Events / Festivals - October
Fleet Week... LBL Open House.. and Halloween!

Though the Military is no longer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, we uphold the tradition of Fleet Week every October. I vividly remember the time we parked atop Russian Hill and the fighter jets roared ... what seemed like 10 feet.. above us. Car alarms went off, dogs barked, and we were thrilled.

Prevent an attack on Big Bird - VOTE!

On a more sedate front, Lawrence Berkeley Labs usually hosts and open house in October.

On a really fun note... make it down to the Berkeley Marina or Albany's Golden Gate Fields in time for "Barktoberfest"... silly pet tricks from 4 legged children.. and their owners

What would Halloween be without pumpkins? Take a drive to Half Moon Bay for the Pumpkin Festival! Half Moon Bay is only about an hour from Berkeley (though there will be lots of traffic that weekend) and is a delightful place to visit.

Berkeley Really Celebrates Halloween & Dia de los Muertos - The Day Of The Dead
View Berkeley's Great Halloween Streets in a larger map (The addresses on the maps are just approximate locations) Start on Russell Street in Claremont (celebration ends about 8:30 pm) then visit the amazing pumpkins on Ashby and Piedmont; travel north and stroll along Josephine Street between Cedar and Rose, the make your way to Mariposa Avenue ... one of Berkeley's loveliest tree-lined streets. Click on the videos below to see what special treats await you at one of Berkeley's Elementary School Parade. The parade video is of Emerson School in Elmwood and Thousand Oaks School in Thousand Oaks. The pumpkins and animatronics are on Russell and Piedmont/Ashby in Claremont & Elmwood; Josephine Street in North Berkeley and Mariposa Avenue near the Arlington Circle Fountain. The"Dia de los Muertos" Day of the Dead parade is in North Berkeley, usually 1 or 2 November. Visit Lisa Bullwinkel's "Dia de los Muertos" web page for times and places.
Click the "contact sheet" below to view lots more photos!