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Summary of other West Hollywood Halloween EventsAnnual West Hollywood Drag Races and Pageant:Get Ready to RUN! Rev it up, grab those heels and come on out to race for some glorious prize packages. Prizes will be awarded for 1st -- 3rd place. Not a sprinter? Worried about messin' up your makeup and hair? Then skip the race but get out those pumps and pump up the hair for the Annual Drag Pageant. There will be prizes for the categories of beast hair, most outrageousness, best pumps, most creative, and best overall
Annual Doggy Costume ContestCome out to West Hollywood Park for this fun and exciting event! Prizes for guardians and pets will be awarded in several different categories including: Scariest Costume, Look-Alike Pets (and guardians), Most Creative Costume, Most Colorful Costume and Bests Costume. All pets must be in good health, restrained by leashes (or other means) and have ALL applicable immunizations.
Hollywood Youth CarnivalAre you ready to be spooky and have a spectacular time? Well, bring out your best costumes for a chance to win some great prizes. ... YES, kids the night of fun is finally here for you to enjoy the carnival rides, game booths, entertainment, moon bounces, candies and prizes. .
Hollywood Halloween Street FairOK, it's not quite true that the West Hollywood Street Fair is too big to contain all the costumes. However, if you are looking for something much more kid-friendly but still a free spirited street fair, check out what Hollywood does on Hollywood Blvd. It's back to being an informal affair. There's a caravel atmosphere and many of the shops are set up for trick-or-treaters. Some stores will be open late for trick-or-treating. Street vendors. It's a great time to visit the bizarre midnight museums that dot the area.
Descanso Garden's Harvest Festival and Plant Fair
Family fun includes a costume parade and sing-along for young folks Saturday. Barbecue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
October Costume Events on Catalina IslandNote: Jazz Traxs is also going on the first 3 weeks of October. So cool tunes and much fun all around. Annual Buccaneer Days at Two Harbors
Annual Halloween Parade
Karaoke Halloween Costume Party - Catalina
Lots more going on from Karaoke to Underwater Pumpkin Carving. See more Catalina events under our <Eclectic Halloween> and <Halloween Parties> tabs or either of the websites listed above.
Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch (Los Angeles)
There are also specials for adults. Instead of driving all around they've got just about every fresh autumn decorations and tools in one place so you have more time to party at Halloween. This including long-stemmed pumpkins, cornstalks, Indian corn, gourds, squash and straw bales. They even providing carving and pumpkin painting if you want to chicken out and have someone carve for you. This is a family owned Oregon business that brings it's farm-fresh Halloween items right into the heart of LA and Beverly Hills... while saving you time and providing a fun time for the kids. They also do special week-day parties.
Underwood
Family Farms Harvest Festival (Moorpark / Newbury Park)
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http://www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com/fall_harvest_festival.html
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"You’ll be seeing orange by day’s end when you try pumpkin bowling,
pumpkin pie eating, pumpkin seed spitting and other pumpkin play.
Craft vendors, a classic car show, kids carnival games, inflatable rides,
live stage entertainment, plenty of eats and treats, a beer garden, and
more! And of course… don’t forget the pumpkins! "
| Info:
http://www.calabasaspumpkinfestival.com , 818-222-5680
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Welcome back "Spookley" the square pumpkin and his friend Jack
the scarecrow at the all new HolidayHill Farms stage show inside our very
own pick your own pumpkin patch. Venture through the Adventure Corn
Maze, or take a spooky journey into the Haunted House or Creatures of
the Corn Haunted
Trail." Farm Festival Also farm animals, hay rides, bungee bounce, bounce house,
rock wall, giant slide and pony rides for the kids.
After dark gets extremely scary.
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| Info:
http://www.halloweenharvestfestival.com/ or (818) 999-6300
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Pumpkin Patch
– Farm grown and the most beautiful, with every shape and size. Corn Maze
Adventure - Get lost in the MAiZE! Non- haunted for family fun.
