Win Tickets ($48): Zoo Nights Featuring Ural Thomas and the Pain @ Oregon Zoo | Original Soul, Food, Drinks, All Ages Activities
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Zoo Nights @ Oregon Zoo on August 4. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed July 31.
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From our sponsors:
Zoo Nights
Fridays, June 23-August 18, 2023
Activities Start 5:30PM, Show 6:30PM
Adult (12 and up): $24
Child (2-11): $19
Infant (0-1): $0
Tickets: oregonzoo.org
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR 97221
Nothing says summer in Portland like a warm evening outdoors with good food and live entertainment. Over the course of 10 Fridays from June to August, the Oregon Zoo invites you to Oregon Zoo Nights: evenings filled with local music, food carts, activities for all ages, and the chance to get to know some of the animals active during twilight hours.
Live music will begin on the lawn at 6:30 p.m. and activities from 5:30 p.m. on. Food and snacks from local food trucks will be available, plus the ever-popular elephant ears, and a selection of local beer and wine for adults.
August 4 – Ural Thomas and the Pain
Universally recognized as one of the most exciting singers remaining from the original soul era, 82-year-old Ural Thomas and his band The Pain just released their third LP “Dancing Dimensions.” Thomas initially made his name in the 1960s with stone-cold soul classic releases like “Pain Is The Name of Your Game,” “Can You Dig It,” “Deep Soul,” and his 1964 recording debut with The Monterays “Push – Em Up.” After a musical journey that commenced in his native Portland, Oregon, and led to Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and New York, sharing stages with everyone from James Brown to Stevie Wonder to Otis Redding to Etta James, Thomas became disillusioned with the music business and returned home to the city of roses at the end of the decade – where he continues to reign as Portland’s uncontested Soul Brother Number One. In 2014 Ural met drummer/bandleader Scott Magee at a Sunday jam session he’d been hosting for decades and Ural Thomas and The Pain was born.
View the full lineup of dates and artists here.
Oregon Zoo Nights is a special event and is not included in regular daytime admission. Tickets must be purchased online in advance.
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Love Ural. It would be a great concert to attend to celebrate a birthday.
It would be great concert to attend on our anniversary
Would love to spend an evening at the zoo with my husband, listening to great music, enjoying delicious food, and seeing the animals! Great way to kick off his birthday week!
Sounds fun!
Yes yes yes! Love me some Ural on a hot summer night!
This would be so awesome! Never been, would love to go.
This would be super fun!
Love Ural Thomas!
I would be so excited to go to this event!
I’m ready for a little stress release and dancing❤️
Love me some jazz with animals
I love supporting the zoo and the incredible staff there! Every time I visit, they exude kindness and information – all with smiles and positive attitudes. The elephants also make me so happy. 🙂
Ural Thomas is a Portland treasure, connecting past and present. Any chance to see him is an opportunity not to pass up!
Seeing Ural Thomas would make my day, and I could take my blues-loving son along.
Good outing with my sister
No better way to spend a summer night!
This looks like such a fun event! Would love to go!
Oh my goodness Portland has the most original events! This looks like an amazing time! I’d love to go!
This would be such a fun date night!
Outdoor concert by a local Soul legend on a Portland summer evening? I’m in!
I love Ural Thomas and the Pain! Sounds like a really fun show.
Than would be awesome.
It would be great concert to attend on our anniversary
Would love to take my granddaughter!
Let’s get down with the animals!
Woof
Winning those tickets is a golden opportunity to have a blast with my boyfriend! Picture this: us grooving to awesome music surrounded by a wonderful environment – it’s a quirky surprise date opportunity I wouldn’t want to miss!
My life is a Crazy Zoo. Would luv to attend!
Sounds fun!
What a great last summer hurrah for this pregnant lady over here!
I love Ural!!! It would be awesome to see him at the zoo!!!
Funk yes! At the zoo, too? Who would’ve knew, the awesome things PDX helps you do! Love y’all and keep it UP
A Portland treasure!
Love these summer concerts!
I would love to check this out with my boo!!
I would LOVE to attend this night!!! I’ve yet to attend a zoo night and haven’t been to the zoo in ages. This would be a great way to get out, leave the stress behind and enjoy some great music and food with my hubby and daughter ❤️
Sounds so fun!
this looks like such a fun thing to take my kids to!
Would love to win
What a fun night to share with my partner!
I would love to attend this event!
Jazz and animals!!!!… say no more!