Monterey Halloween Events

Monterey Halloween 2025

What to Expect This Halloween in Monterey!

Monterey halloween: Monterey halloween comes alive around Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium with seaside pumpkin walks and spooky coastal views. Enjoy haunted lighthouse tours, foggy bay ghost walks, and family fall festivals along Fisherman's Wharf and Old Monterey.

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Monterey Halloween Events

Monterey Family-Friendly Fall Activities (1)

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📍 Monterey, CA, US
(1.0 mi from Monterey)

Pumpkin Pandemonium

Free pumpkins and kid-friendly Halloween fun.

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Event Details

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💰 Budget: FREE
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⚡ Energy: Low

Event Description

Celebrate Halloween with family at the Del Monte Shopping Center's Pumpkin Pandemonium. Attendees can grab free pumpkins, enjoy kid-friendly activities, and capture memories at a fun fall photo backdrop. Candy and glow sticks will also be distributed.

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⭐ Best For: Families with young children
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Near Monterey

Carmel By The Sea Halloween Events

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Carmel
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Annual Pumpkin Roll

Annual pumpkin-rolling contest down Ocean Avenue
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 3.3 miles from Monterey
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Carmel
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Carmel City Halloween Parade and After-Parade Events

Halloween Parade and City Birthday Celebration
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 3.5 miles from Monterey
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Seaside Halloween Events

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Seaside
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Halloween Bonanza

Annual Halloween Bonanza with games and costume contest
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 2.7 miles from Monterey
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Marina Halloween Events

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Marina
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Youth Halloween Fright Night

Family-friendly Halloween fun with trunk-or-treating and inflatables
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 7.6 miles from Monterey
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Salinas Halloween Events

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Salinas
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First Mayor's House Family Fun Halloween Event

Family-friendly Halloween fun with a 'Scary (but not Haunted)' House
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 14.2 miles from Monterey
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Watsonville Halloween Events

Two cartoon children dressed in Halloween costumes, a boy in a gnome outfit and a girl dressed as a witch, walk down a street decorated with pumpkins. The girl holds a carved pumpkin with a spooky face.
Huntington Beach
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Surf City Spooktacular

Main Street transformed into a Halloween extravaganza
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 17.7 miles from Monterey
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Watsonville
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Downtown Candy Crawl

Community-wide trick-or-treat and Halloween parade
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 24.7 miles from Monterey
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Santa Cruz Halloween Events

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Santa Cruz
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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History - Museum of the Macabre

Macabre exhibits exploring natural history and local lore.
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 26.0 miles from Monterey
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Santa Cruz
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Creepy Crawly Watercolor Class

Watercolor class inspired by entomology and museum collections.
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 26.0 miles from Monterey
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Hollister Halloween Events

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Hollister
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Swank Farms Fall Festival

Central California's only farm with Halloween terror and fall fun.
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$-$$$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 35.6 miles from Monterey
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Hollister
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Pumpkin Junction Field Trips & Casa de Pumpkin Patch

Hands-on field trip with pumpkin picking and historic train ride.
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 37.2 miles from Monterey
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Gilroy Halloween Events

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Gilroy
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The Great Big BOO! at Gilroy Gardens

Family-friendly Halloween event with live shows and trick-or-treating.
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 31.6 miles from Monterey
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Gilroy
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10th Annual Downtown Gilroy Beer Crawl

Over 20 pour stations with local and regional craft beers
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 33.4 miles from Monterey
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Los Gatos Halloween Events

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San Jose
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Rebel Yell Haunted House

America's Scariest Home Haunt
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 44.9 miles from Monterey
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Campbell Halloween Events

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CA 95008
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Creepy Crawly Halloween Trick-or-Treat

Community-wide costume party and trick-or-treating
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 FREE 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 47.4 miles from Monterey
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A spooky Halloween scene with a pirate ship and a haunted house on the water under a full moon, with glowing jack-o'-lanterns and bats in the sky.
San Jose
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Grimm's Hollow

Immersive pirate-themed Halloween adventure with a separate scary attraction.
👻👻👻👻👻 💰 $$ 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
📏 48.9 miles from Monterey
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Last updated: 10/9/2025