Friday, October 30
SF Halloween Night BOOs Cruise: 90-Minute Bay Cruise with Blue & Gold Fleet (Oct. 30-31)
Get ready for a Halloween night on the Bay with Blue & Gold Fleet’s BOOs Cruise! Set sail on a spooktacular Halloween-themed cruise featuring spectacular nighttime views of the San Francisco skyline, a trip beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and a cruise around the mysterious ...
Oakland Chinatown’s “Trick Or Treat” Trail (2026)
Friday, October 30 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Oakland Asian Cultural Center Lobby
Oakland Chinatown hosts a Halloween trick-or-treat event for costumed attendees, who can follow participating-business signs throughout the neighborhood. Check in at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center Lobby for activities and games, followed by a family-friendly costume contest at 3:30 PM. The top three costume-contest winners ...
Hayes Valley’s Glowing Halloween “Trick-or-Treat Trail” + Free Outdoor Movie (2026)
Friday, October 30 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Hayes Valley
Friday, October 30th, after school bring the kids in costume all around Hayes Valley for the merchant Trick-or-Treat Trail. Then stroll over to Hayes Promenade for entertainment, glowing sculptures, and a free outdoor movie in Hayes Valley! ️ EVENT SCHEDULE: 4–6pm | Trick-or-Treat Trail Follow ...
SF’s Free Outdoor Movie Night “Despicable Me 4” Free Food + Popcorn (Parkside/Sunset)
🎬🍿 Movies in McCoppin is BACK for 2026! 🍿🎬 People of Parkside Sunset is excited to help bring outdoor movie nights back to our neighborhood! in October, grab your blankets, bring the kids, and join your neighbors at McCoppin Square. ✨ 📍 Taraval ...Every Friday
Crescent Montessori’s Trunk or Treat (Milpitas)
Friday, October 30 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Crescent Montessori
Crescent Montessori is excited to once again host our Annual Community Trunk or Treat, we hope you will come and join us for fun and treats!
SF State’s Free Public Rooftop Stargazing Nights w/ Huge Telescope (October 2026)
San Francisco State University Observatory hosts a free public open night with family-friendly astronomy talks, updates on astronomy research, and rooftop telescope observing. Programming is offered in English and Spanish, weather permitting. Located at SFSU Thornton Hall top floor Upcoming Weekly Schedule Through Dec. 4, ...
The Addams Family Musical
Our mainstage productions showcase exceptional youth talent across Marin and feature a strong ensemble of seasoned young actors. Audiences are often pleasantly surprised at the professional level creative and production team, and unmistakable theater magic that fills our intimate space when audiences witness young performers ...
Saturday, October 31
Free “Wags & Wheels” Halloween Dog Pawty: Trunk Or Treat + Classic Cars (Fisherman’s Wharf)
A Trunk or Treat celebration benefitting our furry friends.
Dogs in Halloween costumes. Trunk or treating with the Bay’s most beautiful classic cars. Free activities for dog lovers, families, and their friends. A pop-up marketplace for every pet lover. That’s what’s in store for the first ...
SF Craft & Learn at the Museum of the Eye: Ojo de Dios (Oct. 24-31)
Get into the spirit of the season at the Museum of the Eye. With Halloween and Día de los Muertos around the corner, our popular Craft & Learn: Ojo de Dios workshop returns with two opportunities to join the fun. Visit us Saturday, Oct. 24, or ...
SF Halloween Night BOOs Cruise: 90-Minute Bay Cruise with Blue & Gold Fleet (Oct. 30-31)
Get ready for a Halloween night on the Bay with Blue & Gold Fleet’s BOOs Cruise! Set sail on a spooktacular Halloween-themed cruise featuring spectacular nighttime views of the San Francisco skyline, a trip beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and a cruise around the mysterious ...
Halloween 2026 Trick-or-Treat at the Farmers Market (Palo Alto)
Saturday, October 31 – 8:00 am - Ends at 12:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Downtown Palo Alto Farmers' Market
Downtown Palo Alto Farmers’ Market hosts a Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, games, pumpkins for sale, decorations, and a guess-how-many-creepy-crawlies competition. Kids can complete a Halloween scavenger hunt for a prize.
