Family Halloween Events in Marin & the Bay Area
Photo: Bay Area Discovery Museum
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays of year, and there's so much family fun to be found in Marin and the San Francisco Bay Area. Find family-friendly Halloween events for all ages! We'll keep updating our list of events for Marin and beyond as we find more this fall. If you have an event you'd like to see added to the list, please contact us.
For more Halloween fun, make sure you check out our annual guide to pumpkin patches in Marin and Sonoma Counties.
Friday, September 26, 4–7 pm
Join us for The Great Closet Cleanout, Mill Valley’s seasonal clothing and costume donation drive!
Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28
Join Sonoma County Farm Trails for a self-guided tour of Farm Trails member farms, ranches, and producers.
Friday–Sunday, October 3–November 2, 11 am, 12:30 & 2:30 pm
Bring you little witches and warlocks to Filoli's spooky Ballroom for a Halloween tea!
Daily, October 3–November 10, 5:30–10 pm
Nightfall™ returns to Filoli in Woodside — bigger, bolder, and more enchantingly eerie than ever before!
October 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 25 & 26
Dress up for Halloween with favorites Thomas and Percy, for a 20 minute train ride, and fun filled activities for the entire family.
Friday, October 10, 5–6:30 pm
Join Marinwood Recreation for an outdoor walk-through trick-or-treat and pumpkin patch.
Weekends, October 11–26
Ride a historic interurban train to the pumpkin patch for fun activities at the Western Railway Museum!
Saturday, October 11, 11 am–1 pm
Celebrate the fall season with an afternoon of creativity and community!
Saturday, October 11, 12–2 pm
Did you know that pumpkins float?!? Come splash and share the Hamilton Pool with pumpkins.
Saturday, October 16, 4–5 pm
Surprise! It’s a magic show full of Halloween fun appropriate for all ages!
Friday & Saturday, October 17–25, 7–10 pm
Bring the kids out for a night of scares and fun at the Novato Horseman Haunted House in Novato.
Friday–Sunday, October 17–26, 7 pm
Climb aboard the Haunted Train at Ardenwood Historic Farm for a delightful evening ride filled with glowing pumpkins, friendly cowboys, and the famous Witch of Ardenwood!
Saturday, October 18, 10 & 11:30 am
Join Novato Parks and Recreation for the Not-So-Scary Halloween Magic Show. Two performances!
October 18–19 and 24–26
Goblin Jamboree returns for a two weekends packed with fun, hands-on, Halloween themed programs. Advance tickets required.
October 24–26, 10 am–4 pm
Enter Halloween Jam’s mad scientist lab for bubbling brews and Fairyland boos!
Friday, October 24, 4– 6 pm
Enjoy many fun and spooky trunks, crafts and surprises!
Friday, October 24, 5 pm
It is a fun, town-wide trick or treating event for those ages 11 years old and younger.
Friday, October 24, 5–8:30 pm
Wear your favorite costume, bring your treat bag, and work up an appetite trick-or-treating
Friday, October 24, 6:30–9 pm
Haunt the Academy at night at the Bay Area’s best family Halloween party!
Saturday, October 25, 11 am–2 pm
Kids of all ages can Trick or Treat at all the Downtown Novato Businesses!
Saturday, October 25, 11 am–2 pm
Come out and join us for the annual Bon Air Halloween Bash! Pets in costumes, face painting, tricks, treats & more fun activities for the whole family.
Saturday, October 25, 11 am–1 pm
Join Marin Parks rangers to carve a spooky Jack-O-Lantern for Halloween!
Saturday, October 25, 1–3 pm
Bring your little ones in costume for treats from participating merchants all up and down Fourth Street.
Saturday, October 25, 6–7:30 pm
A free special spooky campfire program with a short ghostly talk, songs, and a marshmallow roast. Come in costume!
Saturday, October 25, 7–9 pm
Join Park Rangers for a spooky, family-friendly movie night under the stars!
Sunday, October 26, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
A Halloween Carnival with games, magic show, inflatable obstacle course, and more! Advance tickets required.
Sunday, October 26, 11 am–1 pm
Have a howlin-good Halloween with prizes for best doggie duds and enjoy the “paw”rade showcasing everyone’s costumes.
Sunday, October 26, 6:30–8:30 pm
Come and join our amazing Open Space Rangers for an exhilarating and spooky evening!
Wednesday, October 29, 5:30 pm
Get cozy for a not-too-spooky night at the library with a screening of Disney's Hocus Pocus.
October31, 12–7 pm
On Halloween day, the park becomes a mad science laboratory full of glowing goo, bubbling brews, and more...
Thursday, October 31, 3:30–5:30 pm
Bring the family and join us for our annual Halloween celebrations on Fourth Street in Berkeley!
Friday, October 31, 4–7 pm
Put on your costume and trick-ot-treat at the shops at Marin Country Mart in Larkspur.
Friday, October 31, 5 pm
Enjoy a fun evening of spooky events including a pumpkin carving contest, Halloween parade, Trick or Treat Lane, and a dog costume contest.
Saturday, November 1, noon–3 pm
The 25th annual Halloween Hoopla returns featuring fun performances and activities for kids under 10 and their adults!
