There’s Still Time To Catch Fall Festivals Near San Juan Capistrano

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, 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 and apple orchard visits.

Here are a few festivals and events in the San Juan Capistranoarea worth putting on the calendar:

• Halloween Haunted Trails 2022: Crown Valley Park, Laguna Niguel
• Chrysanthemum Show & Sale 2022: Sherman Library & Gardens, Corona Del Mar
• O.C. 'Boo At The Zoo' Halloween 2022: Santa Ana Zoo
• Trunk or Treat -Laguna Niguel-Dana Point
• Laguna Beach Parents Club Annual Halloween Parade
• Día de los Muertos Family Workshop: Decorating Sugar Skulls 2022: Sherman Gardens, Corona Del Mar
• 'Wraith House' Halloween Haunt 2022, Laguna Niguel
• 'Cops N' Goblins' Trunk-Or-Treat & Kids' Costume Contest 2022, Buena Park
• Dia de Los Muertos Fiesta, Los Alamitos
• Movie Night at Casa Romantica: Hocus Pocus (1993), San Clemente
• LEGOLAND 'Brick-Or-Treat' Halloween 2022, Carlsbad
• Halloween Open Mic, San Clemente
• The Best of OC Holiday Boutique!
• Oktoberfest Weekends: Phoenix Club
• Oktoberfest: Biergarten At Old World Huntington Beach
• Cross Roads Escape Games: Hex Room, Fun House & Weeping Witch
• Tunnel of Terror' OC Halloween Haunted Car Wash
• Knott’s Scary Farm: Knott's Berry Farm
• Haunted Corn Maze: Strawberry Co
• 'Scream Zone' - Halloween Haunt: Fairgrounds.
• The 17th Door Haunt Experience
• Halloween Haunted Trails: Crown Valley Park
• 'Wraith House' Halloween Haunt
• Oktoberfest: GameCraft Brewing
• Pumpkin City's Pumpkin Farm, Kiddie Rides & Oktoberfest Beer Garden
• Oktoberfest Dining: Bayside Restaurant
• Ghost Walks, San Juan Capistrano
• Halloween Horror Nights: Universal Studios Hollywood