Ring in 2024 with Your Family at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's "Zoo Year's Eve" Daytime Celebration

By: Jen Fields, Director of Communications
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Powell, OH – Ring in 2024 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Zoo Year’s Eve celebration! This family-friendly event is for the early birds who do not wish to wait until midnight to ring in the New Year.  

Zoo Year’s Eve will be held on December 31, 2023 from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Lakeside Theater, located in the Entry Plaza overlooking Conservation Lake. The highlight of the event will be a special New Year’s Eve countdown shortly before noon.

Other features of this festive event include:

  • 2024 Re-ZOO-lution activity – Make your resolution and add it to our display board!
  • Meet and greets with several Character Ambassadors
  • Hot chocolate (while supplies last)
  • Music
  • Games
  • Zoo Year’ Eve party favors (while supplies last)

Please Note: This celebration will take place outdoors, so guests should plan to dress accordingly for the weather.

Zoo Year’s Eve activities are free with paid admission to the Columbus Zoo, and guests are invited to explore the rest of the Zoo’s exciting winter offerings during their visit. For additional updates about the Columbus Zoo, events, and more, be sure to follow the Zoo’s social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok, and visit us at ColumbusZoo.org.

 
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About the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 
Home to more than 10,000 animals representing over 600 species worldwide, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium leads by making a positive impact on people, wildlife, and wild places. The Zoo complex is a recreational and education destination that includes the 22-acre Zoombezi Bay water park and 18-hole Safari Golf Club. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium also manages The Wilds, a 10,000-acre conservation center and safari park located in southeastern Ohio. The Zoo is a wildlife conservation organization with regional, national and global impact, annually supporting conservation and research projects locally and worldwide. For more information, please visit ColumbusZoo.org

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Saving Wildlife.

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