by Mary Pope-Handy, Clair Handy | Oct 3, 2026 | Events, Kids
Graphics: © Marina Zlochin via canva.com
Celebrate the season in style with the Los Gatos Halloween Pet and Kids Parade! The Paw-Looza is sure to be tons of fun for all!
Details on the Los Gatos Halloween Pet and Kids Parade
The event takes place on Sunday, October 25th, 2026
Town Plaza Park | 9 AM – 1 PM Events and activities, including face painting and a costume parade
Downtown Trick or Treating | 12 PM – 2 PM Trick-or-treat at participating downtown businesses, marked by festive balloon bundles.
Please check on the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce’s webpage for all of the details for the day!
Come in costume and bring the whole family. Many downtown merchants will be participating in handing out treats to the costumed visitors participating. There will be prizes for the best costume!
There is NO FEE to attend, but donations are welcome and will support a very worthy cause, The Street Dog Coalition.
The Street Dog Coalition
The Street Dog Coalition is an amazing and wonderful volunteer organization and we are proud to support them. Per their website:
“The Street Dog Coalition provides free veterinary care and related services to pets of people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Using a One Health approach to street medicine and pop-up street clinics, we care for lives on both ends of the leash.”
Please learn more about them at their website: The Street Dog Coalition
Many thanks to the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce and many sponsors for making this a wonderful Los Gatos tradition!
Howling Halloween – a precursor
Years ago, we had a fun dog costume parade in Los Gatos each October called the Howling Halloween Pet Parade. The proceeds used to go to the Los Gatos Monte Sereno Police Department’s K9 unit – a wonderful cause. That event was hosted by Society Dog, a pet supply company that closed several years ago.
by Mary Pope-Handy | Oct 2, 2026 | Events
The Magical Glass Pumpkin Patch is returning to Los Gatos! This is a one day only event, so mark your calendars so you don’t miss it!
You’ll find gorgeous hand blown glass pumpkins and more – wonderful craftsmanship!
See the gallery of glass pumpkins and more HERE.
All the fun happens on the lawn of the Los Gatos High School on Main Street. This is a “rain or shine” event.
Their Facebook page (link below) states “We have raised over $250,000 for high school art and English programs via this annual event!”
You can get an advance look, but not purchase, the art on Friday Oct 10 from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
The items will be offered for sale on Saturday October 2 9a.m. and Sunday October 3 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Go early for the best selection!
Learn more and see all photos at the Magical Glass Pumpkin Patch website.
by Mary Pope-Handy | Sep 20, 2026 | Events, Los Gatos Events
The Los Gatos Concert Association’s season is underway, again bringing delightful music to our town from fall through spring. “A first class concert series at affordable prices” is the goal, and by all accounts it is consistently successful at it. The first concert debuts on Sept 23rd and tickets for the series are open to the public for purchase. Tickets are on sale as a season pass covering all four shows and cannot be bought individually for each concert except when there is availability at the door and online shortly before the event.
What’s on the agenda for this season? (We’ve missed the first one, but three remain.)
Please get ALL of the details and purchase tickets via their page: https://lgcca.org/2026-2027-season-concerts/
All performances are at Los Gatos High School. For more info on musicians, times, ticket pricing, discounts for seniors and students, as well as subscription pricing, please see the LGCCA website.
by Mary Pope-Handy, Clair Handy | Sep 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Check out the Taste of Los Gatos food festival this Saturday, September 19, 2026, and get to know some amazing Los Gatos eateries, enjoy live music, and join in the activities at this end of summer street festival!
Tasting Options
Bites and Wine Tasting Wristband ($100 advance, $120 day of the event): Bites from approximately 30 Los Gatos restaurants and pours from about 20 local wineries. Upon check-in you will receive a wristband, stemless keepsake wine glass, and a map to all of the tasting sites. Please taste responsibly — Wine tasting includes a single one-ounce pour from each winery.
OR:
Bites Only Wristband ($80 advannce pricing, $100 day of the event): Bites from approximately 30 Los Gatos restaurants. Upon check-in you will receive a wristband and a map to all of the tasting sites.
* If your kids are interested in sampling restaurant bites, a Bites Only Wristband is required. Note that a la carte food items may also be purchased from our wonderful restaurants.
More Taste of Los Gatos details
The details for the 2026 Taste of Los Gatos are as follows:
- Date Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Time 12 noon – 5 p.m.
- Check-in for the event will open at 11:30 am. Check-in will be at 3 locations:
- Automobuild Breezeway | 100 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
- Old Town Los Gatos | 50 University Avenue
- near Beyond Text Bookstore | 318 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
- Location is downtown Los Gatos North Santa Cruz Avenue, Main Street & Old Town (University Avenue), Los Gatos, CA 95030
- Cost is FREE to enjoy the games, shopping, and activities.
- For those who wish to indulge in the food and drink offered by a number of LG establishments, see tasting options paragraph above
- Wine and beer tokens can also be purchased separately at their respective booths
- Family friendly gig with kid activities, too.
- Please note that N. Santa Cruz will be closed from Main Street to Bachman Avenue and open to pedestrians only. Come early and park in one of the public lots!
- Put on by the Los Chamber of Commerce and its Food & Wine Group.
Get ALL of the details and buy tickets:
Buy tickets in advance here: Eventbrite page
Do come back to downtown the following weekend for the wonderful Fiesta de Artes art & wine festival!
by Mary Pope-Handy | Sep 3, 2026 | Events, Los Gatos Events
The annual Los Gatos Fiesta de Artes will be Sept 26-27, 2026. Now called the Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival, this year it’s celebrating 54 years of art and entertainment in downtown Los Gatos. (It returned in 2021 after being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic.)
Fiesta de Artes, Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival dates & quick info
Mark your calendars Sept 26 – 27, 2026 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. on the Civic Center Lawn.
Yes, you can bring your dog!
If you’ve never been, it’s a fabulous opportunity to mill around the Civic Center lawn and enjoy art of various types. It’s free! If you’d like to partake of food and wine, the proceeds all go to a very good cause. And of course, there are plenty of beautiful art pieces for purchase, too.
What happens at the Fiesta de Artes or the Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival?
Think food & drink, art & shopping, dancing & socializing! Once again, there will be more than 150 vendors with a huge variety of artists and vendors displaying and selling their artwork, plus booths with food and wine and of course loads of music throughout both days. Please check out the musical lineup and food offerings info here: Fiesta music and food
Fiesta de Artes will be at the Civic Center lawn across the street from Los Gatos High School – 110 E Main Street, Los Gatos CA 95030
Patrons are encouraged to bike, walk, carpool, use public transportation or get friends and loved ones to drop you off. Apparently there’s even a bike valet to facilitate arriving on two wheels. (Per the FAQ page, which is loaded with great information.)
Many thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos and all of the other sponsors for making this wonderful event possible yet again.
Please check out all of the details at the event’s website:
https://losgatosfiesta.com/
Related reading:
Los Gatos Spring Wine Walk (there’s usually a Fall Wine Walk in October, too)
Los Gatos Free Music Concert Series
Los Gatos Youth Theatre Summer Musicals
