Visit our
Calendar of Events
to find out what's happening this Fall within driving distance of SCV!
Ride the Pumpkinliner
Fillmore & Western Railway
805-524-2546
All aboard! a vintage train to the private pumpkin patch to find your perfect Jack-o-Lantern in the rough. A hay maze, jolly jumps, carousel, arts & crafts, BBQ and other goodies. Ticket price includes a pumpkin. Looking to add a little fright to your nights? Hop on the Headless Horseman or Murder Mystery Dinner Trains running in October.
Search for the Headless Horseman
After feasting on BBQ tri-tip and chicken on a spooktacular adventure with "Ichabog," you'll head to a remote pumpkin patch in search of the Headless horseman.
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Scary Stuff
Screamfest
(35 minutes)
310-358-3273
A line up of horror films for much of October.
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Creatures of the Corn Haunted Trail/Night Adventure Corn Maze/Factory of Nightmares Haunted House
(40 minutes)
818-999-6300x21
For those looking for something more extreme, the Halloween Harvest Festival at Pierce College takes on a more sinister persona after dark as FrightFair Scream Park comes to life, featuring both the "Factory of Nightmares" Haunted House, and the "Creatures of the Corn" Haunted Trail - Not for the easily startled!
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Old Time Haunt
(40 minutes)
Descend into the basement of the historical Union Savings Bank Building where mysterious occurences have taken place in the buildings' deadly 107 year history. In fact, something lives down there in the dark....not some one, but some thing. The basement that was sealed shut for decades is being reopened for your investigation into the unknown.The History of the building is enough to scare most, what will you do when the catacombs and darkness surround you! Children's matinee available.
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The Haunt
(45 minutes)
Three haunted house mazes; feature rides; live music; games; scream, costume and talent contests.
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Ghost Walk
(45 minutes)
2008 marks the 14th year of Ghost Walk® in Santa Paula. A production of the Santa Paula Theater Center, which is G.W.’s sole beneficiary, groups of 25 are guided along a predestined route where 7 different ghosts materialize each of whom are dying to tell their tales of woe.
Its continued popularity is due to the fact that the same ghost rarely appears twice and because the “ghostoric” location changes every year. The stories are both fiction or non and are portrayed by actors from the S.P.T.C. The Ghost Walk® is not a “spook house” but a unique form of theatre in the streets. It embraces the tradition of great storytelling mixed with local history and is suitable for the whole family (7 and older).
Directions from Hwy. 126 coming from Santa Clarita: Continue west on Hwy 126 to the 10th Street exit in Santa Paula. Turn left
and go under freeway bridge. Follow the signs to the Ghost Walk parking.
Directions from Hwy 126 coming from Ventura: Continue east on Hwy 126 to the 10th Street exit in Santa Paula. Turn
right and follow the signs to the Ghost Walk parking.
Please do not enter the Santa Paula Airport through 8th street.
Haunted Museum
(45 minutes)
213-763-3426
Enter a realm of enchantment, where upon arrival guests will matriculate with this year's class of aspiring sorcerers. Students will learn about the magic and mystery of natural and cultural history objects from distinguished Curators and Educators of the "Haunted Museum Academy of Wizards and Witches." Through the secret vaults containing the Academy's collections, all little witches and wizards will embark on an imaginative adventure, gathering natural history components for a final spell.
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Spider Pavillion Flashlight Tours
(45 minutes)
213-763-DINO
Celebrate Halloween at the Museum with spooky, spidery activities and after-hours flashlight tours of the Spider Pavilion as the spiders spin their webs. Then, stick around for an array of fun, spider-themed activities!
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Theme Park Scares
See
Harvest Fun in the SCV
page for information on Six Flags Fright Fest.
Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights
(30 minutes)
Enter the terrifying world of Jason, Freddy, and Leatherface as these horror movie icons come off the screen and after you. Just try surviving the four all-new mazes.
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Disney's Halloween Time
(one hour)
Scare up your favorite little ghouls and gobblins, and head over to an event so delightfully high-spirited that even the spookiest specters can't help but sing a happy tune!
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Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt
A 160-acre living horror movie filled with 13 chilling mazes, 7 hair-raising shows, 4 horrific scare zones and 1,000 monsters roaming for their next victim. Not recommended for children under 13. Do not wear costumes.
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Knott's Camp Spooky Treasure Hunt
(one hour)
Costumes encouraged for children attending this event. Kids follow the treasure trail to uncover tricks and treats for the whole family. Explore Captain Jack's Haunted Hideaway Adventure Maze and watch the all new Peanut's Pirate Show.
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Brick or Treat
(2 hours)
Join the fun with the daily costume contest, safe trick-or-treating on the kid-sized Brick-or-Treat Trail, ghoulish entertainment with the Boo Crew and a LEGO Candy Corn Scavenger Hunt at the Haunted Hideaways. Trick-or-treaters 12 and under can gather goodies including Wonka© candy, collectible commemorative LEGO bricks, and other surprises in free a LEGOLAND souvenir bag on their exclusive Brick-or-Treat Trail.
