Looking for the best haunted houses, scary shows, theme park Halloween events or just a family-friendly trick-or-treating fun for the kids? Here’s the list of Southern California Halloween Events 2024 for the scariest and not-so-scary way to enjoy the Halloween haunt. Boo!
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HALLOWEEN EVENTS 2024:
1. Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights – Universal City, CA
Enjoy terrifying mazes, sinister scare zones, outrageous live entertainment, and some of the park’s most exhilarating attractions. The 2024 Universal Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights will run select nights between September 5 to November 3.
Buy Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights Discount Tickets, starting at $74.
2. Legoland Brick or Treat – Carlsbad, CA
Enjoy Legoland California’s Brick or Treat Monster Party with rides open ’til late, trick-or-treating, character meet & greets, live entertainment & shows, costume contest, Halloween décor, and more! Legoland Brick or Treat 2024 will run every Saturday beginning September 14 and Saturdays and Sundays in October.
Check the Legoland Brick or Treat Guide, starting at $84 per person.
3. Knott’s Scary Farm – Buena Park, CA
Experience unique haunted mazes and attractions, sinister shows, and more than 1,000 horrifying creatures lurking in the fog and hiding in every corner of the park. Knott’s Scary Farm 2024 will run select nights between September 19 to November 2.
4. Knott’s Spooky Farm – Buena Park, CA
Enjoy a daytime family-friendly Halloween celebration at Knott’s Berry Farm where kids can trick-or-treat around the town of Calico’s shops and buildings to collect sweet treats from the friendly townsfolk plus enjoy even more kids’ Halloween activities. The park is transformed with themed décor and spooky surprises. Knott’s Spooky Farm 2024 will be available at the park during the daytime from Thursdays to Sundays between September 26 – October 31, plus Halloween.
5. SeaWorld San Diego Howl-O-Scream – San Diego, CA
Howl-O-Scream will feature terrifying haunted houses and scare zones, roaming haunts, acrobatic performances, live DJ, thrilling rides and coasters, and sinister cocktail bars. SeaWorld Howl-O-Scream 2024 will operate on select nights starting September 27 to November 2.
Buy SeaWorld San Diego Howl-O-Scream Discount Tickets, starting at $42.99.
6. SeaWorld San Diego Halloween Spooktacular – San Diego, CA
The daytime SeaWorld Halloween Spooktacular is for families to enjoy trick or treating, seasonal decor, and more at SeaWorld San Diego theme park. SeaWorld Spooktacular 2024 will be available every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting September 6 to November 3.
Buy SeaWorld San Diego Discount Tickets, starting at $59.99 or $102.99 (Buy One Adult Ticket, Get 1 Kid Free).
7. Castle Dark at Castle Park Riverside – Riverside, CA
Castle Park turn into Castle Dark and experience all-new haunted mazes, scare zones, and more at Riverside’s best haunt. And don’t miss some Halloween treats, from seasonal funnel cakes to fruit juice in a blood bag. Castle Dark 2024 will be available on select nights from September 20 through October 27.
Buy Castle Dark Discount Tickets, only $19.99.
8. Street Food Cinema Halloween Movies – Los Angeles, CA
Street Food Cinema is an outdoor movie event with live music (before the movie starts) and food trucks available. This October, enjoy Halloween movies like The Shining, Beetlejuice, Hitchcock Night: Psycho & The Birds, etc., at various parks across Los Angeles.
Buy Street Food Cinema Discount Tickets.
9. Vampirate’s Dinner Adventure – Buena Park, CA
Get costumed-up for Halloween and head to VamPirate’s Dinner Adventure. This special Halloween show includes a costume contest on select nights. Travel back to the 1800s where you’ll climb aboard the Evil Captain Sebastian the Black’s ship for an interactive family-friendly evening filled with adventure, romance, and a spooky good time. While enjoying a three-course meal so delicious it’s scary, you’ll witness feats of aerial artistry, swordplay, death-defying stunts, and dynamic duels. Vampirates 2024 will be available on select nights from September 13 to November 3.
Buy Pirate’s Dinner Adventure Discount Tickets, only $29 to $55.
10. Howl-O-Ween at The Living Desert Zoo – Palm Desert, CA
Dress up in your favorite costume and enjoy a festive and family-friendly Halloween event in Palm Desert’s The Living Desert Zoo which includes trick-or-treat candy stations, live magic, interactive aily activities, animal trading cards, photo ops, Halloween treats, and more. The Living Desert Zoo Howl-O-Ween Dates are October 26 and 27 only.
11. Boo at the L.A. Zoo – Los Angeles, CA
Boo at the L.A. Zoo will be on October 19, 20, 26, and 27. The Halloween spirit will be in full swing for two frightfully fun weekends at the L.A. Zoo, with trick-or-treating stations featuring premium Mars candies, plus animal pumpkin feedings, themed photo ops, story readings, and an extinct animal graveyard. Costumes are encouraged!
12. Nights of the Jack – Calabasas, CA
Nights Of The Jack is an immersive Halloween experience for all ages. Vast
grounds of intricately hand-carved and illuminated jack o’lanterns will welcome
visitors as they make their way through the walking trail around King Gillette
Ranch in Calabasas, CA. Angelenos will have the opportunity to immerse
themselves in a Halloween wonderland featuring a live pumpkin carver, gift shop,
top LA food trucks, our “The Spookeasy Bar” and tons of other
“Instagrammable” moments for all to enjoy!
