'Moon Over Salem' Citywide Music Festival Coming In September

SALEM, MA — Seven venues across Salem will help host the first Moon Over Salem music and arts festival planned for the city in September.

Organizers of the nonprofit — whose mission is to increase access to underground music in the greater Salem area with an emphasis on inclusion and the active rejection of "racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and hate in general" — announced the lineup on its Instagram account this week.

Vanyaland's Victoria Wasylak reported that venues include Koto Asian Fusion, the Gulu-Gulu Cafe, Bit Bar and Old Town Hall. She said the festival will also include a flea market, art show and vintage market with sets from area DJs.

The event is set for Sept. 14 from noon to midnight. Bands listed for the show include Actor Observer, OldSoul, One Fall, Pregame Rituals, Radio Compass, Clay Pigeons and Good June.

Early bird tickets — limited to 100 — with access to all venues are available July 28, with regular tickets on sale until Aug. 31 and last-minute sales to follow up to the date of the show.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)