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Kids Free in October at San Diego Museums
OCTOBER 1-31: All month long, kids free admission with a paid adult to more than 50 of San Diego County’s favorite museums, historic sites, aquariums, gardens and more.
Pumpkin City’s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills
OCTOBER 1-31: Meander through thousands of pumpkins in all shapes and sizes in a charming farm atmosphere. Enjoy amusement rides, game booths, and activities.
Dia De Los Muertos in San Clemente
OCTOBER 1: Enjoy live performances, including folklorico dancing, traditional Mexican music, and storytelling. Local food vendors will also offer delicious Mexican cuisine and sweet treats like pan de muerto (traditional bread of the dead).
Tina’s Pumpkin Patch in Sherman Oaks
OCTOBER 2 - NOVEMBER 3: Join the fun at Tina's Pumpkin Patch with pony rides, petting zoo, train ride, bouncer, slide, obstacle, and free straw maze.
The Haunted Car Wash in Anaheim
OCTOBER 3-31: Experience a world-class car wash through a haunted tunnel! The Tunnel of Terror car wash is a carefully curated experience, with scary and creepy performers popping up throughout the wash, and special effects providing a terrifying ambiance.
OC Auto Show in Anaheim
OCTOBER 3-6: See hundreds of new vehicles, check out the massive indoor EV test track and learning center, and enjoy test drives. Kids can participate in the scavenger hunt, enjoy photo ops, meet Hank the Robot, go on a virtual off-road driving experience, and test drive a mini electric vehicle.
Boney Island at the Natural History Museum in LA
OCTOBER 3-31: An immersive Halloween light up experience with exhibits, shows, photo ops, food trucks, and more. Costumes are encouraged.
HalGLOWeen at San Diego Zoo
OCTOBER 4-27: The zoo's Halloween-themed extravaganza features interactive performances, Skeleton Band, scarecrow stilt-walkers, Python Path, talented acrobatic spider performers, Dr. Zoolittle's Tricks & Treats, bubble dance party, and more. New this year, walk through an ethereal adventure with mystical surprises around every corner.
Lil’ Chef – October Workshops & Parent’s Night Out (Fall/Halloween Themes!)
OCTOBER: Lil’ Chef School provides a fun, exciting and unique atmosphere for Lil’ Chefs to develop hands-on skills and techniques to be creative within a safe and controlled environment. October workshops include Fall and Halloween themed menus!
Carved at Descanso Gardens
OCTOBER 4-30: Be enchanted by luminous jack-o’- lanterns, fall foliage, and whimsical displays.
Adventure City’s Boo-Tastic Halloween Party in Anaheim
SELECT DATES, OCTOBER 4 - OCTOBER 31: A boo-tastic Halloween party featuring exciting rides, trick-or-treating, scavenger hunts, free glow accessories, dance party, and more!
The Haunted Carwash in Lakewood & Anaheim
OCTOBER 4 - NOVEMBER 2: The Haunted Carwash features an immersive experience with creepy performers, haunting special effects, and unexpected surprises each night. Thrill-seekers brave the experience all from the safety of their own vehicle.
Community Science Night at Orange Coast College
OCTOBER 4: Enjoy kid friendly activities and demonstrations in Chemistry, Marine Science, Astronomy, Geology, Engineering, Health Science, Biology, Archaeology, Psychology and more. Explore the OCC campus including the Aquarium, Planetarium, Horticulture gardens and enjoy free hot dogs.
Halloween Festival at Aspen Hope Ranch in Malibu
OCTOBER 24: Enjoy a pumpkin carving, petting zoo with mini cows, zebras and more, trick-or-treating, spooky activities, bounce houses, and festive decorations.
Fearplex Presents: Lights Out at Fairplex in Pomona
FRIDAYS-SUNDAYS, OCTOBER 4-27: Activities include navigating mazes with zombies, clowns, and phobias, as well as visiting scare zones filled with terrifying characters. Try ZombieBall where you shoot the undead with gellyball markers and enjoy creepy snacks. Take selfies with horror characters, enjoy chilling brews and cocktails, and browse Horror-themed products.
Silent Scare Silent Disco at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
OCTOBER 4: Join Segerstrom for a night of hauntingly good fun with glowing headphones, eerie beats, and a costume contest. Get ready for a night of silent screams and non-stop dancing under the moonlight!
