Are you ready to have a fabulous Halloween season? What would it take to make this be the best Halloween ever?
1) Sacramento Top 10 (your first stop) This is the curated list of unique Halloween events that surfaces the good stuff: distinctive tours, indie performances, museum nights, neighborhood gems, and one-off oddities you would otherwise miss. It’s edited with taste, not just scraped from event feeds—so you get fewer duplicates and more “oooh, that’s cool.”
2) Sacramento365 (official citywide calendar) Great breadth with filters for family, arts, and nightlife. Use it to fill any gaps after you’ve skimmed Sacramento Top 10.
3) Old Sacramento Waterfront “Halloween Town” A ready-made evening bundle: outdoor movies, hayrides, specials. Easy to stack with dinner and a stroll.
4) Eventbrite (new drops fast) Late-added pop-ups and niche parties appear here first. Sort by date and scan weekly.
5) Haunt guides for the scare plan KCRA’s roundup and the California Haunted Houses directory help you lock in the big scream parks and regional haunts.
Pro move: Build your night around one anchor from Sacramento Top 10, then add a film, tour, or dessert stop nearby. That’s how you go from “we went out” to “we had a night.”