Salem Arts Festival

Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 11 am—3 pm
Sunday, June 8, 2025 from 11 am—3 pm

In-person event
Location: In front of the Main Entrance on Essex Street | Garden Atrium

Free

Celebrate the Salem Arts Festival at PEM with a weekend of special events!

On Saturday, June 7, join us for free art making on Essex Street. We’ll be hosting the traveling art studio Creative Wanderings for mosaic making outside PEM’s front door. We’ll also be joined by Artists For Humanity, a Boston-based organization that trains and employs teens in creative fields of work and aims to transform communities through creative expression. Join them to help make a collaborative mural!

On Sunday, June 8, PEM will host a special pop-up photobooth inside the museum. Inspired by the opening of Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams, Artists for Humanity designed an experience to let you step into your dreams.

Salem Main Streets and Creative Collective organize the Salem Arts Festival with support from Salem State University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum and many more sponsors.

You may also like the following events from Peabody Essex Museum:

• This Thursday, 22nd May, 10:00 am, SEE ME: Salem Public Schools Student Art Installation in Salem
• This Thursday, 22nd May, 01:00 pm, The Korean Art Gallery and Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams with Jiyeon Kim and Stephanie Tung in Salem
• This Friday, 23rd May, 03:00 pm, Dream Theatre Boxes in Salem

Also check out other Festivals in Salem, Arts events in Salem, Performances in Salem.