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 ...
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.
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 ...
Meet Guinness World Record holder Vanessa Irino, explore items from her Casper collection certified by Guinness World Records. Experience Casper Across the Decades at Salem’s historic Daniels House. Meet Vanessa Irino, Guinness World Record holder for the world’s largest collection of Casper the Friendly Ghost memorabilia, and explore a remarkable private collection featuring vintage Casper items from across the decades. ...
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 ...
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!
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.
Presented by The Black Veil. Tread beyond the darkened pines of The Pioneer Village. Featuring art, clothing, jewelry and oddity vendors, performances, ghost stories, hot cider, food trucks, Biergarten & more.
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 ...
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 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 ...
Join Salem’s master storyteller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, for a frightful evening of thrills and chills! The famous author performs his most frightening tales, as well as the terrifying works of fellow writer, Edgar Allan Poe. Stories include The House of the Seven Gables, The Cask of Amontillado, Annabel Lee, Young Goodman Brown, The Raven, and more. Experience the greatest Gothic horror ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bars After Dark Presented by Bars Over Bars and The Lost Library You’ve seen Salem by daylight. Now discover what happens after dark. Hidden beyond the shelves of The Lost Library, an intimate Black Box theater comes alive for one night only with Bars After Dark — an immersive Halloween-season rap showcase in the heart of downtown Salem. Step inside, ...
Join the denizens of hell at the Hawthorne Hotel’s Grand Ballroom for a truly epic night of devilry as we gather Friday, October 16th for the Hellfire Cabaret! Be you angel or devil come dressed in your finest for an evening of dancing, cocktails, drag, burlesque, and sideshow. Our evening begins with an hour of appetizers and complimentary wine, beer, ...
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 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 ...
Sarah Ruhl’s dark contemporary comedy follows Becky Nurse, a modern-day descendant of accused witch Rebecca Nurse in Salem. Becky’s been fired from her job at the local museum, troubled by her granddaughter’s boyfriend, is pining for a married man, and taking pain pills to cope after her daughter’s overdose. It seems hers is anything but a charmed life as Becky ...
Join us at Wicked Axe on Friday, October 16th from 8–10 PM for a FREE live music show featuring From the Jump, a New England-based band bringing a live audio-visual experience you won’t want to miss. Groove, Shash, Keith, Frank & Ash are ready to bring the energy and get the night moving! There’s no cover and no activity reservation ...
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 ...
Gulu favorites, Couple of Wanderers returns! They are Faith Kelly and Caswyn Moon, two Catskills songwriters who have made the road a big part of their music. After meeting at an open mic, the pair began crisscrossing the country together, playing original songs in venues and small towns all along the way. Caswyn brings melodic, punk-tinged Americana with old-country roots, ...
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 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 ...
Step into the bloody side of practical effects with Dead Puppy Studios for a hands-on Horror SPFX Workshop at The Satanic Temple’s Salem Art Gallery. Led by the FX artist behind the practical effects for Satanic Planet’s latest music video, this 18+ workshop will introduce you to the techniques used to create convincing bruises, cuts, wounds, blood effects, and other ...
