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Unicorn Brunch at Dream Come True Party Room in Long Beach
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16: Yummy unicorn food, craft, games, face painting and more.
Farm Friends Festival at Children’s Museum at La Habra
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16: Celebrate opening week of the new Centennial Farm exhibit at The Children's Museum at La Habra! Join the museum for a petting zoo, live music, farm crafts and games. Included with paid museum admission!
Fall for All at Segerstrom in Costa Mesa
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16: Celebrate fall with different cultural traditions featuring live performances from local community groups and festival activities for the whole family.
Family Fun Halloween Festival at 2ND & PCH in Long Beach
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17: A day of Halloween fun featuring local makers and vendors, live performance by Jack and Sally (from Nightmare Before Christmas), live music, photo ops, and more.
Día de los Muertos at Gente Market at Heritage Museum of Orange County
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17: Enjoy live performances, outdoor art gallery, food and drinks, sugar skull face painting, kids craft area, raffles, altars, and over 100 vendors to shop. Also, take photos with La Catrina, Carnita the Pot Belly Pig, and Miguel & Hector from Coco.
Halloween Night Market in Anaheim
OCTOBER 22-23 and 29-31: Enjoy an evening of shopping from your favorite spooky vendors, live entertainment, food trucks, and fun photo ops.
Downtown Día de los Muertos at Grand Park
OCTOBER 22 - NOVEMBER 2: Contribute to the community altar and stroll through the park to view 20 altars made by professional artists and local organizations. On Saturday, October 23, enjoy the traditional Noche de Ofrenda ceremony honoring the dead with live performances and calavera art workshops for all ages.
Haunted Aquarium at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla
OCTOBER 22-24: Meet slimy sea creatures, learn about mysterious animals from the sea, and get up close with spooky science. Admission includes access to all aquarium exhibits as well as treat bags, and Halloween fun - a “kelp” maze, costume showcase, music and more!
OC Ghostbusters at Pretend City
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: The Ghostbusters will be at Pretend City to handle all of the ghouls and goblins that try to impede on the fun. Enjoy a spooky good time with hands-on activities and photo ops. Included with museum admission.
A Faery Hunt Show and Fairy Halloween Party in Tarzana
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: Enjoy an enchanted Faery Hunt show and Halloween Party. Activities include one-on-one time with the fairies, dancing, games, storytelling, fairy unicorn readings, frolic, and fun!
Ohana’s Halloween Town in Garden Grove
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: A family-friendly event with 50+ vendors and small shops, artists, music, food, drinks, giveaways, photo ops, trick-or-treating, and kids Halloween costume contest.
Halloween at Western Museum of Flight in Torrance
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: Learn the science of flying broomsticks and other airborne things, story time, and treats. Admission is free for Halloween creatures in costume.
Monthly Park Cleanup – El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach
OCTOBER 23 & NOVEMBER 27: Help to protect wildlife and beautify the largest park in Long Beach. All ages welcome!
Family Fun Halloween Festival at the Outlets at San Clemente
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: Get ready for some Halloween fun featuring local makers and vendors, live music, photo ops, face painting, Halloween activities, and meet and greet with Mickey & Minnie! Costumes encouraged.
Howl-o-Ween Storytelling Event at El Dorado Nature Center
OCTOBER 23: Delicious Shivers and Startled Gasps by South Coast Storytellers Guild. Join them for spooky stories as the sun sets over the Nature Center. Free Event, Parking $8.
‘Onward’ Movie in the Park in Fountain Valley
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: Enjoy the fall weather and come in your best costume for fun trick-or-treating, games, popcorn, and movie screening of Onward. Bring your lawn chairs and blanket.
Hocus Pocus Halloween Movie Night at Heritage Museum of OC
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23: Before the movie begins, run "amuck, amuck, amuck" and enjoy trick-or-treating, themed photo ops, a costume contest, and trivia. Then find your spot, enjoy your picnic, and watch the Disney Halloween classic “Hocus Pocus” under the stars surrounded by beautiful Victorian buildings.
