Summer Nights

	Summer NightsA summer event celebrated in the Plants vs. Zombies seriesReleased in July of 2015

Summer Nights is a recurring special event in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. It is an event celebrating U.S. Independence Day and usually runs from early to mid-July.

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Summer Nights was first celebrated in Plants vs. Zombies 2 on July 28, 2015 with the release of exclusive Piñata Parties and the inclusion of the special edition plant, Strawburst. The Piñata Parties feature reskins of existing zombies, including the Hot Dog Imp, Summer Nights Zombie, and the Summer Nights Bug Zombie. Following years saw the return of exclusive Piñata Parties and the release of another special edition plant Explode-O-Nut in 2016. On 2019 the Summer Daze Arena Season debuted alongside that years Summer Nights event, and with it introduced the new seed packet premium plant Dazey Chain.

List of associated plants

• Strawburst
• Explode-O-Nut
• Dazey Chain
• SeaFlora
• Electric Peel
• Sea-shroom
• Aqua Vine

List of associated zombies

• Raincoat Zombie

Gallery

The Summer Nights Bundle featuring both of the Summer Nights premium plants.

The Player's House during the Summer Nights Piñata Parties

A screenshot of one of the 2015 Piñata Parties

App icon during the event

"Hot Dogs!" Surprise attack.

Advertisement for the Summer Daze Arena Season featuring Dazey Chain

Summer Nights Bundle in 2020

Daily Calendar 2021

Bundles

Piñatas

Piñata Party Banner (1)

Piñata Party Banner (2)

Daily Calendar 2022

Daily Calendar 2023

Piñatas and Bundles as of 2023

Daily Calendar 2024

Piñatas and Bundles as of 2024

From the App Store

Piñata Party Banner A (11.5.1)

Piñata Party Banner B (11.5.1)

Piñata Party Banner C (11.5.1)

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Summer Nights was first celebrated in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 on June 27, 2017 with the release of the releases the Hot Summer Nights Bundle that contains access to the characters Party Citron and Party Imp, A Pack containing a Legendary hat for the Engineer and the Rainbow Flower ability, and a 50 Rainbow Stars pack. Along with the Hot Summer Nights Bundle, all other sticker packs in the shop have been discounted by 20%.

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

Summer Nights was first celebrated in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes on June 27, 2017 with the showcase of the Weekly Event card Synchronized Swimmer, other event cards such as Corn Dog and King of the Grill were soon also showcased, with the latter only being obtainable through the Summer Nights Bundle pack.

Associated cards

• Corn Dog
• Synchronized Swimmer
• King of the Grill

Gallery

An advertisement for the Summer Nights Bundle pack featuring King of the Grill

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

Summer Nights was first celebrated in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville on May 2, 2020. It includes the Summer Nights prize map, with a common costume for the Sunflower as a mid-prize map reward, "Metal Head" costume and Brainium Basher 9001 legendary upgrade for the Super Brainz at the end of the prize map, as well as the "Midas Tough" costume for the Super Brainz for the completion reward.

It also includes character challenges for Acorn, Chomper, Imp, and Space Cadet.

Gallery

Combined prize map

Metal Head, a legendary costume for the Super Brainz at the end of the prize map

Midas Tough, a legendary costume for the Super Brainz awarded for completing the prize map

Trivia

Exclusive to Plants vs. Zombies 2

• Summer Nights and Springening are the only events which have a special event themed Vasebreaker.

Exclusive to Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

• Summer Nights is one of three events to feature a night variant of Giddy Park, with the other two being Lawn of Doom and Feastivus.