California Events
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
ANAHEIM: Halloween Time August 22-October 31, 2025 at Disneyland. Main Street Pumpkins, Halloween Screams show, Nightmare Haunted Mansion, Halloween confections, and photo ops galore. Location: 1313 S. Harbor Blvd. Anaheim, CA.
CALABASAS: Nights Of The Jack September 26-November 1, 2025, 6-10:30 p.m. at King Gillette Ranch. Jack o' lanterns along a 3/4th mile trail, activities, and spooky fun. Location: 26800 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas, CA. $, pre-purchase required, nightsofthejack.com
LAKEWOOD: Imaginarium's Zenthara August 28-November 9, 2025 at Lakewood Center Mall. Over 5 million lights create a fantastical landscape of larger-than-life Creatures and Dragons. Location: 326 Lakewood Center Mall, Lakewood, CA. $23-up, imaginarium360.com
LATHROP: Dell'Osso Family Farm Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch October 3-31, 2025. One of the largest, most popular Halloween pumpkin patch & maze attractions in the nation gets over 250,000 visitors annually. Location: 501 Manthey Road, Lathrop, CA. $24-33, pumpkinmaze.com
ONTARIO: Imaginarium September 5-November 9, 2025 at Ontario Mills. Millions of lights in colorful displays just in time for the holidays at the Alice in Wonderland themed attraction! Location: Ontario Mills Mall, 4377 Mills Circle, Ontario, CA. $27-up, imaginarium360.com
SAN DIEGO, BONITA, DEL MAR, ESCONDIDO & NATIONAL CITY: Pumpkin Station September 26-October 31, 2025. Five locations include 2 farms: Rancho Bernardo Farm in Escondido or Bonita Pumpkin Farm in Bonita with corn mazes, hayrides, petting zoos and Sunflower Fields. Pumpkin Stations at National City's Plaza Bonita, Del Mar Fairgrounds and San Diego's Mission Valley include kiddie rides, giant slides and petting zoos. Free admission, $5/ea. ticketed attractions, pumpkinstation.com
SAN DIEGO: Haunted Trail in Balboa Park September 26-November 1, 2025 includes two walk-through scares - The Experiment Maze plus Haunted Trail - with zombies, ghouls, loud noises and flashing lights. $34.99-up, hauntedtrail.net
SAN JOSE: Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House select nights September 26-November 1, 2025. Eerie Halloween adventure through a haunted mansion designed by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifles fortune. Inspired by her communication with spirits, the 160-room estate and grounds are filled with mysteries, oddities and resident ghosts. Location: 525 S. Winchester Blvd., San Jose, CA. $ tickets, festivalfrightnights.com
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY: Santa Ynez Valley Scarecrow Fest October 1-31, 2025. Spooky, whimsical, creative and cool scarecrows are on view in Ballard, Buellton, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez and Solvang on California's Central Coast! See map / locations: syvscarecrows.com
SOLVANG: Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch September 26-November 2, 2025, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Back for another season with 50 varieties of pumpkins and a 14-acre corn maze! Location: 1035 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, CA. Free pumpkin patch admission
SONOMA: Spike Sikes and his Awesome Hotcakes, 6-8 p.m. at Sonoma Summer Concerts at Grinstead Amphitheater. This is the final concert of the 2025 season. Location: Sonoma Plaza Downtown Sonoma, CA Free, sonomastuesdaynightmarket.com
WHEATLAND: Bishop's Pumpkin Farm open daily September 6-November 9, 2025. It's a fair of fun foods and drinks, barnyard animals, carnival rides, hayrides, firepits, entertainment and free admission! Location: 1415 Pumpkin Lane, Wheatland, CA. Free, parking fees select days, bishopspumpkinfarm.com
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