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Happenings

Upcoming Markets & Shows



Bats In The Belfry Crafts Pop-Up At DWYBO for the Salem Church St Market!
Dec
15
3:00 PM15:00

Bats In The Belfry Crafts Pop-Up At DWYBO for the Salem Church St Market!

Shop with us in person at Die With Your Boots On! We’ll have the very last of our yule wares available and we can’t wait to wish you a Merry Krampus! There’s other amazing makers, vendors and business to visit during the Church St cheer event too! So come make a day of it. DWYBO is located at 9 Church St. In Salem, MA!

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Salem, MA Haunted Happenings Marketplace (Copy)
Oct
31
10:00 AM10:00

Salem, MA Haunted Happenings Marketplace (Copy)

The Haunted Happenings Merchant Marketplace is coming this October! Get ready for a one-of-a-kind shopping extravaganza throughout Historic (and some say haunted) Downtown Salem!

Over 250 artisans and creators will showcase their unique Halloween crafts, gothic jewelry, eerie artworks, oddities, and one-of-a-kind hand crafted items. Costumed characters, live music, and spine-tingling décor set the scene. We will also expand the Sunday Family hours with special programming and treats for the littlest of Halloween lovers! Don your best costumes and join us for an unforgettable Halloween shopping experience. It's a spooky tradition you don't want to miss!

Shop With Us In-Person October 21st, 28th and 31st on The Salem Common!

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Salem, MA Haunted Happenings Marketplace (Copy)
Oct
28
10:00 AM10:00

Salem, MA Haunted Happenings Marketplace (Copy)

The Haunted Happenings Merchant Marketplace is coming this October! Get ready for a one-of-a-kind shopping extravaganza throughout Historic (and some say haunted) Downtown Salem!

Over 250 artisans and creators will showcase their unique Halloween crafts, gothic jewelry, eerie artworks, oddities, and one-of-a-kind hand crafted items. Costumed characters, live music, and spine-tingling décor set the scene. We will also expand the Sunday Family hours with special programming and treats for the littlest of Halloween lovers! Don your best costumes and join us for an unforgettable Halloween shopping experience. It's a spooky tradition you don't want to miss!

Shop With Us In-Person October 21st, 28th and 31st on The Salem Common!

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Salem, MA Haunted Happenings Marketplace
Oct
21
10:00 AM10:00

Salem, MA Haunted Happenings Marketplace

The Haunted Happenings Merchant Marketplace is coming this October! Get ready for a one-of-a-kind shopping extravaganza throughout Historic (and some say haunted) Downtown Salem!

Over 250 artisans and creators will showcase their unique Halloween crafts, gothic jewelry, eerie artworks, oddities, and one-of-a-kind hand crafted items. Costumed characters, live music, and spine-tingling décor set the scene. We will also expand the Sunday Family hours with special programming and treats for the littlest of Halloween lovers! Don your best costumes and join us for an unforgettable Halloween shopping experience. It's a spooky tradition you don't want to miss!

Shop With Us In-Person October 21st, 28th and 31st on The Salem Common!

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Market of the Macabre
May
21
12:00 PM12:00

Market of the Macabre

Shop for unusual antiques, assorted oddities, vintage items, artwork and handmade wares at our much-awaited annual Market of the Macabre. Visitors will have the opportunity to suit their morbid curiosity by shopping from the comfort of home!

Rain Date: May 22nd 2022

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Haunted Happenings Market - Salem, MA
Oct
23
9:30 AM09:30

Haunted Happenings Market - Salem, MA

Bats In The Belfry Crafts ONLY in-person show this October!

The countdown to October and Haunted Happenings begins! We are excited to be moving a large portion of the market to the Salem Common where we will have plenty of space for safe shopping with all of your favorite vendors!

Go to https://hauntedhappeningsmarketplace.com/vendors/ to find all of the information about the over 200 vendors that will be coming to Salem this year! Shop local and we look forward to seeing you!

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Darksome "Love You To Death" Virtual Market
Feb
5
to Feb 7

Darksome "Love You To Death" Virtual Market

Shop from a curated list of over 75 weird and spooky artists…!

Due to Covid, we are unable to host physical markets but we will continue bringing you virtual markets. Our Love You to Death virtual marketplace will be created on our website and go LIVE on February 1st!

https://www.facebook.com/events/257445525798782

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Freaks Antiques and Uniques Oddities Convention 2020
Aug
29
to Aug 30

Freaks Antiques and Uniques Oddities Convention 2020

Mark your calendars!
Join us for another amazing weekend of Oddities Curiosities and Wonder at the historic Hawthorne Hotel In Salem MA!
Saturday August 29th and Sunday August 30th, we will strike down upon thee with great vendors and furious wares!
Shop over 60 incredible artists, creators and crafters of Oddities, Horror, Macabre, Goth, Antiquities and more! There will be workshops, classes and more!
Stay tuned for more information and surprises!

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Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2020 - Buffalo, NY
Aug
15
10:00 AM10:00

Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2020 - Buffalo, NY

  • Buffalo-Niagra Convention Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Oddities & Curiosities Expo showcases hand-selected vendors, dealers, artists and small businesses from all over the country with all things weird. You'll find items such as taxidermy, preserved specimens, original artwork, horror/Halloween inspired pieces, antiques, handcrafted oddities, quack medical devices, clothing, jewelry, skulls/bones, funeral collectibles & much more. We truly have something weird for everyone at our events.  All items you see at our shows are legal to own and sustainably sourced.

