OCTALL MONTH · 2026
Halloween in Davis, all October
All things Halloween happening in Davis and Yolo County.
- Halloween Block Party at Davis Food Co-op
- Bobby Dazzler's Pumpkin Patch
- Halloween at Vacaville Commons
- Downtown Dixon Scarecrow Festival
Festival guide · Saturday, October 31, 2026
Plan your Halloweekend
Community Park, Davis. FREE, all ages, any wheels. The day opens with the Monster Run at 8am. Here is how the day works and how to get there.
10:30am
Line up
Riders gather at Community Park. Wear any costume you like; zombie costumes are encouraged.
11am
The parade rides
Out to Mace Ranch Park and back, under five miles at an easy pace, in by around 12:30pm.
2:30pm
Skydiving finale
The festival builds all afternoon at Community Park to the skydiving grand finale.
3 to 5pm
Trick-or-Treat Trail
Downtown Davis, starting at Davis Commons, once the park festival wraps up at 3pm.
What is at the festival
Featured zombie stations at Community Park
- Monster Run: Laser Run Challenge8 to 10am, two hours before the festival opens. Running plus laser marksmanship, timed and free. Read more
- Monster Skate Jam12:30 to 2pm at the newly renovated skate park. Free to watch: tre flips, switch lipslides and costumed hijinks. Read more
- Zombie Kingdom QuestSponsored by Julia Whitmer, Windermere Real Estate. Start at Zombie HQ, scan the code, and tick these off as you go. Read more
- The Discovery Family Fun ZoneThe entire centre of the main field: lawn games, face painting, LEGO car racing and more. Read more
- Zombie Defense TrainingBetween 11am and 2pm. Martial artists from Inspire Martial Arts show humans fighting off zombie attackers. Read more
- Download the Quick Schedule GuideA one-page printable schedule for the whole day. Save it to your phone or print it before you go. Download
More zombie stations at Community Park
- 360° Zombie Videos
- Bats Alive!
- Coffin Full of Candy
- Davis Library Candy Station
- Davis Local Vocals
- Face Painting
- Girl Scouts Potions
- Girl Scouts Troop Treats
- Halloween Hounds
- Halloween Rally Band
- Haunted Bounce Houses
- The HIVE ZomBees Experience
- Monster Arts & Crafts
- NorCal Trykers
- Spin Bikes' Candy Station
- Spooky Jam Station
- Spooky Stories
- SwimAmerica's Spooky Seas
- Whymcycles
- Zombie Line Dance
- Zombie Siege Game
- Zombie Swords & Lasers
- Zombies Video Game
- Yolo Barre: Barre-Bie Girls
Food and drink at Community Park
Amenities at Community Park
Zombie stations at Mace Ranch Park, the halfway point
Want a booth here?
Thousands of people in costume, in one park, all afternoon, in the best mood Davis gets all year. There is no better day to put your business in front of this town, and the money the festival makes builds trikes for children who have never been able to ride one. Bring a booth, run a station, hand out something brilliant. Whatever you are picturing, we probably want it.
The map above is last year's layout, and so is the PDF behind it. This year the festival is Saturday October 31, 11am to 3pm, so please ignore the day and the finish time printed along the bottom of the artwork. The route itself has not changed. The 2026 map is on the way.Open the route map (PDF) · Map design by Aaron Wedra, Smartz Graphics
Secret judges, real prizes
$1,000 in free gift cards
🎃 $1,000 in gift cards are up for grabs!
Yes, you read that right: ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. Açaí Fresh, Yolo Berry Yogurt and Upper Crust Baking have teamed up to give away a whopping $1,000 in FREE local gift cards at the Zombie Bike Parade Halloweekend Festival!
Açaí Fresh
$250 in gift cards for the contest. Açaí bowls and smoothies, 431 G Street.
Yolo Berry Yogurt
$250 in gift cards for the contest. Frozen yogurt, 316 C Street.
Upper Crust Baking
$500 in gift cards for the contest. Bread and pastry, 634 G Street.
👻 Come in costume. Your chances of winning are really good!
We're giving out prizes across costume categories throughout the festival, so kids, adults, families, zombies, witches, superheroes, weirdos and wonderfully creative humans all have a shot.
No purchase. No complicated contest. Just dress up, come have fun, and you could go home with FREE FOOD. 🎃
These three local businesses donated every dollar of these prizes. Show them some love, say thank you, and support the businesses that make Halloween in Davis this much more awesome.
Saturday, October 31
The day itself, hour by hour
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The bike parade
11am to 12:30pm
The Zombie Bike ParadeEveryone is welcome at Community Park for the festival: on foot, on any wheels, in a wheelchair or powerchair, or pushing a stroller. The official bike parade is different. It rides just under five miles at a regular biking pace, so it is for bicycles (including e-bikes, cargo bikes, tandems and bike trailers) and only for riders who can keep that pace for the whole route. Helmets are required under 18 and strongly encouraged for everyone. If the parade is not the right fit, stay at Community Park: the shows, the entertainment stations and the 2:30 p.m. skydiving finale all happen there.