Original Event Description:
_Halloween is on a Saturday this year, so our annual Halloween celebration will be ...
“Cute Ridge” Halloween Market: Free Candy + Y2K Finds (San Jose)
Saturday, October 31 – 10:00 am - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Eastridge Mall
Cute🎃ridge Halloween Edition is a free Halloween market at Eastridge Mall featuring Y2K fashion, vintage finds, local makers, sweet treats, costumes, and trick-or-treating. Free candy will be distributed throughout the event, and families are invited to attend in costume.
Original Event Description:
_🎃💕 BOO! CUTE🎃RIDGE IS BACK! ...
Spooky Science at Chabot (Oakland)
Spend your Halloweekend at Chabot!
Trick or Treat across the universe and enjoy some ooey-gooey spooky science! Join us for a variety of fun and family-friendly Halloween activities including a Spooky Science Lab, the Pumpkin Elevator Engineering Challenge, and more! Wear a costume, get some candy, ...
Halloween Storytime in Francisco Park
Saturday, October 31 – 10:30 am - Ends at 11:15 am |
Cost: FREE | Francisco Park
Booooooooooooo! Happy Halloween!!! Calling all parents and caregivers! Francisco Park is thrilled to be hosting a Spooky Storytime in the Park on Saturday, October 31 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. There will be singing, storytelling, and howling! The Storytime will take place on the ...
North Beach Cleanup w/ Free Lunch For Volunteers
Meet in front of Luke’s Local (580 Green St) at 11:00am to grab our supplies and form our crews and begin cleaning around the neighborhood until 12:30pm. Stay afterwards for free food & refreshments! Sign up on this Civic Joy Fund Mobilize page, or email ...
SF’s 12th Annual Balboa Street Fright Fest: Trick-Or-Treat Halloween Crawl (2026)
Saturday, October 31 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm |
| Balboa Street
The 12th Annual BalBOOa Fright Fest is a neighborhood Halloween event along Balboa Street between 33rd and 41st avenues. Activities include trick-or-treating at participating businesses, a scavenger hunt, pumpkin painting at Creative IQ, hot chocolate at La Promenade, games, and costume-related activities. Completed scavenger-hunt sheets ...
12th Annual Chinatown Halloween Festival + Block Party (SF)
Saturday, October 31 – 11:00 am - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Waverly Place
The 12th annual Chinatown Halloween Festival returns to Waverly Place in San Francisco on October 31, 2026. Running from 11 am to 3 pm, the event features a pumpkin patch, arts and crafts, games, a costume contest, and family-friendly activities in the heart of Chinatown. ...
12th Annual Chinatown Halloween Festival (SF)
Saturday, October 31 – 11:00 am - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Waverly Place
Join us for CYC 12th Annual Chinatown Halloween Festival on Saturday, October 31 from 11am–3pm on Waverly Place (between Sacramento and Washington Street). Celebrate Halloween in the heart of Chinatown with a pumpkin patch, arts and crafts, games, and more family-friendly activities throughout the afternoon.
Thank ...
2026 Marin Country Mart Halloween Spectacular: Costume Contest + Treats (Larkspur)
Saturday, October 31 – 11:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Marin Country Mart
The Mart’s annual Halloween Spectacular in Larkspur includes a costume contest with prizes at 11 AM in the Courtyard, trick-or-treating throughout the shopping village from 11 AM to 2 PM, and a Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin contest. The pumpkin contest begins October ...
2026 San Francisco Ocean Avenue Halloween Block Party
Saturday, October 31 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Unity Plaza
️ **THE SPELL FOR 2026 IS CAST…** ️
For one enchanted afternoon, Ocean Avenue will transform into a realm of magic, mischief, and monstrous fun. The costumes will be extraordinary, the laughter will echo throughout Unity Plaza, and every witch, wizard, ghost, ghoul, and pumpkin-loving soul ...
