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Making the Most of Halloween in Salem
Good advice about when to arrive, when to leave, and how to have fun in between
The City of Salem and Destination Salem are encouraging participants in Salem's Halloween night festivities to be safe and considerate during their celebration of all things haunted, spooky and bewitching.
Halloween night is filled with costume balls, festivals, dramatic presentations, ghost stories, walking tours, and parties. Visitors are advised to make reservations for tickets events early, as most will sell out.
The schedule of public events is as follows:
- 7:00-10:00 pm: Live music around town featuring the Undercover Band on Front Street and Grateful Ted on Hawthorne Boulevard;
- 10:30 pm: Halloween Finale presented by VDA Productions at Federal & Washington Streets, near the MBTA Commuter Rail station, followed by fireworks over the North River.
- 11:00 pm: Final trains depart to North Station, Boston
- 11:26 pm: Final train departs to Newburyport
- 12:38 am: Final train departs to Rockport
The MBTA has added additional train service for Halloween night, as well as for the weekends of October 18-19 and 24-25. Visit MBTA.com for the complete expanded schedule of services for Haunted Happenings.
Those planning to celebrate Halloween in Salem are reminded of the following:
- Costume accessories that might look like a weapon or potentially endanger others are not permitted in the City and will be confiscated by police;
- Public consumption of alcohol is prohibited and will not be tolerated;
- Salem is a residential city - please be considerate of private property;
- The finale at 10:30 PM is the conclusion of the public Halloween celebration, and the streets will be closed after the fireworks, and in conjunction with the final trains departing Salem;
- To make the most of the public Salem Halloween experience, people are encourage to arrive no later than 8:30 pm, and should plan to depart after the finale at 10:45 pm.
