{"id":7276,"date":"2019-02-26T14:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsa.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=7276"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:40:56","slug":"salem-ma-bucket-lists-by-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/salem-ma-bucket-lists-by-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Salem, MA bucket lists by season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A super common question I see in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/thingstodoinsalem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook group<\/a> is about &#8220;must-do&#8221; items, ultimate bucket list itineraries and &#8220;need to see&#8221; attractions in Salem. I decided today for the blog to write four smaller sized bucket lists that are broken into seasons. I hope this helps or at least serves as a starting point for getting some ideas kickin&#8217; around. You can also click through the <a href=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calendar<\/a> for an overview of all the events going on.<\/p>\n<h3>Winter (January &#8211; March)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Salem&#8217;s So Sweet Festival<\/li>\n<li>Salem Film Festival<\/li>\n<li>Spring Restaurant Week<\/li>\n<li>Take pictures of the snow around Salem after storms<br \/>\n(be sure to tag #igerssalem on Instagram for a chance to be featured!)<\/li>\n<li>Hot chocolate or a harvest moon latte from Jaho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Spring (April &#8211; June)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Salem Arts Festival<\/li>\n<li>The Salem Flea<\/li>\n<li>Go out on the water in Salem<br \/>\n(I&#8217;d suggest checking out the Schooner Fame)<\/li>\n<li>North Shore Pride Parade<\/li>\n<li>Hop onto the Salem Trolley when the weather warms up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summer (July &#8211; September)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Essex street fair<\/li>\n<li>Taste of the Gables<\/li>\n<li>Snacks at Salem Willows<br \/>\n(Seasonal &#8211; I love the popcorn from E.W. Hobbs)<\/li>\n<li>Unique ice cream flavors from Melt<\/li>\n<li>Winter Island drive in movies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fall (October &#8211; December)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wander Salem with hot chocolate\/tea\/coffee, people watch, check out the costumes, take pictures<\/li>\n<li>Haunted Happenings grand parade<\/li>\n<li>Go on a walking tour at night, get your tarot cards read<\/li>\n<li>Haunted Biz Baz street fair<\/li>\n<li>Christmas in Salem house tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended reading | You might also like&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/27\/100-things-to-do-in-salem-ma-in-the-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 things to do in Salem, MA in the fall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/a-first-timers-guide-to-planning-a-trip-to-salem-ma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A first timer\u2019s guide to planning a trip to Salem, MA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/what-is-the-weather-like-in-salem-ma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is the weather like in Salem, MA?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/witch-city-words-the-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7187 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch.jpg\" alt=\"things to do in salem, witch city words newsletter\" width=\"730\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch.jpg 730w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch-24x5.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch-36x7.jpg 36w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch-48x10.jpg 48w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lets-keep-in-touch-600x123.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Pin for later<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/864480090952054030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7279 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list.jpg\" alt=\"things to do in salem, salem ma bucket list, must do salem ma\" width=\"735\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list.jpg 735w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list-16x24.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list-24x36.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list-32x48.jpg 32w, https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Your-Salem-MA-bucket-list-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A super common question I see in my Facebook group is about &#8220;must-do&#8221; items, ultimate bucket list itineraries and &#8220;need to see&#8221; attractions in Salem. I decided today for the blog to write four smaller sized bucket lists that are broken into seasons. I hope this helps or at least serves as a starting point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463,17],"tags":[3327,836,33,847,1186,36,18,19,3272,3328,26,27,24,20,21,428,429,25],"class_list":["post-7276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-travel-your-visit","tag-bucket-list-salem-ma","tag-destination-salem","tag-haunted-happenings","tag-historic-new-england","tag-historic-salem","tag-north-shore","tag-salem","tag-salem-ma","tag-salem-ma-bucket-list","tag-salem-ma-must-do-items","tag-salem-mass","tag-salem-massachusetts","tag-the-witch-city","tag-things-to-do-in-salem","tag-things-to-do-in-salem-ma","tag-visit-salem","tag-visit-salem-ma","tag-witch-city-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}