Salem Events Oct 5-8: The Last Farmers Market of the Year

Through October we are publishing twice a week. Thursdays carry the weekend; this midweek edition covers Monday to Thursday, so the quieter nights do not get buried under Haunted Happenings. Here is Oct 5 to Oct 8, ending with the last farmers market of the year.

IF YOU DO ONE THING

Go to the last farmers market of the year.

Thursday is the final market of the 2026 season. It has run every Thursday at Derby Square since June 11, and after this one it is gone until next summer. Go late in the day, buy more than you planned, and say goodbye to the people you have been buying tomatoes from all year.

Thu, Oct 8 · 3 to 7 PM · Derby Square, off Front Street · Free

If you go, tell them you heard it from From Witch City.

The Enchanted Salem Social. 12:30 PM, Hawthorne Hotel. Details

Dennis Dulong Jr. 2 PM, Far From The Tree. Details

Jack O’Lantern beginner needle felting. 6 PM, Couch Dog Brewing. A class that sends you home with a thing, which is the point of a Monday. Details

Stitch Night at Circle of Stitches. 6:30 PM, 78 Wharf Street. Details

Open Mic Night. 7 PM, East Regiment Beer Company. Details

National Taco Day. From 11 AM, Village Tavern. Details

Tarot Tuesday with Wicked Witchy Writer. Far From The Tree. Details

Mal’Idea food pop-up and EROO. 2 PM, Far From The Tree. Food and music in the same room, same afternoon. Details

Spanish Class with Mercy Padrino. 2 PM, The Gables’ Immigration and Education Center. Details

Also Tuesday: Writers’ Open Studio at the Athenaeum, 9 AM. Start the Night at Bernadette, 5. Tuesday Trivia at East Regiment, 7. Karaoke with Maxine Harrison at Gulu-Gulu, 7. Salem Writers Group at the Athenaeum, 7.

Abracadabra: A Lady Gaga Themed Drag Show. 6 PM, Die With Your Boots On, 9 Church Street. A full Gaga-themed drag night, and a 6pm start makes it the rare October night out you can do on a weeknight. Details

Tai Chi at St. Peter’s-San Pedro. 4:30 PM, 24 St. Peter Street. Details

Open Mic Night. 5 PM, Far From The Tree. Note this is the same listing page as Monday’s East Regiment open mic. Details

Free bingo with Will Pottorff. 6 PM, Gulu-Gulu Cafe. Free, and it fills up. Details

Tarot Intensive for Artists and Creatives. 6 PM, Salem Arts Association. Details

Halloween Movie Paint Night. 6:30 PM, Couch Dog Brewing. Details

Also Wednesday: Notch Run Club, 6. Start the Night at Bernadette, 5.

Aliens, 40th anniversary extended edition. 7 PM. The venue is not posted on the listing, so check before you go. Details

Koto Comedy Night. 8 PM, Koto, 90 Washington Street. Hosted by Will Pottorff, second Thursday of the month. Details

Also Thursday: Blown glass pumpkins at North Shore Glass School, 10 AM. Haunted Happenings Food Court, noon. Convivial Craft at the Athenaeum, 1. Sips and Myths at Salem Wine Imports, 5:30. Hobbit Hole Teacup Class at East Regiment, 6. East Reggie Run Club, 6. Sea Witch Ball Workshop, 7. Witches Amongst Us at The Cellar, 7. Salem’s Comedy Coven at The Lost Library, 7. Thursday Trivia and Open Mic at Gulu-Gulu, 7:30.

The weekend picks back up fast. Lanterns in the Woods is Friday the 9th at 6:30, Salem High School. Saturday the 10th brings the Halloween Boat Parade and the Howl-o-ween Pet Parade at 10:30, both at Derby Wharf, plus the Salem Glass Pumpkin Patch on the Common from 11. All of that lands in Thursday’s issue.

The full calendar is at fromwitchcity.com/events, and Thursday’s issue covers the rest of this week.

ONE LAST THING

There is a seat at the next table.

Six strangers, one Salem restaurant, one long Tuesday night. The first table filled, so we are booking the next. Two minutes to sign up and we handle the rest.