# Live Music in Salem, MA 2026 | Gigs, Bands & Concerts

- **Subtitle**: Discover live music in Salem, Massachusetts. Book tickets for gigs, band performances, jazz nights and live concerts happening across the city. Find your next show today.
- **Category**: Live Music
- **Type**: other

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## About

For the ones whose heart beats for music, live music events are something that you will absolutely enjoy. Groove on the most upbeat songs and enjoy the best of live music in [CITY]. You will find music of all kinds and genres, discover the ones that fit your interests and enjoy the spellbinding surroundings near you. You will be in a constant dilemma what to choose and what to drop, because there is music beating all around the city. From jazz nights at the jazz clubs to soulful musical events at the best live music venues in [CITY].
Discover all the mesmerizing and all the heavy & loud music events near you.

## Live Music Events in Salem

- **Event Name**: The Ben Cote Band's VH Tribute Show with Love Scar and Club 9 Ball
  - **Description**: The Ben Cote Band will be performing an exclusive Van Halen tribute set @ Salem, MA! 21+, $10 Cover Charge
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 14
  - **Date**: Fri Jun 05 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/the-ben-cote-bands-vh-tribute-show-with-love-scar-and-club-9-ball/200029459996049
  - **Venue**: Koto Asian Fusion
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, performances
- **Event Name**: Don't Think Twice at The Gulu-Gulu Café
  - **Description**: We're back at one of our favorite places to play! Join us for a night of lively music at downtown Salem's artisan sandwich shop and craft beer bar.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 5
  - **Date**: Fri Apr 17 2026 at 08:00 pm – Fri Apr 17 2026 at 11:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/dont-think-twice-at-the-gulu-gulu-café/200029642259625
  - **Venue**: Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex St, Salem, MA
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- **Event Name**: Music in the Atrium: Indigenous Spotlight
  - **Description**: Sunday, April 19, 2026 from 11:30 am—1:30 pm

Location: Main Atrium
Included with admission 
This program includes amplified music.

Join us in celebrating an array of Indigenous musicians! Each Sunday in April will feature a different musical group.

Apr
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 15
  - **Date**: Sun Apr 19 2026 (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/music-in-the-atrium-indigenous-spotlight/200029913690024
  - **Venue**: Peabody Essex Museum
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, concerts, performances, live-music
- **Event Name**: Salem Willows Free Band Concert - June 30
  - **Description**: Free outdoor concert at beautiful Salem Willows Park. This is open to anyone; bring chairs or blankets. We are a 34 piece concert band made up of local musicians.

This is an opportunity to experience live music, up close. You don't just hear it; you feel
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 91
  - **Date**: Tue Jun 30 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/salem-willows-free-band-concert-june-30/200029852291015
  - **Venue**: 165 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, live-music
- **Event Name**: Celebrating Cyndi Napierkowski's Retirement from Salem Public Schools
  - **Description**: Please join us for an evening to honor Mrs. Cynthia Napierkowski and her 38 years of service to the Salem Public Schools. This event will take place at Salem High School and will feature an evening of memories, friendship, and musical performances. 

Door
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 230
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 20 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/celebrating-cyndi-napierkowskis-retirement-from-salem-public-schools/200029306660324
  - **Venue**: Salem High School Field House
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  - **Categories**: live-music, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Halloween night Salem MA Hawthorn BLVD outside concert
  - **Description**: outside concert
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 31 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/halloween-night-salem-ma-hawthorn-blvd-outside-concert/200029839369436
  - **Venue**: Hawthorne Blvd
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  - **Categories**: Concerts, Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: NSJ@Columbus Society Lounge
  - **Description**: North Shore Junction debuts at the Columbus Society Lounge,18 Commercial Street, Salem, MA on Friday, April 17th from 7 to 10pm. Join us as we rock the lounge with our mix of rock, blues, country and R&B tunes from the 50's to today! We hope you can i
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Fri Apr 17 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Apr 17 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/nsj-columbus-society-lounge/200029431441057
  - **Venue**: 18 Commercial Street, Salem, MA
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- **Event Name**: Gravewraith / Graveborn / Annihilus Mundi / The Spiral Continuum @ Koto Salem
  - **Description**: Friday, May 1st, 2026

GRAVEWRAITH
GRAVEBORN
ANNIHILUS MUNDI
THE SPIRAL CONTINUUM

Koto Asian Fusion
90 Washington St., Salem, MA 01970
Doors 9PM, Riffs 9:30PM
$15 Cover
21+
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 53
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/gravewraith-graveborn-annihilus-mundi-the-spiral-continuum-koto-salem/200029807521830
  - **Venue**: Koto Asian Fusion
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- **Event Name**: Free Concert at Salem Willows - July 7, 2026
  - **Description**: Broadway Theme
Peter Cokkinias, Conductor
http://www.northshoreconcertband.com
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 12
  - **Date**: Tue Jul 07 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/free-concert-at-salem-willows-july-7-2026/200029860759226
  - **Venue**: 165 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970
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  - **Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Free Concert at Salem Willows - August 4, 2026
  - **Description**: http://www.northshoreconcertband.com
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 18
  - **Date**: Tue Aug 04 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/free-concert-at-salem-willows-august-4-2026/200029852291420
  - **Venue**: 165 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970
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## Trending Events in Salem

