Hawthorne & Local Events

90 Minute Witch Hat Design Session

Witch Pix 172 Essex Street, Salem

Every witch has a hat. Yours may simply not have introduced itself yet. Witch hats are wonderfully dramatic objects, which is exactly why choosing one can get complicated. Brim width, crown height, color, tilt, trim, texture: suddenly a fun decision has developed several opinions of its own. Our consultation keeps the fun and removes the guesswork. You and the maker ...

Haunted Happenings Food Court at Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall 32 Derby Sq, Salem

Step inside historic Old Town Hall for a free indoor food marketplace featuring a rotating mix of local and regional vendors. Find sweet and savory options, seasonal specialties, and Halloween treats throughout Haunted Happenings. Vendor lineups can change by date, so check the live calendar before visiting. Produced by Creative Collective.

Eerie Stories: Haunting Legends of the North Shore

Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem

Listen to the shadowy history and folklore of Massachusetts’ North Shore! From buried treasure and ghostly ships to legendary pirates like Black Sam Bellamy and Captain Kidd, this program brings the haunting legends and maritime mysteries of Salem, Gloucester, Ipswich, and beyond to life. These stories are grounded in history, shaped by folklore, and told with all the drama of ...

90 Minute Witch Hat Design Session

Witch Pix 172 Essex Street, Salem

Every witch has a hat. Yours may simply not have introduced itself yet. Witch hats are wonderfully dramatic objects, which is exactly why choosing one can get complicated. Brim width, crown height, color, tilt, trim, texture: suddenly a fun decision has developed several opinions of its own. Our consultation keeps the fun and removes the guesswork. You and the maker ...

Tea & Cake Tasting

Jolie Tea Company 316 Derby Street, Salem

Free Tea & Cake Tasting at Jolie Tea Company. Every Friday afternoon, 3:00-5:00pm. Come enjoy and taste some of our favorite tea blends and cake flavors!

Haunted Happenings Marketplace at Charlotte Forten Park

Charlotte Forten Park 289 Derby Street, Salem

Find more Haunted Happenings fun at Charlotte Forten Park, one of five walkable marketplace locations in downtown Salem. Browse a rotating mix of independent makers, artists, designers, and creative small businesses offering original art, jewelry, apparel, accessories, seasonal goods, gifts, and more. Produced by Creative Collective. Hours subject to change.

Hat Making Workshop – Hands-on Experience

Witch Pix 172 Essex Street, Salem

Learn the craft in good company and leave Salem with a hat made by your own hands. Small-group workshop · up to 10 seats Ten humans enter. Ten witches leave. Give or take a little glue. Gather around one worktable for a small-group Salem workshop where up to ten people learn, make, compare choices, laugh at the awkward middle, and ...

Blacklight Cookie Decorating Class

Satanic Temple 64 Bridge Street, Salem

Join the Salem Art Gallery and Sugar Anarchy for a deliciously devilish cookie decorating workshop at The Satanic Temple of Salem. Unleash your inner artist and create unique, spooky, and fun designs on a fresh batch of sugar cookies! These classes will feature BLACKLIGHT frosting. All Skill Levels welcome! Cookies, icing, tools, sprinkles and everything you’ll need will be provided ...

The Salem Haunted Magic Show: HYSTERIA: Ghost Psychic!

Emerson Hall Theater 50 Washington Street, Salem

The Salem Haunted Magic Show presents HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! Step into Salem’s strangest live entertainment experience, where magic, mind reading, psychic phenomena, and the unexplained collide. HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! is a darkly theatrical and highly interactive magic show where audience members become part of the mystery. Watch thoughts get revealed, predictions come true, impossible coincidences unfold, and ordinary ...

The Salem Haunted Magic Show: HYSTERIA: Ghost Psychic!

Emerson Hall Theater 50 Washington Street, Salem

The Salem Haunted Magic Show presents HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! Step into Salem’s strangest live entertainment experience, where magic, mind reading, psychic phenomena, and the unexplained collide. HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! is a darkly theatrical and highly interactive magic show where audience members become part of the mystery. Watch thoughts get revealed, predictions come true, impossible coincidences unfold, and ordinary ...

Lanterns in the Woods

Salem High School 77 Wilson Street, Salem

Join us for a magical evening surrounded by jack-o-lanterns and spooky vibes in Salem Woods! Advance tickets recommended. New Location! Come stroll through Salem Woods for this 14th annual family-friendly fall event. You will be enchanted by the soft light of jack-o-lanterns while listening to spooky tales. (Flashlights Optional) Fall Refreshments, FREE Parking, RAIN OR SHINE Children 3 and under are ...

A Spirited Evening Connecting with the Other Side

Celestial Navigation Astrology & Wellness 254 Essex St Suite 204 Salem, MA 01970, Salem

Join educator, author, and former Paranormal Salem owner Kimberly Peterson for an intimate 90-minute indoor workshop exploring the tools, history, and lived experience behind paranormal investigation in Salem. Blending real investigative methods with intuitive development and mediumship, this hands-on experience includes intuitive exercises, a guided spirit communication circle, and the use of tools such as K2 meters and spirit boxes. ...