Absolutely Halloween – A Santa Monica Playhouse Family Theatre Musical
OCTOBER 5-27: A heartwarming musical tale that tells the story of a sweet girl named Candy, who learns lessons about life, love, laughter, and sugar from a delightful array of colorful characters, who take her on a magical adventure to save Halloween.
Hana Field Pumpkin Patch in Costa Mesa
OCTOBER 5-27: Pick your own pumpkin, pick your own flowers, wander through flower fields and corn maze, and visit the barnyard.
Autumn Festival at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
OCTOBER 5-27: Celebrate the season with wildlife, special entertainment, and culinary comforts. Meet Robert the Zebra, Safari Parker, hoedown with not-so-scary scarecrows, enjoy live music, navigate through a maze, and more.
Pumpkin Palooza Festival at Discovery Cube OC
OCTOBER 5-27: Dress the kids in their favorite costumes and dance to Halloween-themed music. Plus, bumper cars, spellbinding science activities, trick-or-treating, pumpkin science demos, corn maze, glow in the dark slime, and so much more.
Pumpkin Express at Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo
OCTOBER 5-27: Ride decorated vintage railcars through the San Diego back country, enjoy pumpkin decorating, outdoor pumpkin patch, and see a collection of haunted train cars.
Sunset Safari Tours at Wildlife Learning Center
OCTOBER 5 and 12: Visit with the animals as the sun sets during guided group tours while chilling out with complimentary snow cones, lemonade, and iced tea. Tours also include meeting a hedgehog and tortoise.
Rods & Rails at Southern California Railway Museum
OCTOBER 5: Join the City of Perris for the annual car and motorcycle show, plus games, entertainment, and live music for the whole family.
Festa Italiana in Downtown San Pedro
OCTOBER 5: Kick off Italian-American Heritage Month and showcase the best that Italian culture has to offer. Enjoy an afternoon of fun and entertainment, authentic food, music, merchandise vendors, and kids' activities.
Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in Culver City
OCTOBER 5-31: Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch offers Los Angeles–area families a spooky, fun environment. This year, the patch will feature an expanded Pumpkin Village, a boo-tique filled with Halloween favorites, the tipi village, pumpkin decorating, a VIP area, and incredible activities for all ages.
Pumpkin Patch at Forneris Farms in Mission Hills
OCTOBER 5 - NOVEMBER 3: Enjoy the annual pumpkin patch with a tractor-pulled train ride, pick-your-own pumpkin, plus corn maze, hay bale mini maze and hay bale pyramid. The narrated train ride travels through the farm and stops in the pumpkin field.
Spooky Science at Discovery Cube LA
OCTOBER 5 - NOVEMBER 3: Explore a haunted hay maze, hop on ride-on tractors, and enjoy pumpkin catapults while gathering treats at trick-or-treat stations. Celebrate Dia de los Muertos and capture memories at various photo ops throughout the center.
Water Harvest in El Segundo
OCTOBER 5: Participate in a number of fun, educational activities including tours of the water recycling facility, stage shows, interactive water education booths, games, kids’ costume contests, opportunity drawings, and more!
The “Not Too Scary” Halloween Train Ride at Griffith Park in LA
WEEKENDS, OCTOBER 1-31: "I Spy" Halloween Train Ride with activities, games, and photo opportunities – Each ticket includes a themed map for the train ride, a mile-long loop with family-friendly Halloween decor, a small treat, and access to the activities area.
Irvine Global Village Festival
OCTOBER 5: The annual festival features a variety of food items and global cuisine, music and dance performances, homemade goods and art, art exhibitions, cultural displays, and the expanded Kids Village with petting zoo, crafts, and interactive activities.
Family Matinees at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles
SATURDAYS, OCTOBER: Frankenstein, Oct. 5 | Bride of Frankenstein, Oct. 12 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Oct. 26
Pup-tober Fest at the Hunt Branch Library in Fullerton
OCTOBER 5: Join in for a day of fun for the whole family and furry friends! Watch your furry friends race to the finish line, enjoy a beer garden, food trucks, and at the Kids' Lane play games, do activities and more!
