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Everything on the calendar for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday across Ventura County, grouped by day.
Holiday
Santa Paula GhostWalk: October 16 to 18
Santa Paula Theater Center
Outdoor walking theater: original ghost stories performed across two Santa Paula venues
This Friday · 3 days
Santa Paula Theater Center
Santa Paula, CA
You don’t have to drive to Los Angeles to experience one of the most acclaimed contemporary musicals of recent years
This Friday · 10 days
Matilija Auditorium
Ojai, CANapoleon Dynamite Live! 20th Anniversary Celebration at The Majestic Ventura Theater
Ventura Theater
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the quintessential cult comedy classic with a full screening of Napoleon Dynamite foll
This Friday · 7:00 PM
Ventura Theater
Ventura, CA
each season, playing performing arts centers, symphony halls, and festivals
This Friday · 7:00 PM
Ventura Music Hall
Ventura, CA
broadway featuring Les Miserables, 5 Star Theatricals
This Friday · 7:30 PM
Bank Of America Performing Arts Center - Fred Kavli Theatre
Thousand Oaks, CA
Movie Night at Great Pacific Pumpkin Patch offers a festive Halloween-season experience in Ventura
This Friday · 8:00 PM
Great Pacific Pumpkin Patch
Ventura, CA
🤘 Bring your friends, grab some food and drinks, and get your ass on stage
The Aquabats! with Manic Hispanic & SULLVN at The Majestic Ventura Theater
Ventura Theater
Grab your anti-negativity helmets and get ready to skank as superhero ska-punk champions The Aquabats!
This Saturday · All day
Ventura Theater
Ventura, CA
Join us for a free, all-ages Peace Fair celebrating community, connection, and belonging in Ventura
This Saturday · 10:00 AM
Church of the Foothills
Ventura, CA
Kids trick-or-treat along the Camarillo Grove Trail, answering nature questions for treats
This Saturday · 10:00 AM
Camarillo Grove Park Nature Center
Camarillo, CA
Relay for Life of Simi-Moorpark
This Saturday · 10:00 AM
Simi Valley Town Center
Moorpark, CA
Don’t miss this great tradition celebrating the history and culture of our vibrant equestrian community in the Conejo Valley. Day of the Horse on Satu
This Saturday · 11:00 AM
Conejo Creek Equestrian Park
Thousand Oaks, CA
Join us for a creative and inspiring collage session!
This Saturday · 11:00 AM
Avenue Library
Ventura, CAThe full Thousand Oaks haunt walked in daylight, with no actors and no scares
Join us for our last home bout of the season at the Freedom Park rink in Camarillo
Join us every third Saturday of the month @ 1:00pm at the Ray D
A Día de los Muertos festival at Heritage Square with live music, altars, and a catrina contest
Paws For Reading is a one on one program for kids
Crafty Teens is a monthly creative workshop held on the third Saturday of each month at Moorpark City Library.
mma featuring Black Belt Spectacular
Opening night of a VFW-run haunted maze in Ventura, with a costume contest
Rock out to a powerhouse set of classic '80s and '90s rock anthems delivered live by Bad Habit!
Show 9pm GA tickets are standing room only, with very limited seating available first come, first served. Ventura
Education
Qi Gong and Sound Meditation Class at Snoozzz Organics
Snoozzz Organic Mattresses & More, Thousand Oaks
Join Backyard Breasties, Trieu Spiritual Awakening, and Snoozzz Organics for a deeply restorative evening of healing Qi
This Sunday · 5:00 PM
Snoozzz Organic Mattresses & More
Thousand Oaks, CA
Show 8:00pm GA tickets are standing room only, with very limited seating available first come, first served
This Sunday · 8:00 PM
Ventura Music Hall
Ventura, CAMulti-day events that opened before Friday and are still going.
Pedal a railbike through the citrus groves to Prancers Farm's pumpkin patch on October weekends
Wagon rides, a corn maze, the pumpkin patch, and the animal center, daily through Halloween in Moorpark
A tent full of pumpkins in the Pacific View Mall lot, open late most nights through Halloween
A free, dog-friendly pumpkin patch in Ojai with weekend hay wagon rides
A hayride, a 5-acre corn maze, sunflowers, and bounce houses in Camarillo, open into the evening
A hayride, corn maze, and sunflower and marigold fields on a working farm, daily through November 1
18 nights of 12 connected haunts in Thousand Oaks, with a fully lit walk-through for younger kids
A community ofrenda at The Collection at RiverPark, with an opening reception on October 2
Add a photo of a loved one to the community ofrenda in the Camarillo Library lobby
SUD Voices for Change is building a Consumer Advisory Group of people with real, lived experience in substance use
Whether you live in Ventura, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Camarillo, or anywhere else in the county, this page puts the whole weekend in one place. This weekend's events are spread across 10 cities, and the busiest categories are music, holiday, and arts.
Looking for free things to do? 9 of this weekend's events are free to attend, and there are more on the free events in Ventura County page, which covers the week ahead.
Bringing the kids? 10 of this weekend's events are family-friendly or all-ages. The family weekend page narrows the weekend down to kid-friendly events, including kids' programs that aren't listed here.
This page moves on to the next weekend every Monday and picks up new events as they're added. Bookmark it, or get the Thursday newsletter, a short list of the best events coming up over the next seven days, in time to plan the weekend.
Good to know
Highlights for Fri, Oct 16 – Sun, Oct 18 include Dear Evan Hansen: The Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical Comes to Ojai on Friday in Ojai, Rockstar Karaoke: Hosted By KJ Hans @ PC's Bar & Grill on Friday in Simi Valley, Peace Fair 2026 on Saturday in Ventura, Trail or Treat on Saturday in Camarillo, and Xavier Wulf on Sunday in Ventura. In all, 25 events are on the calendar across Ventura County this weekend, grouped by day on this page. 10 multi-day events that opened before Friday are also still open, including Conejo Family Farms Pumpkin Patch in Camarillo and Reign of Terror Haunted House in Thousand Oaks.
Yes. 9 of this weekend's 25 events are free to attend, including Rockstar Karaoke: Hosted By KJ Hans @ PC's Bar & Grill on Friday in Simi Valley and Peace Fair 2026 on Saturday in Ventura. For more free things to do over the week ahead, see free events in Ventura County.
10 of this weekend's events are family-friendly or all-ages, including Movie Night at Great Pacific Pumpkin Patch on Friday in Ventura and Trail or Treat on Saturday in Camarillo. The family weekend page narrows the weekend down to kid-friendly events, including kids' programs that aren't listed here.
Ventura has the most, with 9 events. Next are Thousand Oaks (5), Simi Valley (2), and Camarillo (2). Every city with events this weekend is listed under "Weekend events by city" on this page.
This page always shows the coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Pacific time, and moves on to the next weekend every Monday. New events are added through the week as local organizers submit them and they're approved, and the page picks them up within about 10 minutes. From Friday on, events that have already ended move down to "Earlier this weekend."
Anyone can submit a Ventura County event for free. After a quick review for accuracy and local relevance, approved events show up on this page automatically when their weekend comes around. Local organizers, venues, and businesses are all welcome.
Every Thursday we send a short list of the best events coming up over the next seven days, in time to plan your weekend. One email, no fluff.