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Festivus 5K for Autism

Name: Festivus 5K for Autism
Start: 2025-12-14
End: 2025-12-14
Location: Salem, Massachusetts

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About the Event

Help the Northshore Education Consortium celebrate its 50th anniversary by joining us for the 14th running of the Festivus 5K for Autism on December 14, 2025 in historic downtown Salem, MA! We are expecting 500 runners!

In thirteen years this race has raised over $280,000 for children with autism. With your support, we will be able to purchase much-needed technologies to assist and educate children with autism at the Northshore Education Consortium* (NEC).

Race Info

Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Time: 10 AM
Location: Race start and finish are on Derby Street.
Entry Fee: $30 in advance and $35 on race day. Race day registration is at Finz Seafood & Grill from 8:30-9:45 AM in Salem, MA.
Parking: Public parking available in lots, garages, and on streets

Course

Fast, flat course with one water stop
Click here for course map

T-Shirts

Race shirts for the first 400 applicants (sizes cannot be guaranteed).

Packet Pickup

Saturday, December 13, 2025 from 10AM - 4PM
New England Running Company
43 Enon Street, Beverly, MA

Awards

Overall Male & Female: Festivus pole trophies for
Age Group: Awards given to top three finishers in: Youth (13 and under), 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, Masters (40-19), Senior Masters (50-59), (60-69), (70 and over).
Team Award: Average time of Top 5 teammates - must include 1 female runner
Best Costume: Male and Female.

Festivus Post-Race Party for Runners

Hosted by Finz Seafood & Grill, 86 Wharf Street, Salem, MA

* The Northshore Education Consortium is one of the largest providers of special education programs for children
with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disabilities on the North Shore. (www.nsedu.org) "Every student. Every day. Whatever it takes."

Races Offered

5K

Dec 14, 2025

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Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Road running

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Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Salem.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat -0.5° / 6.2°

wb_sunny -6.0° / 1.5°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 16.0 /

water_drop 72.5%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat -0.5° / 6.2°

wb_sunny -6.0° / 1.5°

air 16.0 km/h

water_drop 72.5%

About Salem

A charming New England seaside destination, Salem offers visitors the requisite bevy of enthralling elements: a world-class museum, compelling oceanfront and maritime history, quirky shops and tempting restaurants. They're all here and vying for your attention. However, one event in Salem's 400-year history looms above all else—the Salem witch trials. One of the most notorious cases of mass hysteria, the trials saw over 200 people charged with witchcraft, 25 of whom died as a direct result. Try as they might, the city was never able to memory hole the events of 1692. So eventually they changed tack, leaning into the lore of witches and magic. Today the "Witch City" plasters its civic institutions with witch silhouettes, they even built a baseball diamond atop Gallows Hill Park. The plan seems to have worked, tourists have responded and business is up. You know what they say, "time heals all wounds".