Haunted Happenings is nearly here!

It all starts on Thursday! October 1st is the kick-off of the 28th annual Salem Haunted Happenings Festival. Are you ready? Can you feel it?

I can!

The corn stalks are up around town. The Haunted Happenings street banners are going up. The porta-potties are on their way. Halloween is, indeed, upon us.

I invite you to keep tabs on Salem.org's sister site, HauntedHappenings.org. We will be posting Haunted Happenings information, stories, and photos on that site throughout the month of August. Some details will certainly leak over to Salem.org, but the most comprehensive information is on HauntedHappenings.org.

You can also be a fan and a follower of Haunted Happenings on Twitter and Facebook!

The month begins with the SALEM HAUNTED HAPPENINGS GRAND PARADE, presented by the Salem Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday, October 1st. The parade will step off from Shetland Properties at 6:30 PM, and it will then wind its way from Congress Street to Derby to Lafayette to Front to Washington to Essex to Hawthorne Boulevard and into the Common. (See map at right).

Thousands of Salem's kids - from preschool to college - will march in the parade, all dressed to fit the theme Night at the Museum.

Click here for street closure and parking ban information.

Click here for a parking map of downtown Salem.



For the complete calendar of events in October, visit HauntedHappenings.org or email us at info@hauntedhappenings.org and we would be happy to send you a printed brochure. The brochures are also available at the regional Simon malls, including North Shore Mall (Peabody), Liberty Tree Mall (Danvers), Square One Mall (Saugus), and Burlington Mall.



Happy Haunted Happenings, everyone! I hope you can join us for this festive month of fall, New England, and quintessential Salem.