The beer tents on Honolulu Avenue came down after Saturday, October 3. Oktoberfest filled the 2200 to 2400 blocks from noon to 10 p.m. that day, and the Crescenta Valley's fall calendar now moves to its slower, more spread-out stretch. Between now and mid-December there are about a dozen dates worth keeping. They mostly follow one rule. The group that runs the event sets the day.
Crescenta Valley Park is an LA County park, and its events land on Friday afternoons. The Montrose Shopping Park Association is a group of merchants, and its events land on weekends. Once you know which group runs what, you can plan the season without checking three websites every week.
Fridays Belong to the Park
Crescenta Valley Park at 3901 Dunsmore Ave. has three events on the calendar for the rest of 2026. Two of them run on a Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. Trick or Treat Village is Friday, Oct. 30, and the Harvest Festival is Friday, Nov. 20.
Friday is already a full day at the park. The county's free Dancing As Exercise program for adults 50 and older runs every Friday from 10 a.m. to noon in the park building. It has music, light refreshments and information about other park activities, and nobody has to dance. A 4 p.m. start gives families time to get there after school pickup, and the events wrap up by dinner.
Weekends Belong to Honolulu Avenue
A few blocks south, the merchant calendar works on a different schedule. The Montrose Harvest Market runs every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, with produce, flowers, baked goods and prepared foods. The Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber's columns this year have named two Sunday vendors. LOATA Baked Goods sells sourdough cinnamon rolls, loaves and scones, and The Cozy Cookie Co. sells homemade cookies.
The bigger merchant events land on Saturday evenings, when shops are open and people are out walking. That pattern sets up the most useful planning fact of the season.
Halloween Happens Twice, on Back-to-Back Nights
The park and the Avenue keep to their own days, so Halloween weekend has two separate events with no overlap:
- Friday, Oct. 30, 4 to 7 p.m. Trick or Treat Village at Crescenta Valley Park, 3901 Dunsmore Ave.
- Saturday, Oct. 31, 5 to 7 p.m. The Montrose Halloween Spooktacular, with merchants handing out candy along the 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu Ave.
A family can go to both without choosing. The Spooktacular ends at 7 p.m. on Halloween itself, which leaves the rest of the evening open for the home street. The Montrose Shopping Park Association calls it a "safe and supervised event." Questions go to Event Coordinator Dale Dawson at (818) 621-0350 or [email protected].
Halloween also reaches past the valley. The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge is holding Dances de los Muertos, a Belly Dance Fantasy Theater program for Halloween and Día de los Muertos, on Saturday, Oct. 24.
October 17 Is the Calendar's Quietest Saturday, and Its Most Local
Saturday, Oct. 17 sits away from both the park and the Avenue. Two small events fill the morning and the evening.
From 8 to 11 a.m., Deukmejian Wilderness Park at 3429 Markridge Road holds a volunteer workday. Volunteers repair trails, clear brush and pull invasive plants. RSVP is required, and the workday is canceled if it rains. That evening, the Community Emergency Response Team and the Knights of Columbus host the Sparr Heights Disaster Pod Bingo at Healy Hall at Holy Redeemer, 2411 Montrose Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the first game starts at 6. Admission is $30 for 10 games, payouts go up to $250, and a snack bar sells food.
The trail crew and the bingo hall are both run by neighbors, not by the county or the merchants, so neither follows the Friday or Saturday-evening pattern.
The Wine Walk Ticket Costs Less Than It Says
The Montrose Holiday Wine Walk is Saturday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. It has more than 30 pour stations hosted by Shopping Park merchants and businesses, plus live music around the district. The ticket is listed at $55, but the real cost is lower. Each guest gets 15 tasting tickets, a souvenir logo glass, a map of the stations and what each one pours, and $10 in MSPA scrip. The scrip works like cash at Shopping Park businesses that accept it and never expires, so the net cost is $45.
The logistics matter more than the price:
- Check-in opens at 4 p.m. at Ocean View Blvd. and Honolulu Ave., and the booth closes at 6:45 p.m. Everyone has to check in by then.
- A government-issued photo ID is required.
- It is an adults-only event for ticket holders, and the association asks guests not to bring children or people without tickets.
- All sales are final, the event runs rain or shine, and lost tickets are not replaced.
- Tickets are sold online and in person at Copy Network, 3600 Ocean View Blvd. #9, and It Takes A Village, 2317 Honolulu Ave. If tickets remain, they are sold at check-in that night.
Part of the ticket money goes to the co-sponsor, the La Crescenta Woman's Club. The association has not posted the 2026 list of participating businesses yet. Last year's list is still on the page, and this year's lineup will show up on the map handed out at check-in.
Where the Scrip Can Land
Some restaurants on Honolulu Avenue have a 2026 confirmation that they are open, and they anchor any evening on the Avenue. Sabrina's Pizzeria Napoletana at 2200 Honolulu marked its first anniversary with a Chamber ribbon cutting in June. The menu covers Neapolitan-style pizza, pasta and Italian entrees. A few doors down, Sake Sushi Bar & Lounge at 2270 Honolulu posted in August about its sushi rolls, matcha and matcha beer. Next to it, Pepe's Mexican Restaurant at 2272 Honolulu takes reservations and posts its hours online.
The 2400 block has the morning options. Toasted Cafe at 2420 Honolulu serves breakfast and brunch all day, plus craft coffee and its Toast Towers, which suits a Sunday after the Harvest Market. Giuseppe's Pizzeria at 2428 Honolulu came back as a Chamber member this year. It serves handcrafted pizza made from handmade dough. Across the street, The Seasoned Table at 2425-A Honolulu hosted the Chamber's wine-and-bites mixer in June.
Up on Foothill Boulevard, a December 2025 Crescenta Valley Weekly report caught up with Byblos Mediterranean Bakery. The bakery's building at 2948 Foothill burned in July 2023, and it reopened 10 months later at 3115 Foothill. Owner Awadis Jingozian told the paper he plans to stay at the new location even after the old site is ready.
"My heart is in this community. La Crescenta has supported me from the very beginning, and I knew I wanted to stay right here."
The same report covered the grand opening of GT Sim Racing at 2865 Foothill Blvd. Its co-owners said the racing-simulator center took a year and a half and $2 million to build. It's an indoor option for a Friday night after the park has closed.
At the Holidays, the Two Schedules Swap
From Thanksgiving on, each host moves onto the other's usual day.
The merchants go first. The Montrose tree lighting is Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. Carolers start at 5:30 p.m. and the tree lights at 6:15. Weekend holiday activities follow from Nov. 28 through Dec. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The association runs this calendar and notes that it can change, so check the dates again closer to the holiday.
The park changes next. Its Harvest Festival keeps the usual Friday slot on Nov. 20, but Holiday in the Park is Saturday, Dec. 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. That Saturday falls inside Montrose's holiday weekends, so both run at the same time. The park event goes from 11 to 2, and the Avenue's activities go from 11 to 3. Dec. 5 is the one day this season when a family can do both in a single trip.
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