October 31 lands on a Saturday this year. In San Ramon, though, the costumes come out a week earlier. On Saturday, October 24, Forest Home Farms holds Trick or Treat on the Farm. The next afternoon, City Center Bishop Ranch hosts a costumed pet parade and The Hub runs its Haunted Hub. By Halloween weekend itself, the city calendar has turned quieter and a little darker. On Friday you can tour the Glass House to learn how Victorians mourned their dead, and on Saturday morning there's a lesson on gourds.
So the month has a shape. Each Saturday starts the same way, with the farmers market at City Center and free history programming at the farm. The themes build toward the costume weekend of October 24–25. The newer restaurants at City Center, which opened this year, give those Saturdays somewhere to go after 2 p.m.
The Saturday that repeats four times
Two fixed events anchor every Saturday this month, and their hours overlap.
The San Ramon Farmers Market at City Center Bishop Ranch runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on October 10, 17, 24 and 31. City Center's listing says this is the market's 20th season and that it brings in more than 70 local growers.
Fun on the Farm at Forest Home Farms starts at 11 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. The City of San Ramon and the San Ramon Historic Foundation put on these Saturday programs together. They're free, though the city notes that a few events require registration. The farm's events page gives dates without a year. Its weekdays do line up with the 2026 calendar, including Friday, October 30, and the city's main calendar lists Trick or Treat on the Farm for October 24, 2026. Before heading over on any given Saturday, it's still a good idea to check the city's page.
Because the market and the farm share a two-hour window, you can do both on any Saturday. The farm changes its theme every week, and this month's themes move from local history toward Halloween:
| Saturday | Fun on the Farm theme, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Also that weekend |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 10 | Indigenous People's Day | Meyhouse jazz seatings at 5 and 8 p.m.; Run for Education on Sunday, Oct. 11 |
| Oct. 17 | Iron Horse | Meyhouse jazz seatings at 5 and 8 p.m.; Spooktacular Youth Tennis Tournament Oct. 17–18 |
| Oct. 24 | Trick or Treat on the Farm | Howl-O-Ween parade and Haunted Hub on Sunday, Oct. 25 |
| Oct. 31 | Pumpkins, Gourds, & Squash | Victorian Mourning Tours the night before, Friday, Oct. 30 |
November keeps going with Quality Quilts on November 7 and Bread & Jam on November 14. That means the farm visits don't stop when the decorations come down.
October 10–11: local history to start the month
The first Saturday's farm program marks Indigenous People's Day. The city's description says it covers the Tribal Nations that lived in the San Ramon Valley.
That evening, Meyhouse at City Center has the Dennis Mitcheltree Quartet on stage, with seatings at 5 and 8 p.m. City Center's event listing says the ticket covers only the performance, so food and drinks are extra.
Sunday starts early. The 43rd Run for Education goes from 8 a.m. to noon at Iron Horse Middle School, 12601 Alcosta Blvd. The race lineup includes a 10K, a 5K, a 1.5-mile run, a Mini Run and a Friendship Run, and registration goes through the organizer.
October 17–18: the trail in your backyard
The Iron Horse program on the 17th is about the trail that runs through town. The farm's description reads "From Farm Horse to Iron Horse." It covers the history of trains and of the Iron Horse Trail in the San Ramon Valley, and kids make a craft to take home. It follows the farm's October 3 session, which introduced a model horse named "Ramon" and the real horses that once lived on the property.
Meyhouse's second jazz Saturday has Mathis Picard, with the same 5 and 8 p.m. seatings and the same ticket rule.
Families with young tennis players have a busy weekend too. The city's October 1 update lists the Spooktacular Youth Tennis Tournament on October 17–18 at California High School and Dougherty Valley High School. It's open to ages 7 to 18, entry starts at $55 per player, and division start times vary.
October 24–25: costume weekend
This is the weekend October has been building toward, and it lasts two days.
Saturday, October 24. Trick or Treat on the Farm runs during the regular 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. window at Forest Home Farms. Kids come in costume and work their way around the farm to activity stations, and they leave with treats. The city's calendar confirms the date. The farmers market runs that morning too, so a costumed kid can do the market and the farm on the same Saturday.
