FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN FUN

Trick-or-Treating, Pumpkin Patches, Spooky Sleepovers, Costume Parties: The Best Family-Friendly Halloween Fun for Children in Los Angeles

Looking for Family-Friendly Halloween Fun in Los Angeles? The Southland offers many kid-safe seasonal events. Some are “lights-on” versions of night-time haunts with the scares toned down to be safe for children; others are special afternoon or one-day presentations that take place in year-round facilities such as zoos and wildlife stations. Also, many L.A. neighborhoods get so far into the seasonal spirit that they appeal not only to local kids but also to outside families, who come to enjoy the decorated yard haunt displays and trick-or-treating opportunities.

NOTE: This pages lists Family-Friendly Halloween Fun targeted predominantly for children. However, some Halloween activities listed elsewhere on our website also appeal to the whole family:

Halloween Festivities sometimes include local events designed for neighborhood parents with children.
Halloween Home Haunts are a great way to enjoy the holiday with your kids. Most are safe for children, especially if they are simply yard haunts, without a walk-through maze or actors portraying monsters.
Halloween Mazes and Rides frequently present kid-safe matinees on weekend afternoons. These will usually not be available on Halloween Night.
The Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation offers Family-Friendly Halloween events at several of recreation centers around town. These will include some events specifically for kids, along with slightly scarier events that may be appropriate for older children. Check their website for info.

Family-Friendly Halloween Fun Updates

Check out news, reviews, articles. This includes some events not listed elsewhere on this page because they fit better into other categories; they are kid-safe though not designed exclusively for children.

Family-Friendly Halloween Fun Events

Below are some high-profile examples of Family-Friendly Halloween Fun in Los Angeles.

Angelino Heights Trick-or-Treating

Carroll Avenue and Douglas Street in Angelino Heights Date: Halloween Night The historic neighborhood of Angelino Heights is famous for its Victorian mansions - perfectly suited for Halloween home haunts, which the locals deck out in elaborate yard displays. Consequently, the area has been labeled "The Haunted District," earning a ...

Beverly Hills Witch House Trick-or-Treating

Beverly Hills Trick-or-Treating: Walden Drive and Carmelita Avenue in Beverly Hills Date: Halloween Night Beverly Hills Halloween Trick-or-Treating Overview Once a buzzing hive of Halloween activity, this area saw a decline in the number of yard displays back in 2017. Nevertheless, Beverly Hills Trick-or-Treating remains a worthwhile endeavor. Legend has ...

Boo at the Los Angeles Zoo

Halloween 2024: This year's events and activities include trick-or-treating stations with premium Mars candies, animal pumpkin feedings, themed photo ops, education stations, an extinct animal graveyard, and more. Costumes are encouraged! Dates & Hours: October 19-29 & 26-27, 10am - 4pm. Tickets: Boo at the Zoo activities are included with ...

Brentwood Trick-or-Treating

Brentwood Glen, between Church and Beloit Streets in Brentwood Date: Halloween Night, starting at dusk This upscale neighborhood near the 405 Freeway has a reputation for good candy and decorated homes with spooky Jack O'Lanterns. Curious haunt-seekers can probably check out the decorations during the last week of October, but ...

Burbank Trick-or-Treating

Side streets near Magnolia Boulevard, between California & Niagara Date: Halloween Night, after sundown Burbank Halloween Trick-or-Treating Overview The Burbank neighborhood between the Halloween Town store and the Rotten Apple 907 home haunt features a trick-or-treat experience Reminiscent of Beverly Hills in its glory days, with an abundance of decorated ...

DTLA Halloween Festival for Kids

Halloween 2024: The 17th Annual DTLA Halloween Festival for Kids returns with trick-or-treating, tasty treats, magic shows, and live puppets. Date: October 31, 5-8pm. Tickets: $10 in advance, $13 at the door. Description from the website: From Kids will love trick-or-treating, showing off their costumes at the character meet-and-greets, eating ...

Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns

Halloween 2024: Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns returns for its second year in Los Angeles. Dates: Weekends plus select weeknights from September 20 through November 2. Hours: 7-11pm Fridays & Saturdays, 7-10pm Sundays & weeknights. Earlier start times in October and November; check website for exact times. Tickets: Prices start at $24.99 ...

Montana Avenue Halloween Hop

2024 Status: Not yet announced by typically October 31, 3-6pm. Montana Avenue Halloween Hop Info Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA www.montanaavenue.com Montana Avenue Merchants Association presents this annual event on Halloween Night from 3-6pm. Kids of all ages enjoy trick-or-treating along Montana Avenue, from 6th Street to 17th Street, plus ...

Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch

2024 Dates & Hours: Opens October 5. Full dates and hours to be announced but usually through the last weekend of October, 9am-9pm. Tickets: Prices not announced until tickets go on sale September. 2022 tickets were $10-$25 for Standard Admission; $70 for VIP Admission (weekends only). Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch ...

Old Pasadena Halloween Celebration

Halloween 2024: Returning events include haunted walking tours, pumpkin decorating, a marionette show for children, and trick-or-treating at local businesses on Halloween night. Dates & Hours: Haunted Pasadena Walking Tours on Fridays and Saturdays from September 21 through October 31, 6:30-8:30pm. Starts outside The Stand, 36 S. El Molino Avenue ...

Riviera Village Halloween Stroll

2024 Dates & Hours: October 31, 3-6pm. Location: Riviera Village - 1799 So. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Website: rivieravillage.net Riviera Village's annual Halloween Trick or Treat Stroll is a South Bay tradition that attracts hundreds of kids. Every October 31, Catalina Avenue is closed to traffic so that ...

