Halloween Events in Southern California – 2025
Updated: October 2025
We’re in for a frightfully fun Halloween season!
We’ve gathered 180+ Halloween events across Southern California, so you don’t have to! From parades and trunk-or-treats to spooky movie nights—there’s something for everyone. Want more? We found all of your favorite local attractions hosting seasonal Halloween experiences.
And if your teens (or you!) are looking for a scare, we’ve included all the best horror haunts too. Told ya, we’ve got the entire family covered here. Let’s go!
Friendly Reminder: Be sure to confirm all details with the event organizer before attending. Details are subject to change. Don’t forget to bookmark this page and check back because we’re adding new events daily!
Quick Jump:
Día de los Muertos Festival: RESILIENCE
Museum of Latin American Art | Long Beach
Sunday, October 26, 2025
🟣 FREE!
Join the Museum of Latin American Art for their annual Día de los Muertos Festival! This year’s theme, RESILIENCE, celebrates our community and our capacity to endure and overcome hardship and difficulties. In doing so, we recognize and honor the endurance and legacy of our ancestors.
Enjoy live folklorico performances, DJ entertainment, face painting, a children’s sugar skull workshop, and more! Come dressed in your best Day of the Dead attire and enter their Catrina/Catrine costume contest for a chance to win prizes.
The event is free, and parking is $15. Don’t miss out on this fun and meaningful celebration!
Old Pasadena Halloween Celebration
Old Pasadena
Friday, October 31, 2025
🟣 FREE!
Come out for a frightfully good time with the whole family! On Friday, October 31, from 4-8 pm, bring your costumed ghosts and ghoulies to trick-or-treat store-to-store in Old Pasadena. Nearly 100 businesses will offer treats to costumed children! It makes for a safe and festive evening along Colorado Boulevard and adjacent streets. Look for the orange Treat Stop signs in the windows to find the goodies.
Check out the Treat Stop Google map of nearly 100 participating businesses in every corner of Old Pas. Visit www.oldpasadena.org for more ways to celebrate Halloween at One Colorado and other venues!
Halloween Events in Southern California
Enchanted Halloweekends at Discovery Cube LA
Sylmar | October 4 – November 2, 2025
Trick-or-treat at themed stations, play magical carnival games, and watch the Wonders of Wizardry stage show. Explore mazes, ride tractor trails, launch pumpkins, and join the costume contest. Don’t miss the new escape room challenge and Día de los Muertos ofrenda.
🟣 FREE FOR AGES 8+
Haunted Escape Room at Mission Viejo Library
Mission Viejo | October 10-12, 2025
Test your problem-solving skills and your ability to work in a team while trying to escape the curse.
🟣 FREE
Halloween Fright Fest Market at Anaheim GardenWalk
Anaheim | Weekends, October 10-26, 2025
Enjoy a fun and magical fall nights at the GardenWalk’s Fright Fest, a month-long family-friendly celebration featuring a Fright Fest Market with themed vendors.
🟣 FREE!
Fall-O-Ween at Heritage Hill Historical Park
Lake Forest | October 10-12 & 17-19, 2025
Tour the decorated historical grounds during special park hours and take your picture at a variety of all and Halloween-themed photo ops. Enjoy a hay maze and complete a scavenger hunt for ghoulish goodies. Costumes encouraged and pets welcome.
🟣 FREE!
Zombie Walk & Halloween Party at Shoreline Village
Long Beach | October 11, 2025
The Long Beach waterfront transforms for a Halloween bash filled with zombies, monsters, and music! Kids can enjoy crafts, face painting, and a fun zone before the party kicks off with live bands, DJs, themed eats, and the famous Zombie Walk along the boardwalk.
🟣 FREE!
Halloween Parade
Norwalk | October 11, 2025
This free, community event includes marching bands, costume contests, and parade entries. Parade begins at 11am at the corner of Norwalk Blvd. and Mapledale St. and concludes at Hermosillo Park.
🟣 FREE!
Scarecrow Festival
Costa Mesa | Saturday, October 11, 2025
See scarecrows displayed on the lawn, enjoy a kids costume contest, face painting, trick-or-treat stations, pumpkin decorating, music, food trucks, and more.
🟣 FREEish!
Fall Faire & Pumpkin Patch at Environmental Nature Center
Newport Beach | October 12, 2025
Celebrate 50 years of fall fun, enjoy the popular Craft Crawl, nature games, petting zoo, and tasty treats while picking out the perfect pumpkin. Free, donations appreciated at entry.
🟣 FREE!
Harvest Festival at Green Hills
Rancho Palos Verdes | October 12, 2025
Enjoy a giant pumpkin patch (one per person), watch a professional pumpkin carver, fun maze, food trucks, arts and crafts, hay rides, DJ entertainment, face painting, character drawing, and more.
A Faery Hunt Show & Halloween Party
Tarzana | October 12, 2025
Join the faery folke on a fun and gentle immersive quest for the Faery Royalty with a interactive, musical performance. Following the show, enjoy a Halloween Party with one-on-one time with the fairies, dancing, games, storytelling, fairy unicorn readings, frolic, and fun.
HUNTR/X Halloween Party with Play & Parties
Orange | October 15, 2025
Visit Play & Parties for games, spooky craft, story time, balloon animals, glitter tattoos, Bluey meet and greet, and more.
Haunted Trails
Laguna Niguel | October 16-19, 2025
Haunted Trails at Crown Valley Park is back for another unnerving, dreadful year! Undead monsters are eagerly waiting your arrival. Not recommended for children under 10.
Scarium Family Night at Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach | October 17, 2025
Dive into fun and spooky Halloween activities for the whole family. Dress up in your coolest costume and explore the Aquarium’s animal exhibits at night. Touch sharks, rays, and sea jellies and venture on a self-guided scavenger hunt. Event highlights include a costume contest, Pacific Pals, trick-or-treating with provided goodie bags, a vampire magician, and kids activity booths.
