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Culture / Chinese lantern craft exhibition

IllumiNights at the Zoo: A Lantern Festival

Selected evening dates at Zoo Atlanta

Zoo Atlanta presents a lantern trail featuring wildlife displays that the official programme says are crafted and hand-painted by Chinese artisans. The 2026–27 season runs on selected nights, with preview and general-admission ticket categories.

When
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Selected nights · 5:30–9:30 PM · Last entry 8 PM
Where
Zoo Atlanta
800 Cherokee Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA 30315
Entry
Family programme; ages 3+ require tickets, ages 2 and under free
Event language
No performance language specified

Choose an exact date and entry time in the official calendar; this is not a nightly or continuous event. November 21–22 use the preview category; observed general-admission dates begin November 23. Listed dates reflect the public calendar reviewed October 18, and do not guarantee availability or mean every other night is closed. Separate IllumiNights tickets are required, including for Zoo members; regular daytime admission is not valid. Daytime guests must leave by 5 PM and may reenter with their IllumiNights ticket at the reserved time. Ages 3 and older require a ticket; children 2 and younger are free. Tickets are nonrefundable and nonexchangeable. Rain or shine, subject to unsafe-weather closure; check the organizer before travel. Full costs and current capacity are unconfirmed.

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Source checked: October 18, 2026. Prices and availability may change.

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Official Zoo Atlanta promotional photograph of cheetah lantern displays; not documentary evidence of the 2026 installation.

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