Trick-Or-Treating in Sacramento

Annual Old Sacramento Trick or Treat
October 31, 2009
Come to Old Sacramento for Halloween this year for a safe and fun outing for the little ones. Participating merchants will be handing out candy from noon to 4:00 pm.
For info on more Halloween activities in Old Sacramento, click here.



Boo at the Zoo - Two Nights!
Sacramento Zoo: 3930 West Land Park Drive
Friday, October 30, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
4:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Acres of creepy, magic and spooky fun!

Enjoy entertainment, fun crafts, games and goodies appropriate for children under 10 years of age: magic shows, kid's haunted house, food, music, spooky train, creepy carousel and lots of family fun!

TWO NIGHTS! You can choose between two nights of Halloween fun, Friday or Saturday!

General Tickets: $9
Sac Zoo Members: $5
Children 2 and under: Free



Fairytale Town’s 22nd Annual Safe & Super Halloween
Address: 3901 Land Park Drive, Sac.
Phone: (916) 264-5233
Dates and time: Friday to Sunday, Oct. 24 to 26, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. nightly
Cost: Presale: $7 nonmember/$5 members. Day of event: $10 nonmembers/$7 members.
Kids can “Escape to Neverland” in this year’s Fairytale Town annual Halloween celebration. There will be live puppet shows, hands-on activities and 17 different candy stations throughout the park. Make sure to come in costume to fully experience this family-friendly event. Please note that the park will close at 3 p.m. (gates close at 2 p.m.) during this three-day event.



Trick or Treat Night at Ikea
Address: 700 Ikea Court, West Sac.
Phone: (916) 371-4232
Dates and time: Oct. 31, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost: Free
Kids can meander throughout the Ikea store to pick up some treats or stop at several scary playhouses. The event is open for kids ages three to 12.






UC Davis Children’s Hospital’s 1st Annual Capitol Family Fun Day
Address: State Capitol, Sac.
Phone: (916) 734-9638
Dates and time: Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: Free
Along with information from medial professionals about health and safety, the UC Davis Children’s Hospital will also provide a healthy trick or treat. Kids can wear a Halloween costume and visit the Trick or Treat Safety booth for a prize. There will be other informational booths about exercise, healthy eating and safety. Radio Disney will also be on site for fun and music.

Haunted Houses in Sacramento

Fright Planet, World of Fear
Marketplace at Birdcage, 5961 Birdcage St., Citrus Heights
(866) 666-1313
Four indoor haunted houses at this location.
Visit www.frightplanet.com for more info.

Heart Stoppers Haunted House
Three haunted houses at the Placer County Fair Grounds: Callson Funeral Home, Vampire's Crypt & The Deadlands.
Tickets & Info: www.scaredyou.com

Callson Manor Haunted House
Placer County Fair Grounds in Roseville Califonia
October 8-11, 15-18, 22-31
Open 7:30PM - 10PM
www.callsonmanor.com

Fear Overload
Westfield Downtown Plaza, Sacramento
547 L Street (Above the Hard Rock Cafe on the corner of 7th and K)
www.fearoverload.com

Santa Rosa

The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 19 at 2pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, December 20 at 2:30pm

Ruth Finley Person Theater
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts

50 Mark West Spring RoadSanta Rosa, CA 95403

$25, $45, VIP $65

Purchase tickets

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David Templeton's TWISTED CHRISTMAS LIVE 7

The outrageous annual Lit-comedy-variety show, featuring seven off-the-wall Holiday tales read aloud by some of the Bay Area's coolest, weirdest, funniest people.

547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Saturday, December 5, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $20 general, $25 at the door (This event is a benefit for the Food For Thought Food Bank and theUnitarian Universalist Congregation, Santa Rosa)

Unless otherwise indicated, advance tickets available at Copperfields Book Stores, Stanroy Music Center,The Last Record Store (in Santa Rosa), Back Door Disc (in Cotati), and online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/

Halloween at the Russian River

Tour Guerneville's Old Pioneer Cemetery, with hosts Russian River Historical Society. October 24th. 1st tour @ 1:00pm, 2nd Tour @ 2:30pm. $1 suggested donation. Refreshments provided.http://www.russianriverhistory.org/

Guerneville School Halloween Carnival

October 31st, $5, 11am-4pm @ Guerneville School
Games, food, Haunted House, Rafflewww.guernevilleschool.org

PALS pet parade in downtown Guerneville.
Howl-O-Ween Annual Pet Parade and Costume Contest. You and your pet can join the fun and help support Pets Are Loving Support on Saturday October 31st. Show off your favorite animal friend's festival or frightening Howl-o-ween outfit in this fun-filled romp down Main Street Guerneville. Registration is $5 @ 1pm at the Russian River Resort. Downtown Parade begins at 2pm. Contest at 2:30 @ the RRR. Benefit for PALS providing pet care, food, and basic veterinary care and support to companion pets of people with AIDS in Sonoma County. Event is canceled in rain.http://sonic.net/~pals/mission/mission.html

Trick-or-Treating in downtown Guerneville
October 31st Come to town and check out the shops and window displays. Great opportunity for a little late night shopping, and maybe, you might even get a treat.

