ALL WEEKEND

Boo at the LA Zoo - Griffith Park
Zoo Animals celebrate the holiday with your little creatures at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Knotts Spooky Farm - Buena Park
The Knott's Berry Farm kid-friendly Halloween celebration is all cheer, no fear.

RISE of the Jack O'Lanterns - La Canada Flintridge
More than 5,000 hand-carved jack o’lanterns created by professional artists and sculptors are arranged in artful displays throughout a scenic trail within Descanso Gardens.

LA Korean Festival - Los Angeles
Korean culture and heritage take center stage at this four day fest.

Longines Masters of Los Angeles - Downtown
The best show jumping horses and riders in the world assemble at the Los Angeles Convention Center to compete for $1 million in prizes.

Underwood Family Farms' 18th Annual Fall Harvest Festival - Moorpark
The popular Harvest Festival returns! This weekend’s theme is Friends of the Farm, with demonstrations including fire trucks, ambulances, members of the bomb squad with their bomb robot, SWAT vehicles, search and rescue snow cat, and K-9 demonstrations.

 Pumpkinliner - Fillmore
Spooksters can ride a vintage train to the Pumpkin Patch, where Jolly Jumps, a carousel, arts & crafts booths, face painting, and the perfect pumpkin await.

 Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair - Manhattan Beach
The free fun in the fair’s Kid Country includes pony rides, a petting zoo, a show that features various wild animals, and a giant 50-ft slide.

Reyes Adobe Days - Agoura Hills
This free weekend-long celebration of California's heritage doesn't scrimp on the fun, with a parade, 10K runs, pony rides, and a petting zoo.

Ticket to the Twenties - City of Industry
It’s the bee’s knees and the cat’s pajamas! The Homestead Museum sends families back to the Roaring '20s in this annual festival.

Wizards and Fools: The Hallows’ Fool Moon Magic Show - North Hollywood
A a quirky family of wizards and fools prepare for a special All Hallows’ Eve in this show that blends storytelling, magic, music, comedy, and dance.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 3

We're in the Wrong Book! National Story Time - Multiple Locations
Barnes & Noble throughout LA offer a special storytime about a couple of characters who get bumped out of their own book.

Angel Festival - Sierra Madre
Fans of angels gather to celebrate the mystical beings at Sierra Madre’s Memorial Park.

Brick or Treat - Carlsbad
Kids can trick or treat through a Halloween-themed Legoland.

Serpents in the Garden - Arcadia
Parents can ooh and ahh at classic cars while kids go on a scavenger hunt at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden.

Home Depot Kids Workshops - Multiple Locations
Got an emergency? Kids can make their own fire trucks at the free project this month.

Southeast Asia Day - Long Beach
Families can dive into the culture of Southeast Asia at this day-long festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific, featuring live performances of music and dance and demonstrations of cultural crafts. 

7th Annual LA Printers Fair @The International Printing Museum - Carson
The annual festival showcasing the art of letterpress printing and paper adds 3D printing demonstrations this year.

Car Seat Check Event - Highland Park
Parents can check to see if their kids’ car seats are correctly installed at this free event.

Hispanic Heritage Day - San Pedro
The Battleship IOWA celebrates Hispanic Heritage Day in recognition of the contributions made by Hispanic and Latino Americans in service to the United States.

Young Explorers Academy: Magnets - Downey
Do you feel strangely drawn to visit the Columbia Memorial Space Center to learn about magnetism, as if pulled by unseen forces?

Stargazing of Late Summer Skies - Newbury Park
Telescopes are available at Rancho Sierra Park to view the planets and stars, (and see if the moon is still there after last week’s eclipse.)

SUNDAY OCTOBER 4

Getty Family Festival celebrating In Focus: Animalia - West LA
Getty Center brings out the animal in your kids at its latest family fest.

Orange County Children's Book Festival - Costa Mesa
The largest children's book festival in the country features authors and illustrators, live readings and storytelling, an animal stage and petting zoo, free train rides, and lots and lots of books.

Free Day at the Bowers - Santa Ana
The Bowers celebrates Italian Heritage Month with live musical performances of romantic and uplifting traditional songs from Italy, a special marionette puppet show, and free Italian ice.

Andell Family Sundays - Architecture is Art - Mid-Wilshire
This month at LACMA kids become the architects for a new L.A.

Mole Festival - Downtown
Olvera Street’s Feria de las Moles is the largest Mexican food festival in the USA, celebrating the spicy chocolate sauce and other Mexican cuisine.

Family Lego Day: Celebrating Sukkot and Community - West LA
Kids construct a neighborhood in the Skirball amphitheatre, brick by mini brick!

Free Day at the La Habra Children's Museum - La Habra
Baby, you’re a star! Kids can learn lines, use props, dress up and be stars in an impromptu production on the museum’s outdoor stage.

Acorn Day - Trabuco Canyon
The free family fest at O’Neill Regional Park features a butterfly enclosure, ukulele lessons for kids, live music, nature exhibits, and oak tree planting.

Hammer Kids: Look Together: How to Design Clothing about Art – Westwood
Kids create their own design line inspired by the variety of colors, patterns, and styles of clothing depicted in museum artworks.   

Ferdinand the Bull - Topanga
Creative Playground tells the story of imaginative, storytelling Ferdinand, a bull who does not like to fight.

Kids in the Courtyard: Yum Yum! Pie Day - Westwood
Get yer piece of the pie! Kids can sample pies and make an apron at the Fowler.

Peking Dreams - Northridge
The National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China perform astounding and beautiful acrobatic feats as the Valley Performing Arts Center launches its new Play Date series.

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!