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Boo at the Zoo

Get Ready for a Ghoulishly Good Time This October!
This year, we’re brewing up more Halloween magic than ever before! Gather your little goblins, don your most enchanting costumes, and step into a world where the animal kingdom meets the spooky season. Potter Park Zoo transforms into a captivating realm filled with vibrant fall colors, family fun, and the animals!
What: Boo at the Zoo
When: October 25 – 26 from noon – 5 p.m.
Where: Potter Park Zoo
Purchase Tickets Now!
If you’re having any trouble purchasing online, don’t worry—you can grab your tickets over the phone by calling our Information Desk at (517) 342-2713 during business hours (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.). Please leave a voicemail if prompted, and someone will return your call within 24 hours.
Boo at the Zoo Information:
Free Activities for everyone:
- Treat Stations
- Community Partners
- Maze
- Conservation Stations
- View our Dress A Skeleton Sponsor Displays
Activity Tickets
- 1 Count. $3
- 3 Count. $5
- 6 Count. $10
- 12 Count. $15
All Access Wrist Band
- Includes all access to activities. All individual game rules and wait times apply.
- Youth (4-15). $15
- Adult Hayride (16+). $3
Activities Available for one ticket or wristband:
- Black Light Room
- Inflatable Obstacle Course
- Hayride (ADA Accessible Hayride available)
- Skee Ball
- Monster Mash-Up: 6 Sports, 3 Minutes Each
- Inflatable Darts and Tic Tac Toe
Cider and Donuts
Quality Dairy Cider
- 1 Pint Cider. $5
- Cider Slush. $5
- Hot Cider. $5
Warm Mini Donuts. Available in Cinnamon Sugar or Plain.
- 3 Count. $5
- 6 Count. $10
- 12 Count. $15
A big thank you to all of our Boo at the Zoo sponsors who help to support this event!




A special thank you to all of our spook-tacular skeleton sponsors. You can view all of their skeleton displays around the zoo!
-DAKKOTA Integrated Systems
-Liberty Tax of Lansing
-Haslett Child Development Center
-Riverwalk Theatre
-Capitol National Bank
-Alec Garza State Farm
-Michigan State University Kinship Care Resource Center
-Lansing Catholic High School
-Abbie Mullins: Childbirth Education & Lactation, LLC
-Ashley and Matthew Erker



