Additional details Highlights of the day’s festivities include: Costume Parade & Contest: Guests can show off their Halloween spirit during a festive parade culminating in a spooktacular costume contest with prizes in four categories: Toddler, Family/Group, Animal, and Judge's Favorite. The parade starts at 11 a.m. and the contest starts at 12 p.m. Costume Categories: Animal Pumpkin Enrichment: The best…
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Storytime at Bernal Heights Library followed by playground play, with limited space and first‑come tickets at the door, for ages 5 and under.
North Beach Library open house features a Día de los Muertos ofrenda, Halloween storytime, tea tasting, acrylic painting, LEGO play, and shadow‑puppet crafts, all ages.
Drop-in science workshops at Randall Museum let participants explore topics through project‑based activities, creating take‑home projects, $10 per adult/child combo, $5 each additional, for ages 4 and up.
Drop-in art workshops in the Randall Museum’s Art Room feature instructors guiding a new hands‑on project each week, $5 per person, for all ages.
Toddler and preschool-friendly toys and games shared at Glen Park Library, for ages 0–5.
Storytime for Babies at Anza, San Francisco Public Library, for ages 5 and under.
Scaregrove Halloween Event at Sigmund Stern Grove — free Halloween fun for all ages.
Ask A Master Gardener (SF Botanical Garden) — Free drop‑in horticulture help at the Helen Crocker Russell Library, answer garden questions, photos only, suggested donation $5–20.
International snow leopard day (San Francisco Zoo & Gardens) — Conservation pop-up provides information about snow leopards.
Wolf Canyon at San Francisco Zoo offers insight into the zoo’s recent role in Mexican grey wolf conservation.
In the zoo’s Service Yard waiting room, vets and techs check a child’s teddy bear after a nutrition center tour and poop briefing, plushie per child, ages 3–13.
World Lemur Day at San Francisco Zoo showcases lemurs and offers conservation information.
