Halloween Aglow at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

This week · Friday 23 to Thursday 29 October 2026

Spend nothing this week

The best free thing each day, across every category. Free means free: where a seat needs registering, the stop says so.

Other pathsThe whole week58 Make19 Listen2 Watch1 Kids15 Spend nothing11

🆓 This week’s trail

7 stops, from Birch Aquarium at Scripps on Friday to Liberty Station & Arts District on Thursday. Every one of them free.

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Friday

Stop 1 of the week

Birch Aquarium at Scripps

FreeStop 1 · 6:00 PMHalloween AglowBirch Aquarium at Scripps · Beaches & Point LomaAn after-hours Halloween night for families: trick-or-treat stations around the aquarium, scuba divers carving pumpkins inside the Sharks & Rays habitat at 7pm and 7:45pm, a slime-science…

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10:00 AMLocals' SummerLiberty Station & Arts DistrictFree

Saturday

Stop 2 of the week

Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center

Free · registerStop 2 · 8:30 AMKumeyaay Lake Campground WalkMission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center · Mission Valley & Mid-CityA guided walk around Kumeyaay Lake and the Grasslands Trail, taking in a Kumeyaay grinding-rock site and the Old Mission Dam overlook, sometimes with stretches of the shoreline or Oak…

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1:00 PMArtists Gallery TalksVisions Art MuseumFree 2:00 PMLatine PrideLiberty Station & Arts DistrictFree

Sunday

Stop 3 of the week

Liberty Station & Arts District

FreeStop 3 · 10:00 AMLocals' SummerLiberty Station & Arts District · Beaches & Point LomaA show of paintings by Michaela Jean Upp about San Diego's "fifth season", the warm, emptier weeks of early fall on the coast, painted in the style she calls whimsical romanticism. It is…

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9:30 AMVisitor Center Guided Nature WalkMission Trails Regional Park Visitor CenterFree · register

Monday

Stop 4 of the week

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Free · registerStop 4 · 12:00 PMPiers Lawrence & the Soul Jazz All-Stars Free Mini-ConcertAthenaeum Music & Arts Library · Beaches & Point LomaA lunchtime jazz set led by San Diego guitarist and composer Piers Lawrence with his Soul Jazz All-Stars, part of the library's Monday noon mini-concert series. It is at the Athenaeum…

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10:00 AMLocals' SummerLiberty Station & Arts DistrictFree

Tuesday

Stop 5 of the week

Downtown Escondido Grand Farmers Market

FreeStop 5 · 2:30 PMGrand Farmers MarketDowntown Escondido Grand Farmers Market · North County InlandEscondido's certified farmers market fills Juniper Street by Heritage Garden Park every Tuesday afternoon. From October through May it runs 2:30 to 6pm (summer hours run later), on…

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6:00 PMTrivia TuesdayLiberty Station & Arts DistrictFree 10:00 AMLocals' SummerLiberty Station & Arts DistrictFree

Wednesday

Stop 6 of the week

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Free · registerStop 6 · 3:00 PMChildren's StorytimeAthenaeum Music & Arts Library · Beaches & Point LomaShort read-aloud sessions for young children, held at 3pm and again at 3:30pm. It is on Wednesday 28 October at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St, La Jolla (MTS Route 30),…

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9:30 AMVisitor Center Guided Nature WalkMission Trails Regional Park Visitor CenterFree · register 10:00 AMLocals' SummerLiberty Station & Arts DistrictFree

Thursday

Stop 7 of the week

Liberty Station & Arts District

FreeStop 7 · 10:00 AMLocals' SummerLiberty Station & Arts District · Beaches & Point LomaA show of paintings by Michaela Jean Upp about San Diego's "fifth season", the warm, emptier weeks of early fall on the coast, painted in the style she calls whimsical romanticism. It is…

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58 eventsThe whole weekThree picks a day, every category 🏺 MakeThe craft week7 stops · 3 free · $195 🎶 ListenThe music week2 stops · 1 free · $28 🎬 WatchThe film week1 stops · 0 free · Unpriced 🧒 KidsThe family week7 stops · 2 free · $45 + 2 unpriced

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