PRESS RELEASE

City of Long Beach 
Public Information Office
411 W. Ocean Blvd, 
Long Beach, CA 90802
www.longbeach.gov

10/23/2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Release # 102324
Subject:
City to Host Neighborhood Halloween Carnival on Thursday, October 31
Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program event will focus on community connection
Contact:
Jane Grobaty
562.570.3233
Jane.Grobaty@longbeach.gov
Community Information Officer
Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine




Attendees enjoy festivities at a previous City Halloween event.

Long Beach, CA – The City of Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine, in partnership with the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability, is hosting the Neighborhood Halloween Carnival, taking place on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Silverado Park (1545 W. 31st St.). This free, family-friendly Halloween community event is part of the City’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program and will focus on fostering connection and building communities that come together to engage locally.

“The Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program is about bringing people together and creating more opportunities for community connection,” said Mayor Rex Richardson. “The Neighborhood Halloween Carnival will foster that connection in the spirit of Halloween and empower our residents—especially our local youth—to get involved and make a difference.”

The Neighborhood Halloween Carnival will feature carnival games and play stations, including haunted hoop games, ring tosses, balloon animals and other family recreational games. Attendees will enjoy arts and craft stations, where they can create straw bats, Halloween masks, coloring pages and glitter tattoos. The event will also feature a cake walk contest, cookie decorating and candy and goody contests.

To foster community connection, attendees will receive a passport card that encourages play and mingling with their neighbors. Residents are invited to dress in their best Halloween costume and participate in the glow party costume contest.

The Neighborhood Halloween Carnival is a designated Neighbor-To-Neighbor event that is part of the California Volunteers network, and sponsored by the State of California, Governor's Office of Planning and Research and the Long Beach Office of Climate Action and Sustainability. To learn more about how to participate in the Neighbor-To-Neighbor program, including a calendar of upcoming events, is available on the program website.

The City launched its Neighbor-to-Neighbor program in September 2024. The program is funded by a $500,000 grant from the State of California through California Volunteers, Office of the Governor. The fund’s focus is to expand California’s existing volunteer infrastructure and bolster the statewide Neighbor-to-Neighbor network to recruit, train, equip and organize neighbors to address community needs. The City is one of nine partner agencies selected through a statewide competitive process.

For more information about the Neighborhood Halloween Carnival, call 562.570.1675.

About the City of Long Beach
Long Beach is nestled along the Southern California coast and home to approximately 466,000 people. As an award-winning full-service charter city, Long Beach offers the amenities of a metropolitan city while maintaining a strong sense of individual and diverse neighborhoods, culture and community. With a bustling downtown and over six miles of scenic beaches, Long Beach is a renowned tourist and business destination and home to the iconic Queen Mary, nationally recognized Aquarium of the Pacific and Long Beach Airport, award-winning Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center and world-class Port of Long Beach.

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