For over 20 years, the Moab Folk Festival has grown into one of the nation’s top music showcases. It has expanded the definition of “folk” to include music that reaches beyond traditional boundaries, including bluegrass, indie folk-rock, folk-fringe punk, Celtic folk, and modern acoustic artists.
November 1-3, 2024
Multiple Events/Times
Moab Folk Festival
Moab, Utah
A Top Pick for Utah locals, the Salt Lake Annual Greek Festival always offers joyful days of authentic foods, culture, and exciting entertainment.
September 5-7, 2025
Multiple Times/Events
Salt Lake Greek Festival
Holy Trinity Greek Cathedral, Salt Lake
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.
September 13, 2025
Multiple Events/Times
Avenues Street Fair
7th Avenue between H and N Streets, Salt Lake
Oktoberfest Halle, located in the Snowbird Event tent, is chock full of music, dancing, and traditional German cuisine. Enjoy a bratwurst and sauerkraut and apfelstrudel and more. Kids, young and old, can enjoy face painting, caricature artists, inflatable rides, the world champion YO-YO MAN, a zany clown, music, balloons, and more!
Der Marktplatz
Vendors from around the region peddle their wares. You will find many unique gifts. Shop early for the Holidays. Located at the entrance.
September 1 –October 12, 2025, Saturday & Sunday, Noon–7 pm
Oktoberfest at Snowbird
Snowbird Resort, Little Cottonwood Canyon
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 8-10, 2025
All-Day Event, Camping
Rockport Dam Jam
Rockport State Park, Peoa
August 29–31, 2024
Multiple Times/Events
Peach Days
Hurricane City, Utah
August 24-26, 2023, Multiple Times
Western Legends Roundup
Kanab, Utah
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.
July 14-16, 2023, 9 am–10 pm
July (Week 2) Annually
Wasatch Mountain Music Festival
Richard W. Erickson Ranch, Wallsburg, UT
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.
June 11, 2022, 9 am
June (Week 2) Annually
Utah State Instrument Championships
Intermountain Acoustic Music Association IAMA
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.
June–Summer, 2023
Lunch Bunch Concert Series Free
June–August 31, 2023, Weekdays, Noon–1 pm
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake
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
