Get ready for a wild Halloween Adventure at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo! Celebrate spooky season with family-friendly fun, from creepy crawly critter shows and costume parades to festive crafts, ghoulish games, trick-or-treating and special animal encounters. Come dressed in your Halloween best and enjoy $3 off general admission from October 24–31. All Green Halloween activities are included with park admission.
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Halloween transforms Japantown with San Jose Taiko drumming, trick‑or‑treating, skateboarding activities and a Judi Oyama demonstration, in partnership with the Japanese American Museum for all ages.
Spooky paper creations hide among bookshelves at Biblioteca Latinoamericana, where participants grab clue cards, search the shelves, and claim prizes at the information desk, ages 5–18.
Spooky LEGO workshop at Roosevelt Community Center lets participants build haunted scenes, ghostly builds, and monster‑inspired creations while learning design skills, ages 5–10.
Spooky creatures roam the children's area; collect a search list at the info desk and find them all to claim a prize, free, for ages 12 and under.
Spooky Halloween LEGO® workshop at Evergreen Community Center, Room 2 lets participants build haunted scenes, ghostly builds, and monster-inspired creations, learning design skills, for ages 5–10.
Bluey's Big Play (San Jose Center for the Performing Arts) — Live theatrical adaptation of the Emmy‑winning series featuring original story, new music and elaborate puppets.
Leprechaun Pop-up at O'Flaherty's Irish Pub transforms Downtown San Jose with a Halloween leprechaun‑themed takeover; follow the rainbow to San Pedro Square.
Live entertainment, cultural demonstrations, and diverse artmaking experiences fill Community Day: Día de Los Muertos at the San Jose Museum of Art.
Symphony San Jose presents a Halloween concert of classical themes, conducted by Peter Jaffe with vocalist Bianca Orsi, featuring a costume contest, California Theatre, $35–$125, all ages.
Trunk‑or‑treating, games, music and more at Seven Trees Community Center, San José, for all ages.
Trunk-or-Treat in the Seven Trees Community Center parking lot offers costume-wearing trick-or-treating, music, games, art, and local vendors, free, all ages.
Ghostbusters Pop-up (Dr. Funk: Rum House + Kitchen, San Jose) — Bar transforms with Ghostbusters décor and specialty Halloween cocktails for paranormal fun.
