Halloween

Join us for fang-tastic, free Halloween events filled with spooky stories, costume contests, and ghoulishly good fun.

Eek-citing Events

Ghoulishly Good Times

Lowrider cruising during a full moon with bats swooping in the background.

Trunk-or-Treat Events

Join us for a Trunk-or-Treat event, where kids and families can enjoy a safe and community-focused Halloween experience.
Cats dressed in a witch, wizard, and cutely fierce pirate costume on a full moon night with a orange sky and gnarled trees.

Halloween Costume Parades

Put on your scariest, your sparkliest, or your silliest costumes and join us at one of our spooktacular costume parades!

More Spooktacular Events

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Boo-tiful and Bewitched Books

Spooky Staff Picks

SJPL Picks: Halloween Picture Books

Let's get ready to celebrate Halloween with these great picture books! They are suitable for children in grades K-3rd.

Staff Picks: What Would Wednesday (Addams) Read?

Are you in loathe with Wednesday Addams? Join us for a creepy romp as we look for murderers, beasties, and besties in the YA Collection.

SJPL Picks: Horror

This selection of books features some of the latest and spookiest additions to the SJPL adult collection.

Tricks, Treats and Tales

Blogs

Halloween Witch flying over a town at night on her broomstick with a black cat.

Witches in Movies

Halloween is the perfect time to check out these Witchy Movies at San Jose Public Library!
1930s greeting card image of Halloween witch riding a broom with a jack o' lantern and black cat

New Witchy Fiction for Halloween!

Check out some wonderfully Witchy selections from our Adult Fiction shelves at San Jose Public Library!
Classic haunted house painting.

Ghosts and Hauntings in Fiction

A spooky list full of Books and Movies, perfect for the Halloween Season!
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