Tractor-pulled Train Ride – Take a narrated ride around the Farm. Farm Frolic
Area for Kids - Mini maze, Giant Hay Pyramid, the Great Pumpkin jumper. Antique
Tractor Row - Magestic machines showcased
| Info:
http://www.fornerisfarms.com/ or 818-730-7709 / <details>
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Visit a real working
farm. Typical crops for a year are sweet corn, both yellow and white,
tomatoes ripened on the vine, onions, peppers, both hot and sweet, summer
squashes, winter squashes, melons of all different varieties, watermelons
and flowers. During the month of October they add pumpkins, Indian
corn, corn stalks and gourds, family fun and entertainment.
Plenty of fun for the whole family. On the weekends: Petting Zoo, Train
Rides, Wagon Rides, Face Painting, Pony Rides, Walking Scarecrows Handing
Out Candy, Balloons and Stickers. Live bands all weekend.
Everything from R&B to 50's & 60's rock and roll to country.
Halloween - 5k run. Old
fashion local bake sales.
| Info:
http://www.lombardiranch.com/ or 661-296-8697
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Mountains of pumpkins,
lots of straw bales, corn stalks, Indian corn, gourds, squash. Lots of
activities for the kids: Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Face Painting, Ball House,
Bouncer, Painted Pumpkins, Slide, Thomas The Train Ride, Food & Beverages, FREE
Small Straw Maze & Play Area. It's right in the
middle of the city, but sure to give you some of the "country"
feeling.
| Info:
www.shawnspumpkinpatch.com or call 310-621-8419 (before opening
date) or (310) 390-7800
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Costume contests, live entertainment, a craft
fair, fabulous food, fun rides, game booths and much more. The Halloween
Parade has been an Anaheim tradition since 1924, when baseball legend Babe
Ruth was honored as the Grand Marshal of the celebration.
Haunted house at the youth center. Masquerade party on Friday.
| Info:
http://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/
or <detail> or
714-999-3456. or
www.anaheim.net
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The Orange County Market
place presents their annual Halloween Procession and Show along with their Trick
or Treat Festival. Farmer Mike & his pumpkins, and much more entertainment Free Trick or
Treating for the kids, face painting, Puppet
show, strolling entertainers mixed in with the
swap meet vendors, artisans and crafters. Giant Pumpkin Carving all day.
Procession is open to all hearses, ambulances, flower cars and any funeral going vehicle. Free entry. RSVP by Oct 13 to participate. See the event detail for more entry info. by Phantom Coaches Hearse Club
| Info:
http://www.ocmarketplace.com/ or (714) 708-1500 or
event detail
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Two full days of live
performances, activates and fun in Pasadena's Brookside Park. Sing and
dance to live children's music, performances, Radio Disney's Road Crew.
Create a ghost windsock, creepy crawly spider, crafts, decorate cookies.
Pumpkin patch, kids costume parade, bouncers, carnival games, face painting and
more. .
| Info:
http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/ or <event
detail>
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Choose from thousands
of pumpkins right out of the patch. Eat and play games at the College of
Agriculture student club booths or head over to the popular insect
fair that runs from 9am - 5pm .corn maze, petting zoo, horse rides,
entertainment, and lots of activities for kids! Pancake breakfast on Saturday morning.
| Info:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~agri/news/pumpkin.shtml or (909)
869-2215
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Start costuming early in the month. Check
out descriptions of the PRCA rodeo
events. "Kids Korral" for they young ones.
| Info:
http://www.sandimasrodeo.com/ or (909) 394- RODEO (7633)
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Riley's Farm is a
working apple orchard and living history farm featuring pick-your-own fruit,
living history education, dinner theater, group banquet facilities and
extended, historically-themed overnight stays.
Open every day but Sunday for picking fruit. Buy tickets for individual programs and meals most days of the weeks. Check their calendar for program details: Sleepy Hollow Celebration, Harvest Festival, Civil War Adventure, Colonial Farm Life Adventure, Revolutionary War Adventure, Old Joe Homestead, Gold Rush Adventure. Each event has it's own set of entertainments and workshops, schedule of meals and more. Days do sell out.
| Info:
http://www.rileysfarm.com/
or 909-797-7534
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Well, I'm not going to try and catch these. Check your local paper and your local city's web site. Check with the parks and rec department.
Most of these are kid oriented. If the pattern from the last couple of year holds on, a number will be on the Saturday afternoon before Halloween. Others will start at 4PM on Halloween for the kiddies.
