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Plan the Event of Your Wildest Dreams

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is situated on 52 lush acres in Beardsley Park, providing an unforgettable setting for a truly unique affair. Your guests will “roar” at the opportunity to dine and mingle with animals primarily from North and South America.
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The Zoo offers a variety of indoor and outdoor facilities to accommodate any event for an entertaining and imaginative experience year-round. Our Rental & Events Staff will help make any event a memorable one. From developing and designing, corporate or social, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo can take your visions and make them a reality.

Please click the button below to complete our event inquiry form, and a member of our team will be in touch to discuss your event. You’ll be directed to a form on our website where you can share more details with us.

Let the Zoo Host Your Next Event!

  • Corporate Meetings
  • Company Picnics
  • Bridal/Baby Showers
  • Holiday Gatherings
  • Retirement Parties
  • ​Weddings
  • Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
  • Anniversary Parties
  • Reunions

​Available Spaces for Your Special Day

  • Facilities for groups large and small (scroll down for photos)
  • Please note: not all items & decorations in the pictures below are provided by Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo.
  • When booking, please note specific items you would like to use.​

Carousel Building

Capacity: 180 Seated, 300 Standing

​Victorian Greenhouse

​Capacity: 75 Seated, 100 Standing

Picnic Grove

Capacity: 500

​Hanson Exploration Station

​Capacity: 45-50 Seated, 60-65 Standing per side
Entire building holds 100 Seated, 120 Standing

Preferred Vendors

See below for a list of preferred vendors! 
RESTURANT
ENTERTAINMENT
 
Entertainment:
Face Painter:  
​RENTALS
CONTACT US 
Thank you for your interest in hosting an event at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo!
Please click the button below to complete our event inquiry form, and a member of our team will be in touch to discuss your event. You’ll be directed to a form on our website where you can share more details with us.
​203-394-6565
​[email protected] 
1875 Noble Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610
Open 9am-4pm daily
​Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is dedicated to acquainting a diverse public to the delicate balance that exists between living things and their environment.

Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is a 501(c)(3) not for profit owned and operated by the Connecticut Zoological Society.
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