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  - **Venue**: Salem Pavilion @ Oregon State Fairgrounds
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- **Event Name**: Banda MS - Salem, OR
  - **Description**: Compra tu boleto aqui: https://eventmania.com/events/banda-ms-y-los-2-de-la-s-salem-or-salem-or-2026-04-24/Efl2/seat🔥🎶 ¡THE PAVILION se llena de música este 24 de abril! 🎶🔥Prepárate para una noche espectacula
  - **Venue**: The Pavilion
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- **Event Name**: Artist Application Deadline for the 77th Annual Salem Art Fair & Festival
  - **Description**: Showcase Your Artwork at the 2026 Salem Art Fair & Festival
Set within a beautiful 100-acre park and its historic white oak grove, the Salem Art Fair & Festival offers an inspiring natural setting for artists of all kinds. Located in the heart of
  - **Venue**: 600 Mis­sion St. SE,, 97302
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- **Event Name**: Bonnie Raitt at Elsinore Theatre
  - **Description**: 🎉 Welcome to Bonnie Raitt at Elsinore Theatre, where dreams come alive and possibilities are endless! 🏛️ Join us at Elsinore Theatre in the heart of Salem, OR for an event that defies ex
  - **Venue**: Elsinore Theatre
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- **Event Name**: The Salem Witches' Magic Circle 2026
  - **Description**: The Salem Witches' Magic Circle 2025About this EventJoin Christian Day and Brian Cain, with drumming by the Dragon Ritual Drummers as Witches from around the globe gather for the sacred and magical ritual of Halloween! Th
  - **Venue**: Salem Common
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- **Event Name**: Weird Al Yankovic – Salem
  - **Description**: Weird Al Yankovic brings his Bigger & Weirder Tour to the Oregon State Fair, turning the LB Day Amphitheatre into a full-scale carnival of parody, color, and musical absurdity.

With fair lights glowing around the venue and the late-summer crowd buzzi
  - **Venue**: Weird Al Yankovic – Salem, OR
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- **Event Name**: SAVE THE DATES! Salem Arts Festival 2026
  - **Description**: 2 Spots Left!!! 🎉 Interested in being a vendor?  

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CELEBRATING THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN SALEM! 

Salem Arts Festival 2026: Salem 400+ Special Edition
Date & Time:
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  - **Venue**: Derby Square, Salem
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- **Event Name**: The Official Salem Witches' Halloween Ball 2026
  - **Description**: Join Christian Day, Brian Cain, and the Witches of Salem with guests Dragon Ritual Drummers for Salem's most magical Halloween party!About this EventJoin Christian Day, Brian Cain, and the Witches of Salem with guests Dra
  - **Venue**: Hawthorne Hotel
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- **Event Name**: Oregon Ag Fest
  - **Description**: Mark your calendars for the 39th Oregon Ag Fest, April 25-26, 2026, at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem, OR! 
🐮 Saturday, 4/25/26, 8:30a-5p
🚜 Sunday, 4/26/26, 10a-5p
  - **Venue**: Oregon State Fairgrounds
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## Browse Live Music Events by Date

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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Live Music events in Salem?
  - **A:** The Ben Cote Band's VH Tribute Show with Love Scar and Club 9 Ball (Fri Jun 05 2026 at 08:00 pm at Koto Asian Fusion), Don't Think Twice at The Gulu-Gulu Café (Fri Apr 17 2026 at 08:00 pm at Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex St, Salem, MA), Music in the Atrium: Indigenous Spotlight (Sun Apr 19 2026 at Peabody Essex Museum), Salem Willows Free Band Concert - June 30 (Tue Jun 30 2026 at 07:00 pm at 165 Fort Ave, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970), Celebrating Cyndi Napierkowski's Retirement from Salem Public Schools (Sat Jun 20 2026 at 05:00 pm at Salem High School Field House).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Salem this weekend April 17–19, 2026?
  - **A:** Don't Think Twice at The Gulu-Gulu Café (Fri Apr 17 2026 at 08:00 pm at Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex St, Salem, MA), Music in the Atrium: Indigenous Spotlight (Sun Apr 19 2026 at Peabody Essex Museum), NSJ@Columbus Society Lounge (Fri Apr 17 2026 at 07:00 pm at 18 Commercial Street, Salem, MA).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Salem in April 2026?
  - **A:** Don't Think Twice at The Gulu-Gulu Café (Fri Apr 17 2026 at 08:00 pm at Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex St, Salem, MA), Music in the Atrium: Indigenous Spotlight (Sun Apr 19 2026 at Peabody Essex Museum), NSJ@Columbus Society Lounge (Fri Apr 17 2026 at 07:00 pm at 18 Commercial Street, Salem, MA).
- **Q**: How can I find Live Music events in Salem?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Live Music events in Salem on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Live Music events in Salem?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Live Music events in Salem?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Live Music events in Salem include Koto Asian Fusion, Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 247 Essex St, Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Live Music events in Salem?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Live Music events in Salem include The Ben Cote Band, Don't Think Twice Band, Peabody Essex Museum.
- **Q**: What types of Live Music events can I find in Salem?
  - **A:** You can explore a variety of live music sub-genres and styles including Hip Hop Music, House Music, Classical Music, Afrobeats, Bachata and more.
- **Q**: Are there any online Live Music events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Live Music events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Live Music events in Salem?
  - **A:** Follow the Live Music category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Live Music events are listed in Salem.

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