None of West Seattle's three business-district trick-or-treats falls on October 31 this year. Alki holds its event a week early, the Junction the next day and Admiral the day before Halloween. Fauntleroy opens the season six days before any of them, and the Lower Junction closes it the morning after. Taken together, the neighborhood's Halloween is a two-week relay across five districts, and the business districts' dates never collide.
West Seattle Blog pulled the three business-district events into one roundup on October 9, which is the first place they appear side by side. Add the community festivals and the Junction's Day of the Dead, and the main calendar looks like this:
| Date | Event | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18 | Fauntleroy Fall Festival and Great Pumpkin Search | 9140 California SW | 1–4 pm |
| Sat, Oct 24 | Alki Beach Trick-or-Treat | Alki Ave SW, 63rd to 57th | Noon–2 pm |
| Sat, Oct 24 | Our Lady of Guadalupe Fall Festival | Walmesley Center, near 35th SW and SW Myrtle | 3–6 pm |
| Sat, Oct 24 | Trail or Treat at Camp Long | 5200 35th SW | 3:30–7 pm |
| Sun, Oct 25 | West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival | California Ave SW | 11 am–2 pm |
| Fri, Oct 30 | Admiral Trick-or-Treating | Admiral business district | 3:30–6:30 pm |
| Sun, Nov 1 | Day of the Dead | Lower Junction, Fauntleroy Way SW | 11 am–2 pm |
The sections below follow the calendar in order, because each stop sets up the next one.
October 18: Fauntleroy starts it, on one side of the street
The Fauntleroy Fall Festival runs Sunday, October 18, from 1 to 4 pm. This year it moves its main footprint onto the Fauntleroy Church and YMCA campus at 9140 California SW. Activities used to spread across both sides of California. As West Seattle Blog reported, consolidating on one side cuts down on street crossings, and crossing guards will still be on duty. The schedule includes pumpkin painting, birdhouse building and live music. The Fauntleroy Children's Center will have a quiet space and a diaper-changing room. All three parking-lot levels will be open, but the Hall's back lot is reserved for a private event that day.
The Great Pumpkin Search has also changed. Instead of running separately, it starts at the Fauntleroy Community Association's table when the festival opens at 1 pm. The Fauntleroy Community Association described the new setup in a note that West Seattle Blog published:
"There will be new hiding places, which will be described when searchers sign in. As in past pumpkin searches, in addition to pumpkins, there will be prizes hidden, the most special one being a beautiful glass pumpkin from Avalon Glassworks."
That prize links to another fall change. Avalon Glassworks has closed, and the studio at 2914 SW Avalon Way is set to reopen as HoneyDew Glassworks. In September, West Seattle Blog reported that new owner Emily Chick hoped to open before December, with days and an exact date still undecided.
October 24: one Saturday, three handoffs
October 24 is the busiest day of the season. Alki runs at midday, and the two inland events share the afternoon.
- Noon to 2 pm, Alki Beach Trick-or-Treat. More than two dozen businesses along Alki Avenue take part, from Blue Moon Burgers to Cactus. West Seattle Blog suggests heading a little south to the Log House Museum at 61st and Stevens, which is also on the list. The official route runs along Alki Ave SW from 63rd Ave SW to 57th Ave SW.
- 3 to 6 pm, Our Lady of Guadalupe Fall Festival. This free festival fills the Walmesley Center and its parking lot near 35th SW and SW Myrtle.
- 3:30 to 7 pm, Trail or Treat at Camp Long. It's free at 5200 35th SW, and it runs later than anything else that day.
Alki wraps up at 2 pm, an hour before Our Lady of Guadalupe opens and 90 minutes before Camp Long starts. Those two overlap from 3:30 to 6 pm, and both are on 35th SW, so a family can leave the beach and spend the rest of the afternoon on one arterial.
October 25: the Farmers Market gets bigger for a day
The West Seattle Farmers Market runs every Sunday, all year, from 10 am to 2 pm on California Avenue SW between SW Alaska and SW Oregon. On October 25, the West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival expands that footprint from 11 am to 2 pm. West Seattle Blog reported that kids can trick-or-treat at Junction storefronts and at booths set up in the street. The lineup includes a costume parade, a Seattle Thrillers performance, a pie-eating contest and a chili cook-off that benefits the West Seattle Food Bank. The Junction Association schedules Harvest Fest for the last Sunday in October every year.
