Destination Salem

Open Mic Night
2026-06-10 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Far From the Tree, 108 Jackson Street, Salem, MA, United States
Join us at Far From The Tree for Open Mic Night, a laid-back evening featuring local talent, good cider, and great energy. Whether you’re a musician, poet, comedian, or just there to listen, all are welcome.
Sign-ups are free and open to anyone who wants to share their craft. Come support local creatives or take the mic yourself.
Wednesdays | 5:00–8:00 PM
Far From The Tree Taproom, Salem MA

Tuesday Trivia @ ERBC
2026-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 | East Regiment Beer Company, 30 Church St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join us for a 5 rounds of general-knowledge pub trivia! One finally Jeopardy-style question for all the marbles–winning team goes home with a gift card and bragging rights!

Ginger Cajun Seafood Pride Nights
2026-06-09 08:00 - 17:00 | GINGER SEAFOOD & ASIAN FUSION, 118 Washington St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Ginger has a Pride Night every second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 7 to 10. It’s a safe place for LGBT+ people and allies to come, hang out and have fun. Featuring a special drink list.

Open Mic Night
2026-06-08 19:00 - 21:00 | East Regiment Beer Company, 30 Church St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
INDUSTRY NIGHT OPEN MIC
6:30pm Sign Ups Start
7-9pm Open Mic
First come, first serve, with PA provided.
Drink, sing, and be merry with your host and bartender, Dylan!

Sex and The City Patio Party
2026-06-07 14:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-06 13:00 - 20:00 | Far From the Tree, 108 Jackson Street, Salem, MA, United States
Far From the Tree x Sex and the City Launch Party 6/6 – 6/7 💋🍸✨ We’re celebrating all weekend long with SATC flights, live music, food trucks, and local pop-ups at the taproom!
🍸 Carrie — Cosmo
🍋 Samantha — Limoncello
🍊 Miranda — Aperol
🥥 Charlotte — Piña Colada
✨ SATURDAY 6/6
🎶 Not Bad Pretty Good Live Music | 1PM–4PM
🌮 Ruta Jalisco Food Truck | 2PM–5PM
✨ SUNDAY 6/7
🎵 Steven Hildonsen Live Music | 2PM–5PM
🛍 Salem Arts Fest Pop-Up with Heartlynxj & Light and Keys | 1PM–5PM
📍108 Jackson Street, Salem MA

Diamond's Dine In w/ DJ Maxine Harrison
2026-06-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Diamond’s Dine In the musical millennial revue with singing, dancing, and of course comedy! Cohosted by DJ Maxine Harrison and featuring rotating weekly special guests! Please come and celebrate Sungay with us and bring all the good energy!

Starry and Restless
2026-06-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Within the past generation, journalism has been upended by the Internet and social media — and it’s still undergoing extraordinary transformation. Join author Julia Cooke for a discussion about Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World, a triple-biography that illuminates an earlier moment of journalistic transformation.
Martha Gellhorn, Emily “Mickey” Hahn and Rebecca West were three trailblazing reporters who transformed journalism while reinventing the possibilities for women of their times. In Starry and Restless, Cooke takes readers on these writers’ adven

Notch Run Club Sundays!
2026-06-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Notch Brewing, 283R Derby Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Meters for Liters is a weekly group run from the Tap Room. This is not a race, just a chance to get out and earn some cold beer. When we get back to the brewery, there will be plenty of beer and free pretzel bites for runners! On Sundays, choose from a 5k or 10k distance. Open to ALL abilities.
No sign up is required but you do have the option to “sign in” before the run. Meet at the Tap Room at 12:00pm.

Tour en Español
2026-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 | The House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

Salem Arts Festival
2026-06-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-05 10:00 - 17:00 | Downtown Salem, Essex St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join us for the 18th annual Salem Arts Festival, June 5-7, 2026, in historic downtown Salem, celebrating our Salem 400+ milestone through a vibrant showcase of local art, music, dance, and theatre performances across outdoor stages. This free, family-friendly event honors four centuries of creative spirit through interactive art-making, a makers’ marketplace, pop-up exhibitions, a live mural slam, and public art installations, drawing over 10,000 attendees annually.

The New York Neo-Futurists: The Infinite Wrench
2026-06-06 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-06-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
PEM Presents is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Join the New York Neo-Futurists for an off-the-wall theater experience at PEM! Watch this experimental ensemble attempt to perform 30 short plays in one hour with The Infinite Wrench.
Each play offers something different — something funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying or musical. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences, including people who feel “unreached or unmoved” by traditional theater.
The New York Neo-Futurists are a radically dynamic ensemble of multidisciplinary artists who write and perform original work rooted in the truth of their own lived experiences. They fuse elements of poetry, game and performance art to create ever-changing theatre and other artistic experiments to respond to the world around us.
This show may include the use of flashing/strobing lights. It may also include adult themes, humor, language and content, including alcohol use and partial nudity.
Happens on the following Dates:
Jun 5, 2026, 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Jun 6, 2026, 7:30pm to 9:00pm

4th Annual Lipsync Smackdown
2026-06-06 19:00 - 22:00 | The Hotel Salem, 209 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Prepare for a lip sync battle like no other.
The Lip Sync Smackdown for the Nonexistent Crown brings ten incredible performers—drag kings, queens, and all things in between—competing for a $1,000 cash prize.
With twists, turns, and surprises at every corner, you’ll be on the edge of your seat. Only one lip syncer will reign supreme—come find out who.
Grab your tickets and experience the smackdown live.

