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Spooky Science: The Great Haunt
Discovery Cube Los Angeles, Sylmar, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 5-Nov. 3. The Discovery Cubes (in both L.A. and the O.C.) will both be concocting some Spooky Science during the Halloween...
10/05/2019 - 11/03/2019: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Coco at the El Capitan
El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, CA10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Oct. 10-13. "Coco" returns to the El Capitan as part of its Fall Family Favorites series. Before...
10/10/2019 - 10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Japanese Garden Celebration
Descanso Gardens, La Cañada-Flintridge, CA9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12-13. This annual festival not only celebrates Descanso's Japanese Garden but Japanese art and culture too. You can experience Kishin Daiko...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Second Home's Community Marathon Weekend
La Brea Tar Pits, L.A., CA9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 13. This weekend, the Second Home Serpentine Pavilion is the site for this showcase of local...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
California Native Plant Society Annual Plant Sale
Sepulveda Garden Center, Encino, CA10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 12-13. The Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plant Society hosts this weekend-long event. Focusing on species that...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Castle Builder: Build Your Kingdom
Discovery Cube Orange County, Santa Ana, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12-Jan. 27. Kids can learn how to be the master of their castle, but building one and finding out run it...
10/12/2019 - 01/27/2020: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Plush Puffs Marshmallows 1st Birthday Party
Plush Puffs Hand Crafted Marshmallows, Burbank, CA10 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 12, noon-7 p.m. Oct. 13. Plush Puffs celebrates its one year anniversary with a two-day party that will include Birthday Cake...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
15th Annual Reyes Adobe Days
Reyes Adobe Historical Site, Agoura Hills, CA10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 13. Celebrates California's past and present, this yearly community event kicks off Saturday morning at 10...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Farmers Market Fall Festival
Farmers Market, L.A., CA11 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 13. Since 1934, the Farmers Market has welcomed autumn with a festive family-friendly celebration. Pig races, a...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
SCBG's Fall Festival
South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes Penisula, CACelebrate everything autumnal at South Coast Botanic Garden's first-ever Fall Festival. Enjoy the Garden in celebration of this special season with games and activities for...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Kidspace Spooktacular: Monster Mash
Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CA5:30-9 p.m. Oct. 12-13. At Kidspace's evening Halloween party, you will first meet your Ghost Host in the Arroyo Adventure and then you'll encounter other...
10/12/2019 - 10/13/2019: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Hike 2 Mend
Topanga State Park: Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway, Tarzana, CAThis inaugural event is an up-to-5-mile hike that symbolizes the distance that a parent in a developing country has to travel on foot to try...
10/13/2019: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
12th Annual Dribble for the Cure at UCLA
Drake Stadium, UCLA, Los Angeles, caUCLA Athletic Department and Bruin Basketball have joined forces with the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital for this benefit event....
10/13/2019: 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Family Nature Club
L.A. Zoo, L.A.,Parents and kids can spend the morning exploring nature with unique learning experiences, including fort building, water play and activities such as story time, art,...
10/13/2019: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Knott’s Spooky Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 28-Oct. 27. Knott's weekend and daytime alternative to the nighttime, fright-filled Scary Farm, the Spooky Farm is geared for families...
10/13/2019: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Melrose Mornings' Kids Events
Melrose Trading Post, L.A., CAThe popular Melrose Trading Post has a special series designed just for kids and parents. The weekly entertainment will include kid-friendly bands and entertainers, arts...
10/13/2019: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Southern California Railway Museum's Pumpkin Patch Express
Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12-13, 19-20, 26-27. The trip to the Pumpkin Patch is only part of the fun. At the Patch, families can try...
10/13/2019: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Curtis School Fair
Curtis School, L.A., CACurtis Candyland is the theme for this year's school fair. Attractions include an express train, ferris wheel, game truck, swing chair, and zoom go karts....
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fantasy World: Italian Americans in Animation Exhibition
The Italian Museum of Los Angeles, L.A., CA10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues.-Sun. through Jan. 26. Spanning a century of animation history, this exhibit focuses the lives and work of Italian American artists, writers,...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Halloween at Madame Tussauds Hollywood
Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Hollywood, CA10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sun.-Thur., 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Oct. 1-Nov. 1. Halloween is all about costumes and frights, and you can get both at Madame...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley Exhibit
The Autry Museum of the American West, L.A., CA10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tue.–Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. March 31-Jan. 5. A Minnesota Chippewa, artist David Bradley has explored questions regarding identity, self-determination and the...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Louis Vuitton X Exhibition
Louis Vuitton X Exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sun. through Nov. 10. Explore the fashion house’s 160-year history of collaborations. This temporary installation features over 180...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Pumpkinliner
Fillmore & Western Railway Co., Fillmore, CA10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Oct. 5-27. Climb aboard a vintage train for an old-fashion ride to a private pumpkin patch at Loose Caboose...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular
SeaWorld, San Diego, CA10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 21-Oct 27. Families can enjoy a fun, not-so-spooky Spooktacular at SeaWorld. Returning to the park are the popular seasonal shows,...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
The Elevated Eye: Aerial Photography Past and Present Exhibit
Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Oct. 10–March 8. Explore the history of aerial photography - from its origins in the 19th century to the boundary-pushing technologies...
10/13/2019: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm