San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont · October 1 – November 1, 2026
Halloween events for kids in San Francisco
Halloween beyond your own block. This page collects every event and program in our San Francisco listings whose title names Halloween, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, costumes, ghosts or the like, dated between October 1 and November 1. 43 are still ahead. Each one opens its listing page, which links to the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. Dates are in Pacific Time.
This weekTue, Oct 13 – Thu, Oct 15
This weekendFri, Oct 16 – Sun, Oct 18
- Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 PMHaunted Train at Ardenwood
- Sat, Oct 17 · 9:00 AMGoblin Jamboree at the Bay Area Discovery Museum
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AMDig Deep Farms Pumpkin Patch at Ardenwood
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AMSouth San Francisco Halloween Extravaganza
- Sat, Oct 17 · 1:30 PMPumpkin Patch – Public Swim at the Hayward Plunge
- Sat, Oct 17 · 2:00 PMKids' Halloween Costume Swap!
Next weekMon, Oct 19 – Sun, Oct 25
- Tue, Oct 20 · 3:30 PMDrawBridge Crafts: Halloween Mask Making
- Thu, Oct 22 · 4:00 PMSpooktacular Celebration (Town of Danville)
- Through Oct 31 · 10:00 AMHalloween Haunted Hangar at Hiller Aviation Museum
- Fri, Oct 23 · 1:00 PMPre-K: Pumpkins, Ghosts & Giggles (Castro Valley)
- Fri, Oct 23 · 2:00 PMAlameda Haunted House: A Journey Through Darkness (21st annual)
- Fri, Oct 23 · 4:30 PMWorkshop: Pepper's Ghost Illusion
- Fri, Oct 23 · 5:30 PMKids Night Out: Halloween Boo-vie Movie Night – Stonestown Family YMCA
- Sat, Oct 24 · 9:00 AMSecond Annual Great Pumpkin Giveaway & Plant Sale at Yerba Buena Gardens
- Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AMFamily Halloween 2026 at the Randall Museum
- Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AMKidz Town Halloween Hay Day (Downtown Livermore)
- Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AMFoster City 2026 Halloween Festival
- Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AMTrunk or Treat Featuring Unhaunted House & Make-a-Thon (Kennedy Park, Hayward)
- Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PMCenterville Library's Halloween Carnival
- Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PMFloating Pumpkin Patch at the Richmond Plunge
- Sat, Oct 24 · 4:00 PMHalloween Community Campfire at Del Valle
- Sun, Oct 25 · 1:30 PMHalloween Farm Games at Ardenwood
Later in OctoberMon, Oct 26 – Thu, Oct 29
- Tue, Oct 27 · 4:00 PMFratello Marionettes presents: Spooktacular!
- Wed, Oct 28 · 4:00 PMTeen Time: Make a Mini Haunted House
- Thu, Oct 29 · 11:00 AMHalloween Parade (Dublin Library)
- Thu, Oct 29 · 3:30 PMGet Crafty at the Atherton Halloween Spooktacular
- Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PMFamily Night: Halloween Bash at Bayshore Library (Daly City)
- Thu, Oct 29Halloween Cookie Decoration Class with Chef Ansarys – Kitchen on Fire
Halloween weekendFri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1
- Fri, Oct 30 · 11:00 AMHalloween Baby Bash!
- Fri, Oct 30 · 3:00 PMScaregrove Halloween Event at Stern Grove
- Fri, Oct 30 · 3:00 PMScaregrove Halloween Event at Stern Grove
- Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AMSpooky Science at Chabot Space & Science Center
- Sat, Oct 31 · 10:30 AMMonster Marsh: Halloween costume parade at Coyote Hills
- Sat, Oct 31 · 11:00 AMCrazy Crafts and Costume Contest (Halloween, Dublin Library)
- Sat, Oct 31 · 12:00 PMCrockett's Halloween Hullabaloo
- Sat, Oct 31 · 12:00 PMHalloween Hoopla at Yerba Buena Gardens
- Sat, Oct 31 · 12:00 PMMad Magic! Halloween at Children's Fairyland
- Sat, Oct 31 · 1:00 PMHalloween Parade and Trick-Or-Treating
- Sat, Oct 31 · 1:00 PMSpooky Sunol Open House (Halloween at the Visitor Center)
- Sat, Oct 31 · 1:00 PMSpooky Swiss K-12 Halloween Chess Tournament – Berkeley Chess School
- Sat, Oct 31 · 1:30 PMThe Not-So-Scary Halloween Show (Fruitvale Branch)
- Sat, Oct 31 · 5:00 PMHalloween Sausalito – Caledonia Street parade, Trick or Treat Lane and contests