CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN SALEM!

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.

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Salem Arts Festival is supported by tourism dollars through Destination Salem.

The Salem Arts Festival is proud to acknowledge all the sponsors allowing us to bring this free festival to Downtown Salem annually. 

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The Salem Main Street Initiative is a preservation-based, volunteer-driven strategy for commercial district revitalization

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The Creative Collective connects creativity, community and commerce through a series of traditional and non-traditional marketing efforts, advocacy, events and resources. 

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SAVE THE DATE ✨ Salem Arts Festival 2026 Salem 400+ Special Edition @400salem June 5-7, 2026 🎨 18 years of celebrating Salem's creative spirit 🎭 10,000+ visitors annually 🎵 FREE & family-friendly Transform historic downtown Salem into a vib
🎉 PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER ANNOUNCED! 🎉 The votes are in! Congratulations to JESS "PICKLES" Clark for winning the 2025 Salem Arts Festival Mural Slam People's Choice Award! 🎨✨ @the_paintedpickle_ Thank you to everyone who watched our incr
🌟 COMMUNITY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT 🌟 Huge thanks to Destination Salem (@destsalem), our incredible Community Partner for the 17th Annual Salem Arts Festival! As Salem's destination marketing organization, Destination Salem provided invaluable in-kind P
🎭 DIRECTOR SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT 🎭 Huge thanks to Salem State University Center for Creative and Performing Arts, our incredible Director sponsor for the 17th Annual Salem Arts Festival! @salemstate Home to the stunning Sophia Gordon Center for Creat

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