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Knott’s Spooky Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAJoin Knott’s Berry Farm for a family-friendly, daytime Halloween event for families with children ages 3-11. Enjoy Halloween themed activities like trick-or-treating, original shows including...
10/02/2021: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Gary Miltimore: Water and Color
Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CACatalina Island Museum presents the first ever retrospective of artist and sailor Gary Miltimore’s work. The exhibition features selections of his fine art maritime oils...
10/02/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation
LACMA, Los Angeles,This exhibition is part of LACMA’s ongoing collaboration with Yuz Museum in Shanghai, China. “Legacies of Exchange” will feature 20 works of Chinese contemporary art...
10/02/2021: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Mighty Build Guild
Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CAJoin KidSpace for their new cardboard construct-a-thon set in a whimsical, imaginative cardboard forest. Create marvelous geometric towers, design cardboard critters, and play and explore...
10/02/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Spooky Science Featuring the Monster Academy
Discovery Cube Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CADiscover spiders, ghosts, monsters, ghouls and more during Discovery Cube’s month-long Halloween experience. Weekends feature costume parades and Halloween weekend features trick-or-treating.
10/02/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sssensational Sssnakes
Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CASssensational Sssnakes, a hands-on educational exhibition at Kidspace Children's Museum, features hands-on props and interactive experiences to explore how snake jaws are designed to swallow...
10/02/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hallowe’en Spooktacular
Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Los Angeles, CAJoin Bob Baker Marionette Theater for this family-friendly boo-sical revue, featuring over 100 spirited puppets, from whirling witches to a bone-rattling soirée of glow-in-the-dark skeletons...
10/02/2021: 10:30 am - 7:30 pm
Saturday Sing-Along
Southern California Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CAKids of all ages will get to explore various musical instruments while singing their favorite songs at this special Saturday Sing-Along. From shakers to drums,...
10/02/2021: 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Reyes Adobe Days
Reyes Adobe Park & Historical Site, Agoura Hills, CAThere will be kids activities, beer garden, food trucks, tours of Reyes Adobe and a concert in the park featuring Midnight Rider!
10/02/2021: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Village Market
Manhattan Village, Manhattan Beach, CAEnjoy fresh air, music and unique vendors for The Village Market’s pop-up shopping event the first Saturday of every month. The Village Market dates include:...
10/02/2021: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Clue
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, La Mirada, CAJoin La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment for the West Coast premiere of the murder mystery “Clue,” based on the...
10/02/2021: 1:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Haunt of Halloween
Kaleidoscope Mall, Mission Viejo, CAGet in the Halloween spirit with trick-or-treating, a pumpkin patch, spooky Halloween shows acts and more. The regular Haunted Maze is recommended for ages 13...
10/02/2021: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Il Trovatore
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles,Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” a drama about dangerous passions, fatal mistakes and terrible secrets, opens the LA Opera’s 2021/22 season. Oct. 3 and 6 will...
10/02/2021: 2:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Rooftop Cinema Club: Coraline
Rooftop Cinema Club – The Drive-Up at Santa Monica Airpor, Santa Monica, CALocated in the heart of the westside, Rooftop Cinema Club's hybrid cinema experience is the perfect place to watch movies under the stars. Saturday night...
10/02/2021: 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga , CATheatricum Botanicum reopens this summer with a new take on its signature production. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will run in repertory with Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”...
10/02/2021: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sunset Pier Walks
Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, La Jolla, CAJoin Birch Aquarium for an exclusive walking tour of the Ellen Browning Scripps Pier and learn about research conducted at Scripps Oceanography through interactive experiences,...
10/02/2021: 4:00 pm
The Next Big Thing Juror Talk
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CAPeter Mays, executive director of the Los Angeles Art Association, will discuss the pieces in The Next Big Thing exhibition, and announce his selection of...
10/02/2021: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Rooftop Cinema Club: Coraline
Rooftop Cinema Club El Segundo, El Segundo, CARooftop Cinema Club El Segundo presents "Coraline." Classic cinema concessions with contactless order and pick-up are available on site.
10/02/2021: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Nights Of The Jack
King Gillette Ranch, Calabasas, CANights of the Jack is the #1 immersive Halloween event in the greater Los Angeles area featuring thousands of hand carved jack o'lanterns.
10/02/2021: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Nights Of The Jack
King Gillette Ranch, Calabasas, CANights of the Jack is the #1 immersive Halloween event in the greater Los Angeles area featuring thousands of hand carved jack o'lanterns.
10/02/2021: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
DELUSION: Reaper’s Remorse
Phillips Mansion, Pomona, CAIn this site specific, interactive play, guests move through the delightfully dilapidated Phillips Mansion as the haunting narrative of Esther Phillips unfolds. Guests are invited...
10/02/2021: 6:30 pm
Family-Friendly Urban Death Tour of Terror
Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre, North Hollywood, CAGuests ages 8 and up will delight in this unique Halloween experience, which includes a dark-and-twisting haunted maze and a live show consisting of a...
10/02/2021: 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Knott's Scary Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAKnott’s Berry Farm’s immersive Halloween experience, Knott’s Scary Farm, returns with 15 haunted attractions, including five scare zones, eight mazes and two seasonal ride overlays...
10/02/2021 - 10/03/2021: 7:00 pm - 2:00 am
Aleichem Sholom!
Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, Santa Monica, CAThe joyous and poignant family-friendly musical "Aleichem Sholom!" follows the life of beloved Yiddish storyteller Sholom Aleichem.
10/02/2021: 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Lizastrata
The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, CAGetty Villa’s theater under the stars returns this fall with Troubadour Theater Conmpany’s “Lizastrata,” a comedic musical retelling of Aristophanes’s ancient Greek comedy using mash-ups...
10/02/2021: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm