Día de los Muertos
Major cultural festival featuring altars, folklorico dancers, and live musical performances.
36 family-friendly fall activities near Lennox.
This year, Lennox area families have many Halloween gatherings to choose from, totaling over a dozen events across nearby towns. For a large-scale outdoor celebration, consider events like the Redondo Beach Pier Halloween, while those seeking a free, family-focused experience might find the Crenshaw Imperial Plaza Halloween Event to be a good fit.
Trick-or-treating, carnival games, and a costume parade for families.
Community potluck picnic, live band music, and harvest games in Long Beach.
Self-guided bar crawl across Santa Monica with drink vouchers and after-party.
Member-exclusive after-hours Halloween evening with scientists, music, and special exhibits.
Interactive screening featuring live shadow cast Sins O' The Flesh.
Massive street celebration featuring live DJ sets, food trucks, and costumed crowds.
See all trunk-or-treats, pumpkin patches, and kid-friendly events nearby.
Trunk-or-treats, library story hours and craft days, downtown merchant trick-or-treat afternoons, and community costume parades are typically free and calendar-published by early October. Add a self-made itinerary: decorated-house drive at dusk, home pumpkin carving with patch-stand pumpkins, and a backyard scavenger hunt. Two free events plus one paid farm day makes a full season without a big spend.
Budget in layers: many farms charge $5-15 admission or per-activity wristbands, pumpkins run by size or weight on top, and food, face painting, and pony rides stack quickly. A family of four commonly lands at $60-100 with a pumpkin each. Cheaper plan: free-admission farm stands for the pumpkin itself, and pay for one activity bundle instead of a la carte everything.
Decide before arrival: one wristband bundle or two single activities per kid, one pumpkin each with a size cap, and one treat. Eat lunch beforehand, bring your own water, and set the souvenir answer to no in the car. Weekday and season-opening discounts are common, and the free stuff, animals, hay mountains, and photo spots, is what kids remember anyway.