# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Playing at the Plaza: John Ball Zoo
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: It's a zoo out here--Playing at the Plaza concludes on August 14th with John Ball Zoo's Travelling Zoo, an up-close encounter with live zoo animals that is fun for kids and parents alike. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and join us at the Thornapple Plaza for this free children's performance.

As always, the following rules apply to Hastings Live programming at the Thornapple Plaza:

▪ No outside alcohol
▪ No smoking or vaping
▪ No dogs (service dogs excepted)

Hastings Live is a collaborative effort between the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hastings/playing-at-the-plaza-john-ball-zoo/200028663111554
- **Event Categories**: kids, dog, it, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028663111554?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hastings-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hastings
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Thornapple Plaza
- **lat**: 42.64907
- **long**: -85.2842
- **full address**: Thornapple Plaza, 301 E. State St.,Hastings, Michigan, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Hastings Live (https://allevents.in/org/hastings-live/25987214)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/54faba2f6ba805b850a7eb46569b1df951fee6ee0cf1fde7e04eeab7d0494270-rimg-w1200-h628-dce0dbd1-gmir?v=1755037373
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/ba99cd41d9b994be03c93f2ecd00b939fb15f672e51edb2e3a30c5626ed49973-rimg-w300-h300-dcfefefe-gmir?v=1755037374

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thornapple Plaza, 301 E. State St.,Hastings, Michigan, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Hastings Live
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** kids, dog, it, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Playing at the Plaza: John Ball Zoo ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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