2024 Zoo Brew: Sips for Simbas

Guests (21 and older only) are invited to the Zoo for an evening of beer tastings, food, live music, animal meet-and-greets, and more!

Zoo Brew is an important fundraiser for both the zoo and the conservation efforts we support. The Zoo is a non-profit, so this fundraiser and everyone who supports it helps the zoo provide for the needs of the more than 300 animals that call the zoo home. Your support provides special diets, vet care, and enrichment to keep the animals active and healthy. It also allows the zoo the opportunity to continue educational programs in the community that help people engage with wildlife and encourage them to protect the world around them.

Each year, the AGCZ conservation committee chooses a conservation effort that we can use to educate guests about and raise funds to help their cause. This year a portion of the proceeds from Zoo Brew: Sips for Simbas (Swahili for lion) will be donated to Lion Guardians to support their efforts in finding and enacting long-term solutions for people and lions to co-exist. Our resident lions, Daniel, Chadwick, Regina, and Nandi, allow us an opportunity to share how important these animals are and how we can support efforts that protect them in the wild.

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Admission to the Zoo
Tour the zoo and see what the animals are up to after hours
(enjoy special snacks and treats along the way).

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Beer Tastings, Live Music, Food, and More
Beer tastings begin at 7:30 pm in the green space.
Drink, dance, eat, and meet your favorite animal ambassadors.