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Historical Tours
Halloween Mourning Tours
(35 minutes)
Guests will visit a house in mourning, about the origins of Halloween and the Victorian fascination with ghosts and spirituality. On Sunday only, October 28 only, children ages 2 to 12, are invited to come in costume, play period games, enjoy and make in 19th century harvest crafts, choose a pumpkin for the pumpkin patch, listen to spooky stories, and receive treats from our costumed interpreters.
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Performances
Monster Massive
(45 minutes)
A massive costumed dance party in a multi-room horror house. Open to all ages.
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With Kids in Mind
Corn Maze, Mini Hay Maze, Tractor-pulled Train Ride
(20 minutes)
Forneris Farms
818-730-7709
Get lost in their four-acre corn maze, view the farm animals and antique cars, and take home farm-fresh produce. Weekday mornings are reserved for educational tours, but the public is invited from 2-5 pm and on weekends (10-6).
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Citywalk's Spooktacular Halloween
(30 minutes)
Free to kids 12 and under. Live entertainment, costume contests, Universal characters, Trick or Treating and great prizes.
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Pumpkin Festival
(30 minutes)
Calabasas Pumpkin Festival
818-225-2227
Live entertainment. It's all about the pumpkins! Pumpkin pie eating and pumpkin seed spitting contests. Pumpkin bowling and painting for the kids. Tri-tip to Thai food available.
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Halloween Harvest Festival at Pierce College
(35 minutes)
818-999-6300x21
Attractions for the whole family! "Spookley" the square pumpkin and his friend Jack the scarecrow at the all new Holiday Hill Farms stage show inside the pick your own pumpkin patch; Adventure corn maze; farm animals; kids' activities and rides; and hay rides.
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Boo Zoo
(35 minutes)
323-644-4200
The entire Zoo is transformed into themed areas for trick-or-treaters. Delight with fun performers, treats, crafts, music, and creepy crawlers for a not-so-scary weekend for all.
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Pumpkin Roundup
(35 minutes)
818-949-4200
Descanso's PumpkinPalooza! is a fanciful pumpkin celebration, and it's all about imaginative childhood fun in the autumn garden. Hayrides, costume parade for kids, farm animals, crafts, and search for the pumpkin people.
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Halloween Parade
(40 minutes)
805-525-9439
Annual free parade for the entire family!
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Halloween Carnival
(40 minutes)
805-933-4226
Carnival for children, games for ten to twenty cents!
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Boo & Goo Family Overnight Adventure
(45 minutes)
213-763-ED4U
Tour the Tar Pits at night, surrounded by mammoths, mastadons, and saber-toothed cats. Wear your costume and bring your sleeping bag, air mattress, and flashlight. Snack and breakfast provided. Ages 5 and up with accompanying adult.
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Sacrium of the Pacific
(one hour)
562-590-3100 x0
Enjoy a family friendly adventure, including the chance to meet thousands of creatures of the Pacific, frighteningly fun activities, and plenty of hands-on experiences to haunt your memory. Children get free admission when in costume and with coupon.
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Bob for Apples
(40 minutes)
Fall Festival
323-933-9211
Pumpkin carving, crafts, live country music and gardening demonstrations set amidst the famous LA Farmers Market.
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Pumpkin Patch Festival
(45 minutes)
805-525-2226
Faulkner Farm will open again weekends only in October. Hayrides wind past acres of pumpkins and giant sunflowers. And of course, farm animals and haystacks are on hand for loads of fun.
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Stunt Ropers, Gun Fighters, Farm Animals & Pony Rides
(1 hour)
Underwood Family Farms, Moorpark
805-529-3690
Yup, you read that right! One weekend of the month-long Fall Festival is dedicated to cowboys! The entire month you'll find farm animals, treats, live music, tractor-drawn hay rides and lots of fun on weekends. Pick your own produce or visit their produce stand. Ride a pony or climb a haystack. On Halloween, kids arriving in full costume receive free admission. Weather can close the farm, so please call ahead before heading out.
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"Mansion After Dark" at the Governor's Mansion
(Sacramento, 5 hours)
916-323-3047
Bats, pumpkins, coffins and ghost stories in the dark will greet you at the Governor's Mansion. Dress as your favorite historical figure, in your haunting attire, or come as yourself. A clairvoyant will tell of your future. A storyteller will read from spooky children's books as you sit on hay bales in the dark.
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Arts & Crafts
Valyermo Fall Festival
(one hour)
661-944-2178
Held at Saint Andrew's Abbe, this fall festival focuses on arts and crafts with potters, weavers, quilts, jewelry, and Abbey ceramics. Great food and entertainment.
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It's Harvest Time!
Apples and Yummy Apple Products in Tehachapi
Apples, fresh-pressed cider, baked goods, and fun. Begin your visit at RB Orchards and visit other farms in the area. Visit this site for fruit updates.
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Peaches at Blum Ranch, Acton
661-947-2796
Peaches and pears begin in August and run through about mid-October. Very worth a trip to Acton! (Don't count on the website to provide current info; call for availability.)
Combine a trip for peaches with a drive through the San Gabriel Mountains. Click
here
for more info.
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