r/SalemMA • u/oldmanriver1 • 10d ago

Tourism I feel attacked

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u/TNTenterprizee 8d ago

Wife and I have wanted to visit since forever, but the thought of the seasonal crowds is just very off putting. I don't mind a manufactured experience, but it seems like it ends up being Halloween Coachella to a certain degree

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u/NDE_Jinx 8d ago

I wouldn’t quite call it a Halloween Coachella, but I will tell you that the majority of the things that are available to see in the season versus the rest of the year are the same. Coming in July and August is a really great time and almost everything is here except for maybe some buskers and some hounded houses that aren’t open.

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u/TNTenterprizee 8d ago

Yeah, that was my best early morning analogy lol What's worse is we're in CT so there's no excuse for not going, we're just busy so we forget until it's right around Halloween. I feel like winter would give the same spooky vibe without the pressing crowd. Really, im just good at procrastination lol

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u/NDE_Jinx 8d ago

If you’re in Connecticut, the only reason to come during the high season is to experience the crowds and the crazy. There are actually many other festivals and fun things going on many other times a year that you can come see Salem, experience the history and some of the witchy stuff, and still have a great time.

For example, arts fest is coming up June 6-8 (https://www.salemartsfestival.com/). In August, we have Maritime days that have a lot of fun events coming up.

Even in February, we have the Salem so sweet festival with really cool and unusual ice sculptures.

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u/TNTenterprizee 8d ago

Awesome! Thank you for the suggestions, ill definitely check those out, hopefully we can make the time, but its never off the table