New Year’s Day Events
We hope you’re rested and recovered and ready to start out 2013 active!
There’s a whole slate of fun things to do on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2013 to help get the new year off to a great start.
Whether it’s continuing your dancing and drinking, taking a serene moment to reflect the past year, taking freezing dip into the ocean, or getting in a midday walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, there’s plenty of fun ways to start the year.
Sunday, January 25
Glowfari returns in November 2025! This wildly popular, family-friendly experience features hundreds of ALL new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the Zoo. Each lantern tells the story of the ongoing journey of wildlife, the importance of every species on our planet, and Oakland Zoo’s commitment to ...