Día de los Muertos at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24: Observe Mexican Day of the Dead as we remember friends and family members who are no longer with us. Celebrate the joy and happiness they brought into our lives with music, dancing, art, and special foods.
Mickey + Friends Boo Bash in Anaheim
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24: Creative Communal and Brewery X presents Boo Bash with Mickey + Friends. Ticket includes entry for 2 adults and 2 children, face painting for 2 children, craft area, dance party with Halloween Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy, followed by meet and greets.
Día de Todos Santos in San Pedro
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24: A lively, intimate celebration to remember your loved ones. Enjoy children's folklorico and mariachi, food trucks, craft booths, traditional ofrendas, and a free screening of the movie Coco.
Halloween at Southern California’s Children’s Museum
OCTOBER 25-31: Enjoy creepy stories during Story & Crafts, a faBOOlous Bilingual Circle time, fangtastic sing-alongs, and visit their colorful mini pumpkin patch. Costumes are encouraged! Halloween Kits also available for purchase.
OctoBooFest at Fullerton’s Farmers Market
OCTOBER 28: Say farewell to the Farmers Market Season at this Halloween event.
Frankenstein Friday at Pretend City
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29: In honor of Mary Shelley’s classic fictional character, Frankenstein, Pretend City is celebrating this green giant with monstrously fun activities. Explore the variations of the color green in the art studio and make your own monster friends using recycled goods and natural materials. Included with admission.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Live-to-Film Concert Experience in LA
OCTOBER 29 & 30: Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas live-to-film concert experience featuring Danny Elfman singing the songs of Jack Skellington plus special guests “Weird Al” Yankovic, Ken Page, and Billie Eilish as Sally.
Creatures of the Night at Sherman Library & Gardens
OCTOBER 29-30: Get up close to birds of prey, tortoises, creepy, crawly bugs and get a close look at dissected carnivorous plants. Scorpions, tarantulas, lizards, snakes and other nocturnal animals will all be in the gardens.
Halloween Spookfest with City of Long Beach
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29: Join City of Long Beach at Admiral Kidd Park for trunk or treat, crafts, games and Hocus Pocus movie in the park.
Trunk or Treat with Gente Market in Santa Ana
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29: Come in costume to trunk or treat and enjoy some sweet treats. Pets welcomed.
Halloween Trick or Treat Festival in Norawlk
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29: Visit the neighborhood park from 6-8pm for pumpkin painting, games, costume, contest, trunk or treat, and a night full of spooky activities. Event will take place at Hermosillo Park, Lakeside Park, and Norwalk Park.
The Great Anaheim Halloween Parade Scavenger Hunt
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30: Ten parade floats will be hidden around Downtown Anaheim. This family-friendly, large-scale hide-and-seek offers up close photo ops with the floats, plus treats, crafts, and other surprises.
Marine Mammal Scare Center in Los Angeles
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30: Visit the Marine Mammal Scare Center to enjoy trick-or-treating, costume contest, and a pumpkin carving contest. The most exciting part will be seeing recovering seal and sea lion patients!
Twilight Cinema: Drive-In Movies at Long Beach City College (PCC)
SATURDAYS, THROUGH DECEMBER 18: Hocus Pocus (10/23), Coco (10/30), Cruella (11/6), Edward Scissorhands (11/13), The Grinch (11/20), Elf (12/11), and The Polar Express (12/18).
Wrigley River Run and Tadpole Trot in Long Beach
OCTOBER 30: Join participants for the annual 5K/10K and Kids' 1K Tadpole Trot. Every participant gets a medal, shirt, and pizza at the finish line
Halloween Storytime at Bowers Museum
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30: Join local children’s author Stefanie Annis for a special reading of her newest book Coco the Chameleon, followed by a simple art project. Costumes encouraged!
Spooky Saturday at Shoreline Village in Long Beach
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30: Bring the family for trick or treating, face painting, live music, fortune teller, and more.
