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Dia de Los Muertos at Olvera Street
Olvera Street, Los Angeles, CAThe Olvera Street Merchants and El Pueblo Historical Monument present a 9-day celebration featuring nightly theatrical performance, Danza de la Muerte, community altars and face...
10/25/2021 - 11/02/2021: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Halloween JustFoodforDogs "Petacular"
The Park at Cross Creek, Malibu, CA"Petacular" Halloween grand opening weekend at JustFoodForDogs, with pet costume contest, photo booth and a Yappy Hour for parents.
10/29/2021 - 10/31/2021: All Day
Fiesta La Balloona
Veterans Memorial Park, Culver City, CACulver City’s community festival returns to Veteran’s Memorial Park Oct. 29 – 31 with live music, dance performances, costume contest, scarecrow decorating contest, food and...
10/29/2021 - 10/31/2021: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Fire! Science & Safety
California Science Center, Los Angeles, CACalifornia Science Center’s latest exhibit is designed to help guests understand the issue of wildfires in California, the fire risks that are present in most...
10/29/2021 - 12/31/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Seaside Skeleton Hunt
Ventura Harbor Village, Ventura, CASearch for skeletons and golden skeleton heads scattered around the Village. Take photos of all the skeletons you find and post to social media for...
10/30/2021 - 10/31/2021: All Day
Día de los Muertos Celebration
San Pedro Fish Market, Long Beach, CAShow up in costume and enjoy the ocean view at San Pedro Fish Market’s first-ever Día de los Muertos Celebration, featuring food and drink specials...
10/30/2021 - 11/01/2021: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Scarium of the Pacific
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CAEnjoy the annual children’s Halloween costume contest, creepy coloring contest, magic shows, underwater pumpkin carving, spooky storytelling and more at Scarium of the Pacific.
10/30/2021 - 10/31/2021: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Boo at the Zoo
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CAAmerica’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College’s annual Halloween-themed event features animal shows, animal meet and greets, costume parades and prizes and treats for kids. Each...
10/30/2021 - 10/31/2021: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Boonion Station
Union Station, Los Angeles, CAThe two-day family-friendly Halloween celebration, Boonion Station, will feature many fun-filled activities like Halloween crafts, tarantula tattoos, treats-on-track trail, monster mash dance parties and a...
10/30/2021 - 10/31/2021: 11:00 am - 5:00 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...
10/30/2021 - 10/31/2021: 7:00 pm - 2:00 am
Pigeon's Roller Rink
2nd & PCH, Long Beach, CA2nd & PCH hosts pop-up roller venue Pigeon's Roller Rink this Fall. All ages public skate sessions are available 9 - 11 a.m. Mon.-Tue. and...
10/31/2021: All Day
Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers
Veterans Memorial Park, Culver City, CALouise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers performs excerpts from their signature work "The Tennis Dances" and a showing of their new work,...
10/31/2021: 1:45 am - 2:45 am
Finish The Ride and Finish The Run Halloween Ride/Run
Valencia Heritage Park, Santa Clarita, CAJoin Santa Clarita for a Halloween themed family friendly event. Ride, run or walk, dressed in your Halloween best. The event includes: 12 Mile Family...
10/31/2021: 6:00 am - 2:00 pm
L.A. Cancer Challenge 5K Walk/Run
UCLA, Los Angeles, CAThe 24th Annual L.A. Cancer Challenge 5K Walk/Run, the signature fundraising event of the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, is held on UCLA's campus...
10/31/2021: 7:30 am - 11:00 am
Carved at Descanso Gardens
Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CAThe popular all-ages family-friendly event, Carved, is back at Descanso Gardens this October. Thousands of carved pumpkins will line a 1-mile walk through the Camellia...
10/31/2021: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Flutter
Flutter, Los Angeles, CAFlutter is a one-of-a-kind immersive entertainment experience where guests discover the art of play as they are guided through colorful, mindful and engaging spaces designed...
10/31/2021: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Freaky Flora
LA County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, CADiscover eerier side of The Arboretum's collections on a self-guided exploration of their “Freaky Flora” plant list. Children and adults will have fun learning spooky...
10/31/2021: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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...
10/31/2021: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Family Free Day
Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CAVisit the Catalina Island Museum for their Family Free Day to enjoy the museum’s special collection and exhibitions in addition to a family art project,...
10/31/2021: 10:00 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...
10/31/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Halloween at Kidspace
Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CAJoin Kidspace for their fanciful Halloween parade, free pumpkin decorating, story times, costume making and up-close visits with some spider friends Oct. 12 – 31....
10/31/2021: 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...
10/31/2021: 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...
10/31/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Smorgusburg LA
ROW DTLA, Los Angeles, CAL.A.’s largest weekly outdoor food market returns to ROW DTLA this summer. The family-friendly event features popular L.A. food vendors like Broad Street Oyster Co.,...
10/31/2021: 10:00 am - 4:00 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.
10/31/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm