Celebrate Halloween with a visit to a local pumpkin patch, haunted house, or other fun Halloween destination in the Bay Area.
Find ideas for clever costumes, easy crafts, spooky decorations and tasty treats at our sister site Halloween Kid Fun.
Featured Events
Goblin Jamboree – Sausalito, October 19-20 and October 25-27
Spooky season has arrived at the Bay Area Discovery Museum! Experience the museum totally transformed for a fangtastic Halloween fundraiser for the whole family.
Boo at the Zoo – Oakland, October 25-27
Enjoy this family-friendly spooky animal-themed scavenger hunt.
Halloween Destinations
Tricks and Treats at Great America – Santa Clara, September 20 – October 26
Boo Fest at Discovery Kingdom – Vallejo, September 21 – November 3
Halloween at Great Wolf Lodge – Manteca, September 26 – October 31
Halloween at Gilroy Gardens – Gilroy, September 27 – October 27
Thomas and Percy’s Halloween Party – Felton, October 12-27
Nightfall at Filoli – Woodside, October 16 – November 3
Halloween Jam at Children’s Fairyland – Oakland, October 19-27
Pumpkin Patch Festival – Suisun City, October 12-27
Haunted Railroad at Ardenwood – Fremont, October 18-27
Halloween Events
Pumpkins in the Park (Free) – San Jose, October 12
The Headless Horseman + Viva La Vida by Oceanic Ballet – San Mateo, October 12, 13
Family Halloween Day at Randall Museum – San Francisco, October 19
Halloween Spooktacular – Redwood City, October 19
Spooky Times at Deer Hollow – Cupertino, October 19
Halloween Mask Making Festival – Santa Cruz, October 19
Pumpkins on Pikes – Petaluma, October 21, 28
Scaregrove – San Francisco, October 25
Japantown Halloween Carnival – San Francisco, October 25
Funtazmagoria – Santa Rosa, October 25-27
Halloween Hijinks (Free) – Livermore, October 26
Monster Bash (Free) – Mountain View, October 26
Thrill-O-Ween at Thrive City (Free) – San Francisco, October 26
China Town Halloween Festival (Free) – San Francisco, October 26
Outer Sunset Halloween (Free) – San Francisco, October 26
Halloween at the Park – Berkeley, October 26
History Park Children’s Halloween Haunt – San Jose, October 26
Tech or Treat – San Jose, October 26, 27
Halloween Movie and STEM Night on the USS Hornet – Alameda, October 27
Halloween Dia De Los Muertos Family Fun Fest (Free) – Oakland, October 27
Family Halloween Concert – Redwood City, October 27
It’s the Great Pumpkin (Free) – Santa Rosa, October 27
Jack O’Lantern Jamboree (Free) – Palo Alto, October 30
Halloween in Japantown – San Jose, October 31
Halloween Scary at the Berry – Mill Valley, November 1
Halloween Hoopla at Yerba Buena Gardens (Free) – San Francisco, November 2
Costume Parades
Halloween Costume Contest (Free) – Benicia, October 26
Breakfast & Munchkin Masquerade at Jelly Belly – Fairfield, October 26
Rockridge Halloween Parade (Free) – Oakland, October 26
Capitola Village Halloween Parade (Free) – Capitola, October 27
Halloween Parade (Free) – Sausalito, October 31
Trick or Treating
Trick or Treat on the Farm (Free) – San Ramon, October 19
Halloween Trunk or Treat (Free) – Martinez, October 26
Halloween on Solano (Free) – Albany & Berkeley, October 31
Trick or Treating on the Wharf (Free) – Santa Cruz, October 31
Haunted Houses & Other Scary Places
Unhinged at the Winchester Mystery House – San Jose, September 13 – November 2
Pirates of Emerson Haunted House – Pleasanton, September 27 – November 2
NightMARE Island – Vallejo, October 1-31
Haunted Hangar at Hiller – San Carlos, October 19-31
Haunted House of Screams – Berkeley, October 31
Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes
Speer Family Farms – Alameda, Tracy
Three Nunns Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze – Brentwood
G&S Farms – Brentwood
Cool Patch Pumpkins – Dixon
Arata Pumpkin Farm – Half Moon Bay
Farmer John’s Pumpkins – Half Moon Bay
Lemo’s Farm Pumpkin Patch – Half Moon Bay
Pastorino’s Farm – Half Moon Bay
Pumpkin Junction at Casa de Fruta – Hollister
Swank Farms – Hollister
Pumpkin Maze – Lathrop
Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch – Livermore
G&M Farms – Livermore
Spina Farms – Morgan Hill
Grossi Family Farm – Novato
Rancho Siempre Verde – Pescadero
Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze – Petaluma
Webb Ranch – Portola Valley
Clancy’s Pumpkin Patch – San Francisco
Pick of the Patch Pumpkins – Burlingame, Oakland, Richmond, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Clara
Moreland Pumpkin Patch – San Jose
Rodoni Farms – Santa Cruz
Moore Pumpkins – San Ramon, Livermore
Muelrath Ranches – Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze – Santa Rosa
