Keep the Castro safe on Halloween!

Tell us about your Halloween Event

If you are organizing a Halloween event in your neighborhood / community and want to have it added to our list of events, please enter the information here

Halloween Events in your area list

Pre-Halloween Events in your area list

Home for Halloween video contest

Make your own home-made video about why you
plan to stay near your home this Halloween. Win
up to $750 if your video wins the 1st prize. Simply, post your video on YouTube, and submit the link by email. You have until October 25 to submit your video.

San Francisco Halloween Festival
October 31, 2008
Parking Lot A, open lot near AT&T Park
4pm - 11:30pm

This year, kids, families and the young at heart
can enjoy Halloween at a new event at Parking Lot A, an open space south of Market near the ballpark. Plans include a family-friendly celebration from 4pm -- 8pm,
complete with costume and pie-eating contests,
followed by entertainment featuring local
musicians and performers. Admission is free
and open to the public. This event is alcohol free.
www.sfhalloweenfestival.com

Queens are Wild
San Francisco's newest Halloween Tradition
presented by STOP Aids project
Friday, October 24, 7pm - midnight
www.stopaids.org

SFGate's list of Halloween events
In addition to our own list, SFGate / SF Chronicle has
a list of over 350 events for Halloween.
click here

311 San Francisco At Your Service
Important public information here
Event Calendar here

Boo-Blog click here
A bloggers' view on why "Staying Home for Halloween" is the "in" thing to do, by avoiding big crowds and supporting events in the immediate neighborhood. You can also check last year's blog 2007 blog

Sponsored by the office of
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom

  

Home for Halloween Flyers / Web Banner
english | español | 粵語 | 廣東話| web banner
Download-and-print your "Home For Halloween" Flyers. FAX to your friends! Put in your windows! Add the banner to your site! Help us spread the word that 2008 is the year to enjoy "Home for Halloween"

Boo Tube

Watch as others tell you about their plans for a neighborhood oriented Halloween celebration for 2008.

Diana reminds us NO Castro Halloween Party	Chris & Nikki reminds us NO Castro Halloween Party
David nos recuerda NO hay fiesta en Castro	Home for Halloween Home Video #1
FREE SF Halloween Live Event SF Halloween	Home for Halloween Home Video #2
10.27.08 No Castro Party for Halloween, KGO-TV 7	Home for Halloween Home Video #3

click here for last year's videos (2007)

Halloween belongs to all of us. Following last year’s successful campaign to keep everyone safe and maintain the Castro’s tranquility, we’re continuing and expanding the Home for Halloween campaign. Like last year there is no party or special event in the Castro. However, there are lots of events and celebrations around San Francisco, throughout the Bay Area and right in your own “home” neighborhood!

This Friday, October 31st, bars and restaurants in the Castro will be open for business. However, as was the case last year the streets will not be closed to traffic. As in every other community in the City, there will be zero tolerance for behavior which doesn’t respect the celebrated diversity of our communities. And again like last year, there will be zero tolerance for individuals and businesses that do not obey alcohol consumption and distribution regulations. The Home For Halloween website will help promote your events so please let us know about what you have planned in your community.

The Castro is not appropriate for a party with 100,000 people. So, the Home For Halloween campaign enters its second year of celebrating Halloween throughout the Bay Area and encouraging people to respect everyone’s home, including the Castro. With your support, we can indeed make Halloween a “home” for celebrations that are fun, festive and respectful. Halloween is for everyone.