There’s Still Time To Catch Fall Festivals Near Culver City

CULVER CITY, CA — Fall is a great time to get outside in California and take in the rich offering of festivals.

The changing colors of autumn provide a scenic background for fall and harvest festivals, which have contests ranging from apple bobbing and pumpkin carving to lumberjack contests and Halloween parades.

Fall is also the season for corn mazes, pumpkin patches, Oktoberfests, scary Halloween celebrations and apple orchard visits.

Here are two festivals and events in the Culver City area worth putting on the calendar:

• Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch
  • This pumpkin patch is a family favorite and goes until Oct. 30. Enjoy the straw maze, inflatables and petting zoo.
• Santa Monica Harvest Festival
  • The festival takes place on Oct. 16 and will have carnival games, food, balloon twisting and more.

There are also more events throughout the Southland for you to enjoy:

• Family Halloween Carnival in Manhattan Beach
• Halloween Celebration at Manhattan Village
• Shaqtoberfest alongside the Queen Mary
• Palos Verdes Harvest Festival
• Scarium of the Pacific at the Long Beach Aquarium
• Hollywood Forever - Día de los Muertos
• Vegtoberfest - A Vegan Oktoberfest: Common Space Brewery
• Halloween 80s v 90s Costume Bash @LALGBT Center presented by Fan Girl Cafe
• Nights of the Jack Calabasas
• Wayback Daddies Halloween Show 2022: Warehouse Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Marina Del Rey