Overview
Come Early, Stay Late, Enjoy It All
Enjoy a full day of Zoo fun, then stay late for the music and atmosphere. Guests are encouraged to bring their own chairs. A limited number of tables will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Live music in Bicentennial Pavilion from 5:30–8:30pm
- Specialty menu available at the Pavilion Café
- Cash bar featuring cocktails and beer*
- Animals on exhibit until 7pm**
- Rides available until 7pm**
- Salsa dancing July 23. Dance instructors will be instructing from 6-6:30 and 7-7:30pm in front of the main stage.
*Must be 21 or older for bar access.
** Weather dependent.
Monika Herzig's Sheroes
Created and led by Herzig, the all-female all “first-call” talent group Monika Herzig’s Sheroes features a cast of international virtuosi; including Leni Stern (guitar, Germany/USA), Jamie Baum (flutes, USA), Reut Regev (trombone, Israel/USA), Gina Schwarz (bass, Austria), Rosa Avila (drums, Mexico) and Camille Thurman (saxophone/ vocals, USA) rounding out the lineup extending the group’s serious pedigree on its fourth album “All In Good Time” to be released July 22, 2024 on Zoho Records.
CD release celebrations will include a US Tour August 25 – September 1, a European Tour October 11 – 19, and the Jazzmandu Festival in Nepal October 22-30, and an appearance at The Piano Man in New Delhi November 1 and 2.
Awarded the prestigious Jazz Journalist Association’s “JAZZ HERO” award for the city of Bloomington in 2015, Monika also won the Down Beat Magazine Award, Best Original Song (1994) and has received grants from the NEA, the Indiana Arts Commission and MEIEA, among others. After 20+ years as faculty member at Indiana University, she is currently Professor of Artistic Research at the Jam Music Lab Private University, Vienna. She has authored and edited three critically praised books, Dr. David Baker – A Legacy in Music, foreword by Quincy Jones (IU Press 2011), Experiencing Chick Corea – A Listener’s Companion (Rowman & Littlefield 2017), and Jazz and Gender (Routledge, 2022), both nominated for the best book awards by the Jazz Journalist Association.
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