Arcade Era Karaoke Thursdays
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.
This Weekend in Salem
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Thursday, July 30
Friday, July 31
Tall Ship – Pride of Baltimore Visits Salem
Pride‘s mission is to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of Maryland in every port she visits.
Blue Star 250: Celebrating the Birthplace of the National Guard
Blue Star 250: Celebrating the Birthplace of the National Guard - Event
Tea & Cake Tasting
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!
Friday Afternoon Drop-In Art: Seashell Mosaics
Friday Afternoon Drop-In Art: Seashell Mosaics - Event
Hot Ghoul Summer Drag Show
Join us for a FREE, all ages beach goth drag show on the Die With Your Boots On stage! Hosted by Miz Diamond Wigfall Featuring: Misster Miss Michael PeeWee Vermin Stabitha Christie With DJ: Maxine Harrison This event is free, but please tip the performers!
Sunset Paddle Tour
Enjoy a relaxing kayak or paddleboard tour along the coastline of Salem Neck as the sun sets over Beverly Harbor.
A Spirited Evening Connecting with the Other Side
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.
Miz Diamond Wigfall Friday Night Drag
Miz Diamond Wigfall drag extravaganza.
Saturday, August 1
The Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta
Salem 400+ Heritage Days Parade and Festival
Salem 400+ Heritage Days Festival
Nocturne Book Club & Signing with Helen Phifer for Salem's 400th
Tall Ship – Pride of Baltimore Visits Salem
Pride‘s mission is to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of Maryland in every port she visits.
Salem 400+ Heritage Days Parade
After more than thirty years the beloved Salem Heritage Days Parade is making its triumphant return, brought to life through a collaborative effort between the City of Salem, National Park Service, Salem State University, the Salem Police Department, Salem Trolley, the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and the North Shore CDC. This diverse planning committee is working together to offer the community a unique opportunity to experience more than 400 years of Salem’s remarkable story through an innovative chronological format. Under the overarching theme of “Salem Through the Centuries” the parade will take spectators on a journey through time, beginning with Salem’s indigenous roots and progressing through each major era that has shaped the city’s identity.
Salem Maritime Festival & 4th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta
Join us on Saturday, August 1 at Salem Maritime National Historical Park on Derby Street for the Salem Heritage Days Parade and Festival celebrating both the 250th anniversary of America and the 400th anniversary of Salem. This event is free and open to the public. The festivities begin with the return of the Heritage Days Parade, traveling from Salem State University’s O’Keefe Center to Salem Maritime National Historical Park. Following the parade, the fun continues with a festival along the waterfront. Cheer on your friends and neighbors at the annual Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta, step aboard the visiting tall ship Pride of Baltimore, try new food from local food trucks, and so much more! The Salem Heritage Days Parade and Festival is a partnership between Salem Maritime National Historical Park and the City of Salem.
Saturday Morning Run Club
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.
Salem Heritage Days Festival Art Making: Historic Salem Pictures
Join us at the Salem 400+ Heritage Days Festival on Derby Wharf! Bring local history to life by decorating a picture frame featuring images of Salem through the ages and create a unique memento featuring our beloved city. Learn more about Salem Heritage Days, which includes a parade, a cardboard boat regatta and other fun activities for all ages.
Tube Bugs
Transform paper tubes and other recycled materials into bugs of different shapes and sizes while learning about the anatomy of the insects all around us!
Convivial Craft
Thursdays and Saturdays 1:00-3:00 p.m. Use this time to move a creative project forward (knit, scrapbook, sketch, journal, write) or complete a task (write those thank you notes, sign the kids up for camp, organize your photos) in community.
Eden’s Bloody Birthday Benefit Concert
Eden’s Happy Bloody Birthday Party A sonic blood ritual meditation and benefit for Menstruatin’ with Satan One part performance, one part death awareness meditation ritual, and helping to end period poverty Solidarity with uterus-havers! TICKETS: $50.00 + BRING PERIOD PRODUCT DONATION TO BE ADMITTED ALL PERIOD PRODUCTS WILL BE DONATED TO SALEM PANTRY ON BEHALF OF MENSTRUATIN’ WITH SATAN AND THE SATANIC GOOD WORKS CAMPAIGN August 1st 2026, Eden Rayz will host her third death awareness meditation at Salem Art Gallery at The Satanic Temple.
A Spirited Evening Connecting with the Other Side
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.
Sunday, August 2
5th Annual The World Needs You Here Walk & Roll
Tall Ship – Pride of Baltimore Visits Salem
Pride‘s mission is to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of Maryland in every port she visits.
