ZooTunes is a 40-plus-year summer tradition that brings big-name artists to the Woodland Park Zoo's bucolic North Meadow to raise money for the zoo's animal care, conservation programs, and education. This year's highlights include folk double-feature Indigo Girls with Neko Case, punk poet/all-around national treasure Patti Smith, indie-pop sisters Tegan and Sara, and indie-rock phenoms Japanese Breakfast with Built To Spill. Plus, this is a kid-friendly event! In fact, one of my earliest memories is gnawing on a licorice rope while watching Aimee Mann perform at ZooTunes. If you’re attending without kids, lucky you—there will be two beer gardens and plenty of kettle corn.