Downtown Burbank celebrates Halloween with Booo-tiful Downtown Burbank, a
community event for children that is scheduled earlier on All Hallows Eve to
allow families the opportunity to trick-or-treat before it gets too dark or
too late in the evening and an early evening before all the bigger ghosts
come out!. Children and families who visit Downtown Burbank’s
shops and restaurants will enjoy Halloween with treats from participating
merchants. Also an Howl-oween dog event.
| Info:
http://www.downtown-burbank.org/events.php
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Free! Exclusively for elementary school age children. Games, Candy, and Prizes
| Info: http://www.burbankusa.com/
or <Detail>
or
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Find even more events in www.BurbankWire.com
What do you get when you combine historic landmarks with spooky spine-tingling stories? Ghostwalk Riverside! This haunting fund raiser will stalk downtown.
Spirit
Walk is a spooky traveling cocktail party through downtown Riverside
designed to incite guest’s anticipation of the ballet’s annual Ghost Walk
events. Spirit Walk will allow guests to visit several downtown Riverside
restaurants where they will delight in signature cocktails and appetizers.
| October 6 & 13, 2011 |
| Open to Adults 21 and over. |
The weekend before Halloween, California Riverside Ballet brings the
downtown area alive and draws the public into its supernatural theme with
stories of horror, mystery & intrigue. In addition to the four unique
tours, there are vendors, dancers and other performers, games, food,
information and other free entertainment.
Each of our walking tours is about 1 1/2 hours long. This year, the tours are:
| Southern Spell - This tour tells one, progressive story. As you move from site to site, another part of the story is revealed. |
| Old Riverside, New Haunts #1 - For those who crave tales with a local theme, this tour is for you!. |
| Old Riverside, New Haunts #2 - Riverside is still the focus, but in the county seat, some might strange things are taking place . . . |
| Vampires - Need we say more? |
Can't decide on a tour? You don't have to - sign up for as many as you like!
Beginning as the moon rises on both Friday and Saturday night, guests are
escorted on a tour throughout the historic downtown district where they will
hear spine-tingling as well as comic renditions of tales told by California
Riverside Ballet volunteers and sponsored by local individuals and companies.
Each of the four tours is unique and has its own theme. You may find you can't
choose just one! . Costume contest. For the whole family!
| Info:
http://www.riversideca.gov/ calendar or
http://www.crballet.com
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| Evergreen Historic Cemetery Spooktacular
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detail:
(note, city events still being added, check your local park)
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Family Halloween haunt and festival.
| Info:
http://www.cityofgrandterrace.org or <event
detail> or 909-430-2201
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??? Costume Contest for the kids , costumed characters, clowns, balloons, face painting, jugglers, entertainers and trick-or-treating on Main Street, Chaple to Second in downtown Alhambra. Trick-or-treating from 1 to 3.
| Info:
http://www.downtownalhambra.com/ or <event
detail> or 626-282-5767
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Enjoy a wicked good time at Old Pasadena’s FREE Halloween family celebration.
Saturday @ Central Park: Kids pumpkin hunt, Halloween moon bounce, live ghoulish music, crafts, scary animal and bug show and more. 1-5pm, see web for hours.
Sunday: 12-4 Kid friendly tours of Old Town. 4 or 5-9 for most of the rest. Free store-to-store trick or treating, meet and greet Halloween characters, free cartoons, free haunted photos. (More info below)
| Info:
http://www.oldpasadena.org/ or [full
weekend details]
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Bring your little ghosts and goblins to One Colorado for trick or treating, free haunted photos, and more.. A photographer will take free haunted pictures of your little ones among hundreds of pumpkins in the One Colorado Courtyard. Throughout the celebration, guests will also enjoy a unique opportunity to meet and greet with various popular Halloween costumed characters.
| Info: http://www.onecolorado.com
or <detail>
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Find even more Pasadena events at www.PasadenaNow.com . Also check out our Book section and Kids events.
??? A full-day of
fun awaits the whole family at Rosemead’s Halloween-Oktoberfest. This incredible
event offers hours of live entertainment on two stages. Food, craft, and other
vendors provide a wide array of delicious and delightful wares. A carnival of
rides and attractions and a variety of game booths are guaranteed to bring
smiles to local youth. Our Haunted House still tingles the spine. The event also
features a Car Show and a variety of contests including Rosemead’s Got Talent
for youth.