🟣 FREE!
Trunk or Treat at Santiago Canyon College
Orange | October 17, 2025
Trick-or-treat through the campus and enjoy music, games, and festive activities.
Trick or Treat at LA Arboretum
Arcadia | October 17, 2025
Kids can collect nature-based treats while learning fun facts about plants and creatures along the route. Visit discovery tables with beetles, carnivorous plants, and more—showing how these fascinating species are more fabulous than frightening.
🟣 FREE!
Trunk or Treat at YMCA Orange County
Orange County | October 17-25, 2025
Visit your local YMCA for a family-friendly truck-or-treat plus games, prizes, and activities. October 17: Newport Beach • October 18: Laguna Niguel • October 24: Huntington Beach • October 24: Mission Viejo • October 25: Fullerton
Photo: Pacific Battleship Center
🟣 FREE!
Halloween STEMebration at Battleship IOWA
San Pedro | October 18, 2025
Join the Battleship IOWA crew for a safe and fun experience aboard the ship. Enjoy candy stations, trunk-or-treat with first responders, game stations, STEM/craft stations, spooky reading corner, and marionette show on the fantail stage.
🟣 FREE!
Boo at the Oaks at Santiago Oaks Regional Park
Orange | October 18, 2025
Visit Santiago Oaks Regional Park after dark to discover which critters call this canyon home. The night will include fun activities like nature stations, creative crafts, a scavenger hunt for prizes and guided night hikes throughout the evening. Registration required.
Haunted Hangar Halloween Bash – Goonies Edition at USS Midway
San Diego | October 24, 2025
Enjoy a Halloween bash aboard the USS Midway as The Goonies turns 40! Kids can craft pirate hats, hunt for treasure, and join a Truffle Shuffle dance-off. Enjoy a magic show, DJ beats, trivia, and big costume prizes, plus themed eats and drinks for the whole crew.
🟣 FREEish!
Howl-o-ween Festival at El Dorado Nature Center
Long Beach | October 18, 2025
Celebrate Halloween in nature with trick-or-treating on the trails, animal encounters, and seasonal fun for the whole family. Kids can bounce in the Opossum Patch, enjoy storytelling and face painting, and explore the animal education village. Crafts, food trucks, and costumes for all ages make it a festive fall outing. Parking is free, suggested donation of $5 per person at the gate.
🟣 FREEish!
Halloween Carnival at Los Alamitos Race Course
Los Alamitos | October 18, 2025
Families can enjoy a costume contest, carnival games, pony rides, live horse racing, and more. Game tickets start at 50¢ per ticket. Admission is only $3 and kids 17 and under are free.
Sea Scare: Siren’s Curse at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
San Pedro | October 18, 2025
Dive into the aquarium’s spookiest night of the year, where a mysterious artifact has awakened an ancient siren’s curse. Families can explore eerie spaces like Skull Alley, the Mad Scientist’s Lab, and the Haunted House while solving clues hidden throughout the aquarium. The evening also features carnival games, arts and crafts, food trucks, Trunk or Treat, and a lively costume contest.
Photo: Columbia Memorial Space Center
Spooky Science Night at Columbia Memorial Space Center
Downey | October 18, 2025
Celebrate a spooky-themed night of science with a robotics lab, costume parade, super slime, and even more fun stations with variety of hands-on science activities.
Pumpkin Splash at San Clemente Aquatics Center
San Clemente | October 18, 2025
Swim in the pool, play on the activity structure, dive in to find the perfect pumpkin, play on floating inflatables, enjoy Halloween-themed activities in and out of the pool.
🟣 FREEish!
Fairbrook Manor Home Haunt
Long Beach | October 18-19 & 25-26, 2025
Visit Fairbrook Manor for spooky photo ops, laughs, and screams. This home haunt in Long Beach has welcomed thousands of guests over the years. More info TBD.
Boo at the Santa Ana Zoo
Santa Ana | October 18-19 & 25-26, 2025
A “merry not scary” Halloween family festival featuring trick-or-treating, lights and decorations, nocturnal animal encounters, scavenger hunt, and rides (ride tickets required).
Boo at the LA Zoo
Los Angeles | October 18-19 & 25-26, 2025
Trick-or-treat stations, animal pumpkin feedings, themed photo ops, education stations, extinct animal graveyard, spooky story times, and more. Costumes encouraged.
Boo at the Zoo at The Teaching Zoo
Moorpark | October 18-19 & 25-26, 2025
Two weekends of family fun with interactive trick or treating, pumpkin bingo, photo opportunities, wildlife programs & meet & greets.
Boo at the Zoo at Wild Wonders
Bonsall | October 18-19 & 25-26, 2025
Join Wild Wonders for some spooky fun the last two weekends in October. Go on a flashlight tour to see nocturnal animals, plus enjoy candy stations and apple cider.
🟣 FREE!
The Haunted Night Market at The Inn at the Mission
San Juan Capistrano | October 19, 2025
Free pumpkin patch, costume contest, trick-or-treating, kids craft zone, live entertainment, craft bites, full bar, and shop from 30+ local shops.
Photo: Lakewood Sheriff’s Station
🟣 FREEish!
Haunted Jail & Safety Expo
Lakewood | October 23, 2025
A spooky family event featuring kids spooky maze, haunted jail, games, attractions, and a display of first responder vehicles. Entrance to the Haunted Jail and kids maze is free, tickets required for other games and attractions.
🟣 FREE!
Halloween at Redondo Pier
Redondo Beach | October 24, 2025
Enjoy prizes for the best costumes, a Halloween selfie station, sponsor giveaways, and trick-or-treating on the pier and boardwalk!
Spooky Campover at Lions Tigers & Bears
Alpine | October 24-25, 2025 (overnight)
This spooky overnight adventure includes campfire songs, s’mores, pumpkin carving, a Halloween costume contest, and a family-friendly haunted house. Guests can join an animal trivia challenge and sip hot cocoa by the fire before settling in for the night. The fun continues the next morning with the Pumpkin Bash, where campers watch the animals enjoy the pumpkins carved the night before.