SF “Halloween Hoopla” Kids’ Festival in the Park + Costume Parade (2026)
Saturday, October 31 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm |
| Yerba Buena Gardens, Children’s Garden
The 26th 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 accompanied by live music from the Circus Bella All-Star Trio. The Hoopla Grand Finale is ...
Free Halloween Spooktacular: Trick-Or-Treat Trail + Goodie Bags (Pleasant Hill)
Saturday, October 31 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Downtown Pleasant Hill
Downtown Pleasant Hill invites families, friends, and Halloween enthusiasts of all ages to join its beloved Annual Halloween Spooktacular celebration! This free community event is packed with festive activities and spooky fun in the heart of Downtown Pleasant Hill.
What: An afternoon of family-friendly Halloween fun, ...
Halloween Costume Contest + Tiny Monster Art Party (Oakland)
Saturday, October 31 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Grand Gallery
Don’t Miss
The Tiny Monster Show
Closing Party Costume Contest
Calling all Halloween lovers young and old to don your spectacular costumes for The Tiny Monster Show Costume Contest Closing Party.
Saturday, Oct 31st
Noon -3pm
Contest starts at 1pm
Partake in treats and howl at the art as we shower gifts ...
Golden Gate Park “The Whale’s Tail” Beer/Wine Garden + Live Music (Summer 2026)
The Whale’s Tale is a seasonal, open-air destination for live music, food and drinks, community programming and relaxing afternoons. Open Saturdays and Sundays and select holidays beginning Memorial Day weekend, the Whale’s Tail features a rotating lineup of musical acts throughout the season, weekly free ...Every Saturday
SF’s Aquarium of the Bay: Underwater Pumpkin Carving w/ Kids Free (Oct. 31-Nov. 1)
Aquarium of the Bay hosts its Fish or Treat Halloween program at PIER 39 on October 31 and November 1, featuring underwater pumpkin carving from 1-2 PM, otter pumpkin enrichment at 2 PM, and an all-day arts and crafts table. A trick-or-treat candy station is ...
2026 Halloween Pet Parade, Jazz Jam + Costume Contest (Hayes Valley)
Hayes Valley Pet Parade 2026
Saturday, October 31, 2026
at Hayes Valley Art Works Garden
REGISTER HERE
This year we are moving the main event into our garden! We still plan to parade from the garden to the Shared Street, with registration and prize presentations happening in our Hayes ...
Free 20th Annual Scraper Bike Day Halloween Ride + Trunk-or-Treat (Oakland)
FREE! EVENT! Celebrate Halloween with the Scraper Bike Team. Trunk or Treat, Free Shirts and more. Spread the Word, all are welcome.
It’s the 20th Annual Scraper Bike Day!
Halloween is the day we ride! Pull up with the whole family, bring your bikes, and celebrate 20 ...
Mountain View Halloween Trick Or Treat on Castro Street w/ 24 Local Businesses (2026)
Saturday, October 31 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Castro Street (Mountain View)
Trick-or-treat event on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View with treats from local businesses and a map of participating stops. Costumed attendees can also register for Monte Carlo’s Haunted House.
Original Event Description:
Trick or Treat on Castro Street – Saturday, October 31 from 2-4pm It’s ...
Halloween Roller Disco 2026 in 127-Year-Old Church: “Thriller Skate” Party (SF)
Church of 8 Wheels hosts a Halloween roller disco weekend in San Francisco in a 127-year-old former church. Friday’s Goth Night Skate features alternative music including New Wave, Dark Wave, Synthpop, and Post Punk. Saturday includes two kids and family costume-skate sessions, followed by an ...
Petaluma’s Trick or Treat Trail
Saturday, October 31 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 5:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Historic Downtown Petaluma
A time of bats and broomsticks, blood and bugs – and Downtown Petaluma’s Safe “Trick or Treat Trail” with the downtown Merchants!
Parents – gather your little ghosts, goblins, monsters, Harry Potters, witches on broomsticks and princesses, and join the participating downtown merchants for the Annual Trick or ...
