

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ❄️?️Winter Solstice at the MN Zoo?️❄️
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am – Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: ❄️?️Celebrate Winter Solstice, December 20 – 21?️❄️

Want to mark the start of your kids’ school break or make Minnesota memories with out-of-town guests? Bring them to the Zoo for Winter Solstice Weekend, December 20 – 21, where the darkest days are bright with wildlife!

☕Warm up with a winter-themed specialty drink: Darkest Day Decadence. It’s a 16-oz. festive cup of double chocolate hot cocoa topped with an OREO Cakester. Available only December 20 - 21 at Penguin Café, while supplies last. 

?Who doesn’t mind the dark? Sloths! Come learn about these slow, sleepy, and super cool creatures at Sloth Keeper Chats, Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. on the Tropics Trail. 

☃️Animals will have extra-special enrichment experiences all day on Saturday and Sunday. Enrichment includes objects, scents, and surfaces that engage animals’ senses and spark curiosity. 

❄️Join us for Winter Solstice Weekend by getting your regular daytime Zoo admission tickets at mnzoo.org ?️


Plus, we have a special Moonlight Qigong &amp; Tai Chi class ⬇️

? Dive deeper into the Solstice when you join a Moonlight Qigong &amp; Tai Chi class in Discovery Bay, December 21 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. This movement-based, meditative practice reduces stress, increases strength, and calms your body and mind. The program welcomes guests aged 13+. (ℹ️You can learn more and register for this class at MNZoo.org/programs-events)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/apple-valley/️winter-solstice-at-the-mn-zoo️/200029357203554
- **Event Categories**: workshops, health-wellness, trips-adventures, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://mnzoo.org/plan-a-visit-2/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=apple+valley-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Apple Valley
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN, United States, Minnesota 55124
- **lat**: 44.76229
- **long**: -93.19206
- **full address**: 13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN, United States, Minnesota 55124

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Minnesota Zoo (https://allevents.in/org/minnesota-zoo/26131499)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN, United States, Minnesota 55124
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Minnesota Zoo
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, health-wellness, trips-adventures, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about ❄️?️Winter Solstice at the MN Zoo?️❄️ ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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