Zoo Lights

Name: Zoo Lights
Start: 2026-11-27
End: 2027-01-16
Location: Phoenix Zoo

Phoenix, AZ · Holiday

When: November 27, 2026 – January 16, 2027
Where: Phoenix Zoo · Phoenix · AZ
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

The Phoenix Zoo has decorated its grounds with holiday lights every winter since 1991, now stringing roughly four million lights across more than two miles of pathways. The nightly show runs from late November through mid-January and is one of the valley's largest holiday light displays.

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