Family Events
Kid-friendly and all-ages events around Orange County, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Southern California: festivals, seasonal celebrations, museum days, and weekend outings for families.
Santa Ana Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo Runs Four Nights, October 17 to 25
The Santa Ana Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo runs October 17, 18, 24 and 25 with trick-or-treat stations, a scavenger hunt, nocturnal…
Pacific Airshow Returns to Huntington Beach October 2 to 4 With the Thunderbirds and Snowbirds
The Pacific Airshow flies over Huntington Beach October 2 to 4, 2026, with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the Canadian Snowbirds, a…
Discovery Cube’s Pumpkin Palooza Runs Weekends in Santa Ana Through November 1
Discovery Cube Orange County hosts Pumpkin Palooza on October weekends plus November 1, with dance parties, trick-or-treat stations, pumpkin science and a…
Knott’s Spooky Farm Brings Daytime Trick-or-Treating to Buena Park Through October 31
Knott's Spooky Farm runs Thursdays through Sundays until October 31, plus Columbus Day, with daytime trick-or-treating in Ghost Town, a pumpkin patch…
Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch Runs Daily Through November 1
The Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch in Orange is open daily through November 1 with train and wagon rides, pumpkin decorating, a…
Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch in Irvine Stays Open Through November 1
Tanaka Farms' pumpkin patch in Irvine runs through November 1 with timed entry, wagon rides, a corn maze and a barnyard animal…
Aquarium of the Pacific Hosts Its 22nd Southeast Asia Day on October 17
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach holds its 22nd annual Southeast Asia Day on October 17, with nine music, dance…
Scarium Family Night Turns the Aquarium of the Pacific Into a Halloween Hunt on October 23
The Aquarium of the Pacific's Scarium Family Night on October 23 includes a Halloween scavenger hunt, trick-or-treating, a DJ and vampire magician…
Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade Return Downtown on October 24
Anaheim's Fall Festival, classic car show and nighttime Halloween Parade take over downtown on Saturday, October 24, with costume contests, crafts and…
Buena Park’s Cops N’ Goblins Offers Free Trunk-or-Treating at City Hall on October 28
Buena Park police and the city's Community Services Department host Cops N' Goblins, a free Halloween afternoon at City Hall on October…