Garden Grove Family-Friendly Fall Activities 2026

Costume competition awarding trophies and prizes across all types of pets.

Grassroots youth basketball tournament featuring pool play, playoffs, and certified officials.

After-hours Disney Halloween party with villain treat trails and entertainment.

Features 10 trick-or-treat stations, rides, and supports primate habitats.

Family-friendly Halloween party with rides, trick-or-treating, and a dance party.

Family-friendly daytime celebration featuring trick-or-treating in Calico.

Amusement park pumpkin patch featuring train rides, carousel, and a 110-foot slide.

Free family celebration with trick-or-treat candy stations, crafts, and character meet-and-greets.

Features themed weekends, corn mazes, hay rides, and a petting farm.

Features costume contests, a classic car show, and an evening parade.

Downtown celebration featuring costume contests, craft activities, and a scavenger hunt.

Costumes, demonstrations, and themed farm activities wrap up PumpkinFest.

Trackside carnival with family games, costume contest, and live horse racing.

Southern California's oldest pumpkin patch, established in 1976.

Features a trunk-or-treat, haunted walkthrough, carnival games, and costume contests.

A weekend celebrating all things pumpkin with interactive student-led activities.

Westminster celebration featuring carnival rides, live entertainment, and a drone show.

Halloween festival featuring dance parties, bumper cars, and spooky science activities.

Features laser tag, costume contests, food trucks, and decorated trunk-or-treating.

Tour decorated historical grounds with a straw maze and scavenger hunt.

Features a trunk-or-treat and movie night at Westminster Civic Center.

Spooky Fullerton Night Market featuring vendors, trick-or-treating, and contests.

Pick pumpkins off the vine, cut flowers, and meet barnyard animals.

Features inflatables, games, and a police-partnered Trunk or Treat.

Family-oriented alternative to traditional trick-or-treating with carnival games and costume contests.

Free family celebration with trick-or-treating and characters in the promenade.

Costa Mesa festival featuring a scarecrow contest and kids costume parade.

Community potluck picnic, live band music, and harvest games in Long Beach.

A family-friendly 1.2-mile Halloween trail hike featuring game booths.

School carnival featuring a haunted house, petting zoo, and foam obstacle course.

Free community festival featuring carnival rides, live music, and diverse contests.

A trick-or-treat experience hosted by local police and community services.

Spooky stories, creepy crafts, wacky science, and bizarre animal encounters.

Main Street transforms into a thrilling Halloween extravaganza.

Community trunk-or-treat featuring creatively decorated car trunks, costumes, and candy.

Pumpkin patch with free family shows, photo ops, and kids' activities.

Trick-or-treat through historic museum grounds, tour a mansion, and meet villains.

Trick-or-treating among decorated trunks with a DJ, games, and prizes.

Trick-or-treating, magic shows, crafts, and stiltwalkers across the shopping center.

Market with over 50 local vendors and a scavenger hunt.

Costume run by the sea featuring contests and finish line festivities.

Early costume release featuring a meet-and-greet with creator Garrett Sander.

Features a children's costume parade, trick-or-treating, and community booths.

Inclusive Halloween gathering with games, crafts, and costume prizes.

Pet-focused pop-up featuring local vendors, treats, and photo opportunities.

Mid-Autumn cultural celebration featuring traditional music, dance, crafts, and mooncakes.

Supervised drop-off kids event with crafts, games, and a costume contest.

No-carve craft session transforming artificial mini pumpkins for children.

Search for hidden friendly ghosts to earn a prize.

Parent-and-me fall celebration with seasonal crafts, activities, and snacks.

Paint Día de los Muertos-inspired art pieces at the library.

After-school crafting session for kids ages 6 to 11.

Southern California’s newest Halloween tradition open to all ages.

Craft a whimsical scarecrow seed starter with all supplies provided.

Craft a not-so-scary ghost peeking through a window.

Community celebration featuring altars, live music, a beer garden, and crafts.

Community carnival with games, a haunted house, and a costume parade.

Community celebration with a trunk-or-treat display and haunted maze.

Features a pumpkin patch, pumpkin race, inflatables, and live music.

Festive fall celebration with pumpkins and carnival games.

Month-long Halloween celebration with themed activities and treats.

Three weekends of spooky vendors and live music

Trick-or-treating at participating retailers with free bags

Halloween event for dogs and owners

Pet-friendly Halloween celebration with haunted maze

Halloween-themed soap making for teens

Free Kids Club event with story time and crafts