Scarium of the Pacific

Halloween 2024: The annual Scarium of the Pacific daytime event is not scheduled this season. Instead, last year's newcomer Halloween Family Night has been rebranded into Scarium Family Night. Night Dive (an adults-only party introduced in 2023) is also back. Dates & Hours: Scarium Family Night - October 18, 6:30-9pm ...

Sierra Madre Halloween Happenings

2024 Date & Hours: Thursday, October 31, 3-7pm. More information can be found at the website during October. Location: Kersting Court - 51 N Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024. Website: sierramadreca.gov Sierra Madre Halloween Happenings Info East of Pasadena and just below the San Gabriel Mountains, this well-to-do community ...

Venice Beach Trick-or-Treating

Dell and Venice Boulevard in Venice Beach Interested in a haunting seaside experience? Then head over to Venice Beach on Halloween Night! Parking is a nightmare, but your efforts will be rewarded as you traverse bridges over canals and view decorated homes with orange pumpkin lights reflected on the water ...

More Family-Friendly Halloween Fun

Some Halloween attractions listed in other sections of the website may be appropriate for families with young children. The ones below fit better into other categories, but don’t let that scare you from bringing the little ghosts and goblins along. Some of these may be intended for adults but with days or times set aside for kid-safe versions.

Boney Island

2024 Status: Boney Island returns to the National History Museum of Los Angeles, where it presents a haunting show for the entire family. The NHM augments the presentation with artistic performances, fossils, live animal presentations, trick-or-treating, and other ghoulish installations. Expect creepy crawlies, silly skeletons and Cretaceous carnivores. Dates & ...

Disneyland Halloween Time

Halloween 2024: Attractions include Haunted Mansion Holiday, Halloween Screams, Main Street Pumpkin Festival, Happiest Haunts Guided Tour, Dia de Los Muertos, Storey Tellers Cafe, and Oogie Boogie's Bash (sold out). Dates: August 23 through October 31 Location: Disneyland Resort - 1313 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, CA 92802 Website: Disney.go.com/HalloweenTime Information: (714) ...

Ghost Walk Riverside

Halloween 2024: California Riverside Ballet teams up with two new partners, The Dance We Do and California School of Classical Ballet, to present even more haunting dance performances. Titled Nevermore, this year's event includes two elements: A festival with games, vendors, food, and live music inside White Park. A pair ...

Halloween Movies on the Roof

Halloween 2024: Movies on the Roof returns to Westfield Fashion square, with spooky films for the whole family: Halloween Town, Cruella, The Addams Family, Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Hotel Transylvania 3. Dates & Times: Fridays and Saturdays from October 11 through 26. Tickets: $10 for children, $15 ...

Heritage Square Museum Halloween Activities

2024 Dates & Hours: As of September, there was no listing for the museum's annual Halloween tours, but there were other seasonal events. Booze, Bites & Frights: Outdoor film screenings on October 11-12 and 18-19. Get more info on our page for Street Food Cinema. Magic Market on October 6. Spook-a-Nanny/Bob ...

Knott’s Spooky Farm

2024 Dates & Hours: Daytime Thursdays-Sundays, September 26 to October 31, 2024, plus Columbus Day. Knott's Spooky Farm History After years of presenting Camp Spooky - a kid-safe alternative to Knotts Scary Farm, set in Camp Spooky - in 2015 Knott's Berry Farm expanded their daytime activities, rebranding the event ...

Legoland Brick-or-Treat

2024 Dates: Select days from September 14 to October 27 during regular business hours Tickets: Prices start at $104 for one day at the park including the Brick-or-Treat Halloween event. Legoland is quite a bit farther south of Los Angeles than Halloween Theme Parks we cover, but it' may be ...

Nights of the Jack Halloween 2019 Review

Nights of the Jack: A Halloween Jack O’Lantern Experience

Nights of the Jack Halloween 2024: Nights of the Jacks is back with its lengthy outdoor trail, a Spooky Speakeasy, food trucks, and kid-friendly fun like pumpkin carving, face painting, and jewelry making. Dates & Hours: September 27 to November 2, 6pm - 10:30pm. Tickets: Prices start at $29.99. Location: King ...

Reign of Terror Haunted House

Halloween 2024 Dates: September 27-28; October 4-5, 11-13, 18-20, 24-27, 30-31; November 1-2 (special Lights-Out version on final night). Hours: 7-11pm weeknights, 4-11pm Saturdays & Sundays. Special Lights-On version (no fx, no scares) at noon-3pm on October 12 only. Tickets: Prices start at $42 regular access $67 for immediate access, with ...

Shoreline Village Halloween Festivities

Halloween 2024: Shoreline Village’s annual Long Beach Zombie Walk and Halloween Party returns. Festivities include face-painting, games, and a Halloween jumper for kids. For adults there are DJs, novelty acts, a costume contest, photo ops, and free-roaming scare actors. Date & Hours: Saturday, October 19, 4-10pm. Kids party 4-7pm Zombie ...

Westchester Park of Pain & Kid Zone

Halloween 2024: Westchester Recreation Center's Park of Pain returns for its 41st year with a new theme, "The Final Phase." Other events include a Halloween Movie Night and a Halloween Kid Zone. Park of Pain: October 25-26, 29-31, 7-11pm. Recommended for Ages 12 & Over (younger ages may participate at parents' ...