• Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Adapted by Sarah Ruhl

    Orlando, a beautiful charismatic nobleman, has enjoyed a lifetime of adventures: he becomes the favorite of Queen Elizabeth the First, he dallies with many fine ladies, losing his heart to one mysterious Russian Princess, he wanders Shakespeare’s London and endures the chill of the Great Frost, he travels to Constantinople, where his reputation for spectacular...

  • Tales & Ales at Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre

    Sir Arthur Hennessey is back to tell two tales of terror! Join our master storyteller in the intimacy of the darkened theatre as he recounts two terrifying tales of ghosts and madness, brought to life on stage. For 2021, Sir Hennessey tells two classic tales: The Black Cat and The Upper Berth. This chilling late...

  • After Hours Ghost Hunt at Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre

    Our new event offering a REAL Ghost Hunt after hours in The Lost Museum. 10 pm.  Allow 90 minutes. Join Kimberly Bizjak, former owner of Paranormal Salem, for a night of Ghost Hunting! This is not your average ghost adventure! She focuses on taking the fear out of the unknown and using your own intuition to...

  • Salem Haunted Happenings

    Salem Haunted Happenings is a festive celebration of Halloween and fall in New England running annually, October 1-31. Events include a Grand Parade, the Haunted Biz Baz Street Fair, Family Film Nights, costume balls, ghost tours, haunted houses, live music, and chilling theatrical presentations. Learn more and find a full schedule of events on hauntedhappenings.org.

  • Festival of the Dead

    Halloween is the special time of year when the shades of the dead whisper from forgotten places and spirits walk among us. The Witches of Salem honor this time with Festival of the Dead, an annual event series that explores death’s macabre customs, heretical histories, and strange rituals. Presented by Salem Warlocks Christian Day and Brian Cain hosted by the...

  • Witch City 5K

    14th Annual Witch City 5K Road Race. Run through Boo-tiful Historic Salem! Get your best running costume ready for this annual Salem Haunted Happenings Event. A great way to begin your day of Halloween fun in Salem. Post-race awards, costume contest, music and more. This race will benefit the Salem YMCA Corner Stone Initiative. See...

  • Writing Workshop – Unsympathetic Villains: Crafting Scarier Antagonists

    Pop culture is full of villains with redemption stories: everyone from Disney villains to the darkest Young Adult antagonists seem to get a prequel or flashback explaining what made them “bad.” But what about when villains have no redemptive excuses, how do you write believable, scary villains for your heroes without making them one-dimensional? In...

  • “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming” at the Peabody Essex Museum

    More than 300 years after the Salem witch trials, artistic imaginations remain engaged by the personal tragedies and grave injustices of this historic crisis. In this exhibition, learn more about factors that fueled the hysteria and individuals who rose to defend those unjustly accused and explore two creative responses by artists with ancestral links to...

  • Haunted Happenings Marketplace

    The main event moves to Salem Common this year! Your favorite vendors, performances, mural pop up photo stations, street performers and much more.

  • The Salem Psychic Fair & Witches’ Market

    Explore the future with a psychic reading at Salem’s longest-running psychic fair! Hosted by Christian Day, Brian Cain, and the Witches of Salem, The Salem Psychic Fair and Witches’ Market features the Witch City’s most gifted Psychics, each one officially licensed by the city of Salem! Wander an emporium of magical gifts, meet real practicing Witches, and...

  • “Alexander Reisfar: The Death of Gods and Masters” at the Satanic Temple

    Alexander has lended his brush to many bands over the years, his album covers include Arch Enemy, Sabbath Assembly, Lungs, and Silver Talon. A full album cover discography can be found here. Reisfar was the artist in residence at the John Natsoulas Gallery in 2012, where he became a member of the Davis Mural Team....

  • Myths & Misconceptions Walking Tours

    The Salem Witch Trials happened over 300 years ago, and it has been dramatized in books, movies, documentaries, and even TV shows. Over the years it has been presented so many times in so many ways that some of the real histories get lost. This tour seeks to uncover the myths and debunk any misconceptions...

  • Broom Making, Book Binding

    Craft a rustic broom from scratch or bind your own leather grimoire, book of shadows, spell book, art or dream journal- something for all your creative and magickal works! Personalize your projects with pendants, herbs, dried flowers, bones, charms, stencils. Workshops run every hour by appointment from Thursday – Sunday. Extra time slots available upon...

