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Oktoberfest & Beerfest | Wild Rivers, Irvine
October 10: Celebrate Oktoberfest at Wild Rivers with live Oktoberfest music, German food specialties, local breweries, and a festive atmosphere.
Shakespeare Bridge Centennial Parade & Block Party | Los Feliz, Los Angeles
October 10: Celebrate the Shakespeare Bridge with a 1926-inspired parade featuring costumes, dogs, and vintage cars, followed by a block party with live music, kids crafts, food, and more. FREE!
Scarecrow Festival | Lions Park, Costa Mesa
October 10: Enjoy trick-or-treat stations, a kids costume parade, scarecrow contest, photo ops, live entertainment, music, and more. FREE!
Night of Alebrijes & Trunk or Treat | Willard Intermediate School, Santa Ana
October 10: Celebrate Halloween with treats, costumes, colorful alebrijes, a spooky maze, and more at the 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat.
Movie in the Park: Halloweentown | Penn Park, Whittier
October 10: Watch Halloweentown under the stars, plus enjoy crafts, giant lawn games, and music before the movie. FREE!
The Mole Fair | Gloria Molina Grand Park, Los Angeles
October 11: Celebrate Mexican flavors and traditions with 80+ food exhibitors, artisans, live music, cultural performances, culinary seminars, and a kids area. FREE!
The Ranch Discovery Day | OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa
October 15: Meet horses and farm animals, watch demonstrations, learn about horse care and bees, and join a kids stick horse rodeo. Reservations required. FREE!
O-Town Walls Block Party | Downtown Ontario
October 16-17: Celebrate the finale of O-Town Walls Mural Fest with two nights of breaking battles, workshops, a street skate park, food trucks, and more surrounded by newly created murals.
OC Japan Fair | OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa
October 16-18: Experience Japanese culture with food, J-POP and traditional performances, a tuna cutting show, cosplay, crafts, anime merchandise, family games, and more.
Mega Night Market Asian Food, Music & Cultural Festival | Great Park Live, Irvine
October 17-18: Celebrate Asian cultures with street food, live music and DJs, traditional dance, cultural performances, and more. Admission is $5.88; wear cultural attire for FREE admission Sunday.
Southeast Asia Day | Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
October 17: Celebrate Southeast Asian cultures with music, dance, cultural craft demonstrations, and special programming representing Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and more.
Fall Open House | LePort Montessori, Orange County
October 17: Tour Montessori classrooms, meet the teachers, and discover Montessori programs designed to support children from infancy and beyond. Children learn through hands-on experiences with carefully chosen Montessori materials in mixed-age classrooms.
Journeying Japan: Tohoku Day | Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum, San Diego
October 17: Explore Japan's Tohoku region with a Kokeshi doll exhibit, prefecture information booths, a stamp rally, and an optional Kokeshi Doll Painting workshop.
Los Angeles Printers Fair | International Printing Museum, Carson
October 17–18: Browse letterpress, printmaking, book arts, and paper arts from artists across the Southwest and beyond. Shop custom posters, hand-printed cards, handmade paper, and antiquarian books, all surrounded by the world's largest collection of working antique presses.
Fall Festival | The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles
October 17-18: Celebrate the harvest season with a petting zoo, pumpkin patch and games, equestrian activities, fall crafts, photo ops, live music, and more.
Moto Beach Classic | Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington Beach
October 17: Watch motorcycle racing, stunt and FMX shows, kids e-bike races, and live music, plus explore custom bikes, art, vendors, demos, and more on the beach. FREE!
Family Festival: LA and Mexico in Focus | Getty Center, Los Angeles
October 17: Enjoy mariachi, ballet folklórico, bilingual storytelling, live music, and hands-on art workshops celebrating Mexican culture and LA's Chicano/a communities. FREE!
Granada Hills Street Faire | Granada Hills
October 17: Enjoy 250+ vendors, live entertainment, a car show, farmers market, Kids Corner, food, shopping, and more. FREE!
Lucky Strike Family Fest | Participating Lucky Strike Locations
October 17-18: Enjoy free bowling, arcade play for kids, food samples, a DJ, face painting, balloon art, giveaways, and more. RSVP required. FREE!
Kids Market | Founders Park, Ladera Ranch
October 17: Shop a community market where the vendors are kids, selling their own handmade goods and creative products.
