San Mateo Halloween & Things to Do 2025
Your complete guide to the best halloween in San Mateo and surrounding areas
San Mateo transforms for Halloween 2025 near downtown and Bay Meadows with supernatural celebrations and macabre fun at well-known attractions. Residents and visitors share ghost walks, costume festivities and pumpkin events including family-friendly markets and neighborhood haunt nights.
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Family-Friendly Fall Activities
44 eventsHalloween party at a world-renowned science museum
Halloween Food, Drink, and Parties
24 eventsFive themed rooms with 10 DJs and live entertainment
Haunted Experiences
13 eventsTwo award-winning haunted houses with live scare actors.
Halloween Movies, Theater, and Entertainment
5 eventsDual-story ballet: Headless Horseman & Viva La Vida
Halloween Activities
14 eventsOver 100 illuminated art displays by local artists
Editor's Picks (6)
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SuperNatural Halloween at California Academy of Sciences
(San Francisco)
Halloween party at a world-renowned science museum
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Fear Overload Scream Park
(Newark)
Two award-winning haunted houses with live scare actors.
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Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival
(Half Moon Bay)
World-famous celebration of the great and almighty gourd
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W Hotel San Francisco MEGA Halloween Party
(San Francisco)
Five themed rooms with 10 DJs and live entertainment
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The Great Hauntway
(San Francisco)
Free Halloween fun at Sunset Dunes
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The Headless Horseman + Viva La Vida
Dual-story ballet: Headless Horseman & Viva La Vida
San Mateo Halloween Events Map
See every Halloween event, haunted attraction, and pumpkin patch on one map.
