PERFORMANCES

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Sat. June 7            

11:00 am - 7:00 pm

ATTENTION!! DUE TO THE WEATHER, THE PERFORMANCES FOR ARMORY PARK WILL NOW BE AT THE VILLAGE TAVERN AND DERBY SQUARE. PERFORMANCES WILL BE IN OLD TOWN HALL!

11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Juried Art Gallery - Old Town Hall

Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival

Mural Slam - Artists’ Row 

HISSSTORY Community Art installation - Artists’ Row / Front Street

11:00  – 11:45 am, Old Town Hall
tiltawhirl
Folk/Rock

11:30 am - 12:15 pm, Village Tavern
Outrageous Fortune
Jug Band

11:45 am  – 12:30 pm, Artists’ Row
Stone Soup Ensemble
Modern Classical

11:45 am – 12:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
MAGMA, Decent Dance, Avery Pelosi, Kaija Schram and Austin Guin, Ellen Oliver, Sarah Soares

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm, Essex Street/PEM Entrance
Cate Great
Circus Street Performance

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Everfiner
Shimmer Funk/Folk

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Village Tavern
Slackademics
Ska Band

1:00 – 1:30 pm, Old Town Hall
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Decent Dance, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, Ellen Oliver, Michelle Deane, MAGMA, Betsy Miller Dance Projects

1:00 - 1:45 pm, Artists’ Row
Téa Renee
Singer-songwriter

1:00 - 2:00 pm, roaming
Old Salem Villagers
Dancing Witch Group

1:45 - 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall downstairs
America, Who Are You?: Poets Respond
Salem Poet Laureate J.D. Scrimgeour with Kathi Aguero, Toni Altrina, Kevin Carey, Jack Giour, Richard Hoffman, Jennifer Jean, Michelle LaPoetica, Jennifer Martelli, Colleen Michaels, January Gill O’Neil, Dawn Paul, Enzo Silon Surin, and Diana Norma Szokolyai

2:15 - 2:45 pm, Village Tavern
Mr. 70
Alternative Reggae

2:15 - 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall upstairs
Dance Block
Avery Pelosi, Caitlin Canty, Julianne Cerreta, Barbie Diewald, Fourth Dimension Tap Company, Last Movement, Nritya Dance Academy

2:30 - 3:15 pm, Artists’ Row
The Pleasing Terrors
Spooky Rockabilly

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Essex Street/PEM Entrance
Cate Great
Circus Street Performance

3:15 - 4:00 pm, Village Tavern
Solmaria
R&B/Alternative

3:30 - 4:00 pm, Old Town Hall
Tarot Cabaret with Calamus
Tarot-Themed Music & Performance

3:45 - 4:30 pm, Artists’ Row
Galush
Beatbox

4:00 - 4:45 pm, Old Town Hall
Witch City Bellydance
Bellydance

4:30 - 5:15 pm, Village Tavern
Reset Button Brass Band
Video Game Cover Brass Band

4:45 – 5:15 pm, Old Town Hall
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Fourth Dimension Tap Company, Rose Woods Dance Collaborative, Kaija Schram and Austin Guin, Michelle Deane, Sarah Soares, Betsy Miller Dance Projects

5:30 to 6:30 pm, Old Town Hall
Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket
Funk

Three musicians performing outdoors: a woman playing saxophone in the center, a man playing accordion to her left, and another man playing drum to her right.
A woman performing a pole dance outdoors at a festival, wearing a red dress and sparkly tights, with an audience and vendor tents in the background.

Sun. June 8             

11:00 am - 6:00 pm

11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Juried Art Gallery - Old Town Hall

Street Fair and Art-Making Activities - throughout the festival

Mural Slam - Artists’ Row 

HISSSTORY Community Art installation - Artists’ Row / Front Street

11:00 - 11:45 am, Derby Square
Matt Savage Groove Experiment
Jazz/Funk

11:00 to 11:45 am, Armory Park
The Northshoremen Chorus
Barbershop Quartet and Chorus

11:45 am to 12:30 pm, Artists’ Row
Jay Felitto
Soundhealing

11:45 am – 12:30 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 1
Off Beat Tap Company, Katherine Berman, Leaps and Bounds Movement Co., Exceptional Dance Company, Cas Glover, Ava D'Eon

12:00 to 12:45 pm, Armory Park
Molly Pinto Madigan Band
Indie Folk

12:45 - 1:15 pm, Essex Street/PEM Entrance
Baechtold & Abel Aerial Artistry
Aerial performance

12:15 – 1:00 pm, Derby Square
JATK
Power-Pop

1:00 - 1:45 pm, Artists’ Row
Lindsay Straw & Larry Young
Traditional Folk / Colonial

1:00 – 1:30 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 2
Off Beat Tap Company, Sophie Nash, Xinyi Zhang, Ava D'Eon, Exceptional Dance Company, Kaylee Kuehne

1:30 - 2:15 pm, Armory Park
North Shore Big Band
Jazz Swing

1:30 - 2:15 pm, Old Town Hall downstairs
Salem Literary Coven - Jo Bova, Mae Fraser, Noah Phoenix, and Jennifer Puzzo
Spoken Word / Poetry

2:00 - 3:00 pm, roaming
Lynn Modell / Making Dances
Dance

2:15 - 3:00 pm, Artists’ Row
Gabriella Simpkins
Folk/Singer-songwriter

2:15 – 3:15 pm, Old Town Hall, upstairs
Dance Block
detritus dance, Maine Dance Company, Andrea Muñiz, Jackie Bowden, Souls of India, North Shore Dance Collaborative

2:30 - 3:15 pm, Armory Park
House of Beyonderz
Hip Hop / Spoken Word

3:15 - 3:45 pm, Essex Street/PEM Entrance
Baechtold & Abel Aerial Artistry
Aerial performance

3:15 - 4:00 pm, roaming
WhistlePig Morris Dancers
English Traditional Folk Dance

3:15- 3:45 pm, Old Town Hall downstairs
Diana Norma Szokolyai
Poetry and Electric Guitar

3:30 - 4:00 pm, Artists’ Row
Sylvia North
Alternative Acoustic

3:45 - 4:30 pm, Armory Park
Conical Cacophony
Balkan Brass Band

4:00 - 4:45 pm, Derby Square
Terrafunk
Funk

4:30 - 5:15 pm, Artists’ Row
Dad Bods and the Father Figures

90s Cover Band

4:45 - 5:15 pm, Derby Square
Tiny Dance Stage, Group 3
Sophie Nash, Leaps and Bounds Movement Co., Cas Glover, Xinyi Zhang, Kaylee Kuehne, Off Beat Tap Company

5:15 - 6:00 pm, Derby Square
Flamenco Boston, performance sponsored by Marblehead Bank
Flamenco

Two women singing into microphones at an outdoor event, with music stands and a blurred background of people and outdoor setting.

OPPORTUNITY

Thanks to the support of the community and our sponsors we are able to pay a stipend to all performers at the Salem Arts Festival and keep the festival free and accessible. If you are interested in supporting the festival as an individual please click below!