ALL WEEKEND
 
Kidspace Pumpkin Festival - Pasadena
The park in front of Kidspace is filled with seasonal festivities, including a petting zoo, pony rides, bouncers, carnival games, a costume parade, and a pumpkin patch.

Boney Island - Sherman Oaks                       
The owners of this private home go all out decorating their home for Halloween, with elaborate displays covering the entire property. (Think skeletons. Lots of ‘em.)

Descanso Gardens Autumn Festival - La Canada-Flintridge
The beautiful Descanso Gardens provides a backdrop for this fall festival, with costume contests, hands-on crafts, and a pumpkin carving demonstration.

Cirque du Soleil - KURIOS - Costa Mesa
Cirque du Soleil alters reality in its latest show, as an ambitious inventor defies the laws of time, space, and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him.

Halloween Ghost Train - Griffith Park
Los Angeles Live Steamers dresses up for Halloween with spooky nighttime rides.

The Legend(s) of Sleepy Hollow - Anaheim Hills
The Legend(s) of Sleepy Hollow tells Washington Irving's timeless tale of Ichabod Crane. The second act tells the story of what really happened, as revealed by Ichabod’s horse, Gunpowder.

 Circus Vargas presents ArleQuin! - Sherman Oaks
The Circus is in town! Circus Vargas brings its thrilling, family-friendly show to Westfield Fashion Square.

Found LA: Festival of Neighborhoods - Multiple Locations
This year’s theme is driven by the idea of mapping one’s own Los Angeles. Participants take walking tours of neighborhoods, including Hollywood, the Downtown Arts District, Van Nuys, Glendale, and even Skid Row.

Fall Festival - Fairfax
It’s a farm fair smack in the middle of the city! Head on over to the Farmers' Market for a petting zoo, carnival games, pony rides, a pumpkin patch, and a strolling scarecrow.

Calabasas Pumpkin Festival - Calabasas
Rides and activities are included in the admission price to this festival at Juan Bautista de Anza Park, featuring music, carnival games, crafts, rides, a pumpkin patch, a car show, and nature shows.

CAKE Expo - Costa Mesa
Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too?  The CAKE Expo offers days of demos, classes, hands-on workshops devoted to baking and the art of decorating.

Bob Baker’s Halloween Spooktacular - Downtown
The Bob Baker Marionettes celebrate the Halloween season, with Dracula, Vampira, Witches and Ghosts - all in puppet form, singing and dancing throughout this musical variety hour.

The Black Cauldron (PG) - Hollywood
The El Capitan continues its run of magical throwback films with the animated classic The Black Cauldron.

Underwood Family Farms' 18th Annual Fall Harvest Festival – Moorpark
It’s Antique Tractor Weekend as the Underwood Family Farms Harvest Festival continues.

Boo at the LA Zoo - Griffith Park
Kids aren’t the only ones who like trick-or-treating; zoo creatures stomp and chomp their way through their pumpkin treats at the Los Angeles Zoo. Other fun includes trick-or-treating, Halloween photo ops, spooky crafts, and up-close encounters with creepy, crawly animals.

 Kiddee Matinees - Hollywood
Frankenweenie screens in kid-friendly matinees at the New Beverly Cinema.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 17

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Ventura
Part mechanical, part artistic, 100% creative, these people-powered vehicles are ingenious and just plain fun to watch.

Trick-or-Treat at the Museum - Exposition Park
Kids can wear their costumes to the Natural History Museum and enjoy trick-or-treating (as well as the Museum's exhibits!).

Disney Store Halloween Dress Rehearsal Party - Multiple Locations
Kids can work the kinks out of their costumes and get in the Halloween spirit at the Disney Store’s Halloween Dress Rehearsal party.
 
Nothin' But Sand Beach Cleanup - Venice/ Marina del Rey
Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share... (at Venice Beach).

Critter Club at the Tar Pits - Mid-Wilshire
In October, it's a special Critter Club at the Tar Pits. Participants go on a dig in the classroom and see what critters are buried in ice.  Older kids can participate in the Junior Scientist at the Tar Pits program, making fossils come to life as scientific artists.

Mar Vista Community Fall Festival - Mar Vista
This year’s Mar Vista Community Fall Festival has a theme of “Heroes Among Us." The fun includes bouncers, face painting, balloon animals, family yoga, and a silent auction.
 
Taste of Soul LA - Los Angeles
The largest street fair in LA offers food, entertainment, and fun along Crenshaw Blvd.

