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Spooktacular Bazaar & Movie Night at Queen Mary in Long Beach
SEPTEMBER 13: Enjoy an evening filled with spooky delights and thrilling entertainment, shop Halloween themed decor and accessories at the bazaar, listen to live music, and watch Nightmare Before Christmas (7pm) and Labyrinth (9pm). There will also be a Dark Harbor Experience where you can take photos with characters. Costumes are encouraged!
Hispanic Heritage Month at Westfield Mall in Culver City
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, SEPTEMBER 12 - OCTOBER 15: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with vibrant cultural experiences with live music, energetic dancing, and so much more. Enjoy a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, exciting events in center court, and experience their vibrant decor and historical art display.
Brick-or-Treat at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad
SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 27: Brick-or-Treat features the Monster Party with limited-time attractions, character meet and greets, costume contest, and trick-or-treating. Plus, don't miss the 4D movie: The Great Monster Chase.
Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch in Irvine
SEPTEMBER 4 - OCTOBER 21: Have you ever picked your own pumpkin right out of the pumpkin patch? Tanaka Farms is one of the only farms in Orange County with a REAL pumpkin patch! There's lots of activities, from wagon rides to arts and crafts.
Pumpkin Patch at Irvine Park Railroad
SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 31: Irvine Park Railroad’s Pumpkin Patch in Orange County is back for the entire family! Enjoy many activities for kids of all ages. Enjoy a not-too-spooky haunted house, hay maze, hay pyramid, picture stands, and lots of other fun activities.
The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular at Sesame Place
SEPTEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 3: Enjoy trick-or-treating around the park, Halloween-themed shows, the Sesame Street Halloween Parade, Dance Party, Spot-the-Ghost Scavenger Hunt, Sesame Street-themed dry and wet rides, games, and photo ops with everyone's favorite furry friends dressed up in costume.
Learn & Grow 2024 at The District at Tustin Legacy
SEPTEMBER 14: Connect with exhibitors and experts focusing on all aspects of healthy living—offering the tools and wisdom parents need to know to help raise children with strong minds and bodies. There will be games, face-painting, balloon art, prizes and surprises. Enjoy fun events like the Cute Kid Cover Contest, Bubble-Dash Competition, and more!
End of Summer Block Party at Discovery Cube LA
SEPTEMBER 14-15: End summer with a bang at Discovery Cube LA and enjoy DJ, bounce house, daily prizes, special dinosaur activities, food trucks, and more.
Centennial Farm’s 35th Anniversary at the OC Fair & Event Center
SEPTEMBER 14: Enjoy a day packed full of fun, learning and delicious food! Event includes animal encounters where guests can get up close to pet and take photos with furry friends, hands-activities for little ones, guided farm tour, tri-tip lunch and dessert, and gift bag with goodies. For additional fee you can try your luck at Cow Chip Bingo and raffle.
Latinx Heritage Month Kickoff at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
SEPTEMBER 14: A vibrant celebration kicking off Latinx Heritage Month, featuring live music, dance performances, and a variety of local vendors offering free face painting, screen printing, and crafts.
Magic Show at Whittier Museum
SEPTEMBER 14: Enjoy an up close magic show and exhibits with illusions, props, costumes, and more kinds of memorabilia from the early 1900s to the present day. Including items belonging to Harry Houdini! Snacks are available for purchase.
Rosemead Moon Festival
SEPTEMBER 14: A street festival with street food, game booths, cultural performances, kids zone, and more.
Summer Family Festivals at Rush Park in Rossmoor
SEPTEMBER 14: Celebrate the last of the Summer with live music featuring headline band the Emperors. There is also a Carnival for the kids, food trucks and 50 retail booths.
Korean Music and Dance Performance at Descanso Gardens
SEPTEMBER 14: Watch the Korean Classical Music & Dance Company perform ancient traditional dance forms.
International Food and Music Festival in Downey
SEPTEMBER 14: Enjoy live entertainment, food, activities, and more. There will be festival attractions, DJ, face painting, photo shoot, caricature, and street performances.
Bob Baker Marionette Theater presents ¡FIESTA! at The Ford in LA
SEPTEMBER 15: ¡FIESTA! features a marionette lineup of dancing cacti and colorful birds, marimba maestros from Xochimilco, a brand new Día de Muertos sequence, and a newly outfitted marionette mariachi band inspired by Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Ángeles!
East LA Mexican Independence Day Parade & Festival
SEPTEMBER 15: Start the day with the annual parade, enjoy 2-hours of floral floats, talented marching bands, and impressive equestrians that grace the procession. Then celebrate the vibrant and rich culture, history and traditions during Mexican Independence Day at the festival with cultural food, music, dances, and exhibits.
Opening Day of Spider Pavilion at Natural History Museum
September 14: Walk among hundreds of orb weavers, see giant garden spider webs, and check out tarantulas, wolf spiders, and more.