Participate and help save the Savannah Cemetery.
| Info:
http://www.cityofrosemead.org/ or <detail
here>
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Haunted Maze, Games, Food, Crafts Family Fun, Costume Contest! Family fun for all ages!
| Info: http://emelitastreetschool.com
or [
facebook detail ]
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The Pumpkin Fair is a community event and a treat for the whole family! A fun-filled day and evening with rides, gigantic bouncies, haunted house, carnival games, raffles, photo booths, I-Fitness, bumper cars, arts and crafts, pumpkin painting, costume contest, kids hay maze, face painting, magicians, animal shows and exciting entertainment. Tasty food from local restaurants and more.
| Info: www.ThePumpkinFair.com
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The Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) sponsor a Halloween carnival for youths and their families. Free admission, though changes for some carnival events.
| Info:
http://www01.smgov.net/hsd/PAL.htm or <detail>
or (310) 458-8988
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Celebrate Fall Festivals from many cultures—including Halloween, Diwali and Day of the Dead—with spooky stories, crafts, and much more! Costumes encouraged! All ages welcome.
Author Holly Cleeland inspires you imagination to create prize-winning costumes using everyday house-hold items.
| Info:
http://www.santamonica.com/visitors/what-to-do/fall-specials/ or
http://www.smpl.org/ or <detail>
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Many more Santa Monica events <here>
For 2010, also see the Zombie walk for Long Beach
Calling all
grown up boys and ghouls! Come to Downtown Long Beach this Halloween for a
frightening, fun time. Visit participating businesses and dig up ghostly $5
food, drink and merchandise specials all night long.
Dress to impress and you may win a prize or two and look for the Halloween
Trivia Clue at each location - the one to unearth the most right answers will
win a prize package.
| Info:
http://www.downtownlongbeach.org or <detail>
or (562) 436-4259
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Most events are
for all ages.
Free, except for food and some carnival games/haunts. If you like to volunteer in your neighborhood, these events often need help.
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Head over to Boo News for more sources for even more events.
Looking for a fair you think you remember? If it's in this section, it's gone but not completely forgotten, yet...
There are
farm-grown pumpkins, a harrowing haunted house, and ghoulish games for the kids,
a jack-o-lantern jumper, a super slide, fall hay rides, creepy carriage rides,
even a mini haunted house for the little ones.
Of course, there will also be plenty of unique multi passenger cycles,
paddle boats and kayaks available to rent at special prices. All kinds of carnival food
will be only steps away, including candied apples. Fun for the whole
family.
| Info:
http://www.wheelfunrentals.com
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??? "Spooktacular" maze for ages 6
and up at the Gonzales Center for Halloween weekend. FaBOOlous
Halloween Festival. Children through the age of twelve can enjoy
treats, ghoulish games, entertainment and more for FREE! Come in costume for
extra scary fun! Bring your trick or treat bag and gather lots of goodies!
| Info: <here>
or call 909-370-6153
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Maze is gone. Razed for development!
The Big Horse Feed And Mercantile in Temecula had chosen a special theme for this year's corn maze: "Freedom isn't free". It's carved in a large corn field and you are challenged to find your way. There's lots of family fun: corn cannon, petting farm, hay ride, pumpkin patch, min mazes, hay jump and more. Weekdays are maze only... but the weekend is full of extra activities and rides.
Each weekend has it's own theme: Tribute to Military, Make your own Scarecrow, Old Fashion Farm Days, Old Fashion Carnival Days (final weekend, working w/ non profit groups)
| Info:
http://www.cornfieldmaze.com then select California and Temecula
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There will be a Haunted House, Food and Farm Fresh Produce,
Live music, face painting, Trick or Treating, Costume Contest. Great event
for kids of all ages.
| Info: www.oldla.org or 323-255-5030
or <event
flyer>
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If a search engine brought you to this page, you may want to prowl the rest of the Alley Cat Scratch site. Most of it is about costumes and resources for them... so if you like dress-up, come play with da Cat. Check out the extra links on the left or use the search function. |
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This page last updated 10/02/11
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