Halloween Weekend 2024 in San Francisco: Trick-or-Treat and More Things To Do with Kids

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Honor the lives of loved ones at a family-friendly Día de los Muertos celebration. Photo courtesy of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

Looking for the best things to do in San Francisco and the Bay Area this Halloween weekend? The city is positively bursting with Halloween parades, costume contests, Día de Los Muertos celebrations and more family-friendly events to add to your list for this weekend.

Calling all goblins, ghosts, and ghouls: Halloween is here! There are so many spooky things to do in San Francisco from now until Sunday in time for Día de Los Muertos. Expect all treats and no tricks while scooping up candy on trick-or-treat lane at Halloween Sausalito. There's a Halloween Hoopla at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco with circus performances. Celebrate Día de los Muertos by attending a screening of the movie Coco in San Francisco accompanied by a live orchestra. 

Find more spooktacular events in our Halloween activities in our San Francisco Bay Family Event Calendar. Happy Halloween! 

For more Halloween haunts, check out the top Halloween events in San Francisco, fill up those candy buckets at the best places to trick-or-treat on Halloween in San Francisco, and visit the best pumpkin patches in the Bay Area. Everything you need for Halloween is in our Halloween Events and Activities Guide for San Francisco Kids. 

Halloween Weekend 2024 in Westchester and the Hudson Valley: Treats and More Things To Do

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The new Omnium Circus show “I’m Possible” takes the stage at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater in Peekskill. Photo courtesy of the circus

Looking for the best things to do in Westchester and the Hudson Valley on Halloween weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for Halloween weekend.

This Halloween weekend includes trick-or-treating and other Halloween festivities on Thursday, October 31, including the Ossining Halloween Parade and Trunk-or-Treat, which features bouncy houses, games, and music. 

Weekend celebrations include a Day of the Dead Celebration at New Rochelle Public Library, a Post-Halloween Pumpkin Smash at Graymoor, and a Diwali Art & Dance Workshop at Shake it Off. 

Beyond our top picks below, we've profiled tons more things to do this holiday weekend in our Halloween Fun Guide for Westchester Kids. 

Halloween Weekend 2024 on Long Island: Trick-or-Treat and More Things To Do with Kids

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Walk the immersive pumpkin trail on the grounds of a 19th-century village at The Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze: Long Island. Photo courtesy of the event

Looking for the best things to do on Long Island this Halloween weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list.

Halloween weekend is upon us, and there's no shortage of ways to celebrate on Long Island. Head to free festivals at the Ward Melville Heritage Organization or Heckscher Museum of Art, both of which will have trick-or-treating galore. 

Other top picks for Halloween weekend on Long Island include Spooky Science Night at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Friday, where you can catch a screening of "Coco." 

Or make your way to the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank on Saturday for the annual North Meets South Fair, which celebrates Long Island's farm-to-table movement with farm animals, hayrides, face painting, and more.

Bookmark our Long Island Halloween Guide for more picks to keep your costumed cuties entertained all weekend. 

Halloween Weekend 2024 in New Jersey: Trick-or-Treat and More Things To Do with Kids

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New Jersey is decked out for Halloween and there are plenty of great events to check out. Photo courtesy of Cape May

Looking for the best things to do in New Jersey this Halloween weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list.

It's time to scare up some fun later this week with Halloween festivities! There are plenty of Halloween activities to choose from on Thursday, including Howl-O-Ween at Turtle Back Zoo, which will have treat stations peppered throughout the grounds. At the Downtown Morristown Trick-or-Treat, meanwhile, everyone is invited for some free fun where local businesses will distribute goodies. 

Celebrations continue into the weekend, in honor of Day of the Dead, with activities in Princeton, featuring strolling mariachis and skull decorating, and in Jersey City, with Mexican artists, dance groups and more family fun.

We've got more seasonal treats in our New Jersey Halloween Guide, including our picks for the best places to trick-or-treat in New Jersey. 

Halloween Weekend 2024 in DC: Trick-or-Treat and More Things To Do with Kids

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Dinosaur lovers will love Dino Fest at Great Country Farms. Photo courtesy of the event

Looking for the best things to do in DC this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for this weekend.

Halloween is here, and if you're looking for something besides trick-or-treating in your neighborhood, then check out the Mosaic Halloween Spooktacular in Fairfax, Museum of Illusions' Halloween Scavenger Hunt, or LEGO Discovery Center's Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party—all on Thursday.

And then there's a load of fun over the weekend as we head into November, including Día de los Muertos celebrations at the National Portrait Gallery and MoCA Arlington.

You're going to have to scroll through the awesome list of family fun we've gathered below because there are so many events that will keep your family entertained this weekend.

Halloween Weekend 2024 in Chicago: Trick-or-Treat and More Things To Do with Kids

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Halloween Experience Express Trolley Tour through November 3. Photo courtesy of the Volo Museum

Looking for the best things to do in Chicago this Halloween weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for Halloween weekend.

Halloween weekend is finally here! Trick-or-treating falls on Thursday this year, so kids have plenty of opportunities to hit the neighborhood events and then spend the remainder of the weekend celebrating the Day of the Dead with Dia de Los Muertos events in Wrigleyville, Marquette Park, or Naperville.

Wondering where to go this year? Top picks for fun include events in Downers Grove, Lemont, Wicker Park, and Dunning. And don't forget about the Halloween parade along Halsted Street and the Boo-tacular at Chuck E. Cheese!  

Check out our lists of Free Halloween Events in Chicago or Top Halloween Events Near Chicago. Visit one of the Best Trick-or-Treat Neighborhoods in Chicago, or plan for November by perusing our list of best things to do next month.