Sea Witch Ball Workshop

The Sea Wych Salem 131-1 Essex Street, Salem

Join The Sea Wych Salem for a magical experience in Witch City as she presents the history & lore of the witch ball, & guides you as you create your own using ocean elements, herbs, salts, & more to welcome in joy, banish negativity, or simply for a pretty souvenir to display. Spend some time with us and bring home ...

Salem’s Comedy Coven- Hotel Salem Takeover

The Hotel Salem 209 Essex Street, Salem

Hidden beneath The Cellar at Hotel Salem, Salem’s Comedy Coven returns for a limited Halloween engagement. Presented by Salem’s Haunted Neighborhood in partnership with Witch City Comedy, this haunted comedy pop-up summons some of New England’s funniest comedians for a night of wicked stand-up, eerie surprises, and laughs that refuse to stay buried. Escape the October crowds, grab a cocktail, and descend underground for an intimate ...

Magical Mystery Doors

The Cabot 286 Cabot Street, Beverly

BEATLES, ZEPPELIN, DOORS by Magical Mystery Doors is a tribute act that blends and layers the music of three legendary bands to create something new and unique for music fans everywhere. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors. These three iconic groups have changed the face of music as we know it. Their songs have become part of our history. ...

Glow, Throw & Dance at Wicked Axe

Wicked Axe 721 S Main Street, Haverhill

Every Friday night starting at 7 PM, Wicked Axe comes alive with our Glow, Throw & Dance Nights! Expect blacklights, neon glow-in-the-dark axe throwing, dancing, great food, drinks, billiards, darts, and a brand-new theme every week. From beach parties to country nights and everything in between, there’s always something new to experience. Follow Wicked Axe on Facebook or Instagram, or ...

Glow, Throw & Dance at Wicked Axe

Wicked Axe 721 S Main Street, Haverhill

Glow, Throw & Dance at Wicked Axe Friday nights are getting a little brighter at Wicked Axe! Join us every Friday night for Glow, Throw & Dance, where the blacklights are on and the fun is turned all the way up. Try our Glow & Throw axe throwing experience featuring glow-in-the-dark neon paint and decor under the blacklights, then hit ...

Felted Witch Hats

The Witchery Studio Space 61 Wharf St., Salem

Salem Witch hats make wonderful, packable souvenirs, and this workshop shows you how to decorate yours using needle-felting. Bring your own knitted witch hat, or choose from a variety of colors. We’ll covers both 2D and 3D felting techniques, so design options are endless: add spots to look like a mushroom, adorn with colorful woollen leaves or flower petals, give ...

Mushroom Witch Hat Making

Tarot Cove 61 Wharf Street, Salem

Learn how to needle-felt wool and transform your Salem witch hat into unique, wearable art. Create a mushroom design, 3D mushrooms in a fairy ring, modify the shape of the hat, or whatever you can imagine using a wide variety of colored wool. All tools and materials provided, or bring your own knitted witch hat to decorate.

Terror Ticket: Raveyard

The Lost Library 282 Derby St, Salem

After dark, it gets louder. Dance amongst the monsters. Fridays • 8 PM–10 PM Live DJ • Haunted Walkthrough • Halloween After Hours A Haunted House Rave When the sun goes down, the Haunted Witch Village and Frankenstein’s Castle get louder. Every Friday night, step inside Salem’s two premier haunted houses for an after-hours experience filled with pulsing music, eerie ...

Nate Goyette – Live Music No Cover

Gulu-Gulu Cafe 247 Essex Street, Salem

Nate Goyette brings a sharp, heartfelt mix of indie rock, folk, and punk sensibility to the Gulu-Gulu stage. A New England singer-songwriter with a knack for turning everyday anxieties, bad decisions, relationships, and the awkward business of growing up into songs that are funny, thoughtful, and deeply relatable, Nate has performed throughout the Northeast both solo and with a full ...

The Salem Haunted Magic Show: HYSTERIA: Ghost Psychic!

Emerson Hall Theater 50 Washington Street, Salem

The Salem Haunted Magic Show presents HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! Step into Salem’s strangest live entertainment experience, where magic, mind reading, psychic phenomena, and the unexplained collide. HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! is a darkly theatrical and highly interactive magic show where audience members become part of the mystery. Watch thoughts get revealed, predictions come true, impossible coincidences unfold, and ordinary ...

The Salem Haunted Magic Show: HYSTERIA: Ghost Psychic!

Emerson Hall Theater 50 Washington Street, Salem

The Salem Haunted Magic Show presents HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! Step into Salem’s strangest live entertainment experience, where magic, mind reading, psychic phenomena, and the unexplained collide. HYSTERIA: The Ghost Psychic! is a darkly theatrical and highly interactive magic show where audience members become part of the mystery. Watch thoughts get revealed, predictions come true, impossible coincidences unfold, and ordinary ...

Blacklight Cookie Decorating Class

Satanic Temple 64 Bridge Street, Salem

Join the Salem Art Gallery and Sugar Anarchy for a deliciously devilish cookie decorating workshop at The Satanic Temple of Salem. Unleash your inner artist and create unique, spooky, and fun designs on a fresh batch of sugar cookies! These classes will feature BLACKLIGHT frosting. All Skill Levels welcome! Cookies, icing, tools, sprinkles and everything you’ll need will be provided ...