Events

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.

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...

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 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....

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...

The Salem Farmers’ Market is a tradition that dates back to 1634. With its peak around 1930, where more than 40 vendors sold goods in collapsible wooden stalls, an estimated 10,000 people visited the market on a single Saturday. In the early 1970s, the market ended, and the Salem Redevelopment Authority redesigned the square into...

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.

Using music, movement and macabre pageantry, Theater in the Open will explore the emotional tension and otherworldly atmosphere that underscore the work of Edgar Allan Poe in one of Salem’s oldest houses. Your favorite fearful Poe poems and stories — including The Raven and The Cask of Amontillado — come to life under lantern light...

Dogs, and spirit dogs in particular, have been associated with death in many cultures, and although many are regarded as sinister or malevolent, a few are said to be benevolent guardians, protectors, or guides. From the baleful tracking Hellhound to the stalwart guarding Church Grim these ghostly dogs are a reoccurring part of the landscape...

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...

Using music, movement and macabre pageantry, Theater in the Open will explore the emotional tension and otherworldly atmosphere that underscore the work of Edgar Allan Poe in one of Salem’s oldest houses. Your favorite fearful Poe poems and stories — including The Raven and The Cask of Amontillado — come to life under lantern light...

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.

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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.

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...

The popular culture concept of the fairy godmother as protector and bestowed of blessings is not unlike the concept of guardian spirits in a variety of multidimensional animist traditions. Circe cares for and directs Odysseus and his men to the fulfillment of their wishes, and functions as a portal to ancestral memory/blessings. This course will...

Friday, October 8th, is Metal Night at Notch Brewing! Bang your head at our Tap Room & Biergarten as our good friends from local records store Residency Records spins all your favorite classic metal anthems live on vinyl. The event starts at 7:00 pm. Free admission!

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...

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 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.

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 is where people visit to learn about the 1692 witchcraft trials. Three judges lived here as well as accusers and accused. The court was here as well as the hanging site. But Danvers, formerly Salem Village, is where it first began. Visit several significant historical sites including the remains of the parsonage where Reverend...

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