Woodland Park Zoo Blog

Posted by Kirsten Pisto, Communications Love your mother! As Mother Day approaches, we're going to help you out with a few ways to show your love. Whether you are shopping for your mom, your grandma, your sister, your bestie or yourself — we've got some gift ideas fit for any queen. ZOO MEMBERSHIP You know what all moms love? Time with you! Pick up a Woodland Park Zoo membership for your mom and she'll think of you each time she visits the zoo, plus with visitor passes, she'll be able to bring you along! It's the Mother's Day gift that lasts all year, supports conservation and connects mom with the animals she loves most (besides you of course). Purchase a membership today:  https://www.zoo.org/membership A DELICIOUS EVENING This tawny frogmouth mama knows what’s best for her chicks' palates. WildBites will win your mom over too! Treat her to an evening of delicious bites and fabulous cocktails on September 6. Get your tickets today:  ...

See Concerts. Save Animals. Tickets go on sale April 24 Blondie. Photo by Danielle St. Laurent. Another season of BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru summer concerts is heating up with this year’s blazing lineup: June 19 - The Doobie Brothers with special guest Pat Simmons Jr. June 28 - The B-52s July 12 - Indigo Girls July 21 - Melissa Etheridge & Blondie July 22 - Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers July 26 - “Sweet Harmony Soul” featuring Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin & Amy Helm July 29 - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell August 9 - Ziggy Marley August 16 - Trampled By Turtles & The Devil Makes Three August 19 - Kenny Loggins The B-52s. Photo by Pieter M. van Hattem. New for 2015 Please add the appropriate amount of free child vouchers to your ticketing order (online or at gates) for each concert you will be attending. One child (12 and under) is free with each PAID general admission ticket. Photo by Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo. ...

Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Communications Another season of BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru summer concerts is heating up with this year’s blazing lineup: June 18 — Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood June 22 — Mavis Staples / Marc Cohn July 2 — Gregg Allman July 6 — Carolina Chocolate Drops / The Del McCoury Band July 30 — Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band with special guests Lake Street Dive July 31 — Lucinda Williams August 6 — Taj Mahal Trio / John Hiatt & The Combo August 10 — Robert Cray Band / Shemekia Copeland August 17 — Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Galactic August 20 & 21 — Pink Martini featuring China Forbes and Storm Large August 24 — Ziggy Marley Join us on the North Meadow for great music all summer long. When you see concerts, you save animals by supporting Woodland Park Zoo’s mission! Tickets go on sale to the general public on Fri., April 25 at 8:00 a.m. Current zoo members enjoy a special presale on Wed., Apr. 2...

Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Communications See concerts, save animals! BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru is celebrating 30 years of summer concerts with this tremendous line-up for 2013: June 23 - John Prine with Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson June 30 – Old Crow Medicine Show with Parker Milsap July 7 – Huey Lewis & The News: SPORTS 30th Anniversary Tour July 17 – John Hiatt & The Combo with Holly Williams July 24 – An Evening With Randy Newman July 26 – LeAnn Rimes July 30 & 31 – Indigo Girls with Lindsay Fuller August 7 – Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with JJ Grey August 11 – Todd Snider's Traveling Folk Show Featuring Shawn Mullins, Hayes Carll and Sarah Jarosz August 15 – Loreena McKennitt August 22 & 23 – Brandi Carlile Tickets will go on sale online Fri., Apr. 26, at 8:00 a.m. Proceeds from ZooTunes help to support Woodland Park Zoo's animal care, education and conservation mission.

Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Communications 4/27 UPDATE: If you are having trouble getting www.zoo.org to load, you can buy your tickets directly at this link .  BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru returns for its 29th season and another exciting line-up! The popular concerts are held outdoors on the vast, picturesque North Meadow of Woodland Park Zoo. The new season kicks off June 27:  June 27 - Leo Kottke / Jake Shimabukuro ($24)  July 3 - k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang ($38)  July 18 - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals ($22)  July 19 - Ziggy Marley ($28)  Aug 1 - Los Lobos / Steve Earle and the Dukes ($28) Aug 5 - The Johnny Clegg Band / Ladysmith Black Mambazo ($28) Aug 12 - An Evening With Melissa Etheridge ($39.50) Aug 15 & 16 - An Evening With Pink Martini ($34)   Aug 22 - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Robert Randolph & the Family Band ($26)  Aug 29 - Rosanne Cash / Madeleine Peyroux ($26) B...

Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Communications The much-anticipated BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru summer concert series is back for its 27th season! Be ready for a stellar line-up of performers. The concert series starts Sunday, June 27 with Grammy-nominee Jewel and runs for 10 extraordinary concerts, ending with Herbie Hancock’s The Imagine Project on Sunday, August 29 — with an incredible line-up of artists in between. Tickets go on sale 8:00 a.m., Monday, May 3 at local Metropolitan Market locations and at the zoo. 6/27 Jewel with Radney Foster ($28) 6/30 Steve Earle with special guest Joe Ely ($21) 7/14 Carbon Leaf ($24) 7/18 The Round 62 at the Zoo: A multi-arts collaborative show featuring Star Anna, Damien Jurado, and many more ($15) 7/21 Jimmy Cliff with Trevor Hall ($24) 7/29 Great Big Sea ($22) 8/3 Mary Chapin Carpenter / Shawn Colvin ($24) 8/11 The Levon Helm Band with Joe Pug ($26) 8/25 John Hiatt & The Combo ($22) 8/29 Herbie Hancock’s...

( Parents’ Night Out childcare is available at upcoming ZooTunes concerts on 7/1 and 7/2-- please register online to guarantee your child's spot . Read on to hear one five-year-old’s experience at the first ever Parents’ Night Out…) Posted by: Janel Kempf, Education While our almost-five-year-old daughter, Elena, has come with us in the past to many ZooTunes concerts (her first live music experience ever was They Might Be Giants when she was just six weeks old), WPZ was offering an interesting new option the night of The B-52s concert: Parents’ Night Out childcare ! I knew I’d be more willing to dance embarrassingly to an 80’s band without any chance of grandma hearing the next-day report of how weird I am. Elena was excited too—why hang around with mom, dad, and their friends when you can play all evening at Zoomazium ? So, I signed her up, and dropped her off at 5:00 p.m. the night of the concert. (In plenty of time, by the way, to meet my husband and friends back in line and ...

Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Communications A family-favorite for more than a quarter-century, we’re proud to introduce our exciting summer concert series lineup and a new partner, BECU ! We’re also pleased to announce returning presenting sponsor Carter Subaru and our ticketing sponsor, Metropolitan Market . Without further ado, here are the performers for this year: June 17 – The B-52s June 24 – Mavis Staples with special guest Allen Toussaint July 1 and 2 – Three Girls and their Buddy featuring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller July 15 – Ladysmith Black Mambazo July 19 – Los Lobos July 22 – Cowboy Junkies/Son Volt July 26 – Indigo Girls July 30 – Jewel August 13 – Joan Baez August 16 – Nanci Griffith August 19 – Susan Tedeschi with J.J. Grey & Mofro August 26 – Amos Lee Tickets will go on sale on Monday, May 4 at 8:00 a.m. at local Metropolitan Market stores, and in limited quantities at the zoo and BrownPaperTickets.com . For complete ticket informati...

Congratulations Lindsay H. and Megan A., our two ZooTunes VIP Ticket Giveaway trivia contest winners! Look for emails from Woodland Park Zoo to find out how to claim your prize. Thanks to all who took a stab at these tricky zoo trivia questions for a chance to win two VIP tickets to The Avett Brothers with Shawn Mullins ZooTunes concert. Curious about the answers? Here they are! 1. What carnivore is found farther north than any other non-human land mammal? Arctic fox 2. What animal uses regurgitation as a defense mechanism to startle the predator and lighten the load for escape? Turkey vulture 3. Zoos have been successfully repopulating what animal into biological reserves in Brazil for over 20 years? Golden lion tamarin 4. Indonesians call what animal “ora”? Komodo dragon 5. The record holder for what animal has over 375 pairs of legs? Millipede 6. What tropical rain forest feature was considered by the Maya to be a holy connection between the land and the heavens a...

It’s time for a giveaway! And this one is sweet. You can win… Two (2) adult day passes to Woodland Park Zoo Two (2) WaMu ZooTunes tickets for The Avett Brothers with Shawn Mullins (8/27/08) VIP seating for the concert! To enter, just correctly answer the zoo trivia questions below. Two winners will be drawn at random from all eligible respondents with the correct answers. Not sure of the answers? Browse our website or visit the zoo to look for hints. (Click on the questions to view larger--may open new window.) Think you know the answers? Email webkeeper@zoo.org with your guesses through Sunday, 8/17, 10 p.m. PST. Only one entry per individual, so encourage your friends to enter as well! Two winners will be selected at random on Mon., 8/18. Good luck!

This is the 25th year for Woodland Park Zoo's annual concert series, ZooTunes, sponsored by the folks at WaMu and presented by Carter Subaru. Twenty-five years---a whole generation!---of families have been enjoying the concerts which started with a few local acts and has blossomed into notable performing artists. This year, 10 concerts will be presented with the kick-off double-concerts featuring Keb' Mo' and Taj Mahal on June 24 and June 25. Other longtime favorites include Emmylou Harris and some newer artists including Andrew Bird, Amos Lee and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Ticket sale proceeds go to help fund the zoo's operations including education programs and conservation. Tickets go on sale on May 5 at Metropolitan Markets and here at the zoo (and on Ticketweb.com for those outside the immediate area). We hope to see you on the zoo's North Meadow!! Visit the WaMu ZooTunes website for the complete line up!