Denver Zoo Lights: Save $4 on Select Nights With $25.95 Value Pricing
Three million lights return across 80 acres for a 35th season, with value nights priced four dollars below regular admission.
🎄 Thirty Five Winters in City Park
🎟️ What Each Night Costs
Tickets go on sale November 5, with member presale November 2 and 10 percent off. Standard nights cost $29.95 for adults and seniors, and $22.95 for youth. Value nights drop to $25.95 for adults and $18.95 for youth—saving $4 per ticket—on November 29 through December 2, December 6, December 8 and 9, December 13 through 16, and January 2 and 3. Children two and under enter free. The season opens November 23 and closes January 3.
🕯️ Choose a Value Night
The walk covers 80 acres and three million lights, with value pricing running across 13 selected evenings. Gates open from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The 35th season brings back displays from the Wild Lights era, alongside theme nights including GOTHMAS on December 8 and 9, Dickens nights December 14 to 16, and Summer in December from December 28 to 30. The zoo closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
🧣 Museum First, Then the Lights
Pair the evening with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science at 2001 Colorado Boulevard. Visit the museum first during its regular daytime hours—open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and until 9 p.m. on most Fridays—then book a Zoo Lights entry session starting at or after 4:30 p.m. Walking between the museum and the zoo's south gate on Steele Street takes approximately 12 minutes (about 0.6 miles) through City Park. For families, the zoo's $28.65 to $44.95 bundle includes admission, a souvenir cup of hot cocoa, and two ride vouchers for the railroad and carousel. Photos by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.
