Local Events

Labor Day Weekend 2026 is almost here. From Park City Miners’ Day to Midway Swiss Days and Snowbird Oktoberfest, here are a few events to put on your calendar.

The Deer Valley Music Festival, presented by the Utah Symphony, and the Deer Valley Concert Series, produced in partnership with The State Room Presents, will return to Deer Valley Resort’s Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater this summer.  Live music on the Silver Lake lawn will begin the resort’s summer concert season on Friday, June 26.  “Attending an open-air...

By Carter Williams, KSL.com Red Butte Garden and Arboretum announced its full 2025 Outdoor Concert Series lineup on Tuesday, which features artists like Cheap Trick, Rick Springfield, ZZ Top, Barenaked Ladies, Train and My Morning Jacket. "From rock legends and Grammy Award winners to genre-blending performers you'll experience nowhere else, Red Butte Garden's 2025 summer Outdoor Concert Series...

By Carter Williams, KSL.com MIDWAY — The owners of Ice Castles planned a "fiery twist" for the popular winter attraction this year, but that twist wasn't the warmer-than-normal temperatures that delayed its opening. However, with colder temperatures over the past few weeks, this winter's display at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center is ready to be viewed. Ice Castles is set to open...

KPCW | By Parker Malatesta The nonprofit Sundance Institute has announced the lineup for the 2025 festival in Park City and Salt Lake City in late January. Along with up and coming directors, Sundance senior programmer John Nein said the slate also includes established filmmakers. “I’m thinking of people like Justin Lin, who had ‘Better Luck Tomorrow’ also most 25 years ago, goes on to...

By Avrey Evans Summer in Utah is marked by a few canon events: chasing a thrill at Lagoon, catching an outdoor screening at your favorite park, and attending one of the many markets hosted throughout the valley. Whether you prefer perusing fresh Utah-grown food at the Saturday Farmer’s Market or are in the mood to shop local artisans at vendors at Park City’s Silly Sunday Market, there’s a little...

By: Chris Reed Posted 7:53 PM, Aug 09, 2024 SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — It may still feel like a hot August down below, but it’s beginning to feel like a festive fall at 11,000 feet. In a Wasatch Mountain tradition that has been around nearly as long as Snowbird itself, Oktoberfest begins Saturday at the Little Cottonwood Canyon resort. Spokesperson Sarah Sherman is about to start her...

SANDY, Utah (ABC4) — Hot-air balloons will dazzle Sandy spectators for two days in August as the city hosts its free annual Hot-Air Balloon Festival and Glow Event.  The festival will take place on Friday, Aug. 9, and Saturday, Aug. 10, at Storm Mountain Park, located at 1000 East 11400 South. The balloons will begin rising into the air at sunrise which will be at about 6:30...

Josh Van catches some air as he comes off the freestyle ramp during Utah Olympic Park's season-opening Slip 'n' Soar event in summer 2016.

By Jake Wilhelmsen September 13, 2017 | Updated November 16, 2023 You know that pleasant surprise of putting on a pair of pants and finding a $20 in the pocket? Well Utah is cargo pants. With a thousand pockets. Every state likes to talk about the variety of experiences it offers, but Utah is uniquely qualified to brag.  Three discrete geographical regions (Mojave Desert, Great...