Friday
October 16
8:00 PMDoors 7:30 PM
Groups and private performances
Bring the whole table.
Birthdays, bachelorette weekends, the team, the friends who do Salem every October: reserve up to eight seats in one go, and for anything bigger we will build a performance around you.
The whole table
One order, one table.
Buy the whole table's seats in one Eventbrite order for the night you want. Everyone in the party is 21 or older with ID, matinee included. Each seat gets its own ticket, so the group can arrive together or trickle in.
Tell us it is a birthday or an occasion through the question form and the bar will know before you sit down. Say how many seats should pour without alcohol and we pour around it.
A private night
Private performances, by arrangement.
For a larger party, or a night that is only yours, write to us through the question form with the date you have in mind and the size of the group. The room, the bar, and the cast can be booked for a private performance, in Salem this October or somewhere else later.
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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