Tag Archives: Bluegrass Music

Avenues Street Fair

Avenues, Utah, Street Fair

The Avenues Street Fair will be held on 2nd Avenue between H and N Streets. The closeness to Lindsey Gardens will add some much-appreciated green space for fair visitors to sit and enjoy the entertainment or just relax after walking the 5 blocks full of booths and delicious food.

  • Artisans
  • Entertainment
  • Live Music
  • Children’s Parade
  • Children’s Activity Area
  • Food Vendors
  • Open Air Market

September 9, 2023
Multiple Events/Times

Avenues Street Fair
7th Avenue between H and N Streets, Salt Lake

Spring City Bluegrass Festival

Spring City Arts Council presents The Spring City Bluegrass Festival annually in August. Great music and food and overnight camping is available.

  • Bluegrass Music
  • Fresh Country Air
  • Camping
  • Food Vendors
  • Quilt Show
  • Arts & Crafts

August 4-5, 2023
Multiple Times/Events

Spring City Bluegrass & Folk Festival Road Trip
Spring City Park, Spring City

Dam Jam Bluegrass Festival

Rockport State Park

If you like camping and Bluegrass music, you’ll love Rockport’s annual Dam Jam Bluegrass Festival in Rockport’s Old Church campground area. Come and enjoy authentic Bluegrass music. Listen to local Bluegrass bands perform in the Old Church. If playing is your passion, stroll around the camp area and “jam” with other musicians.

August (Week 2) Annually
All Day Event, Camping

Rockport Dam Jam
Rockport State Park, Peoa

America’s Freedom Festival

Provo Utah’s 4th of July Celebration

  • Stadium of Fire – Nitro Circus – Fireworks – Concert
  • Balloon Fest
  • Grand Parade – Largest In Utah
  • Freedom Days – Carnival
  • Freedom Run
  • Colonial Fest
  • Bluegrass Festival
  • Clogging Dancers
  • Music Concerts
  • July 1-4, 2023 Freedom Days
  • July 1-4, 2023 Balloon Fest
  • July 1, 2023 Stadium of Fire, Fireworks
  • July 4, 2023 Grand Parade

4TH OF JULY WEEK ANNUALLY

America’s Freedom Festival
Various Provo/Utah Valley Locations

Ted Fest

The Ted Fest, formally Wasatch Mountain Music Festival, is held at the Richard W. Erickson ranch in Wallsburg, UT. annually in July. A family-friendly festival for people to enjoy great music and have a good time.

Wasatch Mountain Music Festival

  • Bluegrass Music
  • Celtic
  • Folk
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Roots Rock
  • Contemporary & Traditional
  • Food Vendors
  • Camping
  • Instrument Competition

July 14-16, 2023, 9 am–10 pm
July (Week 2) Annually

Wasatch Mountain Music Festival
Richard W. Erickson Ranch, Wallsburg, UT


Concerts In The Park

Brigham Young Historic Park

Outdoor Summer Concert Series

Enjoy free, informal, hour-long concerts at beautiful Brigham Young Historic Park on Friday evenings throughout June, July, and August. All ages are welcome. Limited seating is provided; blankets and lawn chairs are allowed.

The Brigham Young Historic Park is on the southeast corner of State Street and 2nd Avenue (North Temple), one block east of Temple Square.

June 2-30, 2023, Fridays, 7:30 pm, Free
June 2023

Summer Concert Series
Brigham Young Historic Park
50 West North Temple Street, Downtown, Salt Lake

Utah State Instrument Championships

IAMA presents the Utah State Instrument Championships USIC with ten different competitions. Each of the five different contests has a Novice Division (for beginners) and an Open Division (for advanced players) contest. The five contests are Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Flatpick Guitar, and Fingerstyle Guitar.

  • Music Instrument Competition
  • Contests
  • Bluegrass
  • Flat-pick Guitar
  • Fingerstyle Guitar
  • Fiddle
  • Banjo
  • Mandolin

June 11, 2022, 9 am
June (Week 2) Annually

Utah State Instrument Championships
Intermountain Acoustic Music Association IAMA

Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music Festival

Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music Festival, Bluegrass, Ogden, Utah

Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music

Ogden’s Annual Music Festival (OFOAM) brings to you each year an incredible lineup of musicians, workshops, contests, food, and fun!

Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music was established in 2008 to bring more live acoustic music to Ogden with a mission to provide musical opportunities to the youth of Ogden. OFOAM is a non-profit organization run by an all-volunteer board of directors.

June 2-4, 2023, Multiple Times 

Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music Festival
Fort BDO, Ogden

Busker Fest

Lunch Bunch Concert Series

The Brown Bag Concert Series began as a street theater project in 1978. Over the past 32 years, the series has presented well over a thousand concerts in plazas, parks, shopping malls, tennis courts, buses, and even elevators, throughout Salt Lake City. The series has won awards, presented top national and regional touring artists, been broadcast live on the radio, and continues to be one of the longest-running daily concert series of its kind in the country.

Busker Fest

June–Summer, 2023

Lunch Bunch Concert Series Free
June–August 31, 2023, Weekdays, Noon–1 pm
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake

Past Events

Acoustic Music Stroll Free
Jordan River above Jordan Park
June 22, 2023, 6-8 pm
Jordan River Parkway, Salt Lake

Murray Lunch Concert Series Free
August 1, 2023, Tuesdays,12 pm Noon
Murray Park Pavilion #5