Sunday, October 25. City Center belongs to the dogs. The free Howl-O-Ween costumed pet parade runs from 2 to 3 p.m. in Alexander Square. Earlier that afternoon, The Hub by Pack Animals hosts its 3rd Annual Haunted Hub from 1 to 5 p.m. at 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 2200, on Level 2. Tickets cost $30 per dog or $20 for Hub members, and each dog ticket covers up to three people. Haunted Hub starts an hour before the parade and ends two hours after it, so one costume can work for both.
If your dog doesn't like crowds, The Hub also runs BARKADE through October 31, from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. It's a dog-focused arcade, and the listing says you can reserve ahead or drop in. The page doesn't list a price.
October 30–31: Halloween proper, quieter and more adult
After the costume weekend, the city's own programming for the real Halloween weekend shifts to history.
On Friday, October 30, Forest Home Farms runs Victorian Mourning Tours of the Glass House. Tours start at 6, 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m., and each lasts an hour. The tour covers hazards that led to early deaths in the Victorian era. The Glass family gave the house its name. It's open to ages 12 and up but aimed at adults. Tickets are $10 for residents and $12 for nonresidents, registration is required, and children 15 and under need to come with an adult.
The same morning, Crow Canyon Gardens holds Fall Nature Storytime: Halloween Special from 10:15 to 11 a.m. The week before, on October 23, the same slot is a pumpkin-themed storytime. The listing doesn't give a price.
On Halloween morning, the farm's last October program is Pumpkins, Gourds, & Squash. It covers the many uses of pumpkins and gourds, and visitors take home a winter squash recipe and a craft. The farmers market runs one more time that morning, from 9 to 1.
Salt & Straw at City Center has its Halloween celebration from September 25 through November 1, with limited-edition Halloween flavors. On October 30 and 31, Halloween-weekend scoops come with a free topping, cream or cone upgrade.
Where to eat after 2 p.m.
The farm closes at 2 p.m., and that's where City Center's newer restaurants come in. They also explain why the area has more going on than it did a year ago.
Meyhouse serves Turkish small plates with live jazz. DanvilleSanRamon.com's Tri-Valley Foodist profile reports that it opened at City Center in May. According to Meyhouse's own page, the address is 6000 Bollinger Canyon Rd. On weekends it serves lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner from 5 p.m., with dinner ending at 9:30 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday. Weekend lunch ends at 2:30 p.m., half an hour after the farm closes, so you'd need to leave the farm right at 2 to make it.
Rico Rico Taco is open straight through the afternoon. The Mercury News reported that it opened in late July at City Center, 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 1207, serving handmade tortillas and carved al pastor. City Center's directory lists it as open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The restaurant's original location is in Oakland. On a Saturday when Meyhouse is closed between lunch and dinner, Rico Rico is the City Center option for a late lunch.
The restaurant lineup on the Crow Canyon side of town has gotten smaller. Patch reported that Dos Coyotes Border Café closed its restaurant at 3191 Crow Canyon Place on September 24, 2026. The San Ramon location had opened in May 2017 and was the chain's last one in the Bay Area. Also on Crow Canyon Place, DanvilleSanRamon.com reports that the Leslie's Pool Supplies store at 3211 Crow Canyon Place, Suite L, was vacant as of October 8. The company is going through bankruptcy, and its other Tri-Valley stores remain open.
This month's Saturday plans are concentrated at City Center Bishop Ranch on Bollinger Canyon Road. The market, Meyhouse, Rico Rico Taco, The Hub's dog events and Salt & Straw are all part of the same center. Forest Home Farms is the other half of the day.
Weekends like these are part of what makes a neighborhood feel like home, and they're something I talk through with clients who are weighing where in the San Ramon Valley to settle or how long to stay. If you're trying to figure out how your own corner of San Ramon fits your plans, Danville Real Estate Company is glad to talk it through. Let's Connect.