Mother’s Day at the Zoo

The zoo is offering a special Mother’s Day experience. They will have live music throughout the zoo, interactive animal discovery stations and family-friendly activities. They will also have some snack bars and specialty cocktails – and you’re welcome to bring a picnic and relax on the grass.

Volunteers will staff the discovery stations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The stations will encompass hippos, parrots, alligators, kangaroos and wallabies, herd animals and primate families.

Tickets are $13 for adults. Children two years old and younger are free. There are discounts for BioPark Society members, seniors and youth (ticket details here).

Here is the entertainment lineup for the day:

Flamingo Gazebo
9 a.m. – NM Marimba Band (Marimba).
11 a.m. – Mariachi Xochitl (Mariachi).
1 p.m. – Cheap Shots (Folk).
3 p.m. – Lasotras (New Mexican).

Turquoise Trail
9 a.m. – Flambeaux (New Orleans Jazz).
11 a.m. – Last Call (Jazz, Blues, R&B).
1 p.m. – Watermelon Mountain Jug Band (Folk/Bluegrass).
3 p.m. – Levi Dean & the Mesa Rats (Americana, Folk).

Australia
10 a.m. – Anne Luna and the Great Unconformity (American/ Folk).
12 p.m. – Nia Batiashvili’s Strings (Variety).
2 p.m. – Burying Caesar (Folk).

Raptor Roost
9 a.m. – Felix Y Los Gatos (Americana, Blues, Party).
11 a.m. – El Brujo Trio (Flamenco).
1 p.m. – Alma Trio (Jazz).
3 p.m. – Lady Fingers and a Thing’r, Too (Swing).

The Lounge at the Bandshell
10 a.m. – Burque Trio (Variety).
12 p.m. – The Rudy Boy Experiment Duo (Swinging Dirty Blues).
2 p.m. – Acoustic Gap (Bluegrass/Swing/Americana).

Asia Field Camp
9:30 a.m. – Everette Ortiz’s Violin (Variety).
11 a.m. – Handpan Dan (Variety).
1 p.m. – D‘Santi Nava (Flamenco).
2:30 p.m. – Nia Batiashvili’s Strings (Variety).

Elephant Overlook
9:30 a.m. – Trio Carrillo (Mariachi).
11:15 a.m. – DB Gomez & the Duo (Cajun Billy Polka Grass).
1 p.m. – Sin Límite (Urban Chicano Accordion).
2:45 p.m. – Spanish Broom (Flamenco).