Partnership with the Peabody Essex Museum, City of Salem and Creative Collective to honor town as inspiration for ParaNorman’s fictional ‘Blithe Hollow’ setting As part of Salem, Massachusetts’, iconic “Salem Haunted Happenings” month-long Halloween festival, the award-winning animation studio LAIKA has partnered with the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), the City of Salem and Creative Collective to present a series of ParaNorman screenings and live

It’s time for Haunted Happenings! Salem and the surrounding areas are prepping for the spookiest time of the year. Check out some of these great events coming up in the next few weeks.  Haunted Happenings Marketplace 2022 Salem Common: Saturdays 10AM-9PM and Sundays 10AM-6PM Derby Square: Saturdays 10AM-8PM andSundays 10AM-6PM The Annual Haunted Happenings Market returns! Produced by Creative Collective

A month full of creative activities for the spooky season, including new self-guided witch trials walk This October, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) offers an action-packed month of Eerie Events programming to celebrate the season through storytelling, fashion, film and more. On the heels of two highly successful witch trial exhibitions in 2020 and 2021, this fall PEM will offer a pop-up

During the month of October 2022, Salem, Massachusetts will celebrate its 40th Anniversary of Salem Haunted Happenings, the annual citywide event that attracts Halloween-lovers from around the world. To celebrate this milestone, attractions and businesses around Salem will host anniversary-themed special events in addition to the crowd-favorite festival activities such as the Haunted Happenings Grand Parade, Mayor’s Night Out, the

From Destination Salem As the 39th annual Salem Haunted Happenings heads towards its conclusion on October 31, event organizers have final recommendations and reminders for revelers planning to visit the Witch City this weekend. The forecast includes rain on Saturday, October 30. Salem Haunted Happenings events run rain or shine, but some modifications may be made to outdoor programs due to

by Dakota Draper One of my favorite things about the holidays are the fun snacks that I get to make and share with friends and family. What is even better about some of the snacks mentioned below is that they are all fully customizable. You don’t need to follow the recipe word for word! Halloween Bark Cute and fun activity

By Joey Phoenix Salem tourists are spoiled for choice with the range of distinct tour options in the downtown. Visitors can take history tours and ghost tours and cemetery tours or even follow historic reenactors around, learning about witches, Puritans, Hollywood, tombstone engravings, and much more, sometimes even in the same night.  Because Salem’s history is so unusual, this variety

From Salem Horror Fest Salem, Massachusetts – Following a two week return to live events, Salem Horror Fest is ready to celebrate peak Halloween with a digital presentation of their aggressively unique and independent program of horror showcasing more than one hundred features, shorts, music videos, and other exclusives in partnership with ALTER, Fangoria, and the George A. Romero Foundation. Leading the

From Destination Salem The City of Salem is advising all travelers planning to visit during the remaining weekends in October to take the train, ride the ferry, or use satellite parking. The MBTA has added extra trains and the Salem Ferry is running larger vessels as needed for Saturday, October 23, Sunday, October 24, Saturday, October 30, and Sunday, October 31. In addition, the

The Endless Night Vampire Ball was a night worth remembering. The First Annual Endless Night Salem Vampire Weekend happened this past Friday, October 15th through Sunday, October 17th, 2021. Vampire appreciators took over the Historic Hawthorne Hotel for the largest gathering of Vampires in Salem’s history. It was a weekend of performance, ritual, and dark delights. View this post on