Carmel Annual Pumpkin Roll  

Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Ocean Avenue & Devendorf Park
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Free, Communityactivities@ci.carmel.ca.us

Some people just like to carve a pumpkin for Halloween decoration but in California, there's another craze - the Pumpkin Race and the Pumpkin Roll.

Roll pumpkins legally down Ocean Avenue. The City of Carmel supplies the pumpkins, but you can bring your own (undecorated please) and see if you have the fastest pumpkin.

See Carmel Host Lions helping kids decorate pumpkins. Last year  a movie was shown after the Pumpkin Roll

Roll you pumpkin down Ocean Avenue

Pumpkin Decorating in the Park with the help of the Carmel Hosts Lions Club

Howl-o-ween Pet Parade & Costume Contest

October 25, 2025, 2-5 p.m.

Carmel Plaza
Mission & Ocean
Carmel, CA
$40-45 dog registration, carmelchamber.org

Four-legged friends strut their stuff in the Howl-o-ween Pet Parade at Carmel Plaza. It's your canine's chance to shine - just register your dog and compete in a variety of categories. The first 50 pets registered receive a free treat bag!

Costume Contest Categories

• Pet & Owner Look-a-Like
• Scariest Costume
• Funniest Costume
• Best Pack (Group/Family)
• Carmel-Inspired Costume

No pets in your life? You can still watch the fun. Here's the schedule: Registration & Spooky Social with Photos goes for an hour from 2 to 3 p.m.;  The Costume Contest and parade last an hour from 3 to 4 p.m.; Yappy Hour with Carmel Plaza Merchants takes place 4 to 5 p.m. 

 

Carmel Halloween Parade and Trick or Treat

 October 31, 2025, 4 p.m.

Devendorf Park
Carmel, CA
Free, Communityactivities@ci.carmel.ca.us

Annual Halloween Parade

Halloween is the City of Carmel’s birthday so they celebrate! Come in costume and participate in the parade for FREE. Open to all groups whether in a car, or on a float, or just walking with your fellow ghoulies. The parade will stage on Mission Street and Sixth Avenue  heading south on Junipero Street before making a right onto Ocean Avenue and heading down to Monte Verde Street where it loops back up Ocean Avenue.

Watch the parade anywhere along Ocean Avenue, especially Devendorf Park.  There will be Trick-or-Treating fun in the Park and downtown!

Trick or Treating in the Park and participating Local Businesses after the parade. If you still have some Halloween spirit in you, join City of Carmel Parks & Rec on Halloween Day  for their Annual Halloween Parade. The parade begins and ends at Devendorf Park. After the parade start your Trick-or-Treating fun in the Park.

All events free and open to everyone. No tickets required!

Halloween Third Thursday in the Park

October 16, 2025, 4-7 p.m.

Devendorf Park
Carmel, CA
ci.carmel.ca.us

Come to Devendorf Park for some Halloween themed fun, music, games, food, and drinks, including wine and beer! Costumes welcome and encouraged. Halloween 3rd Thursday in the Park is organized by Good Roots, Inc. who manage the weekly Carmel-by-the-Sea Farmers Market.

 

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.