Special Events
Monterey Zoological hosts several special events throughout the year to benefit the animals as well as many other non-profit efforts in the community. We also welcome those wishing to bring their special occasion or holiday gathering to the zoo.
For those interested, we invite you to click here to view a PDF Monterey Zoo Newsletter Nov. 2024 to bring you up to speed on our concerns, our efforts and the hopeful future of Monterey Zoo.
Past Newsletters: 2023 June Monterey Zoo Newsletter Monterey Zoo Newsletter Newsletter-June 2022 PDF Newsletter-June 2021 PDF Newsletter Oct. 2020
Our 2025 Gala on Sept. 20th 2025 is fast approaching. If you’ve never been to one of these events, you won’t want to miss this one! If you have been to one, then you know to check back here soon as tickets do sell out FAST! This event is truly unlike any fundraising event you’ve attended, with fine foods, fine wines, spirits, live entertainment, an incredible and unique themed decor and best of all, ANIMALS!!! We invite you to email Charlie at charlie@montereyzoo.org with any questions or to be sure to get on our mailing list to receive a formal invitation.
Previous Events…
Our 2024 Gala on Sept. 21st once again met all of our expectations and then some thanks to the kind, animal loving generosity of our community. It once again inspired us to begin working on next years gala! We again encourage you to visit our FaceBook Page at https://www.facebook.com/montereyzoo to see more photos of this event and others.
Our 2024 Gala on Sept. 21st once again met all of our expectations and then some thanks to the kind, animal loving generosity of our community. It once again inspired us to begin working on next years gala! We again encourage you to visit our FaceBook Page for
Few events we’ve ever hosted have been more rewarding than our most recent “Saving Rhinos”. This was a first for Monterey Zoo as we shared our very confidential donor list with an alternative non-profit effort in an attempt to further their efforts to save an iconic species that is very near and dear to our hearts, rhinos. $105,000 was proudly and generously raised in one afternoon! ALL proceeds from this event went to International Rhino Foundation and CARE for WILD Rhino Sanctuary to benefit the rhinos of Africa and Indonesia. Please visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/montereyzoo to see photos and learn much more about this event. Please don’t hesitate to contact us to learn how you can still contribute to this very worthwhile cause.
If you’ve never attended one of our gala’s in the past, you’re truly missing out as they are unlike any other fundraising event you’ve ever attended. They are truly magical thanks to the many who contribute so greatly to the evening, especially the animals! Each year is a different theme, this year’s being a magical evening, “Out of Africa”. This event, like the many before it could not have been more successful and beneficial to the many animals at Monterey ZOO. Photos will be available soon on our FaceBook page at www.facebook.com/montereyzoo
Our Annual Zoo Fundraising Gala on September 24th, 2022 at the Vision Quest Ranch in Salinas ~ Monterey County was a HUGE success, thanks to the many who helped bring Monterey Zoo to our community.
If you attended this event or one of our past galas, you’re already aware of what a unique and magic evening this is with fine dining, award winning wines, spirits, live and silent auctions, entertainment and best of all, ANIMALS!
We invite you to visit our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/montereyzoo to see photos of this spectacular evening. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on this page about future events at Monterey Zoo.
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Our annual ZOO GALA is typically held in late September, a VERY unique and exciting theme-party that includes a formal dinner, fine wine, spirits, live music & dancing, live and silent auctions and best of all, ANIMALS! Below are just some of the many theme’s we’ve enjoyed over the years.
