Updates & Corrections
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.
HalloWharf October 31st, start a tradition of celebrating "HalloWharf" with the merchants at Pickering Wharf, where you'll find shops with delightful holiday novelties, several restaurants for dining & feasting, music, bar-hopping and fun. Plus, the 12th Annual Feast of Samhain. For details go to HalloWharf.com.
Thrill the World: Michael Jackson's Zombie Dance October 25 time change: starts at Noon.
#9 The House of the Seven Gables The Spirits of the Gables and Legacy of the Hanging Judge events in the daily listings have an inaccurate ending time. These tours end at 11:00pm on October 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and November 1. 7Gables.org
#12 The Hawthorne Hotel The CarnEvil Creep Show Ball is on Friday, October 31 not Saturday! For reservations call 978-744-4080. Hawthorne Hotel.com
#89 Cornerstone Books This great book store is located at 45 Lafayette Street in Salem. On the guide map they are listed as number 89 near Central Street. Just go one more street over and you will find them along with best reading for the Fall. CornerstoneBooks-Salem.com
#93 Fool's Mansion To visit their website, go to FoolsMansion.com. This was not in the booklet.
The Witch City Haunted Octoberfest sponsored by Ipswich Ale This event did not have a location at the time we went to print. The festivities will be held at the Front Street Parking area. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 978-745-4343.
Salem's Official Haunted Happenings blog is serviced by Destination Salem, the Office for Travel and Tourism for the city of Salem, Massachusetts.
