Dreamnight 2024

What is Dreamnight?

Dreamnight is a magical after-hours evening at the Zoo, with fun, food, and entertainment exclusively for chronically ill and disabled children and their families, who may be unable to visit us during normal opening hours. 

Drusillas joins over two hundred zoos and aquariums, from eleven different countries, for the global event that makes dreams come true for some truly deserving guests.

The event is completely free for our VIP guests who will be welcomed after the Park has closed for a special night of feel-good fun. We have some wonderful things planned and can’t wait to meet everyone!

When is Dreamnight?

For 2024, Dreamnight will be taking place on 30th May. Doors will open at 6.30pm and the event will finish by 9pm

Who is invited?

Tickets are limited and reserved for families who are currently accessing the support services of local children’s charities, so invites are offered via organisations only. 

Please note we are unable to offer tickets to individual families who contact us, please contact the charity or organisation that supports you to see if they have a ticket allocation available.

Register for Tickets

Ticket registration is now closed for 2024. We received a HUGE number of requests for Dreamnight tickets from lots of wonderful charities! With so many requests, we are unable to add any more organisations to our list for 2024.Capacity for the event is limited, but we'll try to allocate at least some tickets to everyone who has contacted us. If you missed out, please get in touch next year!

What's happening on the night?

As well as full access to our zoo, play areas, and rides, we also offer special entertainment for our guests on the night, most of which is donated by wonderful local businesses who partner with us for Dreamnight. This year we are saying a huge thank you to our generous partners who are making this possible:

• Music and Dancing in the Events Arena
• Appearances and giveaways from Brighton and Hove Albian's Gully donated by BHAFC
• Character Meet & Greets with Olaf, Buzz, Poppy Troll, and Elsa donated by One Stop Party Shop! 
• Circus Skills Workshop with the fabulous team at Sweet Circus
• Accessible Sports Workshops and sensory equipment with the lovely Defiant Sports
• Four-legged friends from Pets as Therapy Dogs
• BBQ & Tasty Treats donated by to Rollover, Bidfood, Wholesome Foods, Burts Bakery, & STR Refrigeration
• Refreshing Drinks donated by Hancocks and Ninju
• Toy tombola - everyone is a winner! Prizes donated by Deluxebase, Ark Toys, Keel Toys, Puckator, Emblem Print, and Allsorted Books
• Wild Decorations donated by Tickety Boo
• Facepainting with our Playland team
• As well as our optional activities including our inflatable slide and climbing wall

If you own or know of a business that could offer something special for our VIPs please email [email protected].

Accessibility

• We have numerous dedicated disabled toilets located around the Park and they are situated as follows; 1. At the main entrance before entering the Park, 2. Opposite Go Safari!, 3. Go Wild!  
• We have a modern Changing Places Facility located behind our Amazon Adventure soft play area. Please ask staff in the Cafe for the key. To read more about our Changing Places area please click here
• Drusillas is completely wheelchair accessible, with flat surfaces and ramps.
• The zoo route is approximately one mile in length and there are ample resting places along the way.
• Our information signage is all in contrasting colours, well maintained and plentiful.
• Animal enclosures have low level viewing suitable for those in wheelchairs.
• Hearing induction loops are fitted to all our four zoo admission gates.

Wishing you all a magical Dreamnight at Drusillas!