{"id":85278,"date":"2017-10-07T17:41:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T21:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85278"},"modified":"2017-10-06T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T02:46:27","slug":"utica-zoo-spooktacular-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85278","title":{"rendered":"Utica Zoo Spooktacular"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dress up in your Halloween costumes and bring the whole family trick-or- treating at Utica Zoo\u2019s 31st annual Spooktacular fundraising event. Spooktacular takes place during the daylight hours this year so that the whole family can enjoy seeing all of the animals: October 28 and 29 from 11am to 5pm. (Please note that the Utica Zoo will open at 11am on both days). Relax and enjoy the fall foliage on the Harvest Hayride. Visit with educational animals during animal meet and greets, attend a zoo keeper talk, or animal feeding. Animals\u00a0throughout the zoo will receive pumpkins as enrichment on both days. Spooktacular is a rain or shine event\u00a0with free parking at the Utica Zoo. Additional free parking with bus shuttles will be available at the Parkway Rec\u00a0Center and MVCC Payne Hall Lot.<\/p>\n

Prices include admission to the zoo, trick-or- treating at 13 stations, rides on the Harvest Hayride, animal\u00a0meet and greets, zookeeper talks &amp; animal feedings, and pumpkin enrichment for the animals. Utica Zoo\u00a0Members are $5 for adults and $3 for children. Purchase or renew your Utica Zoo Membership before the\u00a0event! Not-yet- members are $10 for adults and $6 for children. A members-only line will be available for both days, and children under one get in free. Dancers from Maria Christina\u2019s School of Dance will perform the famous Thriller dance. Food trucks and vendors will be at Spooktacular, including Grapevine Gyros, Holy\u00a0Smoques BBQ Fusion, and Voss\u2019 at the Zoo. Most vendors are cash only and an ATM is located on site near the Sinnott Education Center. Autumn Avenue in the Rotary Pavilion will be full of vendors. Live bluegrass music by\u00a0Remsen Social Club on Sunday. For updated information on Utica Zoo\u2019s 31 st annual Spooktacular fundraising\u00a0event, please visit uticazoo.org. All proceeds from the event go back to the Utica Zoo.<\/p>\n

Utica Zoo Spooktacular is sponsored by Kiss FM, Bug Country, TALK 100.7 FM, MVP Healthcare, and PJ Green. Sponsorships and volunteer opportunities may still be available. Email samantha@uticazoo.org\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

To stay up to date on all things Utica Zoo, visit UticaZoo.org. Daily updates on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @UticaZoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dress up in your Halloween costumes and bring the whole family trick-or- treating at Utica Zoo\u2019s 31st annual Spooktacular fundraising event. Spooktacular takes place during the daylight hours this year so that the whole family can enjoy seeing all of the animals: October 28 and 29 from 11am to 5pm. (Please note that the Utica […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,23816,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-ff","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-mbs","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/spooktacular-kid-with-goat.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}