• 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...

  • Speaker Series: “We Need Not be Afraid of Scrutiny”

    Mayor Jean A. Levesque Community Life Center 401 Bridge Street, Salem, MA, United States

    We are pleased to introduce Lucas J. Miller, Salem's newly appointed Chief of Police, who, in the light of the national discussion on policing and violence, will discuss our department's use of force policy. According to Miller, a Massachusetts native who served for thirty years on the New York police force, “We need not be...

  • Mayor Jean A. Levesque Community Life Center Speaker Series: Lucas J. Miller

    We are pleased to introduce Lucas J. Miller, Salem’s newly appointed Chief of Police, who, in the light of the national discussion on policing and violence, will discuss our department’s use of force policy. According to Miller, a Massachusetts native who served for thirty years on the New York police force, “We need not be...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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....

  • Wicked Wednesdays at the Phillips House

    Get wicked at Phillips House as part of Haunted Happenings family-friendly events. Ticket includes historic games, fall crafts, a Story Walk, and a family-themed tour of the house. This is a drop-in event. Tours are offered every half-hour. Last tour departs at 5:00 p.m. Please call 978-744-0440 for more information. Salem residents must call to...

  • Halloween Flower Crowns Pop-up at Moody’s Gifts

    Is your witch’s hat falling flat? Or perhaps you need a little help getting in the Halloween spirit? Join Magnolia Blooms at Moody’s Home & Gifts to make a spooktacular flower crown to bring that hat back or to dress up your costume! We will be onsite from 4 – 6 PM on Wednesday, October...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • “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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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 State Writers Series presents Ernesto Quiñonez

    Ernesto Quiñonez is a novelist, a Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow, a featured storyteller for The Moth, and an associate professor at Cornell University. In 2000, The New York Times listed his debut novel Bodega Dreams, as a “New Immigrant Classic” which has since gone on to be a landmark in contemporary literature. The event is...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • “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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Pumpkin Carving Night @ Notch Salem

    Join us for a night of pumpkin carving! A $20 ticket gets you a pumpkin, all the tools you’ll need, and a 1/2 liter of beer! For tickets, please see our Eventbrite.  

  • 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...