OCTOBER 2025 PARTY EVENTS WILL POST AS THEY ARE ANNOUNCED
Salem Halloween City’s
Costume Party Calendar
When it comes to Halloween, Salem knows how to party!
Masquerade ball events and costume contests will be rocking out at
Salem’s hotels and nightspots throughout the month of October.
Unleash your fiendish creativity and howl!
Oct.
18
Hawthorne’s Halloween Bash At House Of 7 Gables
6:30pm-10pm. House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby St. Nathaniel Hawthorne invites you to celebrate in the gardens of The House of the Seven Gables. Interact with Mr. Hawthorne and his famous characters. Dance the night away to Doctor Gasp and The Eeks’ songs of Halloween, oozing with vampires and ghastly creeps. Cash bar, stationed hors d’ oeuvres with a mac and cheese bar, photo booth, and great people-watching among other surprises. Dress up in your Halloween best! Tickets
Oct.
25
Hawthorne Hotel’s 2025 Halloween Ball
7:00pm. Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Sq. Our theme this year, A Vintage Halloween, will transport you into the bizarre – yet beautiful – traditions of the 1920s to see just how much Halloween has changed over the last 100 years. The event features music, interactive experiences, a costume contest, stationed hors d’oeuvres and cash bars on three floors. Dance, people-watch, take selfies in front of our photo backdrops and enjoy being part of the premier bucket-list Halloween event in New England. Tickets
Oct.
25
Wicked Night On The Wharf – Cosmic Nightmare
8:00pm. Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites, 225 Derby St.
The Salem Waterfront Hotel invites you to journey beyond the stars and enter the Cosmic Nightmare where haunted space stations, cursed constellations and beats from beyond await.
Enter the costume contest for a chance to win stellar prizes. Prepare to scream into the void and party with creatures from another dimension—this is Halloween as you’ve never experienced it before! 21+ Tickets
Oct.
31
The Official Salem Witches Halloween Ball
7:30pm. Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Square West. Join Christian Day, Brian Cain, and the Witches of Salem with guests Dragon Ritual Drummers as Witches and mortals alike gather from around the globe for a night of magic, music, powerful rituals, and prizes at the world’s most magical Halloween party! Join us as in days of old when fires burned on every hilltop and Witches gathered to feast, rejoice, and cast spells for the new year!! Tickets
