GENERAL:
Pumpkin patches: schools, grocery stores, and churches often have patches, and sometimes you might spot a pumpkin or two among the other squash at a farmers market, but there are also organizations that host them all over the Bay Area. ABC Tree Farm’s Pick of the Patch Pumpkins has many throughout the area.
And there are plenty of Haunted Houses/Mazes/Walks around the Bay Area. Check out the website San Francisco Haunted Houses for a list.
Halloween events by area in Santa Clara County & Silicon Valley
LOS GATOS
The Pumpkin Train and Harvest Festival at the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad – Saturday Oct 19th, 10:30am – 8pm
Annual Los Gatos Halloween Pet & Kid Parade – Sunday Oct 27th 3pm – 5pm
11th Annual Sereno Group Pumpkin Decorating Contest – Submit yours by Oct 30th! (Free!)
Zombie Runner Halloween Run Marathon/Half Marathon/ 5 Mile – Saturday Nov 2nd 9am
CAMPBELL
SCREAM-a-thon at AFKxp – Friday Oct 18th 7pm – 12am
Oktoberfest in Downtown Campbell (and all Oktoberfest events listed here) – Saturday and Sunday, Oct 19th – 20th
Learn to Dance the Thriller! For the Campbell Zombie Crawl – Weekly, Wednesdays from Sept 4th – Oct 23rd (Free!)
Spooky Night at the Campbell Museum – Friday Oct 25th 2pm – 6pm (Free!)
Thriller Zombie Crawl – Friday Oct 25th 7pm (Free!)
Given to Fly Halloween Show at Tessora’s Barra di Vino – Saturday Oct 26th 7pm
Creepy Crawly Halloween Trick-or-Treat in Downtown Campbell – Sunday Oct 27th 4pm
CUPERTINO
Wildlife and Harvest Day at Blackberry Farm – Saturday Oct 19th 10am – 3pm
Laser Spooktacular Halloween at the Fujitsu Planetarium – Saturdays Oct 12th (7pm – 8pm, 8:15pm – 9:15pm), Oct 19th (7pm – 8pm), and Oct 26th (5pm – 6pm)
Laser Halloscream at the Fujitsu Planetarium – Saturdays Oct 19th and 26th 8:15pm – 9:15pm
Monster Mash at the Quinlan Community Center – Friday Oct 25th 7pm – 9pm
Deer Hollow Farm’s Spooky Times – Saturday Oct 26th 10am-3pm
SARATOGA
Saratoga Elementary Pumpkin Walk – Friday Oct 18th 6pm – 9pm
Stiletto’s Halloween Party – Friday Oct 25th 7pm – 9pm
Witchy Walk-A-Bout – Saturday Oct 26th 2pm – 4pm
Trunk or Treat at Immanuel Lutheran Church – Sunday Oct 27th 5:30pm – 8pm
SANTA CLARA
Annual Halloween Haunt at Great America – every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from Oct 4th – Nov 2nd, hours vary
Diwali Dhamaka at Santa Clara City Library’s Northside Branch, The King’s Problem Puppet Show – Saturday Oct 19th 10:30am – 11:30am
Diwali Dhamaka at Santa Clara City Library’s Northside Branch, Diwali Scavenger Hunt – Saturday Oct 19th 3pm – 4pm
Northside Branch Happy Hour Craft: Glow in the Dark Spider Webs – Friday Oct 25th 4:30pm – 5:30pm
¡Que Vivan los Muertos! A Day of the Dead Celebration at Santa Clara’s Central Park Library – Saturday Oct 26th 10:30am – 4pm
Northside Branch Winnie the Witch Glow-in-the-Dark Puppet Show – Saturday Oct 26th 2pm – 3pm
Northside Branch Haunted Library – Saturday Oct 26th 8pm – 10pm
Halloween Costume Parade and Creepy Crawly Crafts at Santa Clara’s Central Park Library – Thursday Oct 31st 10:30am – 11am
Children’s Halloween Party at the YAC and Teen Center – Thursday Oct 31st 3pm – 6pm
Northside Branch Sweet Reads and Super Treats – Thursday Oct 31st 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Westfield Valley Fair Halloween Trick-or-Treating – Thursday Oct 31st 5pm – 8pm
Mission Branch Library Costume Storytime – Thursday Oct 31st 6:30pm – 7pm
Fright Nite Halloween Festival at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds – Thursday Oct 31st 7pm – 1am (18+)
SAN JOSE
Winchester Mystery House UNHINGED – Select nights Sept 6th – Nov 2nd
Spina Farms Pumpkin Patch – Open every day in October, Mondays – Thursdays and Sundays from 9am – 6pm, Fridays and Saturdays 9am – 7pm
Dead Time Dreams Haunted Attractions – Select nights Oct 4th – Nov 6th
Annual Moreland Pumpkin Patch and Haunted Trail (Details on the Haunted Trail, Grimm’s Hollow here) – pumpkin patch open every day through October 4pm – 9pm, Haunted Trail open Fridays through Sundays and Halloween day.
12th Annual Almaden Harvest Festival – Saturday Oct 19th 11am – 4pm
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo HOWL-O-WEEN Family Sleepover – Saturday Oct 19th 6pm – 10am
Dr Martin Luther King Jr Library in Downtown San Jose’s annual Halloween Parade – Friday October 25th from 3:15pm-4:30pm
Spooktacular Egg Haunt at the Willow Glen Community & Senior Center – Friday Oct 25th 7pm – 9pm
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo Green Halloween – Saturday Oct 26th and Thursday Oct 31st 1pm – 4pm
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo Haunt the Hollow Class – Saturday Oct 26th 7:30pm – 9pm
Rebel Yell Haunted House – Saturday Oct 26th and Sunday Oct 27th 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Thursday Oct 31st 6:30pm – 10pm, and Friday Nov 1st 7pm – 9pm
Willow Glen: Gussied Up Doggie Social and Costume Parade – Sunday Oct 27th
Halloween Party at Camden Youth Center – Monday Oct 28th 6:30pm – 8pm
Willow Glen: Trick or Treat Trail along Lincoln Ave – Thursday Oct 31st 11:00 am – 12:30pm: Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kids in Strollers, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: School-Aged Kids
Halloween in Japantown – Thursday Oct 31st 4pm – 8pm
MORGAN HILL
Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park – Hours vary, open from Sept 28th – Oct 31st
GILROY
Halloween Nights at Gilroy Gardens – Fridays – Sundays, Sept 27th – Nov 2nd and Halloween night from 5pm – 10pm
Annual Halloween Beer Crawl in Downtown Gilroy – Saturday, Oct 19th 2pm – 6pm
Día de los Muertos – Saturday Nov 2nd 3pm – 9pm
LOS ALTOS
Halloween Spook-Tacular – Thursday Oct 31st from 12-4pm
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Monster Bash – Saturday, October 26 from 1 – 3pm
