Oct30Fri
2026 Escape Halloween - 2-Day GA+ Experience Plus
An electronic music concert at National Orange Show Event Center in San Bernardino. Details and tickets through Escapehalloween.frontgatetickets.com.
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The Pumpkin Factory at Westminster Mall
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Oct30Fri
80's HALLOWEEN and COSTUME PARTY with KNYGHT RYDER
A Rock music event at Gaslamp Long Beach. Tickets and details through Ticketmaster.
Oct30Fri
A Hollywood Halloween Candlelight Experience
A candlelight orchestral concert at Mount Soledad Presbyterian Church in La Jolla. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct30Fri
A Nightmare On 80's Street - Killer Halloween Bash
A 80s tribute concert at Historic Hemet Theatre in Hemet. Details and tickets through Bandsintown.com.
Oct30Fri
After Hours
A costume dance party at Le Coq in La Jolla. Details and tickets through Instagram.com.
Oct30Fri
Alvin Kuai
A live event at Irvine Improv. Tickets and details through Ticketmaster.
Oct30Fri
Annual Dana Point Film Festival
An ocean film festival at Dana Point in Dana Point. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct30Fri
Annual Halloween Festival
A halloween festival at Fleming Park in Colton. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct30Fri
Annual HalloWine Party
A halloween costume party at Peltzer Winery in Temecula. Details and tickets through Visittemeculavalley.com.
Oct30Fri
Atomic Groove's Halloween Boo Bash Dance Party Happy Hour
A Pop music event at Belly Up. Tickets and details through Ticketmaster.
Oct30Fri
Baby & Me ASL Storytime
A sign language storytime at Moorpark City Library in Ventura. Details and tickets through Moorparkca.gov.
Oct30Fri
Barrel Room Sessions: Salty Strings Live | Halloween Weekend
A live string band performance at Carr Winery in Santa Barbara. Details and tickets through Urbanwinetrailsb.com.
Oct30Fri
Beach Run & Recovery
A beach running and fitness at Soul Plunge in La Jolla. Details and tickets through Instagram.com.
Oct30Fri
Beetlejuice Drive-In
A drive-in movie screening at Mon Petit Mojave in Yucca Valley. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct30Fri
Bob Baker Marionette Theater Halloween Spooktacular
An hour-long family-friendly puppet revue with over one hundred puppets and a Dia de los Muertos sequence.
Oct30Fri
Boo-tastic Halloween Party at Adventure City
An evening Halloween party at the amusement park: a trick-or-treat street, a Halloween train, a scavenger hunt, a light show, a dance party and 11 rides, with free glo...
Oct30Fri
Brent Morin
A Comedy arts and theatre event at Corona Improv. Tickets and details through Ticketmaster.
Oct30Fri
Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
A candlelight concert at First United Methodist Church in Santa Barbara. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct30Fri
Candy Rush Trunk or Treat
A halloween community festival at Sandals Church Banning in Banning. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct30Fri
Chipper Lowell - Where Comedy & Magic Collide!
A comedy magic show at Port of San Diego in San Diego. Details and tickets through Bandsintown.com.
Oct30Fri
Chromeo (DJ Set)
A Pop music event at Nova SD. Tickets and details through Ticketmaster.
Oct30Fri
Classic Journey
A rock tribute concert at Mount Palomar Winery in Temecula. Details and tickets through Bandsintown.com.
Oct30Fri
Comedy Night
A stand-up comedy at Thief & Barrel in Lancaster. Details and tickets through Events.ticketleap.com.
Oct30Fri
Dark Chocolate Bar Decorating Class and Wine Pairing
A chocolate decorating workshop at Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolates in Santa Barbara. Details and tickets through Noozhawk.com.
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"Hallowe’en Greetings and Tricks, Treats, and Traditions" at Muzeo
A museum exhibit on how Halloween began and how Anaheim has celebrated it for a century, timed with the Anaheim Fall Festival's 100th anniversary.
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20 Years Later: The Great Picture
A City of Irvine exhibit at Irvine City Hall marking 20 years since The Great Picture.
SeasonMulti-week
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MainPlace
A monthly blood donation drive at MainPlace Mall, noon to 6 PM.
SeasonMulti-week
Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkins, hayrides, corn mazes and farm animals.
SeasonMulti-week
Bob Baker Marionette Theater Hallowe'en Spooktacular
A family-friendly hour-long boo-sical revue with 100+ puppets and a Dia de los Muertos sequence. (Start date shown as September.)
SeasonMulti-week
Candlelight Concerts
Candlelit string tributes, including Halloween classics and Queen and Beatles nights.
Year-round favorites
Good any week of the year∞Any week
Balboa Fun Zone
A waterfront classic with a Ferris wheel, arcade, harbor cruises and dining.
∞Any week
Crystal Cove State Park
Bluff-top trails, beaches, tide pools and coastline.
∞Any week
Dana Point Harbor
Waterfront dining, shopping, whale watching, harbor cruises and ocean views.
∞Any week
Farmers markets
Fresh produce, flowers and artisan goods at markets across Orange County.
∞Any week
Fashion Island
Open-air shopping and dining with ocean breezes and events through the year.
∞Any week
Gaslamp Artisan Market
Local eateries, boutique shopping and waterfront dining.
∞Any week
Liberty Public Market
Local eateries and shopping with waterfront dining.
∞Any week
San Clemente Pier
Oceanfront dining, beach walks, fishing and Southern California sunsets.
∞Any week
San Diego Farmers Markets
Fresh produce, flowers and goods at markets across San Diego County.
∞Any week
Surf City Nights
Main Street closes for a weekly street fair with vendors, live music and food.
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