October 23

Price: Free
Venue: Downtown El Cajon
HauntFest on Main is an exciting family friendly event in Downtown El Cajon with a pumpkin patch, costume contest, kidz zone, rides, entertainment and more!

October 25

The Lodge at Torrey Pines

Price: $125
Celebrate the Craft will feature the finest food artisans from across California’s broad culinary spectrum, demonstrating, discussing, and tasting their way through the vast array of premium food and wine products available

October 25
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A free, family outdoor festival with food, live music, arts, crafts, Mexican mercado, traditional Ofrendas (altars), carnival rides, a classic car show, and more. This festival traditionally celebrates the lives of deceased loved ones. 10am-5pm, Mission San Luis Rey, Mission Avenue, Oceanside. Parking on Sunday, $5.00. Free shuttle available. The carnival rides start Friday night, 10-23, and continue through Sunday, 10-25. 760-757-3651. 

October 25
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Price: Free
The Boulevard BOO! Parade is returning to the College Area. This free, family event is bigger and spookier than ever! More floats, more zombies, more music and more surprises. More of what makes the Boulevard BOO! Parade San Diego’s only Halloween Parade.

October 30

Hotel Del Coronado

Price: TBD
Celebrate Halloween at San Diego’s famous haunted hotel. Don your best costume and join us for the 6th annual, adults-only, “Hallo-wine and Spirits” Party full of spooky surroundings, great eats and delicious wines!

October 31
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Price: $30 – $60

Come to the Gaslamp Quarter and share in the Halloween fun with music on the entertainment stages, dancing, costumed characters, costume contest, and more fun. Adults (over 21 years) event from 6pm until midnight; must have a wristband to attend. Location: 7th Avenue, between Market & J Street and Island Avenue between 6th & 8th Streets. Tickets and information: 619-233-5008.

 
November 1 

Encinitas Dia de los Muertos Celebration

Price: Free
Venue: Encinitas Community Center
Celebrate life with live performances, art-making workshops, a student art exhibit, artist demos, food trucks and more at the Encinitas Dia de los Muertos

November 1
20th Annual Di­a de los Muertos Festival
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Price: Free

Each year, guests are invited to create altars to remember and honor their loved ones in a special area outside of the Center’s museum; the event also features live music, traditional Mexican fare, sugar skull decorating, and more
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November 1
Fallbrook’s Dia de los Muertos Celebration of Life

Price: Free
REGION: NORTH COUNTY INLAND
Venue: Masonic Cemetery
The Fallbrook Dia de los Muertos Celebration of Life will have Altar Exhibits, children’s activities, traditional food & music, shopping, and more.
 

November 1
Venue: Bonita Cove in Mission Bay
REGION: MISSION BAY AND BEACHES

Maybe it’s a new job, good health or family and friends. Celebration Run is a premier Half Marathon & 10K that empowers each participant on his or her journey
.

November 1
Venue: Carlsbad VillagePrice: Free

The annual Carlsbad Village Street Faire’s 900 vendors sell everything from clothes, accessories, plants and household products to art, antiques and home decor.

November 1 
Jack-O-Smash
Price: $0 – $50 
Poway Sportsplex USA 
Starting with a 4 airplane flyover,  
choose from a 15k, 10k, 5k timed run
or walk 1k to help the special needs
community. After the event join us in
throwing pumpkins 80 ft into the air
with our punkin chunkin trebutchet and
play pumpkin plinko on the world largest board. 

November 1
Izcalli Dia de los Muertos 

Price: Free
REGION: SOUTH BAY 
Venue: Market Creek Amphitheater
The Annual Day of the Dead Festival will feature 150+ Classic Lowrider cars, altars, live entertainment, traditional foods and vendors displaying handmade art.
 

November 1 – 2

Venue: Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkPrice: Free
REGION: MISSION VALLEY AND OLD TOWN

Old Town San Diego’s Día de los Muertos is a celebration of the history, culture, and heritage of the region that honors one of its most important holidays.

November 1 -2
La Vista Memorial Park and Mortuary Dia de los Muertos

Price: Free
VIP – $50
Venue: La Vista Memorial Park & Mortuary
REGION: SOUTH BAY

La Vista Memorial Park and Mortuary Dia de los Muertos will provide world renown programs of music, folk dancing, entertainment, food and hand crafted items.

