Moorpark Halloween Events 2026: Your October 31 Guide

At 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, the gates open at Underwood Family Farms on Sunset Valley Road for the last day of its 29th Annual Fall Harvest Festival. Two hours later, America's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College starts Boo at the Zoo. By 4 p.m., historic High Street is set up for the city's Haunted High Street. At 9 p.m., High Street Arts Center starts a Rocky Horror Picture Show screening. That's four Halloween events in one Moorpark day, each with its own ticket rules.

All four fall on one date because Halloween is a Saturday this year. The farm and the zoo take up the daytime hours, and the evening events are downtown on High Street. Each event sells tickets differently, so the order you go in decides what you pay and whether you get in at all.

How Saturday, Oct. 31 lines up

The farm is the strictest of the four, so it makes sense to plan the day around it.

Morning at Underwood is the part to book first

On Underwood's fall harvest page, weekend tickets during the festival are sold online only. Day-of walk-ins are subject to availability, and the farm says they are "not guaranteed admission on weekends." Halloween Day costs $34. The page lists a $38 day-of admission price, but only if spots are still available. Parking is free, and so are children under 2. Seniors 65 and older, military, veterans and emergency first responders get $2 off with valid ID, and they have to show that ID at the gate even when buying online.

Weekdays work differently. From Monday through Friday in October, general admission is $16 and sold only at the gate. A weekend day costs more than twice that and needs advance planning, while a Tuesday afternoon costs $16 and requires no planning. The festival runs through Oct. 31. That leaves the weekdays of Oct. 12 through 30 as the cheaper way to see the corn maze and pumpkin patch. You could then skip the farm on the 31st and spend more of that day downtown.

Underwood's 2026 schedule of events and site map were still marked "Coming Soon" on the festival page. For details beyond the corn maze, pumpkin patch, wagon rides and weekend shows the farm already lists, check the page before you go.

Boo at the Zoo runs two weekends, and only one lands on Halloween

Boo at the Zoo at Moorpark College is on Oct. 24 and 25, then again on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The zoo lists themed trick-or-treat stations, wildlife meet-and-greets, games and pumpkin bingo.

For most visitors, buying ahead saves $2 a ticket. On the Boo at the Zoo ticket page, advance online tickets are $15 for adults ages 13 to 64 and $13 for children 3 to 12 and seniors 65 and up. At the gate, those prices go up to $17 and $15. Zoo members pay $5 whether they buy online or at the gate, and they need to enter their member ID to get that price. Kids 2 and under are free either way. For a family of two adults and two children, the advance price is $56 against $64 at the gate.

The Oct. 24 and 25 dates overlap with Underwood's All About Pumpkins Weekend and with Frozen, which has 2 p.m. shows both days plus a 7:30 p.m. show on Saturday. Even so, that weekend lets you see the zoo without everything else happening on Halloween Day. If you go on the 31st, the zoo closes at 4:30 p.m., which leaves time to get downtown for Haunted High Street.

Haunted High Street is built for thousands

From 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31, the City of Moorpark holds Haunted High Street on historic High Street, with a carnival, costume contest, DJ dance party and Trunk-or-Treat. The city's participant application asks each Trunk-or-Treat business or organization to bring one vehicle and enough candy or small prizes for at least 3,500 children. That planning number gives a sense of how many families the city expects.

The application also includes a "Best Themed Vehicle" contest. If your business, club or service group wants to take part, the city lists Monday, Oct. 12 as the deadline to be included in online promotion and Friday, Oct. 23 as the final application deadline.

The event ends at 7 p.m., and Rocky Horror starts at 9 p.m. a short walk away at 45 E. High Street. That two-hour gap is the natural time for dinner.

Dinner between Haunted High Street and Rocky Horror

High Street's restaurant lineup has changed since last Halloween. According to the Moorpark Acorn's August business roundup, M on High Street closed its restaurant at 255 E. High Street in June because it couldn't reach a new lease agreement with its landlord. It kept going only with themed summer dining events it had already committed to. Neither the Acorn nor the VC Reporter's later coverage named a new tenant for the space.