Community Park to Mace Ranch Park and back
The Zombie Bike Parade Festival
8am to 10am
Monster Run: Laser Run ChallengeRunning plus laser marksmanship, timed, free, all ages and abilities. Presented by Davis Fencing Academy, two hours before the festival opens.
Community Park
11am to 3pm
Zombie Bike Parade Festival at Community ParkFREE at Community Park: 25+ entertainment stations, train rides, music, inflatables, crafts, carnival food, the Zombie Kingdom Quest, and more, plus a BMX stunt show at the halfway point in Mace Ranch Park.
Community Park, Davis
12:30pm to 2pm
Monster Skate JamA team of rippers takes over the newly renovated skate park: tre flips, switch lipslides and costumed hijinks for the crowd. Free to watch. Presented by Davis Skateboarding Group.
Skate Park, Community Park
2:30pm to 2:45pm
Grand Finale: Skydance Skydiving ZombiesLook to the skies! Watch zombie skydivers descend from the heavens, trailing vibrant clouds of smoke and giant flags in the unforgettable Grand Finale of the Zombie Bike Parade Festival.
Community Park, Davis
3pm to 5pm
Downtown Spooktacular Trick-or-Treat TrailTwo full hours collecting candy at dozens of downtown businesses. Start at Davis Commons, where TOMO Tea House, Bruxie, Mom’s Dumpling, Mikuni, Shabu Shack, Xfinity, and My Burma are all handing out sweets, then carry on into the rest of downtown.
Downtown Davis, suggested start at Davis Commons, 500 1st Street
3pm to 5pm
Davis Commons: start the Treat Trail hereStart your Trick-or-Treat Trail at Davis Commons. The businesses there are handing out candy: TOMO Tea House, Bruxie, Mom's Dumpling, Mikuni Japanese Restaurant, Shabu Shack, Xfinity, and My Burma. Grassy picnic space with tables and chairs, so it is a good place to regroup before you work your way through the rest of downtown.
Davis Commons
Know before you go
Practical stuff
What to bring
- Costume, obviously. Do your makeup at home, or find one of our makeup artists and face painters at Community Park on the day, who may charge a fee.
- A helmet. California law requires one under 18, and we strongly encourage one at every age.
- Water bottle, sunscreen (October in Davis is often warm), a bike lock, and cash for merch and food.
Bikes: rentals and repairs
The Bike Campaign and The Bike Garage host this event. They do bike repairs and sell good quality used bikes, so they are the first place to go if you need wheels or need yours looked at.
SPIN is the easy one, and it is why you can come to Davis for this without owning a bike at all. Download the app, unlock a SPIN bike or scooter, and join the parade. There are SPIN bikes at Community Park on the day.
Apex Cycles run the mechanic station on the day. Davis Cyclery and Green Bicycle Depot are worth a call too. Reserve early on Halloweekend.
Getting around, and getting help
Davis is flat, and the route runs on the city’s bike paths and through quiet neighborhoods rather than alongside traffic. That is a large part of why this works as a family ride.
If you need anything on the day, head for Zombie Headquarters at Community Park. That is where the volunteers are. It is marked on the guide map.
Coming with small children
You do not have to do the ride. Plenty of families skip the parade entirely and spend the day at Community Park, where the stations, the food, the bounce houses and the skydiving finale all are. Children under 10 need to be supervised, and there is no charge for any of it.
Weather and the unexpected
The parade rides in light rain. The skydiving finale depends on wind and visibility and can be called off on the day, and the same goes for anything else affected by weather or events outside our control. If something changes we will say so here first. Follow along on Instagram and Facebook the morning of the event.
Halloweekend 2026
One town. One month of Halloween.
30FRI · OCT
The night before
A family-friendly haunted house, and whatever else Halloweekend brings on a Friday.
- Downtown Dixon Halloween Trick or Treat
- Hallo-Palooza & Trunk-or-Treat
31SAT · OCT
The festival, and Halloween itself
FREE at Community Park: 25+ entertainment stations, train rides, music, inflatables, crafts, carnival food, the Zombie Kingdom Quest, and more, plus a BMX stunt show at the halfway point in Mace Ranch Park.
- The Zombie Bike Parade
- Halloween Train Rides
- Monster Skate Jam
- Grand Finale: Skydance Skydiving Zombies
Ride with us
Riding with us this year?
2 riders have said they are coming
There is no real need to tell us you are coming. Just turn up.
But it does help us plan a great event. So everyone who tells us goes into a raffle to win Zombie Takis on us. If you're a winner, you can pick up your bag at Zombie Headquarters, Community Park.
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