Welcome to the Lip Sync Smackdown for the Nonexistent Crown.
Ten performers enter. One leaves with $1,000 and the title of ultimate lip sync champion.
This high-energy drag competition features kings, queens, and things battling it out through multiple rounds of lip sync performances. Each round brings new surprises—song reveals, unexpected pairings, and sudden eliminations that keep both the performers and the audience on their toes.
The audience is part of the experience, cheering, reacting, and helping shape the energy of the night as the competition unfolds.
Whether you’re here for the drama, the talent, or the chaos, this is not your average drag show—this is a full-scale smackdown.
Come ready to scream, laugh, and witness who rises to the top.

A Spirited Evening Connecting with the Other Side
2026-06-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Celestial Navigation Astrology & Wellness, 254 Essex St Suite 204 Salem, MA 01970, Salem, 01970, United States
Join educator, author, and former Paranormal Salem owner Kimberly Peterson for an intimate 90-minute indoor workshop exploring the tools, history, and lived experience behind paranormal investigation in Salem. Blending real investigative methods with intuitive development and mediumship, this hands-on experience includes intuitive exercises, a guided spirit communication circle, and the use of tools such as K2 meters and spirit boxes. Each guest receives a pendulum and a signed book. Part history lesson, part intuitive development, part séance. Limited to 12 guests.

Saturday Morning Run Club
2026-06-06 11:30 - 12:30 | Couch Dog Brewing Co., 76 Lafayette Street, Salem, 01970, United States
Join us for a 5K run or 1 mile run/walk and then enjoy beer or coffee with fellow runners — all are welcome (including sporty pups!). Prizes at every 5th run, and also at milestones of 10, 25, and 50 total runs.

Historic New England Open House
2026-06-06 11:00 - 16:00 | Historic New England’s Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join Historic New England on June 6 for a region wide Open House! Explore 38 distinctly different historic sites for FREE from Connecticut to Maine. In the North Shore, connect with stories linked with the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Visit farm animals in Newbury. Check out antique cars and carriages on the “most beautiful street in America” and one of the only standing houses connected to the Witch Trials in Salem. On Cape Ann, tour the seaside home of one of America’s first interior designers.
Visit HistoricNewEngland.org for more information and site open hours.

Salem Arts at the PEM
2026-06-06 10:00 - 17:00 | Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Celebrate Salem Arts Fest with free outdoor art making on Essex Street! We’ll be hosting Artists for Humanity from 11 am to 3 pm on Saturday, June 6, as they bring to life a collaborative mural project inspired by Salem’s creative community.
All visitors enjoy free admission to the museum on June 6!

Miz Diamond Wigfall Friday Night Drag
2026-06-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Bit Bar, 278 Derby St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Miz Diamond Wigfall drag extravaganza at Bit Bar.

Sunset Paddle Tour
2026-06-05 18:45 - 20:15 | Salem Willows, 167 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States
Enjoy a relaxing kayak or paddleboard tour along the coastline of Salem Neck as the sun sets over Beverly Harbor.

Queens at the Castle
2026-06-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, 01930, United States
Get ready for a night of glitz, glam, and fierce performances in a setting like no other! Join us for two performances of Queens at the Castle, a high-energy, laugh-out-loud evening hosted by one of Boston’s most iconic Queens and featuring three of the region’s top drag performers.
This event is strictly 21 & over. I.D. will be required upon admission.

Salem Arts Festival Kick Off and Tiny Art Spree
2026-06-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Derby Square, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Summer kicks off in Derby Square with the launch of the Salem Arts Festival — a celebration of four centuries of Salem’s creative heritage. Live performances, the Juried Art Gallery grand opening (every piece for sale), a grazing table and cash bar by Bambolina, a mocktail bar by EDEX Provisions, and creative surprises around every corner. At 7 PM upstairs: the 2nd Annual Tiny Art Spree, Salem’s most exhilarating art acquisition event. Ticket holders sprint to claim original works by local artists. $20 — limited tickets, while they last. Produced by Salem Main Streets and Creative Collective.

Tea & Cake Tasting
2026-06-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Jolie Tea Company, 316 Derby Street, Salem, MA, United States
Free Tea & Cake Tasting at Jolie Tea Company. Every Friday afternoon, 3:00-5:00pm.
Come enjoy and taste some of our favorite tea blends and cake flavors!

PEM Pals: Pride
2026-06-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join us for a reading of the book I Love You Because I Love You by Muợn Thị Văn, illustrated by Jessica Love.
Designed for children (5 and under) and their caregivers, PEM Pals aims to engage and excite all of the senses through books, movement, music, art and hands-on activities. Held on the first Friday of the month at 10:30 am. Please join us again in September after our summer break.

Arcade Era Karaoke Thursdays
2026-06-04 21:00 - 23:00 | Bit Bar, 278 Derby St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Come belt out your favorite songs from the late 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s! Be cosmically inspired by the warm glow of 60 cathode ray tube arcade monitors and oh so shiny pinballs.

Open Mic
2026-06-04 19:30 - 23:30 | Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Come join us for our weekly free Open Mic shindig every Thursday. Sign ups start at 7:30pm and the event starts at 8pm. Hope to see you here!

Mahi Summer Music Series
2026-06-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Mahi Mahi Cruises and Charters, Pickering Wharf 24 Congress Street, Salem, MA, United States
Nothing beats music on the ocean. Live music every Thursday on the Hannah Glover. Dance with friends and strangers under the stars with the best local bands on the North Shore, a boat drink in hand, and munching on a backyard favorite – 21+ cruise.