Mortuary Orchesta Performs@ the Composer's House, at 4th & Mill Streets
Halloween Night, 6pm, $20. The 7-piece Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville - Halloween Concert - Halloween Costumes Welcome! Works by Liszt, Genin, Rachmaninoff, Ciani, others with 5-time Grammy nominee Suzanne Ciani, and Internationally Acclaimed soloists Suzanne Ciani, piano, Viviana Guzman, flute, Christopher Collins Lee, violin, and Seth Montfort, piano.http://www.sfconcerto.org/

Dr. Evil's House of Horrors@ the Old Amusement Park.
Every Friday and Saturday night in October. Halloween Night is the Finale!$10, not suitable for children under 12 years of age. Halloween Night features a special, less-scary haunted house for younger children. Proceeds this year go to Mill Street Thrift Store's food bank fund. http://www.drevilshouseofhorrors.com/

Guerneville Lodge Halloween Bash!
October 31st @ the Guerneville Lodge, just East of the Highway 116 Bridge. $15, 6pm-Midnight. Costume contest, entertainment, food and drink.707-869-0102

Séance @ the Santa Nella House 5pm - 7pm
Mark your calendar on the night of Halloween for a Séance Ceremony, with local medium, Christine Therese Laporte. Christine will also be giving readings throughout the night before the Séance Ceremony. This is an event that'll be sure to give you the chills! Suggested Donation of $10, all proceeds go to the West County Health Center. 707-869-9488

California Holiday Haps

Below is a list of California's 100 most populated cities. Only cities for which we have event info are clickable. If you have event info that is not listed here, for a city that is not listed here, please leave a comment or email the event details to haps@holidayhaps.com.


Alhambra
Anaheim
Antioch
Auburn
Bakersfield
Baldwin Park
Berkeley
Buena Park
Burbank
Carlsbad
Cameron Park
Carmichael
Carson
Chico
Chino
Chino Hills
Chula Vista
Citrus Heights
Clovis
Columbia
Compton
Concord
Corona
Costa Mesa
Daly City
Davis
Dixon
Downey
El Dorado Hills
El Cajon
El Monte
Elk Grove
Escondido
Fair Oaks
Fairfield
Folsom
Fontana
Forrest Hill
Fort Bragg
Fremont
Fresno
Fullerton
Galt
Garden Grove
Garden Valley
Glendale
Granite Bay
Grass Valley
Guerneville
Hawthorne
Hayward
Hesperia
Huntington Beach
Indio
Inglewood
Irvine
Jackson
Lake Forest
Lakewood
Lancaster
Lathrop
Livermore
Lodi
Loomis
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Manteca
Merced
Mission Viejo
Modesto
Moreno Valley
Murrieta
Newport Beach
Norwalk
Oakdale
Oakland
Oceanside
Ontario
Orange
Orangevale
Oxnard
Palmdale
Pasadena
Placerville
Pollock Pines
Pomona
Rancho Cucamonga
Redding
Rialto
Richmond
Riverside
Roseville
Russian River
Sacramento
Salinas
San Bernardino
San Buenaventura (Ventura)
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Leandro
San Marcos
San Mateo
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Clarita
Santa Maria
Santa Monica
Santa Rosa
Simi Valley
Sloughhouse
Solano
Somerset
Sonoma
Sonora
South Gate
Stockton
Sunnyvale
Temecula
Thousand Oaks
Torrance
Tracy
Vacaville
Vallejo
Ventura
Victorville
Visalia
Vista
West Covina
Westminster
Whittier
Willits
Wilton
Woodland
Yuba City

Directory

This is the Holiday Haps home page and directory.

Holiday Haps was created to help people find local, fun things to do during the holidays. This page was created out the frustration of one mom who found it very difficult to find local events like where to see fireworks on or around the 4th of July, or what kid-friendly Halloween activities were going on in her town. Here, Holiday Haps will list all the events we can find on the web, and enlist the help of our readers by asking for their tips on the "haps" around the holidays.
Holiday Haps is simply a collections of Holiday Happenings that people can search for by Holiday and/or City. Want to know what's going on this Christmas in Dallas? Or where to see fireworks in Sacramento? This is the place to find it all.

Holiday Haps is a very new site, just launched the end of October 2009. We will need lots of help to grow our lists in our first year, but hope by this time next year anyone who visits will hip to the haps in their town for any holiday!

Click on the state you wish to search below. This will take you to a list of cities in that state. For now, we are only working on California cities. The states are listed below in alphabetial order. For each state, you will find a list of its most populated cities. If an event is happening in a city that is not listed, please comment under that state's listing, or email the event details to haps@holidayhaps.com and we will add the event to our list.

Currently, we are only offering searches by City. Soon, you will be able to search by Holiday. And eventually, you will be able to search nation wide, with all 50 states listed here in this directory.

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