FREE - For Salem Arts Members Only, Painting Only! Thursday, May 19 - Tuesday, May 31, during regular business hours at the House of Seven Gables (10am-5pm daily).   Please note:  The grounds will be used for events on May 21, 27 and 28 - artists are discouraged form visiting on those dates. We invite our members to set up on ... Read More

Presented by the Salem Art Gallery at The Satanic Temple Salem. Open your mind and enter the Psychomanteum; a unique experiential installation that explores the psyche. Intertwining mythological practices, psychological techniques, and physiological responses, the Psychomanteum allows participants to interact with the specters residing in their conscious and subconscious. Created by Miss Thanatopsis and Nathan Emm

Presented by the Salem Art Gallery at The Satanic Temple Salem. Open your mind and enter the Psychomanteum; a unique experiential installation that explores the psyche. Intertwining mythological practices, psychological techniques, and physiological responses, the Psychomanteum allows participants to interact with the specters residing in their conscious and subconscious. Created by Miss Thanatopsis and Nathan Emm

Come shop with Sara Capello Illustration the entire month of June! they will be offering their art prints, wooden pins, pin back buttons, keychains & stickers and much more! Shop them during regular open hour in our Salem shop!

Presented by the Salem Art Gallery at The Satanic Temple Salem. Open your mind and enter the Psychomanteum; a unique experiential installation that explores the psyche. Intertwining mythological practices, psychological techniques, and physiological responses, the Psychomanteum allows participants to interact with the specters residing in their conscious and subconscious. Created by Miss Thanatopsis and Nathan Emm

Come shop with Sara Capello Illustration the entire month of June! they will be offering their art prints, wooden pins, pin back buttons, keychains & stickers and much more! Shop them during regular open hour in our Salem shop!

Presented by the Salem Art Gallery at The Satanic Temple Salem. Open your mind and enter the Psychomanteum; a unique experiential installation that explores the psyche. Intertwining mythological practices, psychological techniques, and physiological responses, the Psychomanteum allows participants to interact with the specters residing in their conscious and subconscious. Created by Miss Thanatopsis and Nathan Emm

Art will heal us and help us recover from the challenges we have and continue to face. Arts and Culture are an integral part of day-to-day life in Salem and this annual festival has become a source of pride and revenue for hundreds of creative professionals and a major economic boost to the local community with over 6000 attendees annually. ... Read More

We are sibling DJs from the Witch City playing music and having fun.

Conical Cacophony is a Boston-based brass band delivering Balkan-inspired dance jams. Dazzling horns! Blazing beats! With heavy influence from the music of Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria, and a penchant to party, these rabble rousers will light up any stage or street. Info: http://conicalcacophony.com/

Deep C Divers are a Boston-based original rock band whose melodic hooks find a genuine appeal to the heart. Their music is a striking blend of alternative and classic rock with elements of funk and reggae tempered by pop sensibility.

Boston-based, original reggae and soul band, LadyCap was formed in 2018. The founder and lead singer, Talía Piqué hasa unique way of cutting straight through the surface and to the core of her listeners’ hearts. The band just wrapped up recording their debut EP that will be released summer of 2022.

Art will heal us and help us recover from the challenges we have and continue to face. Arts and Culture are an integral part of day-to-day life in Salem and this annual festival has become a source of pride and revenue for hundreds of creative professionals and a major economic boost to the local community with over 6000 attendees annually. ... Read More

The Gallerist is a folk and indie band based out of Boston. Singer, songwriter Mike Collins began the group in Boston before moving to the Philadelphia area, where the band built a strong following, releasing two albums and performing in many venues, large and small.

The Stone Soup Ensemble's performance at Salem Arts Fest is comprised of percussionists Lydia Lucas, Deborah Welsh-Ibanez, Michael Sullivan, and Flutist Jordan Pearson. We perform modern classical chamber music, aleatoric jams, and pop arrangements! Whatever happens, happens!

Bob & Jen Strom play together regularly at sessions, Irish pubs and local festivals. They have recorded two CDs ‘Round the Bend and Heading Home. Cindy McIntyre is a founding member of O’Carolan Etcetera, and played with the Salem Country Orchestra.

Baechtold and Abel are two talented circus performers who have joined forces to create dynamic duo acts on lyra, silks, trapeze, and other innovative apparatus. Their feats of strength, balletic choreography, and harmonious transitions, have taken them across the globe, the latest being Hawaii!

Skyy Fawxx is a rake, a nonsense poet, and the terrible brother of Apple Jack. Skyy will beguile you with poetry that, being made for the creatures that dwell in the cracks in the pavement, will sound odd and unintelligible to you. Feed him new words and see what happens next.

Boston-based trio that delivers a gritty powerful soul-rock sound in a tightly polished set of melodic grooves and riffs. Founded by KJ Graham on lead vocals/guitar, the band includes Fred Leary on bass/vocals, Zak King on drums/vocal

Andy Voelker is a Boston based jazz saxophonist and music educator who is known for his swinging style, soulful sound, and deep feeling for the great jazz traditions.

