Summer Wine Fest

Summer Wine Fest is for ages 21+ only. Children, including infants, are not permitted at this event.

Yes! To learn more about accessibility at Lincoln Park Zoo, please visit lpzoo.org/accessibility. To view the accessibility map of Lincoln Park Zoo, click here.

For guests who identify as disabled, Deaf, or chronically ill, please email access@lpzoo.org for information on accommodations or to ask other questions about the event experience.

All Lincoln Park Zoo event tickets are nonrefundable and not transferrable to another event. If you are not able to make it to the event, feel free to give your ticket to a friend or family member age 21 or older.

All events will be held rain or shine. Please dress accordingly!

Maybe. If tickets remain available, a limited number of tickets will be for sale at the entrance gates for a higher price. We highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance, though, as this event always sells out quickly!

Enter the zoo at the East Gate on Cannon Drive and Fullerton Parkway (in the zoo’s parking lot) or the West Gate at Stockton Drive and Webster Drive. Tickets can be scanned on your smartphone or on a printed sheet of paper. Re-entry is not permitted.

Paid parking is available at the zoo’s parking lot located at Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive (2400 N. Cannon Drive). The zoo is also accessible by train via the Armitage and Fullerton stations and by bus via the 22, 36, 151, and 156 routes. It is recommended for rideshares to drop off and pick up guests outside of the zoo’s West Gate at Stockton Drive and Webster Drive.

Nope! For the most efficient experience, please have your ID out and ticket ready on your smartphone. All guests must show their ID and ticket for entry.

Hopefully! Most outdoor and indoor habitats will be open for viewing. However, all animals have the choice to be in view of guests or behind the scenes.

Yes! A variety of delicious food options will be available for purchase across zoo grounds.

Please make note of restricted items:

• NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES
• No filled reusable water bottles or beverage containers
• No folding chairs
• No luggage of any kind
• No animals (with the exception of service animals)
• No coolers (unless medically required)
• No illegal substances
• No noisemakers or balloons
• No Segways or motorized scooters
• No thermal containers
• No weapons
• No remote-controlled aircrafts or drones
• No items deemed dangerous or inappropriate

Alcohol purchased outside the zoo is prohibited, and we ask that you refrain from smoking tobacco and cannabis inside the gates for the health and safety of our animals and visitors. Lincoln Park Zoo’s Code of Conduct can be found here.

For the safety of our visitors, staff, and animals, all bags, purses, strollers, packages, and other items carrying personal belongings are subject to inspection upon entry to Lincoln Park Zoo.

Email events@lpzoo.org.