  • “Artoberfest” at Salem Arts Association

    We invited our local artists to explore Salem’s history with witchcraft, religion, and Halloween.  The resulting exhibit represents their diverse interpretations of the theme and how, by bringing them together, we create a collective understanding of it. SEPTEMBER 4 THROUGH NOVEMBER 6, 2021 The artwork in Artoberfest is exhibited in our galleries at 159 Derby Street, our virtual online...

  • Myths & Misconceptions Walking Tours

    The Salem Witch Trials happened over 300 years ago, and it has been dramatized in books, movies, documentaries, and even TV shows. Over the years it has been presented so many times in so many ways that some of the real histories get lost. This tour seeks to uncover the myths and debunk any misconceptions...

  • Salem Harvest Fest

    Salem’s largest mead, cider, and craft beer festival now in its 14th year. 21+. Visit salemharvestfest.com for tickets and location details.

  • Local Lore by Candlelight at the Daniels House

    Legends culled from New England’s long history told by candlelight inside the ancient room of one of Salem’s oldest homes. Learn more and purchase tickets here.

  • Salem Séances at Omen

    Step into the Spirit Parlor of Omen and experience an authentic Salem Séance with a true spirit medium. Our gifted psychics were born with the uncanny ability to connect with our loved ones on the other side. Our departed yearn to reach out to us from beyond and the psychic mediums at Omen have helped...

  • Guilty! A Salem Witch Trial at Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre

    Our new event featuring the audience on trial for witchcraft! 7:15 and 8:15 pm.  Allow 45 minutes.  Thursday through Monday, Oct:  2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 It’s 1692 and the audience is on trial for witchcraft! Venture down into the courtroom where the...

  • Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Adapted by Sarah Ruhl

    Orlando, a beautiful charismatic nobleman, has enjoyed a lifetime of adventures: he becomes the favorite of Queen Elizabeth the First, he dallies with many fine ladies, losing his heart to one mysterious Russian Princess, he wanders Shakespeare’s London and endures the chill of the Great Frost, he travels to Constantinople, where his reputation for spectacular...

  • Tales & Ales at Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre

    Sir Arthur Hennessey is back to tell two tales of terror! Join our master storyteller in the intimacy of the darkened theatre as he recounts two terrifying tales of ghosts and madness, brought to life on stage. For 2021, Sir Hennessey tells two classic tales: The Black Cat and The Upper Berth. This chilling late...

  • After Hours Ghost Hunt at Gallows Hill Museum/Theatre

    Our new event offering a REAL Ghost Hunt after hours in The Lost Museum. 10 pm.  Allow 90 minutes. Join Kimberly Bizjak, former owner of Paranormal Salem, for a night of Ghost Hunting! This is not your average ghost adventure! She focuses on taking the fear out of the unknown and using your own intuition to...

  • Salem Haunted Happenings

    Salem Haunted Happenings is a festive celebration of Halloween and fall in New England running annually, October 1-31. Events include a Grand Parade, the Haunted Biz Baz Street Fair, Family Film Nights, costume balls, ghost tours, haunted houses, live music, and chilling theatrical presentations. Learn more and find a full schedule of events on hauntedhappenings.org.

  • Festival of the Dead

    Halloween is the special time of year when the shades of the dead whisper from forgotten places and spirits walk among us. The Witches of Salem honor this time with Festival of the Dead, an annual event series that explores death’s macabre customs, heretical histories, and strange rituals. Presented by Salem Warlocks Christian Day and Brian Cain hosted by the...

  • Satanic Tea Hosted by Miss Thanatopsis

    Join us for a mo(u)rning high-tea at The Satanic Temple in Salem, the headquarters of The Satanic Temple organization and former Funeral Home. Enjoy specially selected teas and treats in the luxurious Milton Hall surrounded by decadent flourishments near the world-famous 8 ½’ statue of Baphomet. Come wearing your dark- finest and bring your morbid...

  • “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming” at the Peabody Essex Museum

    More than 300 years after the Salem witch trials, artistic imaginations remain engaged by the personal tragedies and grave injustices of this historic crisis. In this exhibition, learn more about factors that fueled the hysteria and individuals who rose to defend those unjustly accused and explore two creative responses by artists with ancestral links to...

  • Haunted Happenings Marketplace

    The main event moves to Salem Common this year! Your favorite vendors, performances, mural pop up photo stations, street performers and much more.

  • The Salem Psychic Fair & Witches’ Market

    Explore the future with a psychic reading at Salem’s longest-running psychic fair! Hosted by Christian Day, Brian Cain, and the Witches of Salem, The Salem Psychic Fair and Witches’ Market features the Witch City’s most gifted Psychics, each one officially licensed by the city of Salem! Wander an emporium of magical gifts, meet real practicing Witches, and...