Halloween is taking over San Jose's Japantown! Join San Jose Taiko for a beloved neighborhood tradition filled with family-friendly festivities, trick-or-treating and community fun. This year, the celebration gets an exciting twist with Skate Day, featuring skateboarding activities and a special demonstration by pioneering skateboarder Judi Oyama, in partnership with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.
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Mexican Heritage Plaza hosts the 10th annual Avenida de Altares with an outdoor altar gallery, hands‑on art, artisanal vendors, face painting, and live performances for all ages.
Grand Century Mall hosts 365 Night Market’s Halloween weekend with 50+ vendors, street food, dance and music performances, raffle giveaways, and free admission and parking.
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 Mad Science show, Halloween craft station, and limited spooky treats at Pearl Avenue’s Halloween Festival, with costumes encouraged, seating first‑come, for ages 12 and under.
Spooktacular Halloween storytime with costume parade and trick‑or‑treating, plus stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities, at Cambrian 2nd Floor Picture Book Area, free for ages 5 and under.
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.
Green Halloween at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo offers creepy crawly critter shows, costume parades, crafts, ghoulish games, trick‑or‑treating, and special animal encounters, $3 off admission.
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.
Ghostbusters Pop-up (Dr. Funk: Rum House + Kitchen, San Jose) — Bar transforms with Ghostbusters décor and specialty Halloween cocktails for paranormal fun.