AMC Theatres Sensory Friendly Films - Multiple Locations
Participating Locations of AMC Theatres offer a sensory-friendly screening of the new release Pan.

Santa Monica Airport Observation Deck "Field Trip" - Santa Monica
Kids can sit inside a real airplane and take a photo with a pilot at the Santa Monica Airport Observation Deck.

Bricktober Build - Multiple Locations
 Kids can build a LEGO mini city kayak to take home at the Toys ‘R Us free Bricktober Build event

Children's Workshops - Pasadena
Who doesn’t love a party? Participants in this workshop at the Pasadena Museum of California Art consider the significance of celebrations and create fun, functional objects in honor of celebrations meaningful to them. 
 
Swazzle Puppets Musical Monster Mash Up - San Marino
The very entertaining Swazzle brings a spooky seasonal puppet show to the Crowell Public Library.

Virginia Avenue Park Fall Festival - Santa Monica
Virginia Avenue Park hosts a celebration of community spirit, with pumpkin carving, a hay bale maze, storytelling, juggling, and music.  Attendees can learn to country dance, participate in a costume swap, and maybe even get their broken things fixed.
 
Halloween and Mourning Movie - Montecito Heights
Heritage Square Museum hosts an under-the-stars screening of a classic horror flick: Vincent Price and Eva Gabor star in The Mad Magician… in 3D!
 
Haunted Hayride Family Dinner Train - Fillmore
Hop on board a vintage train to the "Ichabog" Pumpkin Patch.

Fall Family Movie Night: Legend of Sleepy Hollow - San Marino
The Huntington hosts a special outdoor screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ animated classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949).
 
SUNDAY OCTOBER 18

CicLAvia - Heart of LA - Downtown
CicLAvia revisits the Heart of LA route for its 5^th anniversary.   Walkers/riders/scooters can make stop motion videos with Cirque du Soleil, experience the virtual reality of the LA Phil’s VAN Beethoven, and participate in the Big Draw LA at Grand Park.

Skirball Playdate: Let’s Build It! - West LA
Kids go on adventures through the Skirball galleries and around the campus, and learn how architects create spaces indoors and outdoors for people to gather, learn, and have fun together.

Autumn Sea Fair - San Pedro
The annual celebration of the sea at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium includes live music, children's carnival games, marine-related exhibits, arts & crafts, films, and a sand sculpture contest.
 
Origami Day in the Garden - Van Nuys
The Japanese Garden invites families to experience the joy of the ancient art of Japanese paper folding.
 
Sherman Oaks Street Fair - Sherman Oaks
The Sherman Oaks Street Fair is billed as LA's Largest Block Party.

LA Preschool Fair - West LA
Parents Education League brings together representatives from more than 50 Los Angeles preschools to help parents find the right match for their kids.

Aesop's Fables - Topanga
Performers and the audience work together to find the morals in Aesop’s tales, at the Theatricum Botanicum.
 
Little Heroes Yoga Heroic Halloween -  Encino
Kids can come in costume for this annual yoga fest. Get ready for Downward Ninja and Elsa Pose.
 
Children's Garden Workshops - Irvine
In the free workshop at Orange County Great Park, kids can learn how gardens can inspire artistic creativity.
 
Make Your Mark in the Park - Downtown
Start your pencils! Big Draw LA comes to Grand Park with public performances and many participatory drawing activities.

My Fair Lady 50th Anniversary Screening - Westwood
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, but the 50^th anniversary screening of this classic musical is at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater.
 
 Family Flicks at the Hammer - Westwood
Just in time for Halloween, the Hammer screens 1990’s adaption of Roald Dahl’s The Witches.
 
Sundays in the Park - Simi Valley
The outdoor family fun at American Jewish University includes rock climbing, nature exploration, campfire cooking, playground activities, horse corral rides, gaga, archery, and arts and crafts
 
Kids in the Courtyard: A Costume Party - Westwood
Kids can come in costume for the Fowler’s celebration of disguise.
 
Zimmer Sunday Family Programs - Mid-Wilshire
Franklin Haynes Marionettes tells the story of The Princess and the Pirates at the Zimmer Children's Museum.

Back to Bravo: A Broadway Songbook - Glendale
Back to Bravo is an evening of musical theater performances by current and former Broadway stars, benefiting Camp Bravo, a non-profit performing arts summer camp.

As always, there are many more activities listed on our Event Calendar, and if you didn't receive this info as a newsletter, you should sign up for our weekly events updates. Whatever you choose to do this weekend, we hope you have a terrific time!