Events & Festivals in Anaheim & Buena Park

Events & festivals in Anaheim & Buena Park

  • Holidays at the Disneyland Resort (Mid-November through early January). Annual resort-wide celebration with Christmas parade ('A Christmas Fantasy'), Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay, 'it's a small world' Holiday lighting (50,000 lights on the facade), Festival of the Holidays at DCA, and…
  • Disneyland Grad Nite (May through early June (select Friday/Saturday nights)). Annual after-hours event for graduating high school seniors at Disney California Adventure Park. Includes DJ entertainment, attraction access, and character experiences. Running since the 1960s.
  • Knott's Scary Farm (Halloween Haunt) (Mid-September through October 31 (select nights)). Annual Halloween event running since 1973; billed as the first, largest, and longest-running theme-park Halloween event. 160 acres of haunted mazes, scare zones, and live entertainment for adults. 2026 dates: September…
  • Knott's Spooky Farm (Late September through October 31 (select daytime dates)). Family-friendly daytime Halloween counterpart to Scary Farm; trick-or-treating in Calico Town, character meet-and-greets. 2026 dates: September 24 - October 31.