There’s Still Time To Catch Fall Festivals Near Venice

VENICE, 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 three festivals and events in the Venice area worth putting on the calendar:

• Breaking Barriers "Halloween Bash" Fundraiser
  
  • Enjoy food, entertainment and a costume contest all while raising funds to provide support for those with developmental disabilities. The event will take place on Oct. 22 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Garden Halloween Haunt in Venice
  • On Oct. 29 starting at 3 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. visitors of The Cook's Garden can celebrate the changing seasons through art, workshops and great food.
• Wayback Daddies Halloween Show 2022: Warehouse Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Marina Del Rey
  • Enjoy a night of classic rock with surprise guests and a costume contest. The event will take place on Oct. 22 at 9 p.m.

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

• Family Halloween Carnival in Manhattan Beach
• Halloween Celebration at Manhattan Village
• Palos Verdes Harvest Festival
• Shaqtoberfest alongside the Queen Mary
• 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
• Santa Monica Harvest Festival
• Nights of the Jack Calabasas
• Scarium of the Pacific at the Long Beach Aquarium