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BUENA PARK - Knotts Berry Farm-
35th Annual Halloween Haunt is world's largest theme park event.
Shocking walk-through mazes, re-themed rides and one scare
experience, with Knott’s Annual Haunt and 1,000 costumed
creatures wandering the park, mazes and rides. October 24-31.
Knott’s Berry Farm closes at 5:30 p.m. each evening and reopens
at 7 p.m. as Knott’s Scary Farm. The fear continues until 1 a.m.
(2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays). Tickets: $46-51/person.
Opens at 7 p.m. knotts.com
CAPITOLA - Capitola Village Halloween Parade in Capitola
Village. Capitola-Soquel Chamber for more info 475-6522.
Parade begins at 2 p.m. Capitola, Pacific Cove Parking Lot above
Capitola Police Department & City Hall. Parade winds through
Capitola Village and ends at Esplanade Park. capitolachamber.com
FILLMORE - Headless
Horseman Family Dinner Train - Time: Departs 7 p.m. - returns 9
p.m. Cost: $40/adult; $26 kid; $20/age 3 and under. Ichabog and
The Headless Horseman are the theme of the train ride which goes
into the darkness of night in the wide open spaces where who
knows what, or who else, may be lurking! A feast of BBQ tri-tip
and chicken, beans, potato salad, bread and coffee or lemonade
is served at the Pumpkin Patch and included in the ticket.
Location: Fillmore & Western Railway Co., Fillmore, CA. Phone:
805-524-2546. fwry.com
LAGUNA BEACH -
Pageant
of the Monsters Halloween Ball and Haunted House
entertainment. From the folks who bring you Pageant of the
Masters, enjoy this hauntingly entertaining event appropriate
for ages 5 and up. Cost: $100/person, 21+. Time: 6-9:30 p.m.
Location: Pageant of the Masters, 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna
Beach, CA. Call: 800-487-3378 or pageanttickets.com
LONG BEACH- Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade. Pet Adoption
Fair & Kids' Costume Contest. 2:30 p.m. parade; Start/finish:
Livingston Park, 4900 E. Livingston Dr. (@ Park Ave.), Long
Beach, 90803. The 12-block sidewalk parade takes place on Second
St. between Roycroft and Granada avenues and lasts about an
hour. More than 550 dogs last year helped us to raise more than
$10,000! More costumed dogs are expected this year!! Vendor and
adoption fair runs 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Kids' Costume Contest at
4:30 p.m. at Livingston Park. All events are free to watch. Fee:
$10 per parade dog. (Or, just $25 for entry w/ a cool Haute Dog
t-shirt). Win great prizes! $2 for kids' costume contest.
hautedogs.org
MONO COUNTY - Fall
Foliage season. It lasts approx. 8 weeks through early November
and is one of the world's most colorful displays of leaves
changing color.
Photos &
information.
OCEANSIDE -Dia
de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - Street festival
celebrating the lives of deceased loved ones with ofrendas/altars
built in the streets. msoceanside.com
SAN DIEGO - Haunted
Trail and Haunted Hotel in Balboa Park. Guests head from Marston
Point (6th and Juniper) past graveyards and ghosts, past
menacing trees. Hours: 7 to Midnight, Fri & Sat; 7-11 p.m.
Sun-Wed. Cost: $13.99. Call: (619) 696-SCARE. hauntedtrail.net.
SAN DIEGO -
Ghost Coach takes those seeking a real live Halloween Haunt
on a city-wide storytelling adventure to the city's darker side.
Theatrical ghost hosts take you on a riding tour, throughout San
Diego's most haunted places, including a visit to “Americas Most Haunted Location.”
SAN FRANCISCO -
Pumpkin Pandemonium at Pier 39. Kids 12 and under in costume
trick or treat throughout PIER 39. Pumpkin carving
demonstrations, and face painting available, as well as photos
with frightful characters. Children can wander through the
pumpkin patch to pick one free pumpkin. Location: The
Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA. Cost: Free admission. pier39.com
SUNSET BEACH -
Sunset Gondola sunset authentic gondoliers and gondola
cruises.
Peter's Landing, Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA.
VENTURA - Day of the
Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Community Celebration - 7th Annual Dia
de los Muertos event is one of the most important holidays in
many parts of Mexico, but the tradition is now popular in the
United States among non-Latinos as well as Latinos. Museum of
Ventura County festival of the Days of the Dead features
colorful ofrendas (altars to honor the dead) by local artists,
schools and community groups, traditional dancing by Danza
Azteca Cuauhtemoc, music by Mariachi Costa de Oro, and Mexican
folk crafts to try, including papel picado, papier-mâché
butterflies, paper flowers and masks, and sugar skull
decorating. Time: Noon 12:00- 3:00 p.m. Free admission.
Location: 100 E. Main Street, Downtown Ventura, CA Call: (805)
653-0323. venturamuseum.org
UNIVERSAL CITY -
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface, new mazes,
backlot Terror Tram, and Halloween Horror Nights. No costumes
allowed at admission. Time: 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Cost: Ticket Price:
$29 - $51.99. Address: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City,
CA 91608. Tickets: www.halloweenhorrornights.com/hollywood
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