A little exploration the south end of Salt Lake County will reveal bright spots of local color and culture, both old and new, and experiences you can’t get anywhere else…
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10 minutes or so from downtown, 9th & 9th is one of the liveliest and most walkable neighborhoods in Salt Lake City.
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Every year, an estimated crowd of 25,000 gathers bright and early for Balloon Fest, which welcomes hot-air balloon pilots from across the U.S.
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Warm weather and long days mean it’s time for Utah summer festivals, art fairs and marketplaces. We’ve tracked down everything from family outings to creative date nights to weekend getaways you won’t want to miss. Mark your calendars for these upcoming town celebrations and one-of-a-kind festivals:
Park Silly Sunday Market, Park City: Sundays through Sept. 25
Support local growers and vendors at this Sunday farmers market and street festival gathered along Park City Main Street.
Open Streets, SLC: Each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this summer
On weekend nights, Main Street will be closed to cars and open for pedestrians to enjoy restaurants, bars, retailers, and performers.
Downtown Farmers Market, SLC: Saturdays through Oct. 22
Pick up some fresh produce while giving local love to Utah farmers and businesses at the Salt Lake Farmers Market.
Fort Herriman Towne Days: through June 25
Herriman’s Butterfield Park turns into a family carnival with rides, food trucks, a children’s market, axe throwing and more.
Taylorsville Dayzz: June 23-25
This community celebration boasts 3 concerts—including an ABBA cover band incredibly named Abbacadabra—26 rides, 30 food booths, 40 exhibit booths and, apparently, two Zs.
Latino Arts Festival, Park City: through June 26
Celebrate Latin American traditions through fine arts, film, craft, food, musicand dance.
The Utah Arts Festival, SLC: June 23-26
Enjoy four days of performing arts, an artist marketplace, a kids’ art yard and face painting at Library Square in downtown SLC.
Friday Night Gallery Stroll, Park City: June 24
Experience a night of art and music while strolling through the art galleries down Park City Main Street.
Riverton Town Days: June 24-25, June 30-July 4
Kick off the first weekend with a good old-fashioned rodeo. On Independence Day weekend, the carnival includes a parade, stage entertainment, outdoor movies, sports tournaments and fireworks.
Busker Fest, SLC: June 24-25
Celebrate the busking and street theater tradition during Salt Lake City’s Busker Fest in Downtown Salt Lake.
Savor the Summit, Park City: June 25
Experience “Park City’s largest outdoor dinner party” on Park City Main Street. The Park City Area Restaurant Association invites the city’s top restaurants to show off their culinary chops at this outdoor gathering.
Western Stampede, West Jordan: July 1-4
Saddle up for West Jordan’s Western Stampede. The main event is a three-night rodeo, along with rides, games, food and vendors.
Draper Days: July 5-16
Show off your batting skills in the home run derby and softball tournament, deck out your tricycles and scooters in the children’s bike parade and watch fireworks shoot over Draper Park.
Days of ’47, SLC: July 23
The quintessential Pioneer Day celebration, the Days of ’47 Parade is a longstanding tradition featuring floats decorated by local stakes from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Butlerville Days, Cottonwood Heights: July 28-30
Cottonwood Heights’ town celebration includes a parade, pickleball, chalk art competition, car show and live music.
Old West Days, Bluffdale: July 29-30, Aug. 8-13
Bluffdale’s Old West Days certainly wins points for creativity with activities including a lip sync challenge, ATV rodeo and a “monster truck insanity tour,” whatever that means.
Orchard Days, Santaquin: July 30
Celebrate down in Santaquin with a children’s rodeo, train rides, petting zoo, movies in the park, car show, parade, live music, e-sports tournament, chalk art, and much more.
Harvest Days, Midvale: Aug. 1-6
Enjoy the Harvest Day festival with a parade, live music, fireworks, block parties and food.
Bear Lake Raspberry Days Festival: Aug. 3-6
As if you need another excuse to take a long weekend lake trip. Experience Garden City’s Raspberry Days with a golf tournament, pie-eating contest, concerts, rodeo, 5k run, boat parade, craft fair, and fireworks.
Swiss Days, Midway: Sept. 3-4
Celebrate Midway’s legacy of Swiss settlers with the town’s 73rd annual Swiss Day, with a unique local market and lots of great Swiss snacks and treats.
Peach Days, Brigham City: Sept. 9-10
Experience Brigham City’s Peach Days with a Peach Queen pageant, library book sale, parade, softball tournament, lip-synch battle, live music, carnival, motorcycle show and art and food booths.
The Avenues Street Fair, SLC: Sept. 10
Say goodbye to summer with the Avenues Street Fair, a celebration of the iconic SLC neighborhood hosted on a different Avenues street every year.
Melon Days, Green River: September 16-17
Enjoy the celebration of the harvest of melons in Green River, featuring a parade, car show, softball tournament, pancake breakfast, melon-carving contest and live music.