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Party at Bella Terra
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30: Go trick-or-treating center-wide, listen to festive and spooky tunes, and enjoy balloon twisters, free face painting, and take pictures with your favorite characters including the Sanderson Sisters, Jack Skellington & Sally, and Vampirina. Goodie bags will be given to the first 500 kids. RSVP online.
Mr. Bones Halloween Trick or Treat Spooktacular in Culver City
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31: It's a Halloween party! Come in your best costume, enjoy Halloween music all day long and enjoy live entertainment and trick to treating with costumed characters.
Trunk or Treat Spooky Car Cruise-In at The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 311: Enjoy Halloween at The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum with family and friends alongside pleny of classic and vintage automobiles. Bring the kids, dress up in spooky costumes, and have ice cream from the ice cream parlor.
Spooktacular Tea Party at Dream Come True Party Room in Long Beach
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31: Enjoy a festive set menu with delicious tea sandwiches, soup, fancy desserts, tea, and more. Fun crafts, prizes, and games for adults and children. Costumes encouraged.
Halloween Spooktacular 1 Year Anniversary at Play and Parties
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31: Favorite halloween friends will lead the group in fun games, crafts, costume contests, costume parades, and so much more!
Headless Horseman’s Hallow’s Eve at Muzeo
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31: Learn the art of creating your own miniature book of this spooky tale, visit the tarot card reader, create a bubbling colorful potion, and enjoy drinkable potions and treats. Cross a cedar-plank bridge into the charming exhibit of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There will also be children's crafts and a special costume contest just for kids.
Annual Halloween DTLA Festival for Kids
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31: Families will enjoy a Trick-or-Treat trail, character meet and greets, hot dogs, live entertainment including puppet shows and magic shows, and more! Tickets include all activities, snacks, and entertainment.
Xantolo: Día de los Muertos in Paramount
NOVEMBER 1-2: Enjoy live music, community altars, free art workshop, artisan vendors, and food. Register to create an altar or submit a photo to be placed on the community altar.
The Elf on the Shelf’s Magical Holiday Journey in Pomona
NOVEMBER 5 - JANUARY 2: An outdoor immersive experience featuring scenic displays, a Christmas village with shopping and dining options, an ice-skating rink, and a heart-warming walk-through journey that explores Christmas cheer from an elf’s perspective and culminates in a magical trolley ride.
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” Meet & Greet at 2ND & PCH
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5: See a movie screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas and meet Jack and Sally. Movie is complimentary, self-seating available on a first come first serve basis.
Day Out With Thomas at SoCal Railway Museum in Perris
NOVEMBER 6, 7, 11, 13 & 14: Thomas, Percy, and Sir Topham Hatt are coming to Southern California Railway Museum! Take a ride behind Thomas and Percy, enjoy photo ops, live music, petting zoo, balloon twister, and more!
Brick Fest Live in Pasadena
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6-7, 2021: Build family memories and express your creativity! Enjoy live interactive stage shows, life-size models, building activities, meet LEGO masters, and more.
PlayLA Youth Sports Launch
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6: Enjoy a day of free sports, and meet some of LA's Olympic & Paralympic athletes! Participate in youth and adaptive sports clinics led by coaches, free lunch, expo fair, giveaways, and more.
Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience in Torrance
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Witness some of the most incredible stunts ever performed by dogs. It’s not just a show, it’s an experience! The experience has amazing tricks, big air stunts, comedy antics, dancing dogs, athletic feats, and is the most entertaining show of its kind.
Centennial Farm Discovery Day in Costa Mesa
SELECT DATES, NOW - JUNE 2022: Tour the farm at your own pace and experience radish planting, chick education, oxen demonstrations and our variety of plants and livestock on display.
Veterans Day Skateboarding Workshop in Long Beach
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11: The workshop will be a fun way to help your child gain some knowledge, find an appreciation, and develop a passion for skateboarding. The day will also be filled with skateboarding lessons, games, and prizes.
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