Nights of the Jack 2024 will take place on select days from September 27 through November 2.
13. Carved – La Cañada Flintridge, CA
Carved is a family-friendly event for all ages. Discover a mesmerizing pumpkin wonderland featuring a new route, and even more pumpkin fun! The new Descanso Railroad will be specially lit for Carved, and a family of wood spirits carved from five enormous logs by Chainsaw Jenna will add a touch of playful mischief to the event. You’ll be amazed by luminous jack-o’-lanterns, hand-carved giant pumpkins and our “Rhizome” installation by Tom and Lien Dekyvere.
Carved at Descanso Gardens 2024 will run from October 4 to 30.
14. HalGLOWeen at San Diego Zoo – San Diego, CA
HalGLOWeen, San Diego Zoo’s light-up-the-night, Halloween-themed extravaganza is back! This year’s celebration is full of amazing entertainment, interactive festivities, and lots of spooky surprises! HalGLOWeen 2024 will run Fridays to Sundays in October. Activities start at 5 PM.
Buy San Diego Zoo Discount Tickets, for only $57 to $67 when you use promo code FALL.
15. Boo at the Zoo at America’s Teaching Zoo – Moorpark, CA
This Southern California Halloween event at the zoo will have interactive trick-or-treat stations, kids’ crafts, food trucks, wildlife presentations, scavenger hunts, and animal meet & greets. Boo at the Zoo will be on the last 2 weekends of October – 19, 20, 26, and 27, 2024.
16. Fairplex Pomona – Fearplex presents Lights Out
LIGHTS OUT is a horror-themed interactive event at Fairplex Pomona, home of the LA County Fair. The Halloween event will feature mazes, interactive experiences, egames, food, and entertainment. The event will be on select nights between October 4 to 31, 2024.
Buy Pomona Fairplex Lights Out Discount Tickets, $28 versus the $39.99.
17. Sesame Place San Diego The Count’s Halloween Spooktucular
Come in costume and celebrate silly, not-too-spooky fun at The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular at Sesame Place! The park will be transformed into a family-friendly Halloween haven and guests can enjoy trick-or-treating around the park, Halloween-themed shows and parades, participate in interactive Sesame Scarecrow Scavenger Hunt, and unique photo opportunities with everyone’s favorite furry friends dressed up in costume! Every weekend from September 14 to November 3.
Buy Sesame Place San Diego Discount Tickets (Halloween event included with admission)
18. Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
Get ready for an electrifying Halloween experience in Los Angeles as the Haunted Hayride returns in 2024 with spine-tingling attractions that will leave you trembling with fear.
Buy Haunted Hayride Discount Tickets, save $7 – tickets are only $39.99 to $49.99.
19. Queen Mary Dark Harbor
Queen Mary Dark Harbor is back this 2024 and will once again transform the ship and surrounding harbor into a massive Halloween festival featuring haunted mazes, hundreds of monsters, immersive attractions, live entertainment, VIP experiences, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides, festive eats and treats, instagrammable moments and more! The event will run on select nights from September 20 to November 2.
The festival format allows you to pick and choose from a variety of attractions and experiences from terrifying mazes aboard the notoriously haunted Queen Mary to festival favorites like the Sinister Swings!
Buy Queen Mary Dark Harbor Discount Tickets, only $29 to $49 versus $34.99 to $54.99.
Check out other Fun Things to do in October:
Other Halloween Events:
- California – California’s Great America Trick or Treat
- Connecticut – Lake Compounce Phantom Fall Fest Discount
- Florida – Busch Gardens Tampa Howl-O-Scream Discount
- Florida – SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream Discount
- Georgia – Stone Mountain Pumpkin Festival Discount
- Georgia – Pumpkins at Callaway Discount
- Georgia – Great Pumpkin LumiNights at Wild Adventures
- Iowa – Adventureland Phantom Fall Fest Discount
- Kentucky – Discount to Pumpkins at Kentucky Kingdom
- Michigan – Michigan’s Adventure Tricks and Treats Discount
- Minnesota – Valleyfair Tricks and Treats Discount
- Missouri – Worlds of Fun The Great Pumpkin Fest and Halloween Haunt Discount
- Nevada – Halloveen at the Magical Forest Discount
- North Carolina – SCarowinds Discount Tickets
- Ohio – Kings Island Tricks & Treat and Halloween Haunt Discount
- Orlando – Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights Discount Tickets
- Pennsylvania – Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride Discount
- Pennsylvania – Kennywood Phanton Fall Fest Discount
- Pennsylvania – Dorney Park Great Pumpkin Fest or Halloween Haunt Discount
- Pennsylvania – Dutch Wonderland Happy Hauntings Discount
- Pennsylvania – Idlewild Hallowboo Discount
- Pennsylvania – Sesame Place Halloween Spooktacular Discount
- Texas – SeaWorld San Antonio Spooktacular & Howl-O-Scream Discount
- Virginia – Busch Gardens Halloween Spooktacular & Howl-O-Scream Discount
- Virginia – Kings Dominion The Great Pumpkin Fest & Halloween Haunt Discount
