Festival of Lights

Date: Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm

Join us for our annual tradition of gathering at the Festival of Lights! We will have a table set up outside the Main Entrance, by the ticket office, from 5:30-7:00, for check in. We will have a small gift for each family as well. You are more than welcome to come any time between 5:30pm and 7:00pm.  After 7:00, the table outside the ticket office will no longer be there to register or get your tickets (if needed).

If you have your own Zoo pass, we encourage you to use them so that we are able to reach more families that do not have memberships this year.  Tickets will be given for IMMEDIATE Heart family members only.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide tickets for extended family members. Children under 2 are free.  (Please do not include them in your count for tickets.) If we have extra tickets at the end, we will let everyone know and it will be a first come first serve to get additional tickets for extended family members.

We will be having our annual toy drive this year, for the kids and families at the CCHMC Heart Institute.  If you would like to participate, we are asking for gift cards to Amazon, Target, or Door Dash in lieu of toys. As you may know, they are renovating the Cath lab and have limited storage for the gifts they keep to use throughout the year. Gift cards are a great solution to help the families and easily store for when needed in the new year.

Tickets are limited! Register now!