With 183 acres of indoor and outdoor exhibits, along with more than 3,000 animals representing over 600 species, the Zoo is a point of pride for all in The Land.
This place is amazing for trips with the family during the daylight hours, but the real magic happens when the sun goes down and you get down with all your favorite furry, feathered or scaled friends at night. There’s nothing like a nighttime event at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and none more beautiful than the Asian Lantern Festival.
he 2018 festival broke U.S. and international attendance records for a lighting event of its kind, drawing in over 150,000. The Zoo has outdone themselves again this year with 40 all-new, large-scale illuminated displays featuring hundreds of individual lanterns and including a walk-through 100-foot-long shark tunnel, a super adorbs 30-foot-tall giant panda, numerous Chinese pagodas and much more.
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s Asian Lantern Festival, presented by Cleveland Clinic Children’s, runs Thursday through Sunday evenings, 6:30 p.m.–10 p.m., from June 20–July 28.
Location:
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Rainforest
3900 Wildlife Way
Cleveland OH, 44109
Time:6:30 p.m.–10 p.m., from June 20–July 28.