Disney Jr. Live On Tour: Let’s Play at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa
SEPTEMBER 17: Mickey is getting ready for the biggest playdate ever at the Clubhouse with all his favorite pals including Minnie and Goofy, the Puppy Dog Pals, Ginny and Bitsy from “SuperKitties” and Ariel from “Disney Jr.’s Ariel,” but mysterious weather keeps interrupting the fun. Can Team Spidey from “Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends” find out who is behind this and help save the playdate?
Moon Festival at Heritage House in Riverside
SEPTEMBER 17: Join the Museum of Riverside at Heritage House to celebrate the Moon Festival with lion dancing, storytelling, crafts, moon gazing and more!
Disney Jr. Live On Tour: Let’s Play at Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks
SEPTEMBER 18: Mickey is getting ready for the biggest playdate ever at the Clubhouse with all his favorite pals including Minnie and Goofy, the Puppy Dog Pals, Ginny and Bitsy from “SuperKitties” and Ariel from “Disney Jr.’s Ariel,” but mysterious weather keeps interrupting the fun. Can Team Spidey from “Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends” find out who is behind this and help save the playdate?
Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park
SEPTEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 2: The fully transformed theme park features uniquely haunted mazes and attractions, sinister shows, and more than 1,000 horrifying creatures lurking in the fog and hiding in every corner of the park.
Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch
SEPTEMBER 19 - OCTOBER 31: Enjoy the tractor hayrides, straw maze, petting corral, and pony rides. Grab a wheelbarrow and pick from variety of pumpkins and visit the nut farm store.
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride at Griffith Park
SEPTEMBER 20 - NOVEMBER 2: Experience a Halloween party at Janelle Monáe's Monáe Manor, take a hayride through Midnight Falls, go trick-or-treating, watch live shows, and take part in attractions like axe throwing and mini escape games.
Castle Dark at Castle Park in Riverside
FRIDAY - SUNDAY NIGHTS, SEPTEMBER 20 - OCTOBER 27: Immerse yourself in an eerie atmosphere, where unexpected scares are in every corner. Walk through horrifying mazes, watch spine-tingling performances throughout the night, enter into scare zones around Castle Dark, and enjoy themed treats and thrilling rides.
Magic of the Jack O’ Lanterns in South El Monte
SEPTEMBER 20 - NOVEMBER 2: Stroll a glowing half-mile trail of thousands of magnificent, hand-carved pumpkins. A magical light show illuminates larger-than-life displays including a nautical sea-scape, a pirate ship, dinosaurs, dragons, and lots more.
Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Farm in Redlands
SEPTEMBER 20 - OCTOBER 31: Visit the largest outdoor pumpkin patch in Southern California! Enjoy rides, slides, ponies, petting zoos, games, and food. Attractions include a corn maze, sunflower fields, cow coaster, mini ATVs, carousel, corn box, and lots more.
Halloween at Kidspace Children’s Museum
SEPTEMBER 20 - OCTOBER 31: Join the fun with costume parades, trike rides through a spooky house, and crafts. Activities include Adopt-a-Monster Imagination Workshop, mixing magical potions, and Pumpkin Bowling.
The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor in Long Beach
SELECT NIGHTS, SEPTEMBER 20 - NOVEMBER 2: Halloween festival featuring haunted mazes, hundreds of monsters, immersive attractions, live entertainment, VIP experiences, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides, festive eats and treats, instagrammable moments and more!
Disney Jr. Live On Tour: Let’s Play at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles
SEPTEMBER 20: Mickey is getting ready for the biggest playdate ever at the Clubhouse with all his favorite pals including Minnie and Goofy, the Puppy Dog Pals, Ginny and Bitsy from “SuperKitties” and Ariel from “Disney Jr.’s Ariel,” but mysterious weather keeps interrupting the fun. Can Team Spidey from “Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends” find out who is behind this and help save the playdate?
Dia de los Muertos at Castle Park in Riverside
WEEKENDS, SEPTEMBER 21 - NOVEMBER 3: Celebrate the traditions of Mexican and Latin American culture with live music and festive decor, dance parties and “Duke’s Trick or Treat Trail”. Go trick-or-treating around Castle Park and take part in fun seasonal activities like pumpkin painting, slime and piñata making, and go through a Halloween maze.
Little Shop of Horrors at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa
SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 19: At Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, down-on-his-luck Seymour pines for his beautiful co-worker, Audrey, not knowing the feelings are mutual. When he stumbles across a strange and interesting new plant, it looks like Seymour may get everything he’s ever wanted. But first, he’ll have to tackle the sneaky succulent’s unquenchable thirst for human blood in this thrilling creature feature bursting with the sounds of doo-wop and Motown!
Pixar Putt in Long Beach
SEPTEMBER 21 - JANUARY 26: This open air, pop-up mini-golf sensation is made up of interactive putt-putt holes inspired by the stories, characters, and icons from some of Pixar’s most beloved films including Inside Out 2, Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc., Soul, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall-E, Luca and Turning Red.
