Friday
October 16
8:00 PMDoors 7:30 PM
Where to find us
We are on Essex Street.
If you are anywhere on the Essex Street pedestrian mall this October, you are a minute or two from our door. Here is exactly where it is, and what is around it.
The door
Museum Place, on the Essex Street side.
Cinema Salem is inside Museum Place, the small indoor mall between Essex Street and Church Street. Walk in from the Essex Street pedestrian mall, across from the Peabody Essex Museum, and the cinema lobby is straight ahead. There is a second entrance on Church Street and New Liberty Street, next to the Museum Place Garage, if you have parked there.
Look for the Cinema Salem marquee. On performance nights the speakeasy has its own host at the door from 7:30 PM for the 8 PM performances and 3:30 PM for the matinee.
Cinema SalemOne East India Square
Salem, MA 01970
If you are already out
Fold us into the day you were having anyway.
Most people visiting Salem in October spend the day within a few blocks of Essex Street: the museums, the Common, the shops, the street performers. We are two minutes from the Peabody Essex Museum and five from the Salem Witch Museum. Finish your afternoon where you are, eat somewhere on Essex Street or Derby Square, and walk over when the doors open.
The 4 PM matinee works as the end of an afternoon; the 8 PM performances work as the end of the day. Either way you leave straight back onto the 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.
The three nights
Questions people ask
Do I have to be 21?
Yes. Every guest is 21 or older and shows a valid government-issued photo ID at the door. That includes the 4 PM matinee.
Are the four drinks included?
Yes. Your seat includes four cocktails, one poured for each chapter of the story: The First Bite, Fresh Blood, The Crypt, and Dracula's Kiss.
How long is it?
Ninety minutes. Doors open thirty minutes before the performance.
Is there parking?
The Museum Place Garage on New Liberty Street is attached to our building, and the MBTA station garage and the South Harbor Garage are the fallbacks. In October the city recommends the commuter rail from North Station, and so do we.
What should I wear?
Come as you are. Plenty of people dress for the occasion, and you would not be out of place in black.
Can I book a table for a group?
Buy as many seats as you need in one Eventbrite order and tell us the occasion through the question form, so the bar knows before you sit down. For a larger party or a private performance, write to us and we will build a night around you.
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