CMZOO’S MOST POPULAR 21-AND-UP EVENT IS THRUSDAY, JUNE 25 – Where else can you listen to live music, feed a giraffe, enjoy an adult beverage on a mountainside, and watch a drone show after sunset? (Nowhere!)
Make plans for an unforgettable evening on Thurs., June 25, 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 tickets are 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. Unless they’re sold out, tickets increase to $89.75 on June 25. 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 make this a waste-wise event.
– All-inclusive beverage sampling from regional breweries, wineries, distilleries, and non-alcoholic beverage purveyors
– All-inclusive food sampling from regional restaurants.
– 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. – Elephant Keeper Chat in elephant barn
• 7:30 p.m. – Screech Owl Demo in The Loft
• 8:30 p.m. – Hippo Demo at Water’s Edge: Africa’s outdoor hippo plaza (weather-dependent)
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!
– Atomic Provisions
– 3 Hundred Days
– Bristol Brewing Co
– Cheers Liquor Mart
– Drip Queen Coffee (N/A)
– Felene Vodka
– Kangaroo Coffee
– Lebowski’s Taproom
– Manitou Brewing Company
– Manitou Winery
– Phantom Canyon Brewery
– Raising Cane’s (N/A)
– Red Leg Brewing
– Stoneyard Distillery
– The Melting Pot
– VAQIT
– Voodoo Brewing Company
– More to come!
(Cash bar and complimentary fountain soda at Rocky Mountain Wild Barbeque Co.)
FOOD
Savor food from some of your local favorites!
– Ambrosia Sweets
– Celestial Creek Ranch
– Chamonix Casino Resort
– Colonel Mustard’s Sandwich Emporium
– Freddy’s
– Hyatt Place
– Love & Some Baked Goods
– Phantom Canyon Brewery
– Noodles & Company
– Taste – Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Catering
– Texas Roadhouse
– The Melting Pot
– Voodoo Brewing Company
– SSA
– More to come!
MUSIC
– Dumpster Fire
– George Whitesell
– Hoot Boots Band
– Jason Lee Band
– Joshua Janitell
– Peter Wooten
– Ryan Flores
– Sandy Wells
– Tensas & the Mourners
– More to come!
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.