Halloween Aglow at Birch Aquarium
La Jolla | October 24-25, 2025
Trick-or-treat through the aquarium in costume, dance to live music, and play ghoulishly fun games. Watch divers carve pumpkins underwater, explore the Living Seas exhibit at night, and discover spooky science with Scripps Oceanography.
Photo: Calico Ghost Town
Ghost Haunt at Calico Ghost Town
Yermo | October 24-26 & October 31 – November 2, 2025
Every year, Calico Ghost Town celebrates Halloween with the Annual Ghost Haunt. The event includes trick-or-treating, costume contests, pumpkin carving, kids’ carnival tent, campfire and ghost stories, games, live entertainment stage shows, haunted attractions and more. During evening Scare Hours, costumed creatures descend on Main Street for scares and photo ops.
Historical Cemetery Tour
Long Beach | October 25, 2025
Enjoy graveside performances by community theater actors portraying the life of the person lying at rest. Actors perform in period-appropriate costumes. The tour is self-guided. First-person performances last 10 minutes and are repeated every 20 minutes. Tours are for families and all ages.
🟣 FREEish!
Haunted Jail
Cerritos | October 25, 2025
Visit Cerritos Sheriff’s Station for the haunted jail, car show, safety expo, boo-tique, inflatables, Kidz Zone with Paw Patrol activities, music, food and drinks. $5 donation for entrance to haunted jail.
🟣 FREE!
Trunk or Treat
Los Alamitos | October 25, 2025
This spooktacular event features trunk-or-treating, pumpkin patch, costume contest, and more.
Floating Pumpkin Patch
La Mirada | October 25, 2025
Visit Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center for a floating pumpkin patch. Jump into the pool, decorate your pumpkin, and enjoy crafts. Registration required.
🟣 FREE!
Boo Bash at Bella Terra
Huntington Beach | October 25, 2025
Meet favorite characters, get your face painted, and snap festive photos while enjoying giveaways from community partners. Guests in costume can enter a raffle for fun prizes.
Photo: Visit Anaheim
🟣 FREE!
The Anaheim Fall Festival & Halloween Parade
Anaheim | October 25, 2025
A beloved event, now at its new home in Center Greens Park! Enjoy costume contests for kids and dogs, live entertainment, crafts, food vendors, and the return of the classic car show. Join the parade float scavenger hunt for a chance to win Disneyland tickets, then stay for the legendary Halloween Parade.
Monster Splash
Irvine | October 25, 2025
Dress in your spooky best and visit the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center for a floating pumpkin patch, decoration station, trick-or-treating, rec swim, floating obstacle course, photo booth, and snacks. Registration required.
Halloween Zoo-tacular at OC Zoo
Orange | October 25, 2025
See zoo animals receive treat-filled pumpkins and kids (ages 12 and under) can participate in a scavenger hunt, trick-or-treating, and spooky crafts. Prizes available while supplies last. Activities are free with paid zoo admission
Jack O’ Lantern Jamboree at Atlantis Play Center
Garden Grove | October 25, 2025
Kids can enjoy a pumpkin patch, carnival games, crafts, face painting, and a live reptile show. Costumes encouraged, with each child taking home a pumpkin and sweet treats available for purchase. Reservations required, no tickets sold at the door.
🟣 FREE!
Boo at the Bay: Family Halloween Party at Upper Newport Bay
Newport Beach | October 25, 2025
Visit the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center for a fun family Halloween party featuring spooky stories, crafts, science experiments, animals, and games. See booths and exhibits from the OC Bird of Prey Center and Environmental Nature Center. Costumes encouraged.
🟣 FREE!
Halloween Spooktacular
Newport Beach | October 25, 2025
Enjoy trunk-or-treating, bounce houses, games, live music, and food trucks, plus pumpkin decorating and a haunted walkthrough. Don’t miss the costume contest for kids, families, and pets at 4:45 p.m.
Monster Dash 5K & Creepy Crawl Fun Run
San Clemente | October 25, 2025
With tricks and treats for all ages, all runners, joggers, walkers, zombies, skeletons, and crawlers are invited to come dressed in their best Halloween costumes.
🟣 FREE!
Halloween Spooktacular & Trunk or Treat
Dana Point | October 25, 2025
Join the City of Dana Point and Dana Point Police Services for a special trunk or treat, games, spooky maze, and entertainment. Meet the Bloodhounds, Bomb Squad, K-9 Unit, Mounted Patrol, and enjoy a kids costume parade with prizes.
Harbor Hayrides at Ocean Institute
Dana Point | October 25, 2025
Enjoy live music, apple cider, temporary tattoos, and trick-or-treating all while cruising the beautiful Dana Point Harbor on the R/V Sea Explorer! Cruises are 45 minutes long. Special Glow Cruise at 7pm. Harbor Hayride tickets also include access to Spooky Seas in the evening.
Spooky Seas at Ocean Institute
Dana Point | October 25, 2025
Celebrate with bioluminescence laser tag, costume contest, trick-or-treating, mad science lab, haunted ship tours, aquarium access, photo booth, food, and more.
The Boo Bop Halloween Music Party
Pasadena | October 25, 2025
Enjoy a live interactive concert, trick-or-treat town, themed games, and music fun designed for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Costumes encouraged for a day full of creativity, laughter, and spooky-good tunes.
Family Night Hike: The Ghoulish Garden at LA Arboretum
Arcadia | October 25, 2025
Discover eerie carnivorous plants, thorny specimens, and other strange flora as you learn how their “creepy” traits help them survive. Enjoy hands-on activities, sensory fun, and Halloween thrills for the whole family under the garden’s moonlit glow.
🟣 FREE FOR KIDS IN COSTUME!
Hangar Halloween at Yanks Air Museum
Chino | October 25, 2025
Family-friendly Halloween trick or treating and fun-filled activities throughout the museum. Kids in costume receive free admission.