OC Pride Parade & Festival
OCTOBER 5: Join in for a day filled with love, acceptance, and celebration. Enjoy live music, drag performances, community zones, art, workshops and more! Kids Zone includes soccer inflatable, hair color station, festival games, drag story-time, and temporary tattoos.
Mid-Autumn Festival in Santa Ana
OCTOBER 5: Enjoy cultural performances, lion dance, kids zone, fashion show, food vendors, and exhibitors.
Magical Musical Kingdom – Free Family Concert in Long Beach
OCTOBER 6: Children and their families will enjoy an afternoon of music, dance, crafts, and interactive activities as Long Beach Symphony presents the RuMBa Foundation Family Concert, A Magical Musical Kingdom at the Terrace Theater and Plaza. And thanks to the Rumba Foundation of Long Beach, KIDS GET IN FREE!
Carnival Colossal & Food Truck Festival in San Clemente
OCTOBER 10-13: Enjoy rides, food, games, music, and more!
“Sparkle, Shimmer & Shine!” Holiday Boutique at Roger’s Gardens
OCT 10 - DEC 31: Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with "Sparkle, Shimmer, and Shine!" Experience a festive shopping wonderland at Roger's Gardens Christmas Boutique.
Fall-O-Ween at Heritage Hill Historical Park in Lake Forest
OCTOBER 11-13 & 18-20: Tour the decorated historical grounds during special park hours, enjoy Halloween-themed photo ops, find your way through the hay maze, and complete a scavenger hunt for ghoulish goodies.
La Habra Lions Corn Festival
OCTOBER 11-13: Enjoy a corn festival parade, live performances, vendors, and more. There will be a corn eating contest on October 14.
SCREAM-TACULAR Season at El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles
OCTOBER 11-31: Watch and see props from your favorite spooky movies! Frankenweenie & Edward Scissorhands, Oct. 11-17 | Nightmare Before Christmas, Oct. 18-31
Movie Night at Palms Park in Lakewood
OCTOBER 11: Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy a free viewing of Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire under the stars. Hot chocolate and popcorn will be available, while supplies last.
Cypress Community Festival
OCTOBER 12: Enjoy a car show, vendor booths, chili and salsa contest, and a kids area with rock wall, swing chairs, surfboard simulator, and more!
Southeast Asia Day at Aquarium of the Pacific
SEPTEMBER 30: Enjoy music, dance, cultural craft demonstrations, and other programming representing countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Laos.
Halloween in the Garden at the LA Arboretum – Trick or Treat, Workshop, Night Hike and “Thrill the World”!
OCTOBER: Spooky season is here, enjoy trick or treating, workshops and a world-record-breaking-attempt to perform "Thriller" with communities all over the world, at the same time - all happening at the Los Angeles Arboretum.
Gems on the Hill: Annual Gem & Mineral Show in Signal Hill
OCTOBER 12-13: Displays of gems, crystals, rocks, slabs, and fossils. Plus, children's activities, rock painting, gold panning, raffles, and more.
Cars ‘N Copters in Huntington Beach
OCTOBER 12-13: Get the unique opportunity to see helicopters and unique hypercars such as Koenigseggs, Bugattis, Paganis, Mclarens, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and many more.
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch at Segerstrom Center
OCTOBER 12-13: This heartwarming puppet play from Vancouver-based Axis Theatre Company examines the effect that kindness can have on a lonely existence. Join washerwomen Betsy, Edna, and Molly as they bring Mr. Hatch’s story to life and help him search for his secret admirer!
Prehistoric OC at Ralph B. Clark Regional Park
OCTOBER 12: Join OC Parks for Prehistoric OC, a free event inviting families to explore the natural and cultural history of Orange County. Enjoy fun and educational activities presented by OC Parks archaeologists and paleontologists.
Huntington Beach Fire Department Open House
OCTOBER 12: Huntington Beach Fire Department will host its annual Open House featuring vehicle extrication, live fire scenarios, interactive activities for kids, photos with Sparky, fire station tours, fire safety tips, and complimentary grilled hot dogs, chips and water.
Farmtastic BOOtique at Manassero Farms in Irvine
OCTOBER 12: Enjoy the market, face painting, a petting zoo, pony rides, a photobooth, heirloom pumpkins, and more.
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