Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday, which splits Halloween in Hancock Park, Windsor Square and Larchmont Village into two separate Saturdays. One is organized, takes place in daylight and is centered on Larchmont Boulevard. The other happens after dark on the residential blocks and is run house by house. This year each one gets its own Saturday, and the weekdays between them have a small calendar of their own.

The boulevard goes first, on Oct. 24 and 25. The front yards follow on Oct. 31. On Nov. 1 the leftover pumpkins head to a compost event at Pan Pacific Park.

The nine days, in order

Saturday the 24th starts with a broom

The first event of the stretch is a cleanup. The Larchmont Buzz calendar lists a Larchmont Clean-Up in Costume at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, with the Wilshire Rotary Pumpkin Patch as the venue. So the boulevard is swept by people in costume the day before 10,000 visitors arrive for the fair.

At 11 a.m. the dogs take over. Tailwaggers, at 147 N. Larchmont Blvd., runs its Halloween event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The store describes it as "Pupper treating, prizes, and costume contest." The Larchmont Boulevard Association lists it on its homepage right above the Family Fair, which makes it the first stop on the fair weekend.

In the afternoon, Memorial Branch Library at 4625 W. Olympic Blvd. hosts Creepy Crawlies With The Bug Gals from 3 to 4 p.m., a meet-and-greet with insects and arachnids.

That evening, a few blocks east, the Wilshire Park Association holds its event on Bronson Avenue between Wilshire Boulevard and Eighth Street. Its Halloween Haunt runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and includes trick-or-treating, a haunted house, a fortune teller, games, bounce houses and a costume contest. The listing says street parking is available. It's the only evening trick-or-treating on the first weekend, and an association runs it on one block for three hours. It looks nothing like Oct. 31, when the trick-or-treating spreads across private yards all over the neighborhood.

Sunday the 25th, and what the fair pays for

The 61st Larchmont Family Fair runs from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25. Larchmont Boulevard is closed to cars from Beverly Boulevard to First Street. According to Larchmont Buzz, this year's theme is fantasy. The lineup includes a fantasy reading presented by Chevalier's Books, a chance to meet the fairies, a Dragon Alley, a costume contest, children's bands, face painting, games and rides, with witch characters walking the boulevard.

Admission is free. Ride tickets cost $2 each and are sold only at the fair, and each ride takes 2 to 6 tickets. The Larchmont Chronicle calls the fair "by far the Boulevard's largest event of the year," with recent estimates around 10,000 visitors. The Larchmont Village Farmers Market will run alongside it in its usual spot. Volunteer leaders of the Larchmont Boulevard Association have organized the fair since 1965.

The money stays on the boulevard. LBA president Romi Cortier explained where it goes to Larchmont Buzz:

"Proceeds from the Family Fair support the beautification work of the Larchmont Boulevard Association. Thanks to the support we have received, we have made significant improvements to the landscaping and seating on Larchmont Boulevard, but there's much more we'd like to do."

That makes the first weekend's arc easy to follow. A costumed cleanup Saturday morning and a fair Sunday afternoon, with the fair's proceeds going toward the boulevard's landscaping and seating. Melissa Farwell, the LBA vice president coordinating the fair, told the Buzz that sponsors helped add several free activities for kids this year.

The weekday middle belongs to the library and the Ebell

The five weekdays between the two Saturdays are quieter, and most of what's happening is indoors. Memorial Branch Library has two more events. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, it screens Hocus Pocus from 1993 as its Spooktober film, from 3:30 to 5:10 p.m. On Thursday, Oct. 29, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., it hosts Family Halloween Crafts for both Halloween and Día de Los Muertos, and the library encourages costumes.

The adults' evening is Wednesday at the Ebell of Los Angeles. Witches' Chamber of Sirens features Nathan Wang and Saltando Strings performing Halloween-themed classical and film music at 7:30 p.m., with cocktails and a costume contest with prizes. The Ebell's page lists tickets at $28 for members and $33 for non-members, and it also labels the event "Members Only." The page gives the entrance as 741 S. Lucerne Blvd., and it lists the Wilshire Ebell Theatre at 4401 W. Eighth St. as the venue. If you aren't a member, call the Ebell before Wednesday to confirm you can attend and which door to use. Larchmont Buzz's October roundup of Ebell events lists the same 7:30 p.m. start and prices.

Saturday the 31st moves onto the residential streets

On Halloween itself the daytime events move off Larchmont. The Pan Pacific Senior Activity Center at 141 S. Gardner Ave. lists a free all-ages Halloween event from noon to 4 p.m., with games, music, crafts, trunk-or-treat, bounce houses, costume contests and snacks. Back on Larchmont, Chevalier's Books at 133 N. Larchmont Blvd. hosts a Lizzie Borden Book Club from 5 to 6 p.m., a spooky discussion of The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson. It's the last listed event on the boulevard before dark.

The yard haunts have no organizer and no published schedule. The best record of how they work comes from residents. In a 2024 Larchmont Buzz feature on the neighborhood's yard haunts, a Windsor Square family on Lucerne Boulevard said that when they arrived in 2012, neighbors warned them they would need about 3,000 pieces of candy. They have added to their display every year since. In 2024 they added a fire-breathing dragon, and they described serving trick-or-treaters from a shared-driveway candy station from 5 to 9 p.m.

The same streets keep coming up year after year:

• Lucerne, Plymouth, South Irving, South Windsor and Rimpau boulevards and Wilcox Avenue, named in that 2024 Larchmont Buzz piece as blocks with yard haunts.
• Arden Street and Rossmore Avenue, off Larchmont Boulevard, which LAist's trick-or-treating guide names. The guide was last updated Oct. 31, 2025, and says trick-or-treaters arrive in the Hancock Park and Windsor Square area by the busload.
• Norton and Van Ness avenues south of Beverly Boulevard, along with Rossmore in Hancock Park. A Mommy Poppins guide updated Oct. 6, 2026 recommends them, warns of crowds and suggests arranging parking early.

None of these guides prints a 2026 map, and the haunts depend on whichever households decorate each year. The Lucerne household's 3,000-piece candy estimate gives a sense of the scale one block can see.

Sunday, Nov. 1: the pumpkins get composted

The week ends at Pan Pacific Recreation Center. Its free, all-ages Great Pumpkin Bash runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. It's a composting event, with games, music, crafts, community booths, bounce houses, contests and snacks. Every porch pumpkin from the 31st has an official place to go the next morning.

Halloween night is one of the busiest evenings of the year on some of these streets. If you'd like to talk about a particular block in Hancock Park or Windsor Square, from the late-October calendar to the year-round details, reach out to Davis + Burns Group. We're happy to start that conversation whenever you're ready. Work With Us.