Fall festival · Oakland · All ages
Boo at the Zoo at Oakland Zoo
Oakland, CA · 8 miles out
Fall festival · Oakland
Boo at the Zoo at Oakland Zoo
9777 Golf Links Road, Oakland, CA 94605
Sat-Sun through Nov 1, 2026; costume contests Sat Oct 24 & 31 at noon
Included with zoo admission
All ages
The event
Weekend Halloween fun at Oakland Zoo: hunt for limited-edition trading cards at stations around the park, enter the Saturday costume contest in the Wildlife Theater, and meet creepy-crawly residents at the bug house and reptile room. Skip the inflatable costumes, since they can scare the animals.
- When
- Sat-Sun through Nov 1, 2026; costume contests Sat Oct 24 & 31 at noon
- Price
- Included with zoo admission
- Place
- 9777 Golf Links Road, Oakland, CA 94605
- Age
- All ages
- Usual season
- Usually the fall weekends, harvest through early November.
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