Mini Monsters Bash at Children’s Museum at La Habra
La Habra | October 25, 2025
Kids can trick-or-treat through festive stations, wander a corn maze, and watch a Mad Scientist Show full of bubbling potions. Crafts, games, and costume fun make it a Halloween celebration for the whole family.
🟣 FREE!
Trick-or-Treat at the Whittier Museum
Whittier | October 25, 2025
Trick or treat for free at the Whittier Museum where staff and volunteers will pass out candy to all visitors.
Haunted Museum Maze at the Whittier Museum
Whittier | October 25-26, 2025
Celebrate two days of spooky fun at the Whittier Museum’s Halloween Street Fest! Enjoy trick-or-treating, a Halloween market, live music, and a classic car show. After dark, enter the “Folklore Gone Wrong” Haunted Museum Maze for a twisted take on fairy tales like Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and Snow White.
Pumpkin Patch & Fall Fun Fest at Santa Anita Park
Arcadia | October 25-26, 2025
The Infield comes alive for the last two weekends in October. Bring the whole family to enjoy the pumpkin patch, inflatable bouncers, face painting, crafts, pony rides, carnival games, and plenty of picnic space.
I-Spy Halloween Train Ride & Festival at Griffith Park
Los Angeles | October 25-26 & November 1-2, 2025
Every weekend in October, enjoy a fun I Spy Halloween train ride around a family-friendly, seasonally decorate, mile-long track. There’s also games, activities, and photo ops.
🟣 FREE!
Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade
Long Beach | October 26, 2025
See 400+ costumed dogs as they parade in front of a few thousand gawkers and panel of judges. Plus, vendor fair and food trucks too.
🟣 FREE!
Halloween Spooktacular at Cerritos Towne Center
Cerritos | October 26, 2025
Celebrate with trick-or-treat stations, character meet and greets, balloon twisters, crafts, and live DJ.
🟣 FREE!
Cops ‘N’ Goblins
Buena Park | October 29, 2025
Bring your little goblins out for a trunk-or-treat experience, pumpkin patch, carnival games, costume contest, arts & crafts, and food trucks.
🟣 FREE!
OktoBOOfest at Downtown Fullerton Plaza
Fullerton | October 30, 2025
Stroll the farmers market, browse craft vendors, and enjoy seasonal brews in the beer garden. Kids can join the trick-or-treat parade, play in the bounce house, grab a free tote bag, and even compete in a pie-eating contest. Costumes encouraged for an evening full of spooky fun!
🟣 FREE!
Treats in the Streets Autumn Festival
Orange | October 30, 2025
Info TBA
Halloween Day Events
Old Pasadena Halloween Celebration
Old Pasadena
Friday, October 31, 2025
🟣 FREE!
Come out for a frightfully good time with the whole family! On Friday, October 31, from 4-8 pm, bring your costumed ghosts and ghoulies to trick-or-treat store-to-store in Old Pasadena. Nearly 100 businesses will offer treats to costumed children! It makes for a safe and festive evening along Colorado Boulevard and adjacent streets. Look for the orange Treat Stop signs in the windows to find the goodies.
Check out the Treat Stop Google map of nearly 100 participating businesses in every corner of Old Pas. Visit www.oldpasadena.org for more ways to celebrate Halloween at One Colorado and other venues!
🟣 FREE!
Trick-or-Treat on 2nd Street
Long Beach | October 31, 2025
Look for jack-o-lanterns signs in the windows of participating businesses that will be handing out treats.
🟣 FREE!
Halloween Carnivals at Lakewood Parks
Lakewood | October 31, 2025
Special carnival activities will be held at Biscailuz, Bloomfield, Bolivar, Boyar, Del Valle, Mayfair, Palms and San Martin parks. “Haunted houses” for little ghosts and goblins to venture inside will be at Bolivar, Del Valle, Palms, and San Martin. Plus, inflatable attractions at Mayfair park for an additional fee. Each park will have a special theme.
Halloween Festival at Los Cerritos Center
Cerritos | October 31, 2025
Join the City of Cerritos at Los Cerritos Center for a fun evening with costume parades, entertainment, game booths, food trucks, and rides. Unlimited all-night ride wristbands available for purchase.
Halloween Spooktacular & Trunk or Treat
Artesia | October 31, 2025
Visit Artesia Park for a night of music, candy, costume contests, food trucks, laser tag, and decorated trunk or treat vehicles.
🟣 FREE!
Pumpkin Patch Halloween Event
Downey | October 31, 2025
Carnival games, photo booth, costume parade, face painting, food trucks, creepy crawl maze (no scare zone from 5-5:30pm), inflatables, and more. Located at the Downey Adult School.
🟣 FREE!
Spookywood at Stonewood Center
Downey | October 31, 2025
Store to Store trick or treating, Crafts and More! Plus, bring your furry friends and show off your best pet Halloween costumes.
Halloween Festivals at Norwalk Parks
Norwalk | October 31, 2025
Join in for a spooky good time with games, costume contests, music, food trucks, arts & crafts, and more at Norwalk, Hermosillo, and Lakeside Parks.
Halloweenfest at Neff Estate
La Mirada | October 31, 2025
Visit the historic Neff Estate for an all-ages spooktacular time with a haunted maze, costume contest, games, crafss, trick-or-treat area, and more. Guests can also tour the George house and learn more about La Mirada’s rich history.
Halloween Bash at Pretend City
Irvine | October 31, 2025
Visit the museum for a Halloween Bash with CHOC. Get into the spirit for Costume Week from October 26-31.
Halloween Spooktacular at Anaheim Hills Festival
Anaheim | October 31, 2025
Trick-or-treat throughout the shopping center and enjoy a live DJ, face painting, balloon twisting, photo ops, and more.
