Pumpkin Party at Leonis Adobe Museum

October in Los Angeles is not all haunted houses and big-box pumpkin patches. The Pumpkin Party at the Leonis Adobe Museum is a quieter, more local way to do the season: a visit to a historic adobe homestead in Calabasas, dressed up for fall, on Sunday, October 25, 2026.

When: Sunday, October 25, 2026 (check the listing for the exact hours) Where: Leonis Adobe Museum, Calabasas Listing: LA Parent Calendar

What to know about the Pumpkin Party

The calendar listing describes this as the museum's annual Pumpkin Party, and that is about all the source spells out. It does not publish a program, a price or a start time we could confirm, so treat anything beyond the date and place as something to verify before you drive out. The museum's own channels and the listing are the places to check for the schedule, whether tickets or reservations are required, and what is on for kids.

What the setting itself offers is easier to describe. The Leonis Adobe is one of the older surviving homes in this part of the Valley, a two-story adobe with a long covered balcony, a working-looking yard and plenty of shaded ground. A seasonal party in a place like that tends to suit families with small kids, grandparents who like a slower pace, and anyone who would rather spend an autumn afternoon among old buildings than in a parking lot.

Planning your visit

Calabasas sits at the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, so allow extra time if you are coming over the hill on a Sunday. Parking and entry details are not in the listing, so confirm those ahead of time and arrive a little early on a day when a seasonal event is likely to draw a crowd.

If you are building a weekend around it, the date lands in the last week before Halloween, which makes it a natural pairing with costumes, a trip for pumpkins or a stop at a nearby farmers market. For more ideas, our events in the arts and culture category collect other museum and heritage-site outings, and the wider list of things to do in Los Angeles is a good place to see what else is on that weekend.

Why go

Plenty of fall events lean on spectacle. This one leans on place. A pumpkin party at a museum gives a historic site a reason to open its gates to neighbors, and it gives kids a chance to see how people lived in the region long before the freeways. If you are looking for LA events this weekend in late October that feel rooted rather than manufactured, this belongs on the shortlist.

Hours, pricing and activities were not available to us at the time of writing, so double-check the details with the museum before you go.