Peter is a Circus Variety Artist local to the Boston Area. He runs the Emotional Support Clown Youtube channel featuring performer advice, beginner tutorials for circus arts, and instructional on how to create your own DIY Circus props!

Caillie Hughes' passion and limitless range captivates the ears of those around, with song selections spanning from pop, rock, and country including many original songs such as "Silver Lining." Come see a show, where the music is warm, the soul is heard, and the memories are made.

The Cosmic Vultures are a 5 piece funk rock band from the North Shore of Massachusetts. We bring funky grooves, slapping bass, and dreamy guitar together into tasty original and cover tunes. Influences include Frank Zappa, RHCP, Foo Fighters, and The Beatles.

Art in the Garden Saturday, June 4 4:00-7:00 p.m.In the restored garden at the Salem Athenaeum! An Invitational Exhibition
Meet the Artists • Silent AuctionLive music by Alexandra Grace
Small Bites by Ferreira Foods • Signature Cocktails (cash bar)
Immersive Photo Experience with Grace & Diggs

See art, make art, buy art! Tickets: $50 Sponsor Tickets: $200 
To benefit Salem Athenaeum
In cooperation with Salem ... Read More

Tilt-a-Whirl is a dynamic five-piece genre-bending musical ride! Playing across genres, their sound is eclectic and unpredictable. Through a songbook of over 40 originals and covers, they meld folk, classic rock, blues, reggae, improv, jazz, Americana and pop.

Yarina, means "remembrance" in the native Kichwa language of the indigenous people of Ecuador, has since its inception committed itself to maintaining musical excellence. Its concerts are hauntingly sensual listening experiences, it also displays of musical versatility.

The King Serpent Variety Troupe is an outlaw-themed performing group based in New England. With music, dance, singing, and storytelling, they have invaded a wide variety of venues and made away with the hearts of audiences young and old.

Jermaine Kelly is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer from Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up with a multitude of musical influences, he uses these influences to create his genre-blending sound that consists of catchy pop hooks, clever rap lyrics, rhythmic guitar playing.

After a full day of celebrating arts, culture, and creativity we are continuing the celebration with a special concert on Charlotte Forten Park (289 Derby St) in partnership with Salem Jazz and Soul Festival! Head on down and enjoy performances by Jermaine Kelly, Qwill, and the Unifiers, and Sweet Soul Sounds. Also, enjoy extended hours at Lulu's Bakery for some ... Read More

Art will heal us and help us recover from the challenges we have and continue to face. Arts and Culture are an integral part of day-to-day life in Salem and this annual festival has become a source of pride and revenue for hundreds of creative professionals and a major economic boost to the local community with over 6000 attendees annually. ... Read More

Through singing in the barbershop style, the Northshoremen Chorus and Quartets create an environment of fellowship for men who love to sing and strive to be the finest performers they can be in order to delight audiences and serve the community.

Gabriella Simpkins is an award-winning singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and musician hailing from Cape Cod, MA and studying at Salem State University. Informed by her vast experiences across many genres, her work exists at the intersections of folk, indie rock, jazz, and classical music.

Great friends of the Salem Arts Festival the Miracle Fish Puppets bring another gentle, jovial, Giant to this year’s celebration.

Outrageous Fortune is a Boston-based jug band. They play innovative arrangements of early jazz (Ellington and Armstrong), blues and jug band music (Robert Johnson and the Memphis Jug Band). The trio is Chris Welles on guitar; Rod Thomas on mouth harp & Dan Dick on jug, washboard and bass.

Crowes Pasture, a roots infused folk duo, performs songs that reflect a mutual passion, sense of discovery and celebration of the human connection. Monique’s romantic clawhammer banjo playing and Andy’s expressive guitar picking are enlivened by their personal chemistry and transcendent harmonies.

Musicians from Boston’s historic Bunker Hill community come together for a joyous celebration of jazz and the art of improvisational music. Gerardo Rivas - Tenor Saxophone Joshua Ziemann - Piano Joshua Bonifas - Double Bass Mathew Villacis - Drums

“Gatto”, is an American Tribal Style® belly dance troupe based out of Salem, MA. ATS is an improvisational form where dancers take turns leading and following, using cues and a common vocabulary of moves to create a dance that looks choreographed but is not. Everything is created in the moment.

Bruce-guitar. Aaron-drums. Michael-bass. Gret-keyboard.

We are a Fellowship of mystical Fae, here to inspire play and radical self-love through song, dance, art, storytelling, laughter, and universal love.

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.

Best known for their music video “My Name (is Joanna), Flight Or Visibility uses violin and voice together to create classical punk music about gender euphoria and mutual care. They are the artistic director of School of Arts and Social Justice Boston and on faculty at Wholetone Music Academy.

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.

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.