Zoo Lights 2008 take place Saturday Nov. 29 through Dec. 28. This is a Portland must see! The Oregon Zoo is open Sunday through Thursday from 5:00 PM --8:00 PM, on Friday and Saturday 5:00 - -8:30 PM. Note that Zoo lights will be closed December 24 and 25 for Christmas.
Each year the Oregon Zoo is transformed into a real winter wonderland, with more than one million Christmas & Holiday lights on display each evening. The event features more than 200 animated animals! The holiday light show includes swinging monkeys, leaping frogs, flying bats, diving penguins and a perfect-for-photos light sculpture featuring a dozen animals.
This years entertainment schedule includes the Bennion Family, VASA Youth Group, Dancers Northwest, Amy Bleu, Kennedy Middle School, Oregon Repertory Singers Bravura Boys Choirs, Taft High School , Delphian School Junior Varsity Choir, Neuance, Jackson Middle School Ensemble, Free Orchards Elementary School, Rock Creek Choir, Rock Creek Choir, Ron Russell Middle School Concert Choir, WKBS Barbershop Quartet, Marvel School of Dance, Portland Boys Choirs, First church of the Nazarene and dozens more.
