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Santa Barbara Zoo is a beautiful wedding event venue situated in Santa Barbara, California. This location is ideal for animal lovers, featuring 30 acres of luscious grounds and animal enclosures to add a unique element to your special day. Enjoy spectacular ocean views, exceptional event venues, and stylish services to create the day of your dreams.
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With over six event spaces to choose from at this venue, you can host your ideal wedding celebration in the location of your choice. The sprawling, meticulously manicured gardens offer a perfect space for a wonderful outdoor ceremony. With room for up to 2,500 guests on the property, you can arrange anything from an intimate affair to a grand wedding gala for your special day. Your cocktail hour can be extraordinary, as the on-site train can be exclusively booked to take your guests on a fantastic tour of the zoo. For evening events, Santa Barbara Zoo is happy to display their animals for longer so your guests can enjoy viewing, and even feeding, the animals. This venue also offers the ideal location for one-of-a-kind wedding photos, where you can pose with a flamingo or mingle with the penguins. Get-ready rooms are conveniently located on-site to aid your day-of preparations.
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Santa Barbara Zoo offers an array of amenities to make your day unforgettable. Their dedicated event planner can help bring your wedding-day vision to life at this magnificent location. The grounds of this unique venue can be transformed into an enchanting reception venue, complete with cafe lights and drapery for a magical ambiance. The venue also provides its own in-house catering team that can style your dream wedding menu to your specifications. Serving choices include plated, stations, hors d’oeuvres, family-style, and many more. Bar services are also available for your convenience. Their experienced staff is happy to provide setup and cleanup of your event to facilitate a streamlined experience, with a selection of event rentals also available to enhance your day.
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Santa Barbara Zoo and Rincon Events are Top Notch
Wedding Of My Dreams!!
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Originally from Whidbey Island, Washington, Kinsey escaped the rain and headed to Santa Barbara upon graduating from the University of Washington in 2021.
With “day-of” wedding and event experience, she craved a deeper connection with her clients, which ultimately led her to Rincon! Kinsey brings a youthful, bubbly, fun-loving energy to the Rincon Team. Her warm infectious personality draws clients in and creates a personal connection in their working relationship. Her favorite part about wedding and event planning is being by the client’s side throughout the entire planning process, making the vision a reality on the event day and seeing her couples more in love than ever.
On her off days you can find Kinsey catching a wave at C Street, long boarding along the strand in Ventura, or driving the PCH in search for the best sunset spot!
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The Zoo is not what typically would come to mind as an awesome wedding venue, but the Santa Barbara Zoo is absolutely GORGEOUS and a perfect venue for ANYONE wanting an outdoor garden wedding - whether you like animals or not! The grounds are stunning, and as a Photographer, it is truly a pleasure to photograph there as there are endless locations to use!!! It's one of my top venues in all of SB for sure!!!
AMS absolutely loves working at the SB Zoo. The staff is over the top professional and take care of every last detail. It's an incredible place to have an event, and to get treated with the best service possible. Thanks SB Zoo for everything over the years! We will continue to support this vendor throughout.
Collaborating on events held at the Santa Barbara Zoo is a great pleasure for us. Their helpful team is extremely accommodating and diligently ensure events run smoothly, safely and most of all, bring the fun. The scenery, service and comfortable setting create the perfect backdrop for any occasion!
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