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The 27 th Annual Salem Chamber of Commerce Haunted Happenings Grand Parade [247] will take place, as always, on the first Thursday of October, October 3, 2024. [ 248 ] [ 249 ] Another record year for October 2024 [ 250 ] when Salem had over a 1 million tourists during October for its month-long Haunted Happenings festival.
Some destinations are obvious like Salem, Massachusetts, home of the historic witch trials and now host to millions of people during their month long festival called Haunted Happenings.
The City of Salem has celebrated its connection to Hocus Pocus, while local filming sites have become an attraction for fans as the film's legacy has grown over the years. In 2018, the Haunted Happenings Grand Parade, an annual Salem festival held every October, was Hocus Pocus-themed in honor of the film's 25th anniversary.
In addition to the parade, the Salem Main Street Association is inviting the public to a Winter Holiday Traditions celebration at the same time.
The Horribles Parade happens July 4th and is organized by residents from the Juniper Point neighborhood which adjoins Willow Park. This tradition has been happening since the late 1940s and also happens in other Massachusetts towns such as Needham, Danvers, Beverly, Peabody, and Gloucester. The theme of the parade is a mix of patriotism and parody.
Downtown Salem is set to be extra festive this holiday season with the return of a long-absent parade, 75,000 lights and a tree-lighting. Holiday parade, festivities and Santa return to downtown Salem
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Massachusetts. Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings.
The Hawthorne Hotel is a historic hotel located on Washington Square West in Salem, Massachusetts. The hotel is named after novelist and Salem native Nathaniel Hawthorne. [1] Built in 1925, the hotel is currently a member of the Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [2]