Explore independent makers and live programming at Charlotte Forten Park on Derby Street. Make this outdoor stop part of your downtown Salem Marketplace visit. Admission is free; vendor appearances, programming, dates, and hours vary.
Charlotte Forten Park is open Thursday through Sunday, October 1 through November 1, plus Monday, October 12. Thursday, October 1 (parade day): noon–9 p.m. Other Thursdays and Fridays: 4–9 p.m. Regular Saturdays: 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Sundays and Monday, October 12: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, October 11: 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Confirmed hours. Sunday, October 18: 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; live music ends by 8 p.m. Halloween, October 31: 10 a.m.–9:45 p.m. Market hours may run longer due to crowd volume.
October 1–4 (opening night Thursday, October 1)
October 8–12 (includes Monday, October 12)
October 15–18
October 22–25
October 29–November 1 (Halloween weekend)
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Charlotte Forten Park · October 1–November 1, 2026Outdoor bar · Waterfront gathering place The Cannery at Forten brings an outdoor bar to Charlotte Forten Park at 289 Derby Street in Salem for the 2026 Haunted Happenings season. Stop for a drink, meet up with friends and enjoy the park’s food, artisan shopping and live programming along the waterfront. Drinks by Read more...
Derby Square & Charlotte Forten Park · Haunted Happenings Marketplace 2026 · Salem, MA About The Whole Knit and Kaboodle The Whole Knit and Kaboodle is a handmade artisan vendor featured at the Haunted Happenings Marketplace in Salem, Massachusetts. We’re a queer-owned shop that makes handmade crochet and original art! Our crochet creations are mostly adorable plushies, but we’ve also Read more...
Trippy Chick Art brings mixed-media artwork, botanical details, and small decorative objects to Haunted Happenings Marketplace at Charlotte Forten Park in Salem on Halloween 2026. About Trippy Chick Art Veronica Greenfield combines natural, vintage, and upcycled elements in canvas and wood artwork, miniature framed magnets, dried-flower charms, curio necklaces, and hair accessories. The collection also includes suncatchers, cloches, and trinket Read more...
Derby Square & Charlotte Forten Park & Salem Common · Haunted Happenings Marketplace 2026 · Salem, MA About YARINA THREADS YARINA THREADS brings indigenous handcrafted clothing and textiles to the Haunted Happenings Marketplace in Salem, Massachusetts. A Boston-area family of artisans and musicians, they have spent generations promoting indigenous culture through the arts, working directly with families in Ecuador, Peru, Read more...