Trick-or-Treating Adventure in Downtown Santa Monica
Santa Monica | October 31, 2025
Trick-or-treaters can collect treats from participating businesses throughout the downtown Santa Monica district from 3-6pm. Enjoy a variety of Halloween-themed activities, including pumpkin decorating, free mini pumpkin patch, face painting, fun photo ops, and treats for all.
Halloween at Lomita Park
Lomita | October 31, 2025
Join in on this annual event for games, treats, food, costume contest, and more.
Halloween Shows & Movie Screenings in Southern California
Bob Baker Marionette Theater presents Hallowe’en Spooktacular
Los Angeles | September 6 – November 9, 2025
In this hour-long, family friendly revue, over 100 spirited puppets rally to regale you with silly things on strings. From Frankenstein’s monster’s toe-tapping inception to an out-of-this-world Venutian dreamscape, Bob Baker’s Hallowe’en Spooktacular beckons you to the place where imagination lurks.
Vampirates Dinner Show at Pirate’s Dinner Adventure
Buena Park | September 12 – November 11, 2025
Enjoy a three-course meal and witness aerial artistry, swordplay, death-defying stunts, and dynamic duels.
Absolutely Halloween at Santa Monica Playhouse
Santa Monica | October 4-26, 2025
A heartwarming musical tale 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.
Paranorman at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Los Angeles | October 18, 2025
Bring the family for a beloved spooktacular classic with DJ sets and free photo booth.
Spook-a-Nanny at Heritage Square Museum
Los Angeles | October 19, 2025
Bring your picnic blanket and chairs and prepare to be tricked and treated to a collection of hand-picked, meticulously curated Halloween video snippets and classic Bob Baker Marionette Theater puppet numbers. Dragged from the depths of dusty VHS, DVD, and 16mm collections, a mix of vintage live action, animated, and puppetry spectres promises to haunt the whole family.
Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Hollywood Bowl | October 25-26, 2025
Disney Tim Burton‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert features a full orchestra and choir, plus Danny Elfman singing as Jack, Janelle Monae singing as Sally, Keith David singing as Oogie Boogie, Riki Lindhome singing as Shock, and John Stamos singing as Lock with incredible eye-popping projections that bring Halloween Town to life.
Halloween Attractions in Southern California
🟣 FREE!
‘Midnight Market’ Halloween Boutique at Roger’s Gardens
Corona del Mar | August 29-31, 2025
Roger’s Gardens is a unique shopping destination for creatively curated Halloween décor and one-of-a-kind Halloween artisan pieces. Every inch of the boutique features items highlighting this year’s theme of Midnight Market.
Spider Pavilion at Natural History Museum
Los Angeles | September 14 – November 30, 2025
Stroll through the open air pavilion to see hundreds of orb weavers and their amazing webs all around you. Then enter the spider den to peer into enclosed habitats that house different species from tarantulas to jumping spiders.
Magic of the Jack O’ Lanterns
Palos Verde Peninsula | September 19 – November 2, 2025
Follow a one-mile trail at South Coast Botanic Garden lined with more than 10,000 carved pumpkins, glowing sculptures, and themed displays. The experience combines art, light, and family fun among the garden’s scenic paths, with live entertainment, photo ops, s’mores stations, and a Fun Zone featuring slides and a bounce pad. Food and drinks are available on site.
Brick-or-Treat at LEGOLAND
Carlsbad | September 20 – November 1, 2025
This family-favorite event fills the park with not-too-scary fun, including candy stations, live shows, and monster meet-and-greets. Enjoy themed rides like the Ghost Cruise and Disco Dragon Coaster, meet LEGO characters like Lord Vampyre and Monster Frankenstein, and dance the night away at the Brick BOO-gie. Plus, don’t miss the 17-foot LEGO Halloween Tree built from nearly 700,000 bricks!
Halloween Bash at Kidspace Children’s Museum
Pasadena | September 20 – October 31, 2025
Celebrate the season with costume parades held daily at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm, a trike ride through a spooky house, and a make-your-own potion activity in the Witch’s Kitchen. Kids can design a creature in the Adopt-a-Monster Imagination Workshop and try the pumpkin bowling alley for some lighthearted “boo-ling.” Expect a playful mix of crafts, movement, and hands-on fun tailored for younger children.
Knott’s Spooky Farm
Buena Park | September 25 – October 31, 2025
Have a not-too-scary good time at Knott’s Spooky Farm! Kids can trick-or-treat through Ghost Town, decorate cookies, and meet friendly critters, while families enjoy live shows like Snoopy’s Spooktacular Costume Party and the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Don’t miss the Halloween Hootenanny log ride for a festive twist on a park favorite.
Nights of the Jack at King Gillette Ranch
Calabasas | September 26 – November 1, 2025
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.
Tricks and Treats at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia | September 26 – November 2, 2025
Enjoy the Trick-or-Treat Trail, live shows, fall-themed eats, and world-class rides, no scares included. Meet friendly characters, join kooky entertainment, and explore interactive zones filled with candy and festive fun for all ages.
Spooktacular Golf at Camelot Golfland
Anaheim | October 1-31, 2025
Camelot Golfland transforms to a spooktacular attraction. Play mini golf amid festive lights and decorations. No additional cost, just regular mini golf pricing.
Carved at Descanso Gardens
La Cañada Flintridge | October 3-30, 2025
Carved is a family-friendly event where you will be enchanted by luminous jack-o’- lanterns, fall foliage, and whimsical displays. There will also be an art installation and the Descanso Railroad will be specially lit.
Photo: Adventure City
Adventure City’s Boo-Tastic Halloween Party
Anaheim | Select Dates, October 3-31, 2025
Enjoy 11 exciting rides, walk through the “Trick-or-Treat Street” for free candy and trinkets, enter the Cosmic Vortex Tunnel, ride the Express Train, go on a Halloween Scavenger Hunt, get free glow accessories, join the Spooktacular Dance Party, and show your Halloween spirit! October 3rd, 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st.
🟣 KIDS FREE!