The O&C Expo provides a safe place for anyone to come and discover new artists, meet new friends and be surrounded by an amazing community of like-minded people.

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Witch City Kitty
May
3
10:00 AM10:00

Witch City Kitty

Witch City Kitty, the one-day pop up fair in Salem, MA dedicated to cats and the people that love them, returns for it's 2nd annual event May 3rd, 2020! This year the cats will be taking over the Grand Ballroom of the Hawthorne Hotel for an unforgettable Sunday Kitty Funday that you don't want to miss! Similar to last year's event there will be awesome kitty merch for both cats and humans and representation from several local nonprofit cat rescue groups.... Different from last year's event: this year attendees can bring their leashed or contained cats if they so wish since the Hawthorne is a pet friendly space! Also there will be a cash bar-- because we know how kitties get thirsty ;)

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Daughters of Darkness Festival 2020
Apr
3
to Apr 5

Daughters of Darkness Festival 2020

Join us over on Instagram for a virtual version of our dark market 4/3-4/5. We've invited our vendors to offer their goods for the DoD market in their online shops, to donate a portion of their sales to HAWC for the three days of our virtual fest, if they are able, and to encourage you to donate as well! Follow @salemdaughtersofdarkness on IG for more information.

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The BIG Gay Valentine Market
Feb
9
12:00 PM12:00

The BIG Gay Valentine Market

Shop for your sweetie, or treat yourself at the Big Gay Valentine Market! A specialty themed indoor bazaar dedicated to 40 LGBTQ makers, artists, designers and vintage dealers! Plus special drag performances, card making booth, cocktails and much more! Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details! 💙💚💛🧡❤️💜

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The Salem Flea Valentine's Day Market
Feb
8
10:00 AM10:00

The Salem Flea Valentine's Day Market

The Salem Flea's Valentine's Day Market on February 8th inside The Old Town Hall in Derby Square in Salem MA from 10am-4pm. This is the Saturday before Valentine's day, so there's a lot going on in Salem on the 8th. This will be a great market for people to buy gifts and vintage items for themselves. The 18th annual Salem's So Sweet festival is on the 7th-9th which consists of a weekend of shopping, chocolate and illuminated ice sculptures all throughout the downtown area. 

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Spirit Beacon Psychic Fair & Mystical Marketplace
Dec
7
10:00 AM10:00

Spirit Beacon Psychic Fair & Mystical Marketplace

The magic of the season meets the mystical wonders of Spirit Beacon as we return to Breakaway, bringing gifts of many kinds! Our psychics will be ready to look into 2020 for you, and our vendors will have handmade gifts and treasures of all kinds for the special people on your holiday shopping list, as well as the jewelry, bath and body products, and other goodies you love to spoil yourself with! Free admission, free parking, and a full menu available in the tavern. Grab your favorite beverage and browse the tables. See you there!

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Gothic Arts Market CT 2019
Nov
3
12:00 PM12:00

Gothic Arts Market CT 2019

30 Vendors-some from last year's market, many new! We have artists coming from Maine, Salem MA, Philadelphia PA suburbs and more this time around including local artists! Large parking lot for easy free parking! Easy to get to, located right off of I-95, indoors, and right on the water in beautiful Branford CT 10 minutes from New Haven CT.

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October in Salem Merchant Marketplace
Oct
26
to Oct 27

October in Salem Merchant Marketplace

The biggest Halloween market around featuring hundreds of curated vendors from near and far featuring some of the finest fall/Halloween artisans, makers and creatives! Stay tuned for vendor announcements.

Oct. 26 - Derby Square, Pedestrian Mall, Washington St and Essex St.

A portion of the proceeds from this years market will benefit Salem Main Streets.
Graphics for this event created by Bats in the Belfry Crafts!

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Freaks Antiques & Uniques October 12-13
Oct
12
to Oct 13

Freaks Antiques & Uniques October 12-13

  • Witch City Consignment & Thrift (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

You can find a wide variety of spooktastic wares from our incredibly talented crafters, artists and vendors at this two day event. Come shop two floors of Unique finds! Witch City Consignment will host 35 vendors of dark art and Creepy Creations at the largest thrift store on the north shore! Be sure to leave no stone Unturned. This store is filled with treasures!

Witch City Consignment 301 Essex St Salem MA across from the witch house in the old Jerry’s building.

Freaks Antiques and Uniques October!
Saturday October 12th 11-6
Sunday October 13th 11-5

Family Friendly- Free admission
Vendor List will be added soon!

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Witch City Kitty
Sep
14
10:00 AM10:00

Witch City Kitty

Witch City Kitty is an event dedicated to cats and the people that love them. This one-day pop-up fair in the heart of Salem, MA will feature exhibits sure to peak the interest of any ailurophile (aka cat lover) including: cat rescues, cat services, cat merchandise and MORE!

Cats are often thought of as being the witch’s familiar. Salem, Massachusetts is popularly known as Witch City. There is no place more perfect for an event dedicated to cats! Come join us September 14th, 2019 for the debut of Witch City Kitty!

More info: witchcitykitty.com

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