ZooBoo

📅 October 15-18
🕒 5 – 9
🕒 5 – 9
🕒 10 – 9
🕒 10 – 5
📍GPZ Campus
Explore the entire Great Plains Zoo campus with free-flowing trick-or-treat stations, unique decorations, and plenty of photo-ops!
Skip the lines and start the fun early with Early Access tickets! Early access grants you exclusive entry to ZooBoo 1-hour before general admission for just $6 more! Plus, kids age 2-12 will receive a FREE tote bag to haul their treats in. Early Access tickets sold separately and are NOT included with Monarch Membership. EARLY ACCESS TICKETS ARE LIMITED.
SFZA works to be an inclusive place of fun, education, and discovery! This year we have added a sensory day on Sunday, October 18 to allow those with sensory processing issues to experience the event. Sensory day will still have all the ZooBoo fun with a lower capacity and less noise. In an effort to ensure those with sensory sensitivities have a ZooBoo experience to last a lifetime, we ask that you please not reserve a ticket for this day if you do not require it.
🎃 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 | 5–9 pm
5 pm: ZooBoo opens for Early Access ticket holders
6 pm: ZooBoo opens for General Admission
5–7 pm: Siouxland Renaissance Association in the Plaza
5–8:30 pm: Live DJ near Penguins
5–8:30 pm: Scary Stroll presented by GoodTimes Entertainment
5–9 pm: Vendor trick-or-treat stations
8 pm: Final admission
9 pm: ZooBoo closes
👻 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 | 5–9 pm
5 pm: ZooBoo opens for Early Access ticket holders
6 pm: ZooBoo opens for General Admission
5–8:30 pm: Live DJ near Penguins
5–8:30 pm: Scary Stroll presented by GoodTimes Entertainment
6:30–7:15 pm: Zombie Dancers near Penguins
5–9 pm: Vendor trick-or-treat stations
8 pm: Final admission
9 pm: ZooBoo closes
🦇 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 | 10–9 pm
10 am: ZooBoo opens for General Admission
10–7: Vendor trick-or-treat stations
10–2: Live DJ near Penguins
10–2: Scary Stroll presented by GoodTimes Entertainment
2–5 pm: Characters by Simply Ever After
5–7:30 pm: Live DJ near Penguins
5–7:30 pm: Scary Stroll
7:45–8:30 pm: SD Aerial Show on Primate Lawn
8 PM: Final admission
9 PM: ZooBoo closes
🧡 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 | 10–5 pm
SENSORY DAY
10: ZooBoo opens for General Admission
MendIt 605's 3D-Printed Butterfly & Giraffe Giveaway (while supplies last)
10–11: Crafts at Snow Monkeys
10:30: Animal Meet & Greet
11–11:30: Juggler
11–3: Vendor trick-or-treat stations
12–3: Characters by Simply Ever After
2–2:30: Juggler
3–4: Crafts at Snow Monkeys
3:30: Bookworms in the Education Classroom
4: Final admission
5: ZooBoo closes
🧟 NEW! SCARY STROLL
Get ready for a Halloween experience designed for Big People & Brave Little People!
👻 2026 Theme: STRANGE CREATURES
Presented by GoodTimes Entertainment

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As of March 30, 2026, there will be some updates to Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium memberships. Admission for ticketed events, including Egg-stravaganza, Summer Celebration, and ZooBoo will be included only with Monarch memberships. Gold and standard members can purchase discounted member tickets for these events.
SFZA will honor the legacy benefits associated with memberships purchased prior to March 30, 2026, until the end of that membership's one-year term.
These changes are necessary to meet rising costs of operations, and to ensure SFZA can continue to deliver the best possible guest experience on our campuses.