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2022 Schedule of events and happenings!


Fri. June 3            
6:00 - 9:00PM

6:00 - 9:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Juried Art Gallery

6:00 - 6:45 pm, Derby Square
Salem Halloween Girls
DJ, House/Dance music

7:00 - 7:45 pm, Derby Square
Deep C Divers
Rock

8:00 - 9:00 pm, Derby Square
LadyCap
Reggae



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Sat. June 4            
11:00 am - 6:00 pm

11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival

Mural Slam - Artists Row

LIFELINES Community Art installation - Artists Row

11:00  – 11:45 am, Derby Square
Gold Velvet Sofa
Rock

11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Artists Row
Stone Soup Ensemble
Modern classical

11:45 am – 12:15 pm, Front Street
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
Off Beat Tap Company, Olivia Fasino, SLOWBURN Dance, Carli & Claire-Solene, Alison Cook Beatty Dance

11:45am - 12:30 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Jen & Bob Strom
Folk

12:15 - 12:45 pm, Front Street
Baechtold & Abel Aerial Artistry

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Poets of the North Shore

1:00 – 1:30 pm, Front Street
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Off Beat Tap Company, Carli & Claire-Solene, Stephen Ursprung, Marissa Doyle and Rebecca Lang, SLOWBURN Dance, Alison Cook Beatty Dance

1:15 - 1:30 pm, Artists Row
Skyy Fawxx
Spoken Word/Poetry

1:30 - 2:15 pm, Derby Square
Rolling Nectar
Rock

2:00 - 3:30 pm, Artists Row
Andy Voelker Trio
Jazz

2:15- 3:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Dance Block
Austin Guin, Aquissana Gomes, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Janelle Gilchrist, Alive Dance Collective, Rebecca Lang

2:15 - 3:45 pm, roaming
Peter Paradoxx
Juggling, Variety performance

2:15 - 2:45 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Caillie Hughes
Pop & Country

2:45 - 3:30 pm, Derby Square
Cosmic Vultures
Funk Rock

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
9x5 Book Release Party

A new poetry anthology edited by J.D. Scrimgeour

3:30 - 4:00 pm, Front Street
Baechtold & Abel Aerial Artistry

4:00 - 5:30 pm, Artists Row
Tilt-a-Whirl
Rock/Fusion

4:00 – 4:30 pm, Front Street
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Stephen Ursprung, Nikki Gagliano, Marissa Doyle and Rebecca Lang, Off Beat Tap Company, Olivia Fasino,

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Poetry and Spoken Word Open Mic hosted by Meghan Miraglia

4:45 to 5:45 pm, Derby Square
Yarina Music
Indigenous Ecuadorian

5:45 - 6:15 pm, Derby Square to Forten Park
King Serpent Variety Troupe
Pirate Variety Performance

6:30 - 7:15 pm, Forten Park
Jermaine Kelley

Pop/Hip-hop

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Forten Park
Salem Jazz & Soul 1st Saturday Concert Series featuring Jermaine Kelley, Qwill and the Sound Unifiers and Sweet Soul Sounds 

Sun. June 5               
11:00 am - 6:00 pm

11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival area

Mural Slam - Artists Row

LIFELINES Community Art installation - Artists Row

11:00 to 11:45 am, Derby Square
The Northshoremen Chorus
Barbershop Quartet and Chorus

11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Artists Row
ChagallPAC Saxophone Quartet

11:45 am – 12:15 pm, Front Street
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
Jackie Bowden, Jasmine Senn, Betsy Miller Dance Projects, Olivia Owen, Marissa Chura, Sarah Soares

11:45 am – 12:30 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Gabriella Simpkins
Folk

12:00 - 2:00 pm, roaming
Miracle Fish Puppets
Puppetry

12:15 – 1:00 pm, Derby Square
Outrageous Fortune

Jug Band

1:00 - 1:45 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Crowes Pasture
Indie Folk

1:00 – 1:30 pm, Front Street
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Jackie Bowden, Marissa Chura, Duets for a Lifetime, Vitality Dance, Betsy Miller Dance Projects, OnStage Dance Company

1:00 - 2:30 pm, Artists Row
Bunker Hill Jazz
Jazz

1:30 - 1:45 pm, Derby Square
Gatto
Bellydance

1:45 - 2:30 pm, Derby Square
Calamus
Ambient Rock

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Generative poetry workshop with Jack Giaour
Aspanfut: Re-Discovering Language through the Ukrainian Avant-Garde

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, roaming
Lynn Modell / Making Dances
Dance street performance

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Salem Maritime Site adjacent to Salem Arts Association at 159 Derby Street
Drawn Together 
Live Drawing Event

2:30 - 3:15 pm, roaming
Moonrise Fae
Interactive Flow Arts

2:30 – 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Dance Block
Prnay Chopra, Michaela H Romulo, Accumulation Dance, Michelle Dalton, Forty Steps Dance, Rianna Lindsey

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
From Page to Public; Getting Your Work Out There
With writers M.P. Carver and Jim DeFilippi

3:15 - 4:00 pm, Derby Square
Wangari Fahari
Afro-Jazz and World Music

3:15 - 4:00 pm, Artists Row
Flight or Visibility
Classical punk

3:45 - 4:30 pm, Coffeehouse Stage
Kirsten and Dave
Folk

4:15 - 4:45 pm, Front Street
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Abbie White, Becky Jo Roland, and Molly Quinn, Duets for a Lifetime, Vitality Dance, Olivia Owen, OnStage Dance Company

4:30 - 7:30 pm, Artists Row
D.E.N.C.I.T.Y. Soulcase

4:45 – 5:45 pm, Derby Square
Flamenco Boston
Flamenco

 


Latest Past Events

Flamenco Boston

Derby Square 21 Front Street, Salem

Flamenco Boston was founded in 2007. The organization’s mission is to bring more flamenco to the Boston area by providing flamenco dance classes and performances. Flamenco is an eclectic art form originating the South of Spain.

Kirsten & Dave

Coffeehouse Stage 21 Front Street, Salem

Kirsten & Dave’s diverse backgrounds are the key to their success at performing a variety of musical styles. Whether they are playing acoustic pop, country, acoustic blues or folk/bluegrass, their love for music is obvious.

Wangari Fahari

Derby Square 21 Front Street, Salem

Wangari has a purity and sensitivity in her voice that is clear and evident from the moment she begins to sing. Mentored by two of the most powerful female singers of all time (Joan Baez/Mariam Makeba)entrusted with the responsibility of not just singing, but singing with intention and vision.