These places are open near the theater or a short drive away:

• Freda's Fine Food and Drink at 233 East High Street lists cocktails and wine on its menu.
• Lucky Fools Pub and Luna Llena Restaurant are both on High Street. The VC Reporter named them as two of the four open alcohol-licensed businesses on the street, along with Freda's and High Street Arts Center.
• Sandahl Cellars opened its winery and wine bar in June at 111 Poindexter Ave., Suite D. It pours small-batch wines, including a viognier, an old vine zinfandel and its Ceremony merlot, in a Mediterranean-inspired tasting room.
• Casa Chiquiz Cocina & Bar at 530 Los Angeles Ave., Ste. 110 is in the former Lalo's Mexican Food space. Lalo's was sold after 38 years, and new owner Virginia Perez added a refreshed menu, handcrafted cocktails and colorful murals while keeping some of the longtime staff.

The Acorn report is from August, so call ahead to confirm Halloween-night hours.

High Street Arts Center has two shows that day

The theater's season listing runs Disney's Frozen from Oct. 9 through Nov. 8. That's 17 performances over five weekends. Every weekend has a 7:30 p.m. Friday show and 2 p.m. shows on Saturday and Sunday, and the third and fifth weekends add a 7:30 p.m. Saturday show. By the calendar, those two evening Saturdays are Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.

On Oct. 31, the fourth weekend, the only Frozen performance is the 2 p.m. matinee. Rocky Horror takes the 9 p.m. slot that night. That means one family can see Frozen at 2 and go to Haunted High Street at 4, and a different group of friends can arrive for the 9 p.m. show, all in the same building on the same day.

The October weekends before the 31st

Oct. 31 has the most going on, but each weekend before it has its own theme at Underwood. These prices are the farm's posted online rates. Day-of tickets cost $4 more and depend on availability.

1. Oct. 10 and 11: Antique Tractor Weekend, $34. Frozen's first weekend is also underway at High Street Arts Center.
2. Oct. 17 and 18: Wild West Weekend, $34.
3. Oct. 24 and 25: All About Pumpkins Weekend, $34. Boo at the Zoo's first weekend falls on the same dates, and Frozen adds a 7:30 p.m. Saturday show.
4. Oct. 31: Halloween Day, $34, the last day of the festival.

What High Street could look like at next year's events

On June 17, the Moorpark City Council approved a two-year pilot for the High Street Entertainment Zone. According to the VC Reporter, it's the first entertainment zone in Ventura County under Senate Bill 969. Within city-approved limits, it lets people drink alcoholic beverages on the stretch of High Street between Moorpark Avenue and Spring Street.

The limits are tight. The zone only operates when High Street is closed to cars for special events run by nonprofits, and it's capped at six days a year, between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. The council vote was 3-0, and two members abstained because they live or work close to High Street. The VC Reporter listed Moorpark Country Days in October, Holiday on High Street and the Apricot Festival and Art Fair in May as events that might apply. High Street Arts Center organizes the Apricot Festival and Art Fair. At the June meeting, its representative asked the council to make sure nonprofits keep benefiting from alcohol sales at the events they put on.

The zone runs along The Depot, a new mixed-use building with 79 apartments, a public plaza and 14,000 square feet of commercial space. The VC Reporter described that space as "beginning to become occupied." The city's deputy community development director said the goal is to bring more foot traffic to High Street and encourage people to consider investing there. The VC Reporter also lists the former M on High location at 255 E. High as eligible to take part.

None of these sources confirm that the zone has been used at an event yet. The city's Haunted High Street materials don't mention it.

I'm keeping an eye on High Street's next tenants and on how the Entertainment Zone performs over its two-year pilot. If you're curious how downtown changes like these affect Moorpark homes, reach out to Paul Coleman. Let's Connect.

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