the edge of Gorilla Forest and the hoof stock yard all the way through Seal Island to the Aquatics building. That makes a safe path in 2018 much harder to do.  The team will take 2018 off to plan for a new and different event starting in 2019.

Want to know more about the event, click here.

Our folks will be heading up the new Halloween station, just inside the front gate.  We need to get there early (3PM), but we get to be done first.  Please sign up for the event in two places: One, at the Como Friends website, and two, on the Signup Sheets.  That way we have a list of who we should be sure to notify when it's time for dinner.

To prepare for that huge event, there's a lot of prep work still being done.

There are setup days before the event:

  • On Saturday September 30th we have the last of the building and on-site prep days.  We'll be gathering testing electric lights, making props and pumpkin stanchions, and putting final touches on whatever needs to be done.  The work goes from 10AM to 1PM with a quick meeting starting at 9AM.
  • On Friday October 13th we'll be installing the lights and props for the event, starting at 8AM and going until about 3PM.  Seems about right for the Halloween event, right?
  • On Saturday October 14th there will be PLENTY of need for many hands.  We'll be breaking down the large donations of candy and treats from large boxes to smaller, more manageable ones; completing any set repair and maintenance we can handle, and completing work on the lights and sound.  That day usually goes from 9AM to about 3PM.
  • On the morning of the first event night, Saturday October 21st, we'll be in full-on work to complete setups prior to the event.  We start at 8AM and hopefully will be done before the gates open.
  • Finally, on Monday October 30th we'll tear it all down and put it away for the final time.  Many hands make light work - if you can make it, we'd appreciate it.

All of these dates and times are in the Event Calendar.  If you have questions use the contact form below and Phill will get back to you ASAP.

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