Palm Desert Halloween & Things to Do 2026
Your complete guide to the best halloween in Palm Desert and surrounding areas
Palm Desert awakens for Halloween 2025 around El Paseo and the historic downtown, offering spooky adventures and haunted happenings near the shops. Festivities feature haunted entertainment, fall events and spooky adventures, plus street performances, pumpkin markets and family-friendly Halloween carnivals.
Find the best Palm Desert Halloween happenings this year!
Browse Halloween Near Palm Desert by Category
Family-Friendly Fall Activities
Free admission with bicycle prizes and trick-or-treating
Food, Drink, and Parties
Adult boozy trick-or-treating station
Haunted Experiences
Electrifying Halloween festival with carnival rides and marketplace
Movies, Theater, and Entertainment
Live theatrical performance of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'
Unique & Unusual
Spine-tingling ghost stories and historical oddities.
Editor's Picks
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Storm Halloween Festival & Marketplace
(Lake Elsinore)
Electrifying Halloween festival with carnival rides and marketplace
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CarnEvil: Le Cirque du Mal
(Temecula)
The return of the infamous 1800s French circus, Le Cirque du Mal
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9th Annual Cathedral City Halloween SPOOKTACULAR
(Cathedral City)
Free admission with bicycle prizes and trick-or-treating
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FEAR Haunt 2025
Multiple haunted houses and eerie mazes
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Howl-O-Ween at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
Spook-tacular Halloween celebration with animals and fall festivities.
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Adult Boozy Trick or Treating & Costume Party
(Temecula)
Adult boozy trick-or-treating station
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