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As one of the former Olympic cities, Salt Lake boasts multiple venues where you can feel like you are part of the action. Ski, sled, skate, and explore in the very same place where Olympic gold medals were won and world records were set.
Utah Olympic Park
Despite being originally designed in 2002 for winter sports, the Utah Olympic Park has been since renovated to accommodate year-round activities. Feeling adventurous? Try one of three summer rope courses or the Drop Tower zip line with a 65 ft free-fall. How about a need for speed? Both the Bobsled experience and Extreme zip line will have you racing down the course at olympic speeds. If you want to slow it down though, they have that covered as well. Scenic chairlift rides and the Alpine slide are perfect for all ages.
Olympic Oval
This rink holds more Olympic World records than anywhere else, and you have the chance to skate right here on the “fastest ice on earth”. Skating is open to the public daily, and is fun for all ages. If you want to mix it up a bit, they have both Cosmic skating and Cosmic curling nights, so you can get your groove on with their live DJ.
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center
Soldier Hollow is a favorite among locals when it comes to skiing, snowboarding, and tubing. After a long day on the slopes, you can warm up at the award-winning Lodge, but in the summer you can book private events there. Year-round you’ll find the area full of sports teams tearing down the slopes or practicing in the off-season. Whether you’re a world-class athlete or a weekend adventurer, you can find something here that captures your attention.
Trent Harris provides a chronicle of the first few months of the coronavirus lockdown in 2020 through his book "Today at the Duck Pond."
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Niño Viejo provides Davis County with a new innovative Latin dining experience.
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A selection of prominent Utah writers from the Utah@125 project—a collection of 125-word essays and poems to celebrate Utah—will present eight simultaneous readings (plus a ninth virtual reading) at independent book stores around the state on Saturday, April 30, 2022 (Independent Bookstore Day, duh). The event is (we think) the first-ever simultaneous series of readings at multiple bookstores across the state. Among the readers will be former Utah poet laureates, national award-winning slam poets, prominent Utah journalists (including Salt Lake magazine’s editor Jeremy Pugh), award-winning fiction writers, poets, and essayists.
More than 45 writers, five or more in each location, will read their 125-word pieces at seven Utah bookstores at 3 p.m. The readings will take place on Saturday, April 30 in Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Sandy, and Provo bookstores. Plus: There will be a virtual Zoom reading (link here) at 3 p.m. hosted by Torrey House Press, and an additional Salt Lake City reading at 5 p.m. at Weller Book Works.
“The cool thing about these readings is the idea of Utah stories being told by writers across the state—at the same time,” said Anne Holman, co-owner of The King’s English Bookshop, who partnered with the Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement to schedule the events. “I can’t think of a better way to represent the diversity of Utah’s literary voices, as well as the strength of our bookstores.”
All of the Utah@125 readings—commissioned as part of the state’s Thrive125 celebration—are free.
PARTICIPATING INDEPENDENT BOOK STORES:
- 3 p.m. — Logan’s The Book Table, 29 S. Main St.
Writers: Shawn Bliss, Ben Gunsberg, Kimberly Ence, Willy Palomo and Chadd VanZanten - 3 p.m. — Ogden’s Queen Bee Giftery, 270 25th St.
Writers: Tyler Chadwick, Jayrod Garrett, Michael Gross, Joel Long and Sydney Salter - 3 p.m. — Salt Lake City’s Ken Sanders Rare Books at The Leo, 209 E. 500 South
Writers: Rob Carney, Stephen Dark, Lance Larsen, Jeremy Pugh and Kathryn Knight Sonntag - 3 p.m. — Salt Lake City’s The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East
Writers: Bill Dunford, Dawn Houghton, Lynn Kilpatrick, Elaine Jarvik, Julie Jensen and Kimberly Johnson - 3 p.m. — Sandy’s The Printed Garden, 9445 S. Union Square, Ste. A
Writers: Karin Anderson, Jai Bashir, Lisa Bickmore, Reb Cuevas and Lindsay Eagar - 3 p.m. — Park City’s Dolly’s Bookstore, 510 Main St.
Writers: Lee Benson, Phyllis Barber, Lyn McCarter and Teri Orr - 3 p.m. — Provo’s Pioneer Book, 450 W. Center St.
James Goldberg, Julie Nichols, Tiana Smith, Tim Slover, Larkin Weyand and Maleah Day Warner - 5 p.m. — Salt Lake City’s Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square
Writers: Lisa Carricaburu, Amy Donaldson, David Pace, Rosie Gochnour Serago, Sylvia Torti, RJ Walker and Bryan Young - Virtual event at 3 p.m. — On Zoom, hosted by Torrey House Press
Writers: Marilyn Abildskov, Danielle Beazer Dubrasky, Taylor Fang, Todd Robert Peterson, Erica Soon Olsen, Natasha Saje, and Brooke Williams
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