CMZOO’s MOST POPULAR 21 AND UP EVENT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 26 – Where else can you listen to live music, feed a giraffe, and enjoy an adult beverage on a mountainside? (Nowhere!)
Make plans for an unforgettable evening on Thurs., June 26, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Moonlight on the Mountain is the Zoo’s most popular after-hours event exclusively for adults 21-and-up. VIP tickets are sold out and general admission is going fast!
Attendees can enjoy the talents of 10 local musicians, and generously donated food and drink samples from around 40 breweries, restaurants and more from the Front Range region. A full list of vendors and musicians is below.
Moonlight on the Mountain general admission tickets are $79.75 per person. Tickets increase to $89.75 on June 26. Advance tickets are required and available at cmzoo.org/moonlight. This event is likely to sell out.
General admission tickets include:
– Complimentary souvenir sampling cup and spork, which help us make this a waste-wise event.
– All-inclusive beverage sampling from regional breweries, wineries, distilleries, and non-alcoholic beverage purveyors, while supplies last.
– All-inclusive food sampling from regional restaurants, while supplies last.
– Live musical entertainment throughout the Zoo.
– Evening animal viewing, including giraffe feeding for $3 per lettuce bundle! Most animal areas will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Primate World will be closed. The penguin building and grizzly bear viewing area will close at dusk.
– Access to scheduled animal demonstrations and keeper talks:
• 6:30 p.m. Hippo Demo – Water’s Edge: Africa, Hippo Plaza
• 7 p.m. Sloth Family Demo – Scutes Family Gallery
• 8 p.m. Elephant Keeper Chat – Encounter Africa, Elephant Barn
Moonlight on the Mountain is made possible thanks to your Colorado Springs Toyota dealers and Blue Federal Credit Union!
BEVERAGES
Sample beer, wine, liquor and coffee from these regional companies!
– 3 Hundred Days Distilling
– Atomic Cowboy
– Blackhat Distillery
– Bristol Brewing
– BrewCHA
– Cheers Liquor Mart
– Dos Dos
– Drip Queen Coffee
– Kangaroo Coffee
– Lebowski’s Taproom
– Locoworks LLC
– Lost Friend Brewing
– Manitou Brewing Company
– Manitou Winery
– Occult Herbs & Tonics
– Phantom Canyon Brewery
– Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers
– Red Leg Brewing Company
– Rock Bottom Brewing
– Rock N Roll Sushi
– The Paleta Bar
– VAQIT
– Voodoo Brewing Company
(Cash bar and complimentary fountain soda at Rocky Mountain Wild Barbeque Co.)
FOOD
Savor food from some of your local favorites!
– Colonel Mustard’s Sandwich Emporium
– Dickey’s BBQ Pit
– Dos Dos
– Edelweiss German Restaurant
– Heng Heng ThaiCo
– Hyatt Place at Garden of the Gods
– Light of Mine Bakery
– My Neighbor Felix
– Nothing Bundt Cake
– Occult Herbs & Tonics
– Phantom Canyon Brewery
– Rock N Roll Sushi
– Texas Roadhouse
– The Paleta Bar
– ViewHouse
– Voodoo Brewing Company
– The Homestead Collective
MUSIC
– All Through the Night
– Alyssa Mongiovi
– Cool Katz
– George Whitesell
– John Spengler & Frenemies
– Joshua Janitell
– Peter Wooten Band
– Rafiel & the Roomshakers
– Restless Hearts
– Ryan Flores
About Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society was founded in 1926. Today, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, America’s mountain Zoo, offers comprehensive education programs, exciting conservation efforts and truly fantastic animal experiences. In 2025, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was voted #2 Best Zoo in North America and CMZoo’s Rocky Mountain Wild was named #2 Best Zoo Exhibit in North America by USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. It is Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s goal to help guests fall in love with animals and nature, and take action to protect them. Since 2008, CMZoo’s Quarters for Conservation program has raised nearly $6 million dedicated to frontline conservation efforts around the world. Of the 237 zoos and aquariums accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is one of just a few operating without tax support. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo depends on admissions, membership dues, special event attendance and donations for funding.