Denver Zoo Lights 2024 Schedule. The denver zoo’s zoo lights event runs from november 23, 2024, to january 7, 2025, with the entry gates open from 5:00 p.m. Zoo lights has been making magic, memories, and even marriages for 30 amazing years!

Learn more about these holiday lights events and more. The zoo said the goal is for guests to be fully immersed in the wash of color and dazzling animal lights displays.