Plan Your Night
Doors open half an hour early. Give Salem the rest of the hour.
We are at Cinema Salem, One East India Square, on the Essex Street pedestrian mall in Salem. Here is how to get to us with time to spare.
Where
Cinema Salem
One East India SquareSalem, MA 01970
Cinema Salem is inside Museum Place, the small mall whose doors open straight onto the Essex Street pedestrian mall. When you are standing on Essex Street in October, in the middle of the crowd, you are about a minute from our door.
When
Three performances
- Friday, October 16 · 8:00 PM doors 7:30 PM
- Saturday, October 17 · 4:00 PM doors 3:30 PM
- Saturday, October 17 · 8:00 PM doors 7:30 PM
Doors open thirty minutes before the performance. Have your ticket and your ID ready at the door. If you arrive after the first chapter has started we will seat you when there is a natural break, so give yourself the extra half hour that Salem always asks for in October.
Getting here
In October, the train wins.
The city recommends it, and so does anyone who has tried to park near Essex Street on a Saturday in October.
Train
The Newburyport/Rockport commuter rail line runs from Boston's North Station to Salem in about half an hour, and the station is about a ten-minute walk from our door. In October the city itself recommends the train over driving, and so do we.
Ferry
The Salem Ferry runs between Boston's Long Wharf and Blaney Street in Salem through the fall. It is the prettiest way in. Check the schedule for evening return sailings before you rely on it for the way home.
Parking
The Museum Place Garage on New Liberty Street is attached to our building. The MBTA station garage on Bridge Street and the South Harbor Garage are the fallbacks. On October weekends every one of them is full by early afternoon, which is one more reason the 8 PM performances are the easy ones.
Walking
Downtown Salem closes to cars on the busiest October weekends. Once you are parked or off the train, everything is on foot, and we are in the middle of it on Essex Street.
Where we are
On Essex Street, in the middle of everything.
Cinema Salem is inside Museum Place, the small mall whose doors open straight onto the Essex Street pedestrian mall. When you are standing on Essex Street in October, in the middle of the crowd, you are about a minute from our door.
Walking times are approximate and assume an October crowd. Nothing on this list needs a car.
- 1minEssex Street pedestrian mallThe mall's doors open onto it.
- 2minPeabody Essex MuseumAcross Essex Street.
- 3minOld Town Hall and Derby SquareDown Essex Street toward the water.
- 5minSalem Witch Museum and the CommonUp Essex Street to Washington Square.
- 5minSalem Witch Trials MemorialCharter Street, behind the Peabody Essex Museum.
- 1minMuseum Place GarageAttached to the building, entrance on New Liberty Street.
- 10minSalem station, commuter railUp Washington Street, about half a mile.
- 8minPickering Wharf and the waterfrontDown Derby Street.
- 15minThe House of the Seven GablesAlong Derby Street past the wharf.
Bring your ID
Every guest is 21 or older and shows a valid government-issued photo ID at the door. That is true at the matinee too.
Bring your ticket
Your tickets are in the confirmation email from Eventbrite and in the Eventbrite app. Each one has its own QR code; show it on your screen or print it. If you cannot find them, start here.
What to wear
Come as you are. Plenty of people dress for the occasion, and you would not be out of place in black.
Access
Tell us what you need.
Tell us what you need when you reserve, or send us a note through the question form, and we will have it ready before you arrive. Mocktails, seating needs, anything about the room: there is a line for it on the reservation form and on the question form.
Before and after
You are already downtown.
Essex Street and Derby Square are lined with restaurants, so eat before the 8 PM performances; the four cocktails are the menu inside. Afterwards the street is still awake, and you are already in the middle of it.
October 16 & 17, 2026 · Cinema Salem