🎃 HALLOWEEN AT HAYES VALLEY ART WORKS

HAYES VALLEY PET PARADE 🐾
+ Jazz Jam, Pumpkin Decorating & Trick-or-Treating

Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 1–4 pm
Hayes Valley Art Works Garden, 295 Oak Street

PETS. MUSIC. FAMILY FUN!

Bring your pet AND YOURSELF in your best Halloween finery for a costume parade, prizes, live jazz, pumpkin decorating, and trick-or-treating in the garden. Fun for the whole family, fur friends included!

SCHEDULE
12:45–1:15 Pet check-in at the garden. Pick up your parade badge!
1:30 Hayes Valley Jazz Jam begins & Costume parade down the street

2-2:15. Judges review in the garden

2:30- Prizes and givewaways

After (and during) the parade Prizes, pumpkin decorating, trick-or-treating, and jazz in the garden until 4:00

PRIZE CATEGORIES
Best Overall Costume · Funniest · Scariest · Best Group Effort · Best Tiny Pet
Bonus prizes for kids’ costumes too! Kids can win even without a pet.

Be sure to use #hayesvalleypetparade when you post your photos! You can see some images from prior years there.

ENTRY
$10–20 sliding scale per adult (limited $10 tix! pay what feels right!). Includes one pet in the parade, plus the Jazz Jam and activities. Kids are free!
Proceeds support Hayes Valley Art Works, with a portion going to Muttville Senior Dog Rescue.

EASY REGISTRATION

Register and pay here. Choose your price. Your ticket number is your parade number!
On the day, check in at the garden between 12:45 and 1:15 to pick up your matching badge.
Parading to begin around 1:30 so please try to wrangle your four footed friends to behave!

PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, OCT 30 AT 6 PM
Register by then and your ticket number is your parade number! Tickets bought after 6 PM Friday are still good for entry, but the number won’t match a parade number. Just sign in at the garden when you arrive and we’ll give you one.

Walk-ups welcome on the day but preregistration helps things flow smoother!

Produced by Babs Early & Hayes Valley Art Works.
Special thanks to Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association and Hayes Valley Merchants.

#hayesvalleypetparade

HVAW Pet Parade, Jazz Jam and Trick or Treats Oct 31 2026

Family friendly multiple activities in one evevnt!