Zombie bikes, adaptive trikes, and a skydiving finale: Davis Festival is Oct. 31
Updated: 2 days ago
Davis is throwing its eighth Zombie Bike Parade Festival on Saturday, October 31—and it is still free.
The day runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Community Park, with a family bike parade from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. along paths and neighborhoods (Community Park to Mace Ranch Park and back, under five miles). A BMX stunt show is planned at the halfway point. Skydance Skydiving is billed as the 2:30 p.m. finale at the park. Downtown Davis then hosts a Trick-or-Treat Trail from 3 to 5 p.m.
Organizers say more than 100 local groups are involved. At the park: 25-plus entertainment stations, a Halloween train, music, crafts, live bats, festival games, bounce houses and slides, fencing and robotics demos, stilts, a marching band, and a “Zombie Kingdom Quest” with a free board game and candy. The parade is for bikes, scooters, and anything that can keep a normal riding pace. The park festival is open to walkers, strollers, wheelchairs, and everyone else. Peak crowd in past years has been about 3,500. No registration, no ticket.
Since 2019, the Davis Odd Fellows, The Bike Campaign, and the Davis Bike Club have used sponsor money to support NorCal Trykers, which builds custom tricycles for children with disabilities (about $1,600 each). Organizers say the events have raised more than $50,000 and funded 42 adaptive trikes.
Friday night: Mirror Image Dance Company’s Trunk-or-Treat (face painting, costume runway, bounce houses, treats). There is no grown-up Friday Halloween party this year.
Out-of-town visitors are told to arrive Friday, book one of Davis’s 13 hotels, and bring, buy, or rent a bike. Featured shops named in the release: Davis Cyclery, Green Bicycle Depot, and the Bike Garage.
Link to the festival site to find the schedule, route map, and free parking info: https://www.zombiebikeparade.com/?utm_source=shastaunfiltered&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=zbp2026-media&utm_content=thankyou1
Questions: festival director Aaron Wedra, smartzgraphics@yahoo.com or (530) 574-7306.
Davis is a short hop down I-5 if you want a Halloween that is more bikes than haunted houses—and the money goes to kids who have never had a trike that fits.