Rail Safety: Los Angeles at Union Station
SEPTEMBER 21-22: Take part in the largest railroad safety event in downtown Los Angeles in more than a decade. The SBRHS’ historic, 1927-built steam locomotive, Santa Fe 3751, will headline the two-day event on Track 15 and will be joined by some of today’s most modern Metrolink and Amtrak passenger train equipment and information booths, providing a unique educational opportunity for attendees to learn about the size, scale, and speed of trains and learn new ways to be safe around railroad tracks.
National Dance Day at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
SEPTEMBER 21: Join this pumped up daytime dance party featuring live performances, workshops, plus ice cream truck, photo booth, and 360° video booth.
Peltzer Pumpkin Farm in Temecula
SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 31: Peltzer Pumpkin Farm offers gold mining, pony rides, a petting zoo, carnival games, tractor garden, and more.
Mrs. Doubtfire at Sergerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa
SELECT DATES, SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 6: Everyone's favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Segerstrom Center! Rob McClure will reprise his Tony-nominated Broadway performance in this internationally acclaimed hit musical critics call "wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny" (Manchester Evening News) and "a feel-good, family-friendly comedy that delivers" (The Hollywood Reporter).
LAZERDOME: Mousical Movie Magic at Orange Coast College Planetarium
SEPTEMBER 24: Enjoy your favorite songs from popular family films and experience them in an entirely new way as Laser Movie Magic reimagines them using vibrant laser light. Soundtracks include The Lion King, Star Wars, Encanto, Frozen, Moana and many more.
Vampirates Dinner Show in Buena Park
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 3: If you’ve been to Pirate’s Dinner Adventure, you’re in for a whole new swashbuckling Halloween themed treat this October! Costume contest on select nights.
Knott’s Spooky Farm in Buena Park
SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 31: Little ghouls can trick-or-treat around the town of Calico’s shops and buildings to collect sweet treats from the friendly townsfolk plus enjoy even more kids' Halloween activities.
SeaWorld Howl-O-Scream
SEPTEMBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2: Howl-O-Scream has arrived to transform the peaceful SeaWorld San Diego park into something sinister featuring haunted houses, scare zones, roaming haunts, live entertainment, thrilling rides, and more. Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Monster Mash at Anaheim GardenWalk
SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 27: Enjoy a fun and chilling experience at the GardenWalk's Monster Mash, a monthlong family-friendly celebration featuring market vendors, live music, photo ops, haunted house experience, and more.
Prancers Farm Pumpkin Patch in Santa Paula
SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 31: Explore 40 acres of pumpkins and enjoy activities and attractions including pumpkin bowling, corn expedition, zipline, pumpkin axe throwing, and lots more. Enjoy live entertainment from fire dancers, jugglers, magicians, and musicians.
Nights of the Jack in Calabasas
SEPTEMBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2: Walk through an interactive trail filled with thousands of hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins. Vast grounds of elaborate, larger-than-life pumpkin installations greet visitors as they walk around the history-filled ranch.
Ninja Kidz! Live on Stage in Riverside
SEPTEMBER 27: The Ninja Kidz are leaping out of your screens and into your city with Ninja Kidz Live: Infinite Possibilities. The fate of the universe hangs in balance as imposters threaten to infiltrate a stage near you. Join for the first ever Ninja Kidz live action adventure filled with audience participation, physical challenges, games, and epic battles. What happens when two worlds collide? The audience holds the key to shape how each adventure unfolds with an infinite number of possible outcomes.
Family Nite at Columbia Memorial Space Center
SEPTEMBER 27: Visit Columbia Memorial Space Center for a free Family Nite event, open to the public.
Pumpkin Fest at Cal Poly Pomona
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 27: Pick the perfect pumpkin, enjoy a marketplace of vendors, see agriculture-themed demos, visit the farm stand, go through mazes, enjoy photo ops, and lots more!
Fall Harvest Festival at Underwood Family Farms
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 31: The farm will transform into a giant Pumpkin Patch, Pick Your Own & Fall Harvest experience filled with games, rides, photos ops, live entertainment, themed weekends, bands and more! Weekends will include all live entertainment.
Seasonal Adventures Pumpkin Patch at OC Fairgrounds
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 31: Visit the OC Fair & Event Center for a pumpkin patch featuring kiddy rides, petting zoo, inflatable slides, bounce house, and obstacle course.
Fallstivities Pumpkin Patch at The Outlets at Orange
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 31: Free activities include DIY coloring masks, fun photo ops, and outdoor movies. Paid attractions include inflatables, obstacle courses, big trikes track, scooters ride track, and spider bungee jump.
Disclaimer: The Kidsguide team does their best to keep event details accurate at the time of posting, but information can change without notice! Be sure to double-check with the event organizer before heading out. Kidsguide is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or changes on our calendar—we’re just here to help you find the fun!