Hands-on History
Why just look at history when you can hold it in your hands? This summer, visit The House of the Seven Gables for a fun, Hands-on History activity designed to spark curiosity and get those creative gears turning. When: Sundays, July 5–September 6 Time: Drop in anytime between 11:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. Duration: A perfect 20–30 minute creative break. Cost: Included FREE with your Mansion Tour or Grounds Pass!
Notch Run Club Sundays!
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.
Fusion Fest at The Gables
Our fourth annual Fusion Fest! The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association was founded to help newly arriving immigrants to become successful here in the United States. While the groups arriving in Salem have changed over the years, The Gables’ drive to provide support and education has not. We are taking this special day to celebrate the backgrounds and cultures of students in the English Language and Citizenship classes at The House of the Seven Gables and how they have contributed to the growth of such a diverse and colorful city. Entry is free and open to the public. Join us and enjoy a variety of food, music, culture, and more!
Tour en Español
¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español! La Experiencia de Visita Guiada incluye: Un recorrido de hasta 60 minutos por La Casa de los Siete Tejados con un intérprete profesional Acceso a un recorrido de audio de 30 minutos para su propio dispositivo electrónico sobre los terrenos históricos Tiempo de exploración en el lugar de nacimiento, la casa de conteo y la tienda del museo de Nathaniel Hawthorne Un mapa único de nuestro sitio histórico. La compra de su boleto es un acuerdo con las siguientes exenciones de responsabilidad y nuestras Pautas de servicio para visitantes. Todas las ventas son finales. Su compra significa que usted lee y acepta lo siguiente: Distanciamiento social: la visita guiada incluirá espacios reducidos y habitaciones sin ventilación donde no podrá mantener 6 pies de otros visitantes. Reprogramación: No contamos con los recursos de personal para atender las solicitudes de reprogramación de sus boletos. La fecha y hora de venta de entradas son definitivas. Llegada puntual: debido a limitaciones de capacidad, no podemos aceptar llegadas tardías. No se ofrecerán reembolsos por llegadas tardías. No se permiten mascotas: solo se permiten animales de servicio para acompañar a los visitantes de La Casa de los Siete Tejados. No se permiten animales de apoyo emocional, terapia y consuelo. Sin reembolsos: todas las ventas son definitivas. Los reembolsos no están disponibles. > Comprar entradas <
Tube Bugs
Transform paper tubes and other recycled materials into bugs of different shapes and sizes while learning about the anatomy of the insects all around us!
Build A Terrarium w/ Rooted Workshops
Get your hands dirty and your creativity flowing!
Diamond’s Dine In w/ DJ Maxine Harrison
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!
Lughnasadh Open Ritual
The Salem Massachusetts Wiccan Meetup **Join us on Sunday August 2, 2026 at 4:00 pm for our Open Lughnasadh Ritual !** It's the first harvest!!! Welcome to the feast of grain! Let us gather for ritual to celebrate the bounty and abundance of the Earth! We will call upon Rosmerta the Celto-Roman Goddess of the Bountiful Cornucopia, and Lugh, The Many Skilled One, for whom the feast day is named. We will break bread together in honor of the feast of grain, and create corn dollies (it's easier than it sounds) to honor our own spiritual harvest along side the sacred harvest of the Earth. **It’s a high feast day! Following the ritual we will enjoy a pitch-in meal.** For the sake of ease, if your name begins with the letters A-N please bring an entrée dish, if your name begins with O-S please bring a vegetable or fruit dish, if your name begins with T-Z feel free to bring a dessert or snack food. Beverages will be provided (water & soft drinks). **Gathering and social time begins at 4:00pm. Pre-Ritual Intro's begin at at 4:15 pm, ritual starts at 4:30pm.** Once the ritual has begun no late comers will be permitted to enter the room until the doors are opened again at the end of the ritual. This ritual is being offered for a **fee of $30.00 per person**, this fee helps us cover operational costs and the continuation of Cornucopia's mission. **PLEASE RSVP by using the meetup Paypal payment function** below, you may also use our **venmo.com/CornucopiaCollective** OR **CONTACT ORGANIZERS IF YOU PLAN TO PAY CASH** on the day of the event, or if you need a sliding scale - No one is ever turned away for lack of funds. **LOCATION: 2 Elm Street, Malden, MA - First Parish of Malden Unitarian Universalist Church.** Steps from the MBTA Orange Line (Malden Center), ample free parking, wheelchair accessible! All of our rituals, events and classes are open to the public, no prior attendance at any Cornucopia event is needed. Cornucopia is a pluralistic community, we value all! Any tradition or level of learning/experience is welcomed! Newcomers are always welcome! Hosted by Cornucopia Collective Learn more about our mission, values and perspective here: www.thecornucopiacollective.com