Asian Glow Fest: Water Lanterns & Kite Festival | Elm Grove Beach, Lake Elsinore
October 17-18: Enjoy colorful kites, Asian food, music, a night market, and a glowing community water lantern release by the lake. FREE!
Spooky Science Night | Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey
October 17: Celebrate a spooky-themed night of science with hands-on STEM activities, a robotics lab, super slime, a science show, and trunk or treat. Admission is $5 per person; kids (ages 3 and under) are free. Members get in free.
Halloween Party: Night at the Autry Museum | Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles
October 17: Trick-or-treat around the Autry, explore a spooky maze, make crafts, play carnival games, bounce, and catch a Halloween puppet show by Bob Baker Marionettes.
Taste of Santa Ana: Frights & Bites | MainPlace, Santa Ana
October 17: Sample bites from 30+ Santa Ana restaurants, enjoy live entertainment, shop a local Makers Market, and celebrate with Halloween-inspired fun at Taste of Santa Ana.
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical | Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine
October 24: See Dav Pilkey's Cat Kid Comic Club come to life in a colorful musical about creativity, friendship, and 21 rambunctious baby frogs. Recommended for ages 5+.
Open House | Heritage Oak Private Education, Yorba Linda
October 24: Tour the campus and learn about programs for children from age 2.5 through 8th grade. Explore a curriculum taught one year ahead of grade level, plus violin, French, Spanish, athletics, and dedicated science, music, and art facilities.
Dog Man: The Musical | Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Cerritos
October 24: Based on the bestselling series, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming show following the crime-fighting chronicles of Dog Man, who has the head of a dog and the body of a policeman.
Yellow Bird Chase | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
October 24–25: Watch a bumbling maintenance crew chase a magical yellow bird across land, sea, and sky in this wordless family show. Puppetry, masks, physical comedy, and playful gibberish tell the story, and the performance is fully accessible to Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences as well as non-English speakers.
All Abilities Celebration | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
October 24: Celebrate creativity and the arts with live performances by local artists with disabilities, plus interactive dance and percussion workshops and hands-on activities. Explore a resource and activity fair featuring arts and disability organizations. ASL interpretation is provided for performances and announcements. FREE!
Lucky Strike Family Fest | Participating Lucky Strike Locations
October 24-25: Enjoy free bowling, arcade play for kids, food samples, a DJ, face painting, balloon art, giveaways, and more. RSVP required. FREE!
Ektaa Diwali Fest | Great Park Live, Irvine
October 24: Celebrate Diwali with Indian music, cultural performances, food, shopping, henna, a traditional lamp lighting ceremony, and a drone show. FREE!
Fleurs de Villes THE GILDED AGE | Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills
October 28 – November 4: Explore Greystone Mansion & Gardens transformed with thousands of flowers and floral mannequins inspired by the HBO series The Gilded Age. Catch live floral demonstrations and vote for a favorite design during this 8-day floral experience in Beverly Hills.
Halloween Fest Kids Market | City Hall, Villa Park
October 30: Shop a community market where the vendors are kids, selling their own handmade goods and creative products.
Halloween STEMebration | Battleship IOWA, San Pedro
October 31: Celebrate Halloween aboard the Battleship IOWA with FREE trick-or-treating, hands-on STEM experiences, Halloween games and activities, costumes, candy, and spooky science.
Duck Pond by Circa | The Soraya, Northridge
November 1: Watch Swan Lake reimagined as a contemporary circus performance that collides with the story of The Ugly Duckling. Catch aerials and acrobatics in two tales of identity and discovery about finding your true self.
Kids Market | The District, Tustin
November 8: Shop a community market where the vendors are kids, selling their own handmade goods and creative products.
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live
NOVEMBER 27: With plenty of fan-favorite songs and exciting visual effects, this musical stage adventure welcomes audiences on a joyful, nostalgia-filled trip to Fraggle Rock. With lots of music, laughter and imagination, it’s an unforgettable live experience that will have Silly Creatures of all ages dancing in the aisles!
Holiday Family Overnight | Battleship IOWA, San Pedro
December 5-6: Spend a festive night aboard the Battleship IOWA with dinner, holiday activities, the waterfront holiday boat parade, an overnight stay in real sailor bunks, and breakfast the next morning.
Apollo Lighting | Columbia Memorial Space Center, Downey
December 12: Join the Columbia Memorial Space Center for a day of festive wonder and exploration!
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