Halloween Events and Activities In and Around Ventura County
/Halloween season is upon us again! Halloween 2025 looks to be a fun time with this compilation of Halloween events taking place in Ventura County and surrounding areas.
Dates/times subject to change; contact event organizers to confirm. This list will be updated regularly. For calendar view, click here.
Pumpkin Patches in Ventura County and Surrounding Areas
EVENTS COMING UP
Oct 17-19: Boo at the Zoo at the Santa Barbara Zoo (5-8PM)
Sat, Oct 18: Free Pumpkin Patch at Simi Valley Town Center (10AM)
Sat, Oct 18: Simi Valley YMCA Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat (3-6PM) (RSVP)
Sat, Oct 18: Trail or Treat at Camarillo Grove Park (10AM-1PM; $10 hike requires RSVP)
Sat, Oct 18: Halloween Haunted Trail, Costume Contest and Trick or Treat Street in Thousand Oaks (6-9PM)
Oct 18-19: Boo at the Zoo at The Teaching Zoo in Moorpark
Sun, Oct 19: Calabasas Pumpkin Festival (10AM-5PM)
Wed, Oct 22: VC Dept of CSS 4th Annual Trunk or Treat in Camarillo (4-6PM)
Wed, Oct 22: Trick-or-Treat at The Collection at RiverPark in Oxnard (5PM) (RSVP)
Wed, Oct 22: 4th Annual Spook-Tacular Celebration in Port Hueneme (5-8PM)
Thu, Oct 23: Oxnard Police Department Trunk or Treat Spooktacular (5-7PM)
Fri, Oct 24: Ventura Harbor Witches Paddle (4-5:30PM)
Fri, Oct 24: Spooky Swim at Pleasant Valley Aquatic Center in Camarillo (5:30PM) (RSVP)
Fri, Oct 24: City of Malibu Bu Bash Halloween Carnival (Ages 2-10) (3-6PM)
Fri, Oct 24: Spooktacular Bash at Camarillo Community Center (5-7PM Age 50+)
Fri, Oct 24: Spooky Town at the Simi Valley Town Center (5-9PM)
Fri, Oct 24: Terrifying True Stories in a Haunted Church at Heritage Square Oxnard (6-10:30PM)
Oct 24-26: Boo at the Zoo at the Santa Barbara Zoo (5-8PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Inaugural Pumpkin Paddle at Channel Islands Harbor (10AM)
Sat, Oct 25: Halloween “BooFest” Event in Old Town Camarillo (Noon-4PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Harvest Festival at Stagecoach Inn Museum (1-4PM)
Oct 25-26: Boo at the Zoo at The Teaching Zoo in Moorpark
Sat, Oct 25: Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Contest in Camarillo (10AM-1PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Peace Pumpkin Fest in Camarillo (10AM-3PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Contest at Ventura Harbor Village (Noon)
Sat, Oct 25: Pumpkin Party at the Leonis Adobe Museum in Calabasas (1-4PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Pumpkin Festival at Christ the King Newbury Park (3-6PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Downtown Ventura Costume Contest and Trick-or-Treating (3-7PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Halloween Haunt in the Park at Plaza Park in Oxnard (4-7PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Parade of Frights Marketplace at Channel Islands Harbor (2-8PM; Parade at 7PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Ventura Family YMCA Trunk-or-Treat in Ventura (5-7PM)
Sat, Oct 25: Fall Festival at Conejo Valley Church of Christ (4-6PM)
Sat Oct 25: Terrifying True Stories in a Haunted Church at Heritage Square Oxnard (6-10:30PM)
Sun, Oct 26: Dia de los Muertos Celebration at Strathearn Historical Park (11AM-5PM)
Sun, Oct 26: Seaside Trick or Treat at Ventura Harbor Village (1-3PM)
Sun, Oct 26: Thriller Zombie Dance at Ventura Harbor Village (2:45-3:15PM)
Mon, Oct 27: Moorpark College Music “Aca-BOOza” Halloween Concert (7PM)
Wed, Oct 29: Trunk or Treat at Thousand Oaks Post Acute (5-7PM)
Wed, Oct 29: Halloween in the Park in Camarillo (5-8PM)
Thu, Oct 30: SHINE Homeschool Halloween Carnival in Thousand Oaks (12:30PM RSVP)
Thu, Oct 30: Moorpark College Music “Requiem X Dia de Los Muertos” (1PM, 7PM)
Fri, Oct 31: Halloween Carnival in Oak Park (3-6PM)
Fri, Oct 31: Halloween Carnival in Simi Valley (3-6PM)
Fri, Oct 31: Trick or Treating at The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks (3-6PM)
Fri, Oct 31: Trick or Treat at the Camarillo Premium Outlets (4-6PM)
Fri, Oct 31: Haunted High Street Event in Moorpark (4-7PM)
Sat, Nov 1: Dia de los Muertos Celebration in Downtown Ventura (11AM-6PM)
Sat, Nov 1: Festival de los Muertos Event in Newbury Park (4-8PM)
Sun, Nov 2: Dia de los Muertos Events at Three Locations in Santa Paula (11AM-5PM)
ONGOING EVENTS
Sep 27 to Oct 31: Underwood Family Farms Fall Harvest on the Farm in Moorpark
Sep 26 to Nov 2: Reign of Terror Haunted House at Janss Marketplace Thousand Oaks
Sep 26 to Nov 1: Nights of the Jack Halloween Experience at King Gillette Ranch
Sep 27 to Oct 31: Fall Festival at Prancer’s Farm in Santa Paula
Oct 10-12, 17-19, 24-26: Santa Paula Theater Center “Ghostwalk” Event
Through Oct 26: Imaginarium’s “Atlantis” at the Camarillo Premium Outlets
Cool Residential Displays (Click links for footage and more info)
10 Carob Drive, south of Borchard in Newbury Park
Residential display synchronized to music at 1455 Valley High, Thousand Oaks
Golden Crest Avenue in Newbury Park (Cross Street Antelope Place) - Two homes
“Blackwood Cemetery” annual display at home on Blackwood Street in Newbury Park
Mapleleaf Ave west of Madrid Ave in Newbury Park
Camino Dos Rios west of Lynn Road in Thousand Oaks
Flaming Star and Shenandoah in Thousand Oaks
Donald Avenue, just east of Wendy Drive in Newbury Park
Annual awesome display at this home on Yew Drive in Newbury Park
Past Events
Sun, Oct 5: Trunk or Treat at Iceoplex Simi Valley (2:15-6PM)
Sat/Sun Oct 11-12: Mizel Family Foundation Harvest Festival in Thousand Oaks (10AM-2PM)
Sat, Oct 12: California Joe Halloween Magic Show at Camarillo Library (11AM-Noon)