8 Family-friendly Halloween Activities in Petaluma
One of the best times to visit Petaluma is in October, when the weather is still warm, the pumpkins are ripe, the trees are gold and red, and the town is abuzz with spooky family fun. Where else can you get lost for hours in a corn maze, trick or treat from a paddle board, or walk through the cemetery with 1800s characters seemingly come back to life? Read on to learn more about the many family-friendly Halloween activities in Petaluma.
Updated August 15, 2025.
1. Petaluma Pumpkin Patch & Amazing Corn Maze
This 33-year-old pumpkin patch’s maze is so much fun, it draws families from throughout the county and slows traffic on the freeway. You can spend hours lost in the maze or use a map to find your way. Even with the map, you can find yourself lost. There’s always someone available to show you the way, if you’re no longer giggling when you keep running into the same people or amused by recognizing that same switchback. You’ll be king of the hill when you reach either of the two platforms to look out over the folks still wandering around. On Friday and Saturday nights, the maze stays open late. Bring your flashlight and get to the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch & Amazing Corn Maze before 9:30 pm for spooky Halloween fun. Opening day is September 19 in 2025.
You can also find the perfect pumpkin and enjoy harvest- and Halloween-themed treats.
2. Pronzini Pumpkin Patch
Pronzini Pumpkin Patch, opening September 27, 2025, features hayrides, bounce houses, face painting, farm animals, corn-kernel pit and slide, corn hole, hay maze, horseshoes, roping, steer toss, and a hay tower. On weekends, you can grab a warm beverage and a pastry at the Cowgirl Café and the family fun gets even better with live music and pony rides.
3. Pumpkins on Pikes
Tara Firma Farms hosts Pumpkins on Pikes on two October weekends. Imagine a field of jack-o-lanterns sitting, lit and spooky, atop a raised platform. It’s a sight! The event also includes live music, a maze, pumpkin carving (pumpkin included in ticket price) and refreshments. These events sell out fast, so reserve your tickets early.
4. Witches & Wizards on the Water
Do you love to paddleboard or row your boat? Love to dress up? This is trick or treating reimagined! Join the fun for the annual community paddle event, Witches & Wizards on The Water on October 25, 2025. Dress up as a witch, wizard, ghoul, goblin, or any creepy costume to enter The Floathouse Petaluma’s costume contest for a chance to win prizes in a variety of categories. Riverside businesses and organizations will hand out goodies along the Trick-or-Treat Water Trail.
You can bring your own (people-powered) boats and paddle boards or rent a watercraft from the Floathouse. (photo by Jim Johnson)
5. Halloween Trick or Treat Trail
Pack the costumes or find new ones in Petaluma, then bring your goblins, witches, princesses and pirates downtown on Halloween (October 31) for Petaluma’s safe Trick or Treat Trail, hosted by more than 70 Petaluma merchants. This kid-friendly event begins at 3:00 pm and lasts till 5:30 pm.
Learn more on the Petaluma Downtown Association’s Trick or Treat Trail page and download the map there after October 20. Participating merchants will also have signage to indicate participation.
6. Ghostbusters at Movies in the Park
On Sunday night, October 24, 2025, bring the kids to Lucchesi Park for the Parks and Recreation Department’s Movies in the Park showing of Ghostbusters. Food and beverages are available for purchase from local vendors.
7. Annual Cemetery Walk
Are you brave enough for a spooky cemetery stroll? On October 25, 2025, the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum invites you to join the Petalumans of Yesteryear, decked in their 19th-century finest as the cemetery’s residents, from notable to notorious, including Lyman Byce, Addie Atwater, and Ida Belle McNear. Beside their graves, during the Annual Cemetery Walk, you’ll hear colorful stories about their lives and deaths.
8. All Hallows Art Fest
Bewitching artistry from Halloween artists around the country are on display at the historic Hermann Sons Hall on September 27, 2025 for the All Hallows Art Fest. The Halloween Folk Art Society juries a spine-chilling array of folk art for collectors and fans to appreciate. Mediums used for these Halloween-themed pieces include papier-mâché, leather, felt, spun cotton, and more!
Visit Petaluma for Spooky Family Fun!
With so much to do in Petaluma in October, it’s a great time to visit, grab a pumpkin or a pumpkin latte, trick or treat, or enjoy a Hogwarts feast. While you’re here, you can also catch an Octoberfest celebration, or you can take advantage of this fall’s unseasonably warm weather exploring Petaluma’s many picturesque hiking trails or whale watching at the coast. Book now, before these events pass you by.
