The Witch Museum ~ across from Salem Common
The forecast for Halloween in Salem is a thriller! Friday through Sunday temperatures will range between the mid 40’s to low 60’s. This rain free weekend will be absolutely perfect for every kinda fun.
Before you hop on your broom the City of Salem wants to help you plan your time in-and-around the downtown area. Parking will be limited so Mayor Dominick Pangallo encourages everyone to take public transportation.
photo credit: Jess Shada
Crowds are expected to be epic!
Salem Parade : photo credit Jess Shada
Salem’s celebrating it’s 400th anniversary this year. Locals and visitors from around the world are in for some spooktacular sites. The City’s rich history of culture and kitsch will be on every corner.
Peabody Essex Museum: The Ropes Mansion AKA “Allison’s House” from the Disney Film, Hocus Pocus! Photo Credit Kathy Tarant
Trade House Mercy photo credit : Jess Shada
Salem’s a fascinating City to visit anytime of year ~but this weekend’s festivities will feature some extraordinary events.
Friday 10/31/26
photo credit : Salem Hotel
8:30 PM The Salem Hotel will host Caroline Rhea in ” An Intimate + Witchy Night of Comedy for a Cause”. This stand-up performance will benefit “The Ellie Fund” supporting breast-cancer patients and their families. Rhea is known to many as Aunt Hilda from the popular TV she ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’. General Admission tickets are $30.00 and available at Eventbirght.
SATURDAY 10/31/26
10AM-9:45PM There’ll be vendors galore on Salem Commons & Derby Square
and from 11AM-9:45PM more vendors will be at Old Town Hall Food Market
Peabody Essex Museum (PEM)
Houdini’s handcuffs in the atrium of the Peabody Essex Museum!
11:00AM -12PM PEM marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Houdini with a performance by Anton Andresen, the official magician of Salem. Andresen’s mysterious stories are inspired by the escape artist’s astonishing life.
Anton Andresen : photo credit
Not to be missed at PEM are the original transcripts of the Salem Witch Trails and artifacts of Colonial Salem.
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Salem Common
12:00PM-4:00 PM ~Vantablak, stage and dance optical illusion performances ( between aerial acts)
1PM-1:30 PM~ Baechtold and Abel Aerial Artistry
3:00PM-3:30PM~ Baechtold and Abel Aerial Artistry
4:15PM-5:00PM~ Studio Two-Set 1
5:00 PM Salem Witches ‘Magic Circle’
5:30PM- 6:15 ~ Studio Two -Set 2
6:45 PM- 10:00 PM DJ Cheetah
Salem Common
Washington Street at Federal Street
2:00 PM- 6:00 PM~ DJ Francois Flow
6:30 PM- 8:00PM ~ Undercover Band
8:30PM- 10:00PM Pretty Rotten
Front Street Stage
5:30 PM- 7:30 PM ~ Midtown Horns
8:00PM- 10:00PM Not Bad Pretty Good-Headliner
Charlotte Forten Park
12:00PM- 2:00PM Monkey Knife Lite, with Felipe Collazo
6:00PM -10:00 PM DJ Andrea Stamas
Hawthrone Boulevard Stage
5:30PM-7:30 PM ~Foo Family
8:00 PM-10:00 PM “Hello Newman”
North River
10:10PM Halloween Drown Show
Photo Credit Semper Drone
Final Trains:
to Boston : 11;14 PM
to Newburyport 12:26 AM
to Rockport: 11:56 PM
All MBTA schedules: MBTA.com/destinations/salem
further updates : Hauntedhappenings.org
Salem Police: 978 744 1212
photo credit : Jess Shada
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