Join us for scientific chills and tech-tastic thrills at our annual Tech or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 31! Enjoy family-friendly science fun this weekend at The Tech with Halloween twists on your favorite exhibits. All ages are welcome to come enjoy this spook-tacular experience.
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Spooky paper creations hide among bookshelves at Biblioteca Latinoamericana, where participants grab clue cards, search the shelves, and claim prizes at the information desk, ages 5–18.
Green Halloween at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo offers creepy crawly critter shows, costume parades, crafts, ghoulish games, trick‑or‑treating, and special animal encounters, $3 off admission.
Halloween transforms Japantown with San Jose Taiko drumming, trick‑or‑treating, skateboarding activities and a Judi Oyama demonstration, in partnership with the Japanese American Museum for all ages.
Spooky LEGO workshop at Roosevelt Community Center lets participants build haunted scenes, ghostly builds, and monster‑inspired creations while learning design skills, ages 5–10.
Hey Balloon Lady offers Halloween face painting at Mt. Pleasant Library, with limited artwork per attendee, free drop‑in, first‑come‑first‑served, for ages 5–18.
Build unique LEGO® and DUPLO® models in the Evergreen library’s Children’s Area, with parental accompaniment required for under‑5s, for ages 12 and under.
Bluey's Big Play (San Jose Center for the Performing Arts) — theatrical adaptation of Emmy‑winning series featuring original story, new music, and puppets bringing Bluey to life.
Laser Halloween presents a mesmerizing laser light show of eerie colors and patterns dancing across the IMAX Dome Theater.
At The Tech Interactive, create, decorate, and experiment with tissue‑paper ghosts and a spooky balloon to explore static electricity, then take the ghost home.
Stranger Things laser show at IMAX Dome Theater immerses viewers in upside-down visuals with ’80s music reinterpreted in vibrant laser light.
Make ghastly, glowing or glittery slime while learning the chemistry behind its stretch and ooze at The Tech Interactive.
At The Tech Interactive, Brownies make pepper dance with electricity, create edible art, blow balloons using density, craft lava lamps and silly putty, earning a Home Scientist badge.
