Hawthorne & Local Events

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 ...

Misfortune: Salem’s Parlor Magic Experience

Salem Athenaeum

A close-up magic show where the audience takes their fates in their hands. Are you feeling lucky? Misfortune is an hour-long theatrical magic show conjured by magician Evan Northrup. Set in Salem, Massachusetts, it walks the eerie line between superstition and luck — blending immersive storytelling with astonishing sleight-of-hand. It is mysterious, a little spooky, and always magical and fun. ...

Misfortune: Salem’s Parlor Magic Experience

Salem Athenaeum

A close-up magic show where the audience takes their fates in their hands. Are you feeling lucky? Misfortune is an hour-long theatrical magic show conjured by magician Evan Northrup. Set in Salem, Massachusetts, it walks the eerie line between superstition and luck — blending immersive storytelling with astonishing sleight-of-hand. It is mysterious, a little spooky, and always magical and fun. ...

2026 Salem Witch Trials

Tarot Cove 61 Wharf Street, Salem

Based on the true story of a tarot-reading lesbian forced from her home by Christian neighbors likely in a cult, Gretchen Wylder’s darkly comedic one-woman show explores witches as healers, the patriarchal systems that burned them and the modern dangers of organized religion. Living a double life – reading tarot in Salem while residing in a creepy cottage town run ...

Daniel Ouellette with Lynda Mandolyn – Live Music No Cover

Gulu-Gulu Cafe 247 Essex Street, Salem

Daniel Ouellette brings his theatrical, multilingual world of new wave, art pop and electronic music to the Gulu-Gulu stage. Performing solo and with his longtime project The Shobijin, Daniel has taken his wonderfully eclectic live show across the U.S., Canada and Spain, building a sound that’s colorful, strange, danceable and entirely his own. Joining Daniel is Lynda Mandolyn, a veteran ...

Bloodaoke: Summer Camp Massakaraoke

Bit Bar 278 Derby St, Salem

Attention campers! BLOODAOKE IS BACK! And this time its a Summer Camp Massakaraoke! All the craziness you come to expect from Bloodaoke in a fun summer camp (censored) bunker! Requests open at 830 and bring a friend because the Woods Get Bloody at Night!