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Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
Bronx, NY · Holiday
- When
- November 21, 2026 – January 3, 2027
- Where
- Bronx Zoo · Bronx · NY
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights turns the Wildlife Conservation Society's flagship zoo into an after-dark walk through lantern sculptures of animals, ice carving and seasonal displays on select nights from late November through early January. The show has run annually since 2018 and this year adds nighttime access to select animal exhibits.
The history within reach
- Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights0.1 mi
Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights turns the Wildlife Conservation Society's flagship zoo into an after-dark walk through lantern sculptures of animals, ice carving and seasonal displays on select nights from late November through early January.
In September 1906 the zoo put a Mbuti man from the Congo, brought to the United States by the explorer Samuel Verner, in the monkey house alongside an orangutan.
The first Mass was said in a storefront on East 187th Street in June 1906, for Italian families who had come up from Lower Manhattan, many of them to work on the zoo and the botanical garden going up nearby.
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Arthur Avenue's Bronx Little Italy hosts this street feast, run by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, around the fixed feast day of Saint Anthony on June 13, with live music, food stalls, amusement rides and the neighborhood's own dancing of the Giglio.
The Bronx's Belmont Little Italy marks Our Lady of Mount Carmel with a novena at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church followed by a block party of food, games, and entertainment on Belmont Avenue.