HalGLOWeen at San Diego Zoo
San Diego | Weekends, October 4-26, 2025
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. Kids (11 and under) receive free admission in October.
🟣 KIDS FREE!
Autumn Festival at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Escondido | Weekends, October 4-26, 2025
Celebrate the season of color at the Autumn Festival! Enjoy live music, animal encounters, and family fun with, a walk-through maze, country music, a lively scarecrow dance party and more. End the evening with Reflections, a glowing lantern ceremony honoring people and wildlife. Kids (11 and under) receive free admission in October.
Pumpkin Palooza Festival at Discovery Cube OC
Santa Ana | Weekends, October 4-26, 2025
Families can explore the new interactive Pumpkin Path maze, experiment with glowing slime, and learn hands-on lessons about composting and eco-friendly living. Join a high-energy dance party hosted by Jack-o-Lynn, the giant, 20-foot-tall DJ pumpkin spinning Halloween hits and today’s top tunes.
Pumpkin Express at Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Campo | October 4-26, 2025
Ride decorated vintage railcars through the San Diego back country. After the train returns to the museum grounds, passengers head to the Display Building to enjoy pumpkin decorating, outdoor pumpkin patch, and collection of Halloween scenes and haunted train cars.
Enchanted Halloweekends at Discovery Cube LA
Sylmar | October 4 – November 2, 2025
Hop on ride-on tractors, enjoy trick-or-treat stations, hale bale maze, costume parade, pumpkin catapults, and Día de los Muertos ofrenda.
Día de los Muertos Events in Southern California
Día de los Muertos Festival: RESILIENCE
Museum of Latin American Art | Long Beach
Sunday, October 26, 2025
🟣 FREE!
Join the Museum of Latin American Art for their annual Día de los Muertos Festival! This year’s theme, RESILIENCE, celebrates our community and our capacity to endure and overcome hardship and difficulties. In doing so, we recognize and honor the endurance and legacy of our ancestors.
Enjoy live folklorico performances, DJ entertainment, face painting, a children’s sugar skull workshop, and more! Come dressed in your best Day of the Dead attire and enter their Catrina/Catrine costume contest for a chance to win prizes.
The event is free, and parking is $15. Don’t miss out on this fun and meaningful celebration!
Día de los Muertos at La Mirada Theatre
La Mirada | October 18, 2025
Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno presents a stunning show of music, dance, pageantry, and tradition. Admire the diversity of how Mexico celebrates Día de los Muertos from state to state as told through song and dance.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos at Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica | October 18, 2025
Enjoy a Latinx pop-up market, community altars, kids’ crafts, and free face painting for all ages. Stroll among Ricardo Soltoreo’s towering paper mâché catrinas and alebrijes, and catch performances by local folklórico dancers and mariachi. Don’t forget to come dressed as a catrina or catrín for a chance to win the Best Dressed prize!
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos at Fullerton College
Fullerton | October 23, 2025
An evening of music, food, activities, ofrendas, vendors, and performances.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Celebration at MainPlace Mall
Santa Ana | October 25, 2025
Celebrate with interactive activities, live performances, cultural games, live music, plus an immersive altar installation that honors Day of the Dead and Aztec culture.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos
Mission Viejo | October 25, 2025
Experience the cultural richness and traditions of Day of the Dead with mariachi entertainment, folklorico dance performances, face painting, crafts, artisan market, and authentic food. Located at the Norman P. Murray Community Center.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos at Forest Lawn
Cypress, Covina Hills, Glendale, Cathedral City | October 25, 2025
Forest Lawn brings traditional Día de los Muertos customs to life with a vibrant celebration of remembrance and culture.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Festival on Olvera Street
Los Angeles | October 25 – November 2, 2025
The historic Olvera Street hosts the annual Día de los Muertos Festival featuring outdoor altar displays, nightly novenario procession, traditional Mayan blessing/soul cleansing, live entertainment, face painting (separate fee), and Carrera de los Muertos 5K. Don’t miss La Danza de la Muerte, a theatrical performance about the indigenous roots of Día de los Muertos.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Festival at Gloria Molina Grand Park
Los Angeles | October 25 – November 2, 2025
a nine-day celebration featuring 19 community altars honoring loved ones and immigrant ancestors. The festivities kick off October 25 with live music, dance, workshops, and family activities, and conclude November 2 with Noche de los Muertos—a luminous evening of lantern-making, marigold art, mercado artisans, and performances by Lupita Infante and Boleros with Attitude.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Festival
San Pedro | October 26, 2025
Authentic altar displays, live entertainment, food trucks, beer garden, artisan craft vendors, catrina costume contest, face painting for children, free trolley rides, and more.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos at Heritage Museum of Orange County
Santa Ana | October 26, 2025
Celebrate with live entertainment, food, vendors, community altars, arts and crafts, and more.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Festival at Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton | October 26, 2025
Enjoy festive activities for the whole family, live music, local artisans, and arts and crafts for kids.
Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood | November 1, 2025
Experience one of LA’s most beloved traditions at Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever. Enjoy Aztec blessings, vibrant altar displays, live music, artisan vendors, and DJs under the stars. Highlights include outdoor screenings of Coco, a dazzling drone show, and family-friendly performances celebrating life, memory, and community. Guests must purchase tickets for one of three timed sessions — daytime, evening, or late-night — and depart at the end of their selected time slot.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos
San Clemente | November 1, 2025
Join the City of San Clemente at Max Berg Plaza Park for rich cultural celebration. Explore a stunning display of traditional altars, enjoy live performers, Mexican music, folklorico dancing, Mexican cuisine and sweet treats, art contest, and Catrina and Catrin contest.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos
Dana Point | November 1, 2025
This traditional holiday will be celebrated in La Plaza Park with ofrendas, live bands, dancing, art, great food and delicious beverages.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos at The Wallis
Los Angeles | November 1, 2025
Enjoy a colorful afternoon of music, dance, food, and family activities at The Wallis’ first Family Fest of the season.
🟣 FREE!
