Richmond Halloween Weekend: Los Cenzontles Día de los Muertos, Trunk-or-Treat
From a fall festival on Friday afternoon to a community altar and a Saturday trunk-or-treat, here are free and low-cost events in and around Richmond this weekend.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Traffic light trails on the new Bay Bridge eastern span beside the old span. Photo: Frank Schulenburg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Richmond has a run of free and low-cost Halloween and Día de los Muertos events this weekend, according to Richmondside.
Friday, Oct. 30
Family Justice Center Fall Festival: 4:30 to 7 p.m. at 256 24th St. Free.
Los Cenzontles Día de los Muertos: 7 p.m. (doors 6:30) at the Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center, 13108 San Pablo Ave. in San Pablo. Tickets are $15 and free for ages 17 and under. The evening includes a community altar by Astrid Do-Rodriguez. Richmondside says guests may bring framed photos of loved ones and flowers in vases for the altar.
Saturday, Oct. 31
Trunk-or-Treat: noon to 2 p.m. at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 684 Juliga Woods St. Free.
Richmondside's list also included a Halloween Stroll at The Lot on Macdonald Avenue on Thursday evening.
About Los Cenzontles
Los Cenzontles is a Mexican arts center in San Pablo that teaches and performs traditional Mexican music and dance.
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