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

Kidspace Halloween is a real treat. Photo by Jamie Pham, courtesy of the event.
Kidspace Halloween is a real treat. Photo by Jamie Pham, courtesy of the event.
10/23/24 - By Toby B

Looking for the best things to do in Los Angeles this Halloween weekend? Here are some events and activities to add to your list for Halloween 2024.

This weekend in Los Angeles, there is one trick and many treats. The trick? Halloween is next Thursday. The treats? Many of the most popular Halloween events are this weekend! Among the favorites is the Marina Spooktacular in Marina del Rey, two days of free fun for all ages, and all scare levels. The Anaheim Halloween Parade marks its Centennial. Babe Ruth was one of its first Grand Marshalls 100 years ago! Many Día de los Muertos events are held this weekend in Los Angeles, including the annual observance at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

These are only the beginning of Halloween weekend events. Los Angeles is flush with Halloween celebrations, and our event calendar, just like your kid’s goodie bag, is overflowing with Halloween goodness!

Don’t miss our roundup of free Halloween events in Los Angeles, the best pumpkin patches near Los Angeles, our favorite LA neighborhoods for trick-or-treating, and more Halloween activities on this wonderfully spooky weekend. 

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Halloween Weekend 2024 Best Things To Do in Los Angeles With Kids

Boo-tacular at Chuck E. Cheese

Multiple Locations
Daily through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Halloween Boo-Tacular is a monthlong, kid-friendly Halloween celebration at Chuck E. Cheese. Enjoy specialty Halloween menu items, dance at the daily Haunted House Party show, and take advantage of free game play and e-ticket offers. READ MORE

Halloween Trainspookular Night Ride

Torrance
Friday & Saturday, October 25 & 26, 2024
The Southern California Live Steamers run their popular miniature railway by night in Wilson Park, for a special two-night-only, mildly spooky Halloween ride. Passengers must be over 32" to ride. READ MORE

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert

Hollywood
Friday & Saturday, October 25 & 26, 2024
With great power comes great responsibility -- and a pretty awesome soundtrack. The animated feature Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse screens at the Pantages with musicians and a DJ performing the score live on stage. READ MORE

The Wallis Presents Alphabet Rockers

Beverly Hills
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Grammy-winning artist Alphabet Rockers makes music that makes change. Founded by Kaitlin McGaw (she/her) and Tommy Shepherd (he/him/they), this intergenerational group creates brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip hop. Audiences can explore elements of hip hop together, have shared moments to express and uplift affirmations, reflections and get bodies moving in celebration and joy. READ MORE

Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever

Hollywood
Saturday, October 26, 2024
The annual Día de los Muertos event at Los Angeles’s oldest memorial park is the nation's largest Day of the Dead event, celebrating the memories of loved ones with ceremonial tributes and extravagant altar creations amidst some of the city's most famous departed. In 2024, the celebration returns as a single daylong event is made memorable with music, dance, and exotic costumes and decor throughout the park. READ MORE

3rd Annual Halloween Boat Parade

Marina del Rey - FREE
Saturday, October 26, 2024
The 3rd Annual Halloween Boat Parade sets sail in Marina del Rey, welcoming all boaters and watercraft of all shapes and sizes. This year's theme is "It is Real and It is "Spooktacular"! Boaters can light up and decorate their craft to participate in the parade, while spectators watch from the shore. READ MORE

Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade

Anaheim - FREE
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Happy 100!  Though the Anaheim's Fall Festival began in 1923, the parade was not added until the following year, making 2024 its Centennial.  READ MORE

San Pedro's Día de los Muertos Festival

San Pedro - FREE
Saturday October 26, 2024
Historic Downtown San Pedro celebrates Día de los Muertos with art, culture, crafts for kids, delicious cuisine, and live entertainment. The festival also includes an altar exhibition featuring the work of artists and community members. The festive live entertainment lineup includes performances by MariachiDivas de Cindy Shea, two-time Grammy-winning multicultural, all-women ensemble READ MORE

36th Annual Halloween Carnival in Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach
Saturday, October 26, 2024
This local festival in Manhattan Beach scares up the Halloween fun, with carnival games, a costume contest and parade, a haunted house, and a cupcake walk. This non-spooky boo bash is free to attend, though some activities may cost money. Carnival bracelets are available for $15 per person.  READ MORE

Monster Mash at the Academy Museum

Mid-Wilshire
Saturday, October 26, 2024
The Academy Museum hosts a day filled with monstrously good fun, including special effects makeup demonstrations, ghostly tours, special monster appearances, magic lantern shows, and activities. READ MORE

Disney Pixars's COCO: Live-to-Film Concert

Northridge
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2024
Disney Pixar’s beloved Coco comes to life on stage with the heartwarming smash hit film’s score, by Oscar and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino. Performed live by Orquesta Folclórico Nacional de México, Disney Pixar’s Coco follows 12-year-old Miguel on a journey through the Land of the Dead and features the Academy Award-winning song “Remember Me,” by songwriters Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen, Frozen 2). Disney fans of all ages are invited to enjoy an unforgettable night of Disney magic. READ MORE

Marina Spooktacular

Marina del Rey - FREE
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2024
Marina del Rey's Halloween Spooktacular is appropriate for all ages, but the scares get scarier as darkness falls. Celebrants can experience thrills and chills navigating the Blackout Maze, embarking on graveyard treasure hunts, playing carnival games and braving the giant slide and inflatable maze. READ MORE

Griffith Park "Not Too Scary" Halloween Train

Griffith Park
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2024
The Griffith Park Railroad is adding a bit of spice... pumpkin spice! Train rides on Saturdays and Sundays in October travel around a family friendly, seasonally decorated, mile-long track. Riders can play I Spy, spotting each hidden pumpkin and Halloween item on the map. Guests can also enjoy nostalgic carnival games, and photo ops. READ MORE

Día de los Muertos Festival at MOLAA

Long Beach - FREE
Sunday, October 27, 2024
MOLAA's Día de Los Muertos Festival returns, once again offering a vibrant celebration of life and loved ones. This year's theme is Journey of Our Ancestors. Guests can enjoy a DJ and live performances. Activities include a face-painting station, a children’s sugar skull workshop, a printmaking station and a live tattoo artist. READ MORE

5th Annual Halloween Bash at Runway Playa Vista

Playa Vista - FREE
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Join Runway for a "spooktacular" event with crafts, spooky characters, a petting zoo, and games. From 2:00pm - 3:30pm, businesses will open for a special "trick-or-treat" event, where kids can go from store to store, collecting free candy.  READ MORE

Battleship IOWA Halloween STEMebration

San Pedro - FREE
Sunday, October 27, 2024
This Halloween season, Battleship IOWA welcomes guests on board to enjoy STEM stations, craft stations, a spooky reading corner, and a puppet show performance. Treats can be gathered at six candy stations and Trunk-Or-Treating with first responders. READ MORE

Kidspace Halloween

Pasadena
Daily through Thursday, October 31, 2024
Halloween season at Kidspace starts September 20 this year. Kiddos can strut their stuff in the daily Halloween Parades - costumes encouraged! READ MORE
Pumpkins grown in Ventura County! Photo courtesy of Underwood Family Farms, Facebook
Pumpkins grown in Ventura County! Photo courtesy of Underwood Family Farms, Facebook

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