{510} Halloween Events for East Bay Kids

Thanks to Berkeley's Fourth Street for sponsoring our Halloween Events Guide this year. The Trick or Treating session they host is a fabulous addition to our round-up of things to do with kids on Halloween! They decorate the whole street and welcome all costumed kids to trick or treat at over 80 merchant shops. Delaware Street will be closed so that the community can enjoy a Halloween festival with live music, scary hair booth, bubble show, face painting and story time with a costumed Cat in the Hat!! Learn more >

Kids so pleased with their costumes they want to wear them more than once? Here is a round-up of Halloween activities and outings where Jedi Knights and Cleopatra will be more than welcomed.

Pre-Halloween events

(jump straight to Halloween Day events)

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Halloween Day Activities: Thursday, October 31

Berkeley's Fourth Street Shops Halloween Celebration
80 or more merchants will be giving out candy/toys! Participating merchants will have pumpkin at their door. Free activities will be set up at Delaware and Fourth Street, including

• SCARY HAIR BOOTH by Keter Salon ~ Professional staff from Keter Salon will be on the street to give you spooky, scary hair with spiderwebs, creepy crawlies and wash-out color.
• FACE PAINTING ~ Made to order designs with sparkle!
• PHOTO BOOTH by Photolab ~ A tradition on Fourth Street, Photolab will commemorate your fun day with a free photo printed or sent via email.
• FUN FISHIN' at Rabat (1825 Fourth Street) ~ Toss the fishing poll in and see what you get!
• PUMPKIN PAINTING at Market Hall Foods (1786 Fourth Street)  More details >
• STILT WALKERS AND A GIANT PUPPET presented by Giant Puppets Save the World
• BUBBLE SHOW

Where: Berkeley's Fourth Street at Delaware, which will be closed off for the festival
When: From 2 pm to 5 pm on Halloween

More Halloween Day Activities for East Bay Kids

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Time	Event
9:30 am - 11:30 am	Trick or Treat & BOOtylicious Stroller Strides Grove Park, Berkeley
10:15 am - 10:45 am	Costume Storytime El Cerrito Library, El Cerrito
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Trick-or-Treat at Stoneridge Shopping Center Stoneridge Shopping Center, Pleasanton
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Fourth Street Halloween Festival Fourth Street Shops, Berkeley
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Halloween Community Parade Frances Albrier Community Center (San Pablo Park), Berkeley
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Halloween on Solano + Costume Contest The Church on the Corner, Albany
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Montclair Annual Halloween Parade Montclair Village, Oakland
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Happy Halloween Celebration at the Library Elmhurst Branch | Oakland Public Library, Oakland
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Fratello Marionettes: Spooktacular West Branch | Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Kenn Adams' Adventure Theater Claremont Branch | Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Temescal Trick or Treat Temescal District, Oakland
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Free Lil' Ninja Warrior Halloween Costume Class Castro Clubhouse, El Cerrito
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Tricks and Treats at The Crucible The Crucible, Oakland
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Taste of the World Market - Trick or Treat Orinda Community Center Park, Orinda
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm	House of Screams Haunted House MLK Jr. Youth Services Center, Berkeley

Got a baby too young for Halloween?

Here are stroller walks that show off Berkeley's best-decorated streets:

• Russell Street in Claremont (celebration ends about 8:30 pm)
• Visit the amazing pumpkins on Ashby and Piedmont
• Stroll along Josephine Street between Cedar and Rose
• Make your way to Mariposa Avenue, one of Berkeley's loveliest tree-lined streets

Keep up with the many more neighborhood Halloween parties and celebrations on our calendar!

This Halloween Guide for Bay Area Kids was sponsored by the Fourth Street Shopping District in Berkeley, one of our favorite Halloween outings for families.

Photos courtesy of Fourth Street