Music at the Minnesota Zoo series officially canceled for 2020

The concert lineup was never announced since the zoo has been closed since March 14 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

June 5, 2020 at 6:02PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Star Tribune photo by Tom Wallace
Star Tribune photo by Tom Wallace (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here is some news you already suspected: the popular Music in the Zoo series at the Minnesota Zoo is canceled this year.

The lineup was never announced for the 27th annual outdoor concert series, though promoters Sue McLean & Associates had booked many shows. Typically, most of the lineup is announced in April.

Today, SMA officially said no go. "The health crisis of COVID-19 has unfortunately rendered this impossible at this time," a statement read in part. SMA also acknowledged the unrest over justice taking place in the Twin Cities and elsewhere.

SMA had sent similar information earlier this week to ticketholders from previous seasons.

The Minnesota Zoo has been closed since March 14 due to the pandemic.

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Jon Bream

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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