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Top Halloween Events for Kids
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Best Halloween Events in San Francisco Bay Area
Tricks and Treats at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Vallejo
Select dates, September 20 - November 2, 2025
All-new fall festival with family-friendly activities, Trick-or-Treat Trail, and world-class family rides. Visit the website here.
Howl-O-Ween at Great Wolf Lodge Northern California
Manteca
Daily, September 25 - October 31, 2025
Time to get spooky at Great Wolf Lodge Northern California as it gets ready to kick off one of its famed seasonal celebrations, Howl-O-Ween! Fa-boo-less fun awaits all month long as the lodge is decked out with fall leaves, pumpkins, and other festive décor to celebrate the color-changing season. Visit the website here.
The Great Big BOO at Gilroy Gardens
Gilroy
Friday - Sunday, September 26 - November 2, 2025
The Great Big BOO is back at Gilroy Gardens, with fun, not-so-spooky decorations, themed programming, live musical shows, games, rides, crafts, and light displays. Trick-or-treating on the BOO trail is a great event for the kiddos! Visit the website here.
Festival Fright Nights at the Winchester Mystery House
San Jose
Select dates, September 26 - November 2, 2025
Winchester Mystery House is at it again with a scary haunted house show. This immersive indoor/outdoor experience has dark walks, special effects, and professional actors to scare you. The show is not suitable for kids under 13 years old, or older kids that are sensitive to scary elements. But if you have big kids who like jump scares, this is a unique-to-San Francisco Halloween event! Visit the website here.
Thomas and Percy’s Halloween Party
Felton
Weekends, October 4- 26, 2025
Roaring Camp Railroads is hosting the opportunity to take a ride with Percy and Thomas all decked out for Halloween. Other activities include storytelling, video viewing, temporary tattoos, a pumpkin patch, and an Imagination Station with arts and crafts. Sir Topham Hatt will be there for meet n' greets. Visit the website here.
Halloween Weekends at Jellystone Park
Lodi
Friday - Sunday, October 10 - November 2, 2025
To celebrate the spooky season, Jellystone Park™ Tower Park is going all out with themed weekends piled high with activities for the whole family. Costume and campsite decorating contests, Halloween-themed crafts, haunted trails, pumpkin patches, trick-or-treating, spooky soiree, and so much more are all in store. The resort also has a water park, dining area, mini golf, and more for families. Visit the website here.
Halloween Haunted Hangar
San Carlos
Saturday & Sunday, October 18 - 30, 2025
Halloween is on full display at the Hiller Aviation Museum, with decorations and the famous Great Pumpkin scavenger hunt. The weekends are enjoyable with activities like aircraft checkouts, cockpit exploration glider, and helicopter construction, as well as Kids' Carnival, Haunted Hanger Festival, and Pumpkin Drop. Visit the website here.
Goblin Jamboree
Sausalito
Select dates, October 18 - 26, 2025
The Goblin Jamboree is back at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Wear your favorite costume and enjoy activities like a hay maze, a glow party, a slime banquet, web weaving, interactive spooky science, and pumpkin hollow. Visit the website here.
13 Days of Halloween on the Wharf
Santa Cruz - FREE
Daily, October 19 - 31, 2025
Enjoy 13 days of Halloween fun on the Santa Cruz Wharf. Print a BINGO card to find hidden pumpkins on the Wharf, snap a photo with your crew with the Monterey Bay and lighthouse as a backdrop, dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller", and taste delicious food specials each day. Visit the website here.
Supernatural at the Academy of Arts & Science
San Francisco
Friday, October 24, 2025
This beloved event is back at the California Academy of Arts & Sciences! The family-friendly event has all sorts of activities for kids of all ages: a silent disco, trick-or-treating, magic shows, live animal demonstrations, photo booths, crafts, face painting, mad scientist meet 'n' greets and more. Visit the website here.
Halloween at The Center in Mill Valley
Mill Valley - FREE
Friday, October 24, 2025
Enjoy many fun and spooky trunks while Trunk or Treating at the Mill Valley Community Center. Make crafts and discover fun and creepy surprises. Costumes are encouraged. Visit the website here.
The Haunted Trail of Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill - FREE
Friday, October 24, 2025
Take a Halloween-themed stroll at Pleasant Hill Park with the whole family for a fun nighttime adventure. Starting behind the Teen Center, families can stroll the not-so-scary trail to see Halloween displays and themed activities. Each participant gets a goody bag at the end of the trail. Visit the website here.
