Poway Halloween & Things to Do 2026

Your complete guide to the best halloween in Poway and surrounding areas

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Poway hosts Halloween 2025 around Old Poway Park and the town center with spooky adventures and haunted happenings in historic settings.

The season brings ghost hunting tours, Halloween markets and elegant costume balls for diverse October nights.

Find the best Poway Halloween happenings this year!

Poway Halloween - spooky scene with haunted house, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, witches, and trick-or-treaters

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Family-Friendly Fall Activities

1 of 38 HalGLOWeen at the San Diego Zoo San Diego

A glowing Halloween spectacular with diverse entertainment

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Haunted Experiences

1 of 13 Storm Halloween Festival & Marketplace Lake Elsinore

Electrifying Halloween festival with carnival rides and marketplace

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Food, Drink, and Parties

1 of 13 43rd Annual Carlsbad Rotary Oktoberfest Fall Festival Carlsbad

Authentic German Bier Garten with live music and traditional food.

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Movies, Theater, and Entertainment

1 of 3 Candlelight Laguna Beach: Halloween Classics Laguna Beach

Halloween Classics performed by candlelight

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Unique & Unusual

1 of 11 Temecula Ghost Tours Temecula

Haunted pub crawl combining history and spirits.

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Editor's Picks

  1. HalGLOWeen at the San Diego Zoo (San Diego)
    A glowing Halloween spectacular with diverse entertainment
  2. Storm Halloween Festival & Marketplace (Lake Elsinore)
    Electrifying Halloween festival with carnival rides and marketplace
  3. SAMLARC Halloween Family Festival (Rancho Santa Margarita)
    Free community Halloween festival with trick-or-treating and costume contest
  4. Whaley House Ghost Tours (San Diego)
    America's Most Haunted House® with documented paranormal activity
  5. Ghosts & Gravestones San Diego Halloween Tour (San Diego)
    Ride the 'Trolley of the Doomed' with spirited ghost hosts.
  6. Creepy Candy Crawl (La Jolla)
    Village-wide trick-or-treating with costume contest.

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