November 5 – 8 
Art San Diego – Contemporary Art Fair

Price: $10-$85
Venue: Balboa Park Activity Center

Art San Diego showcases over 50 leading international and national galleries. In addition to the gallery booths, special features include gallery-curated exhibitions, contemporary furniture design, art talks and performances.

November 5 – 14

Price: Individual Tickets – Free-$15
Passes – $150-$250
MISSION VALLEY AND OLD TOWN, DOWNTOWN

Experience the largest Asian Film Fest on West Coast with 130 films from 15 countries with a movie genre for everyone and meet/greets with film cast and crew.

November 6 – 15

San Diego Brewers Guild
Price: Varies
San Diego Beer Week is a ten-day
celebration inspiring people to drink local beer and promoting San Diego’s brewing culture with events across the county.

November 6 – 7

San Diego Brewers Guild

Price: $15-$100
Venue: The Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier
The San Diego Brewers Guild Festival will feature an extraordinary food line up with specialty beer pairings, music and more craft beer related activities.

November 7
Green Flash Brewing Co

Venue: Cal Coast BicyclesPrice: $50
Join Green Flash Brewing Co., the Regal Beagle, Cal Coast Cycles, and the San Diego Mountain Bike Association in our third annual Bikes, Brews & Brats event!

November 7

Price: Wedge Tasting Passport – $35 
After 5:00 PM on Oct. 30th 
$45 Designated Driver Passport – $25
Venue: Historic Downtown Escondido 
The Wedge Escondido – Artisanal Cheeses, Wine & Craft Beer Festival! stroll down Grand Avenue with your Wedge Tasting Passport for great cheese, wine and craft beer pairings.

 

November 8
Union Bank Fallback Festival presented by G.Q.H.F.
Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House

Price: Free
REGION: GASLAMP QUARTER
Venue: Island and Fourth Avenues
Perfect event for children and families! Kids will experience a cross-section of what life was like before the age of television, computers and cell phones.

November 11 
San Diego Veteran’s Day Parade                        

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Downtown San Diego – Embarcadero
Price: Free 
The San Diego Veterans Day Parade is 
produced by “Veterans Week San Diego”, 
an all-volunteer team of Veterans and citizens. 

November 14

San Diego Brewers Guild

Price: Free Entry
Venue: Toronado San Diego
Join us for the Battle of the Guilds, an event designed to showcase all that these organizations have to offer. Taste your way through a selection of SD, LA, and SF Brewers Guilds breweries and vote to see who will inherit the prized Golden Keg!

November 14

Visit Escondido

Price: Free VIP Experience – $35
Venue: Grape Day Park
Join the delicious fun at Escondido’s first Tamale Festival in Grape Day Park with Great Food, Live Music & Entertainment, Tamale Contests, Chihuahua Costume Contest!

November 15
The Lodge at Torrey Pines

Price: $85 Packages starting at $375

There is no better setting for the closing event of San Diego Beer Week than on the Arroyo Terrace of the Lodge at Torrey Pines. Beer Garden brings together the best of San Diego’s breweries and local chefs to celebrate the craft beer movement.

November 15 – 22

Price: Varies by event
REGION: DOWNTOWN

The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is an international showcase of the world’s premier wines and spirits, culinary personalities, and gourmet foods.

November 21 

69th Annual Mother Goose Parade

Price: Free
REGION: EAST COUNTY

The Mother Goose Parade is San Diego’s East County’s annual holiday kick-off celebration featuring whimsical floats, clowns, bands and equestrians.

November 22 

South Coast Highway 101
Price: Free 
This two-day faire in the Spring and one day in
the fall draw crowds exceeding 100,000 and feature a booth arrangement that provides half of the vendors with two adjoining sides open to traffic, if they choose.

November 25 – 29
Nov 25 – 29, 2015
Price: $20-$50
Venue: Town and Country Resort & Convention Center
The 36th San Diego Jazz Fest over Thanksgiving will present a variety of traditional jazz music, from ragtime to swing to dixieland at the Town & Country Resort and Hotel in Hotel Circle. Jazz bands and musicians from across the U.S. will perform.

November 25 -30 
San Diego KOA Resort

Price: See website for current prices.
REGION: SOUTH BAY

Come camping on Thanksgiving Weekend. We will have lots of activities including an outdoor movie that your whole family is sure to be thankful for!

 
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