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Updated 10/27/25

FOR ALL AGES!

Here is your "hub" for all things Halloween *so far* this month. Visit this page frequently for information on how to celebrate safely, join the fun for some spooktacular events, contests, and more!

Special Events & Contests!

Haunt Your Home!

6th Annual Halloween Home Decorating Contest
THE MAP IS UP! Go check out the home displays!

Put your "ghoul"ish imagination to the test and join us in our 6th Annual Haunt Your Home Halloween decorating contest! Get "crypt"-ically creative as you try to out-"BOO" your neighbors for Redwood City’s BEST decorated Halloween Home bragging rights! Entries will be judged on the following eerie-resistible categories: Best Effects, Most Creative, Scariest, and the coveted Judges’ Favorite.

Click here for more info

Boo Bash

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
3:00-7:00pm
Chan Zuckerberg Community Space Downtown Redwood City (map)
Adults $7, Kids (Age 2-17) $12

Get Tickets

Get ready for a frightfully fun afternoon packed with spooky shows, silly scares, and sweet treats! Enjoy Disney’s When You Wish Upon a Ghost book readings by author Tim McCanna, dazzling Firelight Shadow Theater, a costume parade led by the Fernside Dragons, and spooky story times with the Redwood City Public Library.

Kids can create and play at Spooky Stations featuring shadow puppets, creepy cookie decorating, make Halloween trail mix, monster mugshot photo BOOth, and more!

Perfect for families looking for just the right mix of spooky and sweet. 🎃
🎟️ Tickets close at noon on Monday, October 27. No tickets sold at the door.
🍼 Space is limited—please leave strollers at home.

Produced by the Redwood City Parks & Arts Foundation

Halloween Costume Party at the Red Morton Youth Center

Thursday, October 30, 2025
2:00-5:00pm
Red Morton Community Center (map)
Ages 10-17

Games, music, snacks + costume contest! $1 Drop-in. For More information, please contact Erik at ebetancourt@redwoodcity.org - 650.780.7316

Boo! Spooky Haunted House LEGO® Workshop

Age 5-10 | Saturday, November 1, 2025
9:00am-12:00pm
Red Morton Community Center (map)

Put on your Halloween costumes one more time and get ready to build the spookiest haunted house ever, completely out of LEGO®! In this workshop, participants will get to spend the ghostly holiday building and creating with LEGO®, discovering new ways to make spooky creations. Click to register

Open Makers: Halloween Edition

Friday, October 31
2:30pm-4:30pm
Downtown Library

Working on last-minute costumes or spooky decorations for the holiday weekend? Drop in to make, create, collaborate! The Makerspace and available tools (sewing machines, Cricut machines, and 3D printers) are open for you to create during these open hours.

This event series is sponsored by The Friends of the Redwood City Public Library

Neighborhood & Online Resources

Halloween Treats for Kids!

Halloween is just around the corner! Treat yourself to a book or video. Click here.

Spooky Stories for Adults!

Don't worry, the library did not forget about you grown-ups! Here's a list of the latest chills and the classic thrills of horror literature. Check one out for yourself ... if you dare! Click here.

Scream Queens

Novels of horror written by women. Click here.

Nextdoor Treat Map

Show where you will Decorate-A-Door, display jack-o-lanterns or dress up in costume to wave at neighbors. Must be a member of Nextdoor to view. Click here.