Halloween Jam at Children's Fairyland
Oakland
Friday - Sunday, October 24 - 31, 2025
Enter Halloween Jam’s mad scientist lab for bubbling brews and Fairyland boos! Join in for a Fairy Fun House, STEM activity stations, DJs, food trucks, arts & crafts, tricks & treats, special performances, and costumes, of course! Visit the website here.
FUNtazmagoria 2025
Santa Rosa
Friday - Sunday, October 24- 26, 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the Children’s Museum’s annual FUNtazmagoria event! This one-of-a-kind seasonal celebration is perfect for families, offering a blend of spooky fun that’s spooky not scary. Step into the Mad Scientist Lab for a walk-through adventure filled with electrifying interactive experiments. Don’t forget to say hello to our resident Mad Scientists as you explore! Visit the website here.
Halloween for Families at Gamble Garden
Palo Alto
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Family fun with face painting, crafts, trivia, scavenger hunt, tricks and treats, plus more. Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo will showcase Eloise, the cutest opossum in the Bay Area and Eloise’s zoo buddies. Visit the website here.
Monster Bash
Mountain View - FREE
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Rengstorff Park in Mountain View is transformed into a Halloween wonderland filled with a treat trail, spooky games, enchanting performances, stilt walkers, inflatables, a creepy, crawly, ooey gooey zone, lil ghouls corral, bike circus, and more. Visit the website here.
Halloween Spooktacular in Martinez
Martinez - FREE
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Put on your Halloween costume and join local businesses for some fun and safe trick-or-treating in downtown Martinez. Kid's crafts, games, and trunk-or-treating are also part of the fun while families stroll the streets with creatively themed and decorated car trunks and shops. Visit the website here.
Trick-or-Treat on Fourth Street
San Rafael - FREE
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Enjoy a family-friendly way to celebrate Halloween! Fourth Street merchants welcomes kids and families to dress up, bring a bag, and get ready for some treats! (or tricks). Don't miss the Pet Costume Contest sponsored by Woodlands Pet Food & Treats in the Plaza and the Trunk or Treat sponsored by the SanRafael Police Department with a festive SR Police Car passing out candy in Plaza. Visit the website here.
Boos on B Street and Trick-or-Treating
San Mateo - FREE
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Ready for a BOO-tiful day in San Mateo when downtown fills the streets with activities for Halloween? Enjoy carnival games, live DJ music, photo opportunities, and trick-or-treating. Visit the website here.
Boo at the San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco
Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025
Boo at the Zoo returns to the SF Zoo with a costume parade and contest, a giant hay maze, animal feedings, candy treat bags for kids, and tons of trick-or-treating. Enjoy music, crafts, bubbles, and Halloween candy throughout the event. Come dressed in your best costume and celebrate Halloween at the zoo. Visit the website here.
Thrill-O-Ween at Thrive City
Chase Center, San Francisco - FREE
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Kickoff the fall season with a spooktacular experience designed for you to enjoy an afternoon of safe Halloween fun. Thrive City will be filled with themed activities for all ages including a special screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Stay alert because you never know who or what may pop out! Don’t forget, best dressed wins the costume contest! Visit the website here.
4th Annual Great Hauntway
San Francisco - FREE
Sunday, October 26, 2025
A Halloween block party with a beachside twist, the Great Hauntway at Great Highway Park is open for trick-or-treaters and the community to come together for a safe, car-free Halloween. Arts & crafts, big bubbles, and pumpkin decorating are all available for families to enjoy. Visit the website here.
Film with Live Orchestra: Coco
San Francisco
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Lights, Camera, Music! Watch favorite films on the big screen at Davies Symphony Hall as the scores are performed live by the SF Symphony. The Academy Award-winning smash hit Coco (Best Original Song, Best Animated Feature Film) stars a music-loving boy who makes a dazzling journey to the Land of the Dead to reunite with his great-great-grandfather. Rated PG Visit the website here.
Halloween Sausalito
Sausalito - FREE
Thursday, October 31, 2025
A Halloween parade, trick-or-treat lane, dog costume contest, and themed movie night are all taking place in Sausalito on Halloween evening. Bring the whole family (including your four-legged family members) and have some spooky but not-so-scary fun. Visit the website here.
Halloween Hoopla at Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco - FREE
Saturday, November 1, 2025
The 25th annual Halloween Hoopla is back with family-friendly frights and delights for kids under 10 and their adults! This year’s festivities are sure to amaze with awe-inspiring performers from Circus Bella, plus live music from the Circus Bella All-Star Trio. The Hoopla grand finale is the popular Halloween Costume Parade, where all kids are welcome to join in their best Halloween looks. Plus craft and activity tables. Visit the website here.
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