BOO at the NC ZOO

Name: BOO at the NC ZOO
Start: 2025-10-18T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-26T15:00:00-04:00
Location: North Carolina Zoo

Schedule

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

North Carolina Zoo | Asheboro, NC

Celebrate two weekends of daytime, family-friendly Halloween fun at the North Carolina Zoo! This annual event offers sweet treats and more, perfect for children aged 4-12. Dress up your little ones to enter fun costume contests, enjoy trick-or-treating along the Africa loop, and have a howling good time with festive games in the Africa Amphitheatre. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 18, 19, 25, and 26, 2025. Additional costs apply: $10 for guests and Zoo member guests; $8 for Zoo members, in addition to Zoo admission. Purchase your Boo at the Zoo wristband at the Africa or North America admission booths. Boo ticket sales end at 2 p.m. each day. Costume guidelines include: costumes must be family-friendly; no scary costumes or costumes that expose excessive portions of skin; for participants 13 and older, costumes, masks, makeup, or face paint cannot cover the face; costumes should not contain any weapons that resemble or could be mistaken for an actual weapon; costumes must be safe to be worn throughout the Zoo. Costume contest age groups are: 0-5 years, 6-12 years, 13 years and up, and themed family or group participants. Sponsored by Pepsi.