Join us for the 17th annual Salem Arts Festival in historic downtown Salem, featuring a vibrant celebration of local art, music, dance, and theatre performances across outdoor stages. This free, family-friendly event showcases our community's creative talent through interactive art-making, a makers' marketplace, pop-up exhibitions, a live mural slam, and public art installations, drawing over 7,500 attendees annually.

Schedule:

11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Juried Art Gallery - Old Town Hall

Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival
Mural Slam - Artists’ Row
History Community Art installation - Artists’ Row / Front Street

11:00  – 11:45 am, Derby Square
Tiltawhirl
Folk/Rock

11:30 am - 12:15 pm, Armory Park
Outrageous Fortune
Jug Band

11:45 am  – 12:30 pm, Artists’ Row
Stone Soup Ensemble
Modern Classical

11:45 am – 12:15 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
Jarren Kolisnek, Decent Dance, Avery Pelosi, Kaija Schram and Austin Guin, Ellen Oliver, Sarah Soares

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm, Essex Street/PEM Entrance
Cate Great
Circus Street Performance

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm, Derby Square
Everfiner
Shimmer Funk/Folk

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Armory Park
Slackademics
Ska Band

1:00 – 1:30 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Decent Dance, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, Ellen Oliver, Michelle Deane, MAGMA, Jarren Kolisnek

1:00 - 1:45 pm, Artists’ Row
Tea Renee
Singer-songwriter

1:00 - 2:00 pm, roaming
Old Salem Villagers
Dancing Witch Group

1:45 - 3:00 pm, Old Town Hall downstairs
J.D. Scrimgeour, Salem Poet Laureate
Poetry

2:15 - 2:45 pm, Armory Park
Mr. 70
Alternative Reggae

2:15 - 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall upstairs
Dance Block
Avery Pelosi, Caitlin Canty, Julianne Cerreta, Barbie Diewald, Fourth Dimension Tap Company, Last Movement, Nritya Dance Academy

2:30 - 3:15 pm, Artists’ Row
The Pleasing Terrors
Spooky Rockabilly

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Essex Street/PEM Entrance
Cate Great
Circus Street Performance

3:15 - 4:00 pm, Armory Park
Solmaria
R&B/Alternative

3:30 - 4:00 pm, Derby Square
Tarot Cabaret
Tarot-Themed Music & Performance

3:45 - 4:30 pm, Artists’ Row
Galush
Beatbox

4:00 - 4:45 pm, Derby Square
Witch City Bellydance
Bellydance

4:30 - 5:15 pm, Armory Park
Reset Button Brass Band
Video Game Cover Brass Band

4:45 – 5:15 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Fourth Dimension Tap Company, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, Kaija Schram and Austin Guin, Michelle Deane, Sarah Soares, Betsy Miller Dance Projects

5:30 to 6:30 pm, Derby Square
Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket
Big Band Jazz