Harvest Fest is also the first big event since several new businesses opened along the California and Fauntleroy corridors this fall:
- Delphinium Delicatessen and Goods, 3902 California Ave SW. It sells whole-wheel cheeses, fine groceries, kitchen goods and wine, and it's open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm. Proprietor Cindy Beaver's earlier menu description, quoted in a reader comment on West Seattle Blog, mentioned fresh-baked Sea Wolf bread, charcuterie and daily sandwiches and soup with vegetarian options. The Infatuation listed it as a new West Seattle cheese shop on September 30.
- Starbird Chicken, 4755 Fauntleroy Way SW, in the former MOD Pizza space. It opened Monday, September 28.
- CraftLab Seattle, 4411 California SW. The studio opened October 3 with a free open house and a ribbon-cutting.
- Taste & Best, an Indian restaurant at 4752 California SW, opened July 24 in the former Great American Diner and Bar space.
October 30: Admiral takes the after-school slot
Admiral Trick-or-Treating runs from 3:30 to 6:30 pm on Friday, October 30, the day before Halloween. The Admiral Neighborhood Association organizes it, and more than 50 businesses are on the list, from Mioposto at the north end to Shug's at the south. It's the season's only weekday event, and it starts in the late afternoon instead of at midday.
Halloween itself falls on Saturday, October 31. The only organized event we found that day isn't in the table. It's a Halloween edition of the Washington Trails Association's youth-and-family work party at Schmitz Preserve Park, running 9 am to 3 pm for youth ages 10 and up with their families, and costumes suited to trail work are welcome. The same program also has sessions on October 24, October 25 and November 14.
November 1: back to the Junction, but the Fauntleroy Way end
The relay finishes in the same business district that held Harvest Fest, one block east. Day of the Dead takes place Sunday, November 1, from 11 am to 2 pm in the Lower Junction on Fauntleroy Way SW. The Junction Association's event page lists live mariachi, calaveras face painting and a community ofrenda, where visitors are invited to bring a photo of a loved one.
That makes two Junction Sundays in a row with something extra happening during market hours. Starbird Chicken is in the Lower Junction too, on Fauntleroy Way, so it's an easy stop on November 1 for anyone who missed it on Harvest Fest weekend.
The stop that's open every day: 35th and Barton
Tony's Pumpkin Patch keeps running between the scheduled events. It opened October 9 at 35th SW and SW Barton, the corner of the former Tony's Market, and sells pumpkins daily from 9 am to 7 pm through Halloween. It's run by Anthony Morella, a relative of Tony Genzale and his son Joey Genzale, the two generations who ran the market. He told West Seattle Blog that "We will be selling many kinds of pumpkins and other fall goodies," and he also plans to sell Christmas trees again this year. The corner is on 35th, the same arterial as Camp Long and Our Lady of Guadalupe, so it fits easily into the October 24 afternoon.
After the costumes: November 12 in the Junction
The next date on the Junction calendar is Thursday, November 12. The West Seattle Art Walk is free and runs from 5 to 8 pm on the second Thursday of each month. Its 2026 schedule includes November 12, with venues in the Alaska and Admiral Junctions, Morgan Junction, Alki and beyond. West Seattle Blog also reported on October 5 that Dave's Hot Chicken plans to open that same day in the former Haymaker space at California and Alaska. It isn't open yet, so the date could change.
The Lower Junction's Day of the Dead on November 1 closes out the organized season. Art Walk and the Dave's Hot Chicken opening come eleven days later, on the same Junction corners.
Every one of these events depends on the people who run them: the business associations that build the routes, the volunteers at the Fauntleroy Community Association table and the families behind the corner patch on 35th. If you'd like to talk about what West Seattle looks like month to month, from Fauntleroy's festival weekend to the Junction's market Sundays, the team at PBNW Homes is glad to share what we know. Work With Us.
