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During
the Haunting Season, Salem makes sure
there are plenty of fun happenings for
everyone, including many for families
and little ghosts and goblins.
Please
note: Events and Dates Are
Subject To Change Without Notice.
Please Check With Event Locations
Before Planning To Attend.
We
are not responsible for typographical
errors.
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October 11
Boo-tiful Pet Halloween Contest
Salem Common -
10:30am - 1:30pm 978-744-2615
Competition for Official Cat and Dog Of Salem. Prizes awarded.
Cat registration - 10am Dog registration - noon |
October 16
Death and Rebirth: Ritual Transformation
7-11pm 209 Essex St.
Draw on Salem's magic to change your life as you release the past and embrace resurrection! 800.595.4TIX
Derby Street Carnival - Ongoing
Fiesta Shows provides thrill rides, merry go round and carnival foods. |
October 17
Halloween at Hogwarts
Phoenix School 89 Margin Street 9:00 to noon - Admissions: $25
For bright, curious kids in ages 7-10.
Grab your robe, pack your imagination in your trunk, put your owl on your shoulder, and head for Track 9 3/4. Using art materials and science experiments, help Harry and his friends solve the mystery of the horcruxes and save the world.
Pre-registration is required.
Free parking. 978 741-0870
Pumpkin Festival and Food Court on the Common
Salem Common - 10am-3pm
See a display of umpkins decorated by Salem and area school children and hay bale maze for little ones.
Witch City Car Show
Central Wharf/Derby Street - 10am-5pm
Great Pumkin Carving Contest
Pickering Wharf - 11am-4pm
"Enter your children of any age in our first, Great Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Any child with the ability to draw, glue and paint can enter in our contest. Each entrant will be able to choose a pumpkin and decorate it with any of the available materials, and create their own version of the Great Pumpkin.
Registration is just $8, and includes your pumpkin and decorative materials. Registration will be taken on the day of the event." hallowharf.com
National Park Service Junior Ranger Costume Day
10:30am - 4pm Ages 8-12 St. Joseph Hall, 160 Derby St. 2nd Floor
Adults $5.00 Children 6-16 $3.00 Under 6 Free
Come to Salem Maritime in a costume representing a person, animal, or object connected to a national park. Do ranger activities and prepare to build a ship. Children in costume receive free admission to the shipwright program. All children must be accompanied by adult.
Kids Halloween Party At Cornerstone Books - 10:30am
Cornerstone Books - 45 Lafayette St. 978-744-1831
CB Kids Halloween Party with Jean Marie Cochran and Jennifer Morris and On a Dark, Dark Night
Young Adult Halloween Event with Dan Waters, Tonya Hurley, and Megan Kelley Hall - 7pm
Cornerstone Books - 45 Lafayette St. 978-744-1831
"Cornerstone's first ever young adult Halloween party features ghoulishly good, freakishly famous authors Dan Waters, Tonya Hurley, and Megan Kelley Hall. Come hear their tales of witchery, the undead, and the terminally adolescent! Come in costume and win prizes! Contests, giveaways and treats."
Old Fashioned Base Ball Game - Salem Common - Noon-5pm
Essex Baseball Club Vs. Providence Grays
Two matches played by the rules of the 1860's and 1870's.
Also 19th century baseball exhibit. Spectral Evidence - Ghost Hunting 101
Hawthorne Hotel - 18 Washington Square
8pm-Midnight Learn how to begin your own ghost hunting expeditions from a team of real ghost hunters! EVP, Infrared, Spirit Photography! 800.595.4TIX
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October 18
Ms. Firefly's School of Spirit Conjuration
2-4 pm The Witch School - 209 Essex St.
Join Salem's own Ms. Firefly as she teaches kids to conjure their own friendly ghosts! Ice cream buffet! 800.595.4TIX
21st Annual Halloween Witch Ride
A scenic ride from Bruce Rossmeyer's Boston Harley in Everett to Shetland Park in Salem followed by a post-ride party. Ride leaves at 1pm. Registration required: Bostonharley.com |
October 22
Gedney Glows - 21 High St. - Ongoing
5:30 PM & 6:15 PM. Not your typical historic house tour. Explore an 18th century Salem shipbuilders house by lantern glow.
Registration required. Admission: $3 Historic New England members,
$6 nonmembers 978-744-0440
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October 23
Trick O' Treat Night - Pickering Wharf
5:30-7:30 PM. Parents with children in costume, ages 14 and under are encouraged to visit all stores in Pickering Wharf with balloons outside their doors from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
Nosteratu Night Accompanied By Devil Music Ensemble
Peabody Essex Museum Atrium - Essex Street 8-9:30 pm
"Devil Music Ensemble returns to PEM to perform live music for a screening of the 1922 classic silent film Nosferatu. The original score — composed and performed live alongside the film — features percussion, synthesizer, electric violin, vibraphone, guitar and lap steel." pem.org
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