Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. With a full weekend open, where do the Beach Cities actually hold it? Manhattan Beach held its event early. Hermosa Beach gave its pier to a youth volleyball tournament. That leaves Redondo Beach with an organized trick-or-treat on two straight evenings, one on the waterfront and one in Riviera Village, about two miles apart.
Both nights run through blocks that changed in 2026. The Friday event sits beside a new music venue and a harbor where breakwall repairs are scheduled to finish in November. The Saturday route runs past a restaurant that opened this year and along streets where the city just renewed its outdoor dining program for five more years.
The Rest of the Coast Already Held Its Halloween
Manhattan Beach's Parks and Recreation Department held its 38th Annual Family Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Manhattan Heights Park, 1600 Manhattan Beach Boulevard. On the city's 2026 special events page, the Pumpkin Race on October 18 comes first, then the carnival, and the next listing after those is dated November 11.
Hermosa Beach's city calendar lists a sports event for October 31. It's an AAU Southern Pacific Grand Prix Series youth volleyball qualifier, running 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the courts north of the pier at 1 Pier Avenue.
| Date | City | Event | Hours | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat., Oct. 24 | Manhattan Beach | Family Halloween Carnival | 1 to 5 p.m. | Manhattan Heights Park |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Redondo Beach | Halloween on the Pier | 5 to 8 p.m. | Fisherman's Wharf |
| Sat., Oct. 31 | Hermosa Beach | AAU youth volleyball qualifier | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Courts north of the pier |
| Sat., Oct. 31 | Redondo Beach | Riviera Village Trick or Treat | 3 to 8 p.m. | Catalina Avenue |
Manhattan Beach's carnival was last weekend, so for anyone reading this on Thursday, Redondo hosts the only two Halloween-weekend events on the city calendars in this table.
Friday on Fisherman's Wharf
The Redondo Pier Association's Halloween on the Pier is free and runs Friday, October 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Fisherman's Wharf. The program includes:
- A Halloween photo station
- A magic show
- Live music
- Halloween arts and crafts
- Trick-or-treating on the pier and boardwalk, 5 to 6 p.m. only, at participating businesses while supplies last
Trick-or-treating lasts one hour and the rest of the program runs three, so families who want the candy should arrive at 5. The magic show and music carry the rest of the evening.
This is the first Halloween with Deep End Live on the wharf. The live music and nightclub venue at 100 Fisherman's Wharf took over the former Brixton's space. The Daily Breeze reported in April that its smaller room was already operating, with an official opening planned for mid-May. At the May 19 City Council meeting, Mayor Jim Light said he had attended the grand opening the Friday before, which was May 15. The venue was still an Easy Reader construction story last fall. It now shares the wharf with a children's crafts table for one evening.
Where the Car Goes on Friday
The city lists two public structures for the waterfront, the Pier and Plaza garages, with 1,350 spaces between them. Parking is $2.25 an hour, paid by space. A three-hour Friday, covering all of trick-or-treating and the magic show, costs $6.75 in either garage.
Harbor parking farther north may be tighter. The city's notice said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had scheduled King Harbor breakwall repairs to begin June 22, 2026, with a construction staging area on Mole B. Under that notice, parking spaces next to Moonstone Park were expected to be used for staging, so Mole B parking may be reduced, and the Army Corps intends to keep the park open and the Lanakila Outrigger Club operating. The work is scheduled to finish in November 2026. The city has shared event schedules with the Army Corps before; the notice says no work was planned for July 3 through 5 so Independence Day weekend could go ahead. The notice gives no Halloween-weekend schedule. The garages are the more predictable option.
Saturday on Catalina Avenue
On Saturday, the action moves south. The Riviera Village Association's trick-or-treat runs October 31 from 3 to 8 p.m., listed at 1799 S. Catalina Avenue. The association says Catalina Avenue will be closed between Avenue I and S. Elena, with participating shops handing out treats.
The Village event runs five hours and the pier's trick-or-treating runs one. Saturday starts in daylight and runs well past dark, so families can come early or late.
The closure falls on the same streets as the Village's outdoor dining decks. In May, the City Council approved a five-year continuation of the existing decks, through May 19, 2031. The resolution places them generally along Catalina Avenue, Avenue I and South Elena Avenue, covering 47 public parking spaces in total. The approval covers only the existing program. It allows no new decks and no larger footprints. So the outdoor seating on these blocks is set through 2031, and those 47 curb spaces stay unavailable for parking on Saturday or any other day.
A new table at 1810 S. Catalina
Martha's opened its Riviera Village location this year at 1810 S. Catalina Avenue. What Now Los Angeles reported in May that it was taking over the space Gabi James left in late April after eight years there. Martha's posted Redondo hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for breakfast and lunch and 5 to 9 p.m. for dinner, with dinner reservations taken online.
The trick-or-treat starts at 3, when Martha's lunch service ends, and dinner service doesn't begin until 5. That leaves a two-hour gap between seatings during the busiest part of the afternoon. A family that books a 5 p.m. table can trick-or-treat the closed blocks first and sit down while the event still has three hours left.
What Is Still Fenced Off
Fisherman's Wharf draws a crowd on Friday, but Seaside Lagoon nearby will stay quiet. The city lists the saltwater lagoon as closed for the 2026 season.
The lagoon's future moved forward in September. The Daily Breeze reported on September 1 that the Harbor Commission had asked the Council to revisit a multi-phase plan discussed in 2024. According to the paper's September 23 follow-up, the Council voted unanimously to keep the current, scaled-back plan and directed staff to submit a coastal development application to the California Coastal Commission. The Daily Breeze said Mayor Light called it the strongest effort yet to revamp the site. The same story said the permit has to come before construction plans and contractor selection, and that staff expect to finish before the 2028 Olympics.
Halloween in Redondo this year shows where each piece of the waterfront stands. Deep End Live is open. The breakwall repair is scheduled to finish in November. The lagoon redesign is waiting on a Coastal Commission application. The Riviera Village dining decks have a permit through 2031.
The Next Dates on the Same Streets
Catalina Avenue closes again soon. The Riviera Village Holiday Stroll is Thursday, December 3, from 5 to 9 p.m., with street closures, late shopping, a market, children's attractions, Santa and the Grinch. The King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade is listed for Saturday, December 12, with the parade from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Over the next few years, the Seaside Lagoon redesign, the finished breakwall and the renewed dining decks will shape how Redondo's waterfront blocks look. For owners near the harbor or Riviera Village who want to know how those changes affect their property's value, Auburn Properties offers a senior-led review. Request a confidential valuation.