Sacramento is ready for the spookiest time of the year! You can find the best Halloween decor around, get your scream on at a haunted house, or enjoy some hauntingly good movies. Whether you want a 21+ event or a family-friendly one, Sacramento365 has rounded up some of the upcoming fun to make it a ghoulishly delightful time.
Movies Under the Stars
Old Sacramento
Through Oct. 31 | Thurs & Fri 6pm
Get your spooky on under the stars! Movies Under the Stars plays different Halloween-themed movies on Thursdays and Fridays leading up to Halloween. Enjoy the classics like Hocus Pocus, Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, and more.
Sacramento Scream Park
Sacramento Scream Park
Through Nov. 2 | Various dates and times
Ready for some spine-tingling fun? Wander through the four haunted houses, including biohazard labs, circus nightmares, pitch-black corridors, and a Frightmare Midway, all loaded with roaming monsters.
Hallo-Palooza
District 56
Oct. 24 | Fri 5pm-8pm
Calling all goblins and ghouls. Celebrate an Elk Grove Halloween with fun fall activities for all. Get your little ones dressed up in their costumes and come down to Hallo-Palooza & Trunk-or-Treat.
Halloscream
SMUD MOSAC
Oct. 24 | Fri 6pm & 7:30pm
Join MOSAC for a scary good time. Scream your heart out to all your heavy metal favorites like Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, KORN, and more
Midtown Halloween Festival and Pooch Parade
Fremont Park
Oct. 25 | Sat Noon-3pm
You’ll be in for a paw-sitively amazing time at the Midtown Halloween Festival and Pooch Parade! This annual event features family-friendly activities, a bounce house, a photo booth, and the Pooch Parade, where dogs and their owners show off their best costumes.
Trick Art Treat
Crocker Art Museum
Oct. 25 | Sat 2pm-3:30pm
Head out to Crocker Art Museum for a fun and spooky afternoon of Halloween-themed artmaking, storytelling, and costume-filled adventure! This festive event combines creativity, imagination, and just the right amount of eerie excitement in a safe, engaging environment.
Wickedly Ever After Drag Brunch Show
Cafeteria 15L
Oct. 25 | Sat 11am-1pm
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fiercest of them all? Forget the fairy tales you know; these queens are here to rewrite the story with higher heels, bigger wigs, and sass sharper than any poisoned apple. Grab your mimosa and prepare for a wickedly fun drag brunch.
Halloween at the Farm
Soil Born Farms American River Ranch
Oct. 25 | Sat 8am-1pm
Join Soil Born Farm for a fun-filled, family-friendly Halloween celebration. Explore the spooktacular youth garden with pumpkin decorating, flower crowns, nature crafts, and live critters from Sacramento Splash; enjoy special activities; and chow down on delicious food from the Farmhouse Kitchen Brunch.
Halloween at Hagan
Hagan Park
Oct. 25 | Sat 2:30pm-5:30pm
Come dressed in your Halloween best and join in spooky festivities for the whole family. Check out the trunk or treat, zombie run, carnival games, obstacle course, music, and so much more.
A Very Spooky Circus
Zittel Family Amphitheater
Oct. 25 | Sat 6:30pm
A Very Spooky Circus returns for another haunting year. Get ready for eerie acrobatics, fire arts, and supernatural spectacle with Infinite Spin Performing Arts, Cirque Reverie, and Organic Pyrotechnics.
Trunk or Treat
California Automobile Museum
Oct. 25 | Sat 10am-2pm
Get an early start on your trick-or-treating. The California Automobile Museum invites you out for a day of trick-or-treating, classic cars, seasonal snacks, museum exploration, and even a haunted house.
Boo Clues at the Sacramento Zoo
Sacramento Zoo
Oct. 26 | Sun 3:30pm-5:30pm
Get ready for a wickedly fun time at Boo Clues, a not-so-spooky spectacle. Boo Clues features a zoo-wide scavenger hunt that lets you solve clues right from your phone! Uncover the secrets of our animals’ Halloween antics, enjoy free carousel rides, watch animals get into the Halloween spirit with pumpkin enrichments, show off your costume, and more.
Trick or Treat at SCM
Sacramento Children’s Museum
Oct. 31 | Fri 10am-Noon
Calling all ghosts and ghouls! Wear your favorite costume and come by for a fun day of trick-or-treating featuring multiple candy stations, outside play, art activities, and more.
Fright Night Classics
Drake’s: The Barn
Oct. 31 | Fri 4pm
Get ready for a spooky good time at Fright Night Classics. This Halloween, they’re firing up the LED screen and lighting up the night with a classic Halloween movie marathon filled with all your favorite frightening films.
Slander
Heart Health Park
Oct. 31 | Fri 5:30pm
SLANDER is bringing their electrifying live show to Sacramento for a hauntingly epic night of music and energy you won’t want to miss. Joining SLANDER is none other than NGHTMRE, their longtime collaborator and one of the biggest names in bass music, along with hard-hitting support from Blanke, RIOT, and Control Freak.
Napalm Era: A KPop Demon Hunters Halloween
Harlow’s
Oct. 31 | Fri 9pm
Halloween is our moment! Heal the Honmoon with Harlow’s and listen to all your favorite KPop Hits, plus the soundtrack from KPop Demon Hunters.
Check out Sacramento365’s holiday events page for even more frightful fun!