Downtown Salem is bustling with activity tonight – live music throughout the downtown, cooking demonstrations, free antique appraisals are just a few of the fantastic events for First Friday tonight, November 2. First Friday activities run until at least 8 p.m. with stores staying open late. For updates visit www.salemfirstfriday.com or friend us on Facebook. First Friday Activities include:
As you are recovering from Halloween don’t forget to stop by the Winter Farmers’ Market today in Old Town Hall from 3 – 6 p.m. This is our first week moving the market indoors. Many of your favorite vendors will be there offering delicious local fruit, vegetables, fresh bread, organic butter, soups and many other specialty items.
Our 2012 Winter Market Vendors
Have Been Known To Use A Tractor:
Wally’s Vegetables (Haverhill)
Maple syrup, honey pies whoopee pies, jams jellies preserves pickles fruit baskets, centerpieces, wreaths, Christmas trees
Clark Farm (Danvers)
green wreaths kissing balls, cider swags holiday greens, honey, maple syrup
Grant’s Plants (Essex)
handmade wreaths, kissing balls, door swags local greens cold season vegetables winter greens
Maitland Mountain Farm (Salem)
Have Not Been Known To Use A Tractor:
When Pigs Fly (York, ME)
Fresh Artisan Bread
Seacoast Butters (Amesbury)
Flavored Butters
Wolf Meadow (Ipswich)
fresh cheese: mozzarella, ricotta
Shady Oaks Organics (Newburyport)
cultivated mushrooms
Milk & Honey (Salem)
baked goods, empanadas, quiche pies, frozen foods fresh beef, farm-stand cheese, holiday snacks and treats
Soluna Garden Farm (Winchester)
herb spice blends organic tea blends salts tea strainers
Soula’s Salsa (Boxford)
Fresh Salsa
Mandy’s Chowder (Marblehead)
Soup
The Soup Guy (Dover,NH)http://salemfarmersmarket.org/news/wp-admin/post.php?post=764&action=edit
gluten free soups & chili, seeds
Mill River Winery ( Rowley)
Wine produced and bottled at Mill River
Shady Mountain Farm (Parsonfield, ME)
11 flavors of fruit preserves, maple sugar, maple cream, maple butter
AKA Marvelicious (Jamaica Plain)
Cookies
Sweet Lydia’s (Lowell)
gourmet marshmallows, smores candy bark, toffee, chocolate bars
Skin Care Vendors:
Salem Soapworks (Salem)
soaps, lotions, bath and body products
Wunder Budder (Salem)
handmade skincare salves, lip balm sprays, facial oils herbal dream pillows
Have a Happy Halloween!!!
The witching hour is at hand! Actually every hour is a magical one today in Salem, MA. Our Information Booth is open on the corner of Washington and Essex Streets (across from the Bewitched Statue) where our Volunteer Ambassadors stand ready to answer questions and provide directions. Also, we urge you to make your next stop at the National Park Service Visitor Center (2 Liberty Street) where they have brochures, bathrooms, and more.
Speaking of more, what could you ask for? Temperatures expected in upper 50’s with partly cloudy (essential spooky look for Halloween) skies. Visit our haunted attractions, our diverse dining establishments, and all the shops along Essex, Front, Derby and other streets easily within a 15 minute walk of our Info Booth.
There will be music tonight starting at 4 p.m. at Washington and Federeral Street provided by 92.9 The Halloween Fireworks Finale will be at 10 p.m. (weather permitting) at Washington and Bridge Street. Trick or treating starts at 5:30 p.m. For a full list of events and attractions visit www.hauntedhappenings.org.
Don’t forget for your post-Halloween fun the Salem Winter Market which opens Thursday from 3 – 6 p.m. in Old Town Hall and First Friday November 2 with live music, discountes, and lots of great events.
Salem’s Haunted Happenings is in the home stretch and this weekend promises to be a blockbuster weekend! From a Disco Dance Party to a children’s trick-or-treat on Pickering Wharf there is fun for all ages. Looking to go for a jog try The Devil’s Chase 6.66 Miler Saturday, October 27 at 8 a.m. There are great places to shop for the perfect Halloween accessory and gift items. There are fantastic restaurants to enjoy, museums to visit, night tours, costume balls and much more. You can even catch a Civil War Era style base ball game at 11 a.m. on the Salem Common. For a full list of events visit hauntedhappenings.org. Evening Parties Saturday night in Salem include: Colonial Hall Costume Ball, Gulu-Gulu Costume Ball, Solstice of Souls Ball, Wicked Night on the Wharf, and the Disco Halloween Dance Party. On Pickering Wharf, Sunday, October 28 there is Trick-or-Treating starting at 5 p.m. and a children’s costume party at Finz at 6 p.m. Stop downtown Salem this weekend you will find something to do! (Photos from last weekend.)
Thursday, October 25 is the last outdoor Salem Farmers’ Market of the season from 3 – 7 in Derby Square. Many of your favorite vendors will be continuing with the market as it moves into Old Town Hall November 1. However, some will be ending their season with the market. For a full list of Winter Market Vendors visit the market website www.SalemFarmersMarket.org.
This Thursday we will officially end our season with the annual Thriller performance by Dance Etc. This dancing zombie invasion has become a Farmers’ Market tradition. They will perform at 5:30 and 6:30. You won’t want to miss this!