Día de Muertos at Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
Rancho Dominguez | November 1, 2025
Watch live performances from mariachi to baile folklorico, enjoy traditional food, and shop vendors.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Pop-Up at the Wilmington Cemetery
Wilmington | November 1, 2025
Celebrate with live music and a variety of booths and vendors with foods, crafts, gifts, and more.
En Memoria at Fairplex
Pomona | November 1, 2025
Experience art, culture, and remembrance at En Memoria at Fairplex. This Día de los Muertos celebration blends traditional altar making with the vibrant artistry of lowrider car culture. Enjoy visual art, live music, and delicious food in a colorful tribute to life, community, and creative expression.
Día de los Muertos at Kidspace Children’s Museum
Pasadena | November 1-2, 2025
Families can enjoy live music, dance performances, and hands-on art. Create a memory postcard to add to the altar or take home as a keepsake. Performances include Aztec dance on Saturday and all-female mariachi ensemble Las Colibrí on Sunday.
Día de los Muertos at SeaWorld
San Diego | November 1-2, 2025
Celebrate life and remembrance with colorful Catrina statues, vibrant ofrendas, live traditional music, and authentic Mxican treats during this cultural holiday celebration.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Celebration at Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica | November 1-2, 2025
The historic Merry Go-Round building transforms into a glowing space filled with altars and art by local artists Sylvia Sanchez and Yolanda Medina. Enjoy live mariachi, Ballet Folklórico, and a sunset Aztec procession, plus free face painting and family-friendly cultural activities throughout the weekend.
🟣 FREE!
Day of the Dead in Historic Gaslamp District
San Diego | November 1-2, 2025
Join in for a vibrant celebration of culture featuring free music, delicious food, and exciting activities for the whole family. Experience traditional dance performances, face painting by local artists, and hands-on crafts for kids.
🟣 FREE!
Mexican Day of the Dead Family Festival at Bowers Museum
Santa Ana | November 2, 2025
Celebrate with Bowers Museum during our free family festivals held every first Sunday of the month in the Museum’s beautiful Key Courtyard. Enjoy live performances, art making, face painting and complimentary treats at every festival.
🟣 FREE!
Día de los Muertos Art Festival
Downey | November 2, 2025
Celebrate with local and regional artist, live music, cultural performances, altars, food trucks, beer & wine garden, and family activities, including art alley, mercado, and children’s crafts.
Horror Attractions in Southern California
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios
Hollywood | September 4 – November 2, 2025
Enter 8 haunted houses inspired by the biggest names in horror, plus the Terror Tram is back and scarier than ever. Not recommended for children under 13.
Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld
San Diego | Select Nights, September 12 – November 1, 2025
Evade five angry haunts through eight scare zones and four vile vignettes. For grown-ups, there’s themed bars and speakeasies. Not recommended for children under 13.
Knott’s Scary Farm
Buena Park | Select Nights, September 18 – November 1, 2025
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. Not recommended for children under 13.
Castle Dark at Castle Park
Riverside | September 18 – November 1, 2025
Castle Park transforms into the fright-filled Castle Dark, where the night crawls with terror including horrifying mazes, performances, scare zones, and haunting treats and meals. Not recommended for guests under 13.
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor
Long Beach | Select Nights, September 19 – November 2, 2025
Each fall the Queen Mary transforms the ship and surrounding harbor into a massive Halloween festival featuring haunted mazes, hundreds of monsters, immersive attractions, live entertainment, VIP experiences, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides, festive eats and treats, and more. Not recommended for children under 13. Kids under the age of 7 are not permitted in haunted mazes.
Haunted Hayride at Griffith Park
Los Angeles | September 19 – November 2, 2025
Experience the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride with Janelle Monáe’s Monáe Manor, a vibrant Halloween party filled with unexpected ghostly encounters. Take a thrilling hayride through Midnight Falls, where a witch’s curse brings vengeful spirits to life, along with eerie trick-or-treating adventures. Additional attractions include live shows, Zombie Splat Gellyball experience, axe throwing, and interactive mini escape games.
Photo: The Haunted Harvest
The Haunted Harvest at Frosty’s Forest
Chino | September 26 – October 30, 2025
The Haunted Harvest is located at Frosty’s Forest Pumpkin Patch. It’s a separate 2-acre haunted maze that features six horrifying haunted houses including No More Late Fees, a nostalgic 90s video store with immersive scares and VHS slashers. There’s no age minimum listed, but haunt scenes are created for ages 18 and up. Read their entire disclaimer online.
Fearplex Lights Out
Pomona | October 3-25, 2025
Go through mazes and scare zones, shop til you drop in the vendor village, enjoy live entertainment, and experience Zombieball, where you can use gellyball markers to shoot at the undead. Not recommended for children under 13.
The Haunted Carwash
Lakewood & Anaheim | October 3-31, 2025
Fearless adventurers can face their darkest fears with a spine-chilling car wash 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.
Pumpkin Patches Near Long Beach
El Dorado Frontier
Long Beach | September 27 – October 26, 2025
Visit the El Dorado Frontier for fun photo ops, pumpkins and attractions including train ride, carousel, mine-buggy ride, panning for treasure, bounce houses, and more.
Camp Fire
Long Beach Weekends, October 11-26, 2025
Join Camp Fire for their first annual pumpkin patch. Each weekend also has a featured activity, available only for that weekend. October 11-12: Fall Carnival / October 18-19: Petting Farm / October 25-26: Rock Climbing Tower.
Pa’s Pumpkin Patch
Lakewood | September 27 – October 30, 2025
The patch offers a large variety of pumpkins to choose from, as well as haystacks, corn stalks and gourds. Enjoy a snack bar, pony ride, a petting zoo, and a variety of games and rides.
Fallstivities Pumpkin Patch
Cerritos | October 1-30, 2025
Free activities include themed photo ops, plus character visits, music entertainment, and DIY crafts on weekends. Paid activities include a soft play area (ages 1-3), jumper zone, animal scooter track, rock climbing, face painting, and more.
