Boo at the Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo)

Name: Boo at the Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo)
Start: 2026-10-25
End: 2026-10-25
Location: Henry Vilas Zoo

Madison, WI · Holiday

When: October 25, 2026
Where: Henry Vilas Zoo · Madison · WI
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

Henry Vilas Zoo's free family Halloween morning fills the zoo grounds with trick-or-treat stations, carousel rides and extra animal enrichment. It is one of the zoo's most attended events of the year and has run on a late-October Sunday for decades. The zoo has not yet posted its 2026 date; this listing follows the established last-Sunday-of-October pattern.

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