About this site

If you've ever tried to figure out how to sign your kid up for soccer, find a storytime, or plan a Saturday in Salem, you know the problem: the information exists, but it's scattered across a dozen sites — and the pages that try to collect it are buried in ads and affiliate links.

Out & About Salem is the page we always wished we could send to other families. One place with the real links: the Y's registration page, the library's event calendar, the good playgrounds, the pumpkin patches, the free stuff.

It's free, there are no ads, and nothing here is sponsored. No listing paid to be included, and no link earns us a commission.

Events on the events page are pulled automatically from local public calendars and refreshed hourly. Directory listings are curated by hand, so if something moved or shut down, tell us and we'll fix it.