Taghavi Farms
Buena Park, Commerce, San Clemente, Pasadena
Taghavi Farms has four pumpkin patch locations. Each patch has a petting zoo with wagyu or mini highland cows, goats, plus bounce houses, games, and more.
🎃 For full details on each pumpkin patch including pricing, visit kidsguidemagazine/pumpkin.
Pumpkin Patches in Orange County
Irvine Park Railroad
Orange | September 13 – October 31, 2025
Irvine Park Railroad’s annual pumpkin patch is one of Orange County’s most beloved fall activity! Free activities include photo ops, hay maze, and haunted house. Ticketed activities include train rides, hay rides, bouncer, face painting, panning for gold, John Deere racers, games, cookie decorating, carnival games, pumpkin decorating, and mini diggers. Reservations required on weekends.
The Pumpkin Factory
Westminster | October 2-31, 2025
The Pumpkin Factory offers 20+ rides and attractions including petting zoo, pony rides, mini ATVs, carnival games, and more. Additional location in Corona.
Hana Field
Costa Mesa | September 27 – November 9, 2025
Explore 8 acres of pumpkins, wagon rides, barnyard exhibit, hands-on activities, and more. Don’t miss the exciting new Jurassic Fright Corn Maze, included with admission, featuring nine dinosaur displays hidden among the corn stalks. Activity tickets are required for some attractions.
Seasonal Adventures
Costa Mesa | October 1-31, 2025
Enjoy mechanical rides, inflatables, obstacle courses, bounce houses, petting zoo, and train rides. Plus, check out a huge supply of pumpkins and fall decorations.
Tanaka Farms
Irvine | September 23 – November 2, 2025
Pick your own pumpkin from the vine! Tanaka Farms is one of the only farms in Orange County with a real pumpkin patch field. This year, see hand-painted art installations created by LA-based artist, Steven Harrington. Admission includes entry, unlimited wagon rides, barnyard exhibit, corn maze, and entry to the U-Pick Pumpkin Fields.
The Pumpkin Patch
Placentia | Opens October 8, 2025
Visit one of Southern California’s oldest pumpkin patches! Pet and feed baby animals, go on tractor rides, play carnival games, bounce on inflatables, run inside a human hamster ball, go gold mining, pick out beautiful gemstones, enjoy face painting, photo ops, and of course, mosey through the pumpkin patch.
Pumpkin City
Laguna Hills | October 1-31, 2025
Meander through thousands of pumpkins, enjoy rides, games, activities, and the Oktoberfest Beer Garden.
🎃 For full details on each pumpkin patch including pricing, visit kidsguidemagazine/pumpkin.
Pumpkin Patches in Los Angeles County
Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch
Culver City | October 4-31, 2025
Founded in 1987, Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch offers Los Angeles–area families a spooky, fun environment complete with pumpkin carving, straw mazes, face painting, and more. The patch features the famous Pumpkin Village, super slide, bounce house, giant rocking horses, tipi village, straw maze, petting zoo, and activities for all ages.
Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns Pumpkin Patch
Torrance, Brea & West LA | October 3 – November 2, 2025
Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns Pumpkin Patch offers a large variety of pumpkins, plus plenty of games and activities at each location like pumpkin bowling, pumpkin decorating, farm animals, and more. Birthday parties also offered!
Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch
Los Angeles | October 4 – November 2, 2025
Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch features mountains of pumpkins, straw bales, corn stalks, gourds, and more. There’s also lots of attractions including bounce houses, ponies, petting zoo, train rides, obstacle courses, straw maze, slides, carnival games, and guaranteed fun for the whole family.
Tina’s Pumpkin Patch
Sherman Oaks | October 2 – November 1, 2025
Join the fun at Tina’s Pumpkin Patch with pony rides, petting zoo, train ride, bouncer, slide, obstacle, and free straw maze.
Pumpkin Festival at Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona | October 4-26, 2025
The College of Agriculture at CPP grows 40,000 pumpkins, two corn mazes and a sunflower field for this annual festival. Admission includes corn maze, sunflowers, pumpkin hill, demos, garden patch, petting farm, hay wagon ride, cow train, and more.
Forneris Farms
Mission Hills | October 4 – November 2, 2025
Wander through a corn maze to find hidden CORNundrums and take a tractor-pulled train ride.
Gilchrist Farm
Santa Clarita | September 27 – November 2, 2025
On full festival weekends (Saturday & Sunday), there’s festival food, live entertainment, goat milking demos, pig races, and activities including horse/pony rides, archery, axe throwing, wagon rides, and more.
Tapia Bros. Farm
Encino | September 27 – October 31, 2025
Enjoy pony rides, train rides, petting zoo, corn maze, farm stand, and acres of pumpkins at this family-friendly patch. Activities and hours vary by day.
🎃 For full details on each pumpkin patch including pricing, visit kidsguidemagazine/pumpkin.
Pumpkin Patches Beyond LA & OC
Frosty’s Forest
Chino | Opens September 26, 2025
Live Oak Canyon
Redlands | September 25 – November 2, 2025
Prancers Farm Fall Festival
Santa Paula | September 29 – October 31, 2025
Greenspot Farms
Mentone | Opens October 1, 2025
Underwood Family Farms
Moorpark | September 27 – October 31, 2025
Pumpkins in the Pines at SkyPark at Santa’s Village
Skyforest | October 11-26, 2025
Peltzer Pumpkin Farm
Temecula | Now – October 31, 2025
Conejo Family Farms
Camarillo | Now Open 2025
Goff Family Pumpkin Patch
San Diego | September 19 – October 31, 2025
The Solvang Farmer
Solvang | September 26 – November 2, 2025
Oma’s Family Farm Pumpkin Patch
Lakeside | September 27 – November 1, 2025
🎃 For full details on each pumpkin patch including pricing, visit kidsguidemagazine/pumpkin.
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