The Utah Scottish Association is proud to announce the beginning of a festival in the area where the Scots first entered Utah!
June 16-18, 2023, Multiple Times
Celtic Festival and Highland Games
Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake
People’s Market‘s mission is to promote urban agriculture, community pride, diversity, and entrepreneurship on the west side of Salt Lake City.
There are educational and community opportunities through kids’ art activities, cooking demonstrations, and information on health and nutrition resources. Market vendors accept cash, debit, credit, and EBT (Horizon Cards).
People’s Market Produce Program encourages gardeners to bring their harvest to market for just $5. They set up the tables, you share in the bounty!
Sunday’s 10 am–3 pm
June–Mid-October
Peoples Market
International Peace Gardens, Jordan Park
1000 South 900 West, Salt Lake
Reenactors in blue and grey from across the country will skirmish in and around Heritage Village, complete with infantry, cannon fire, and horse-mounted cavalry. Talk to soldiers one-on-one and peruse Civil War-era goods in subtlers’ tents. There’s no better way to learn history than to experience history, and this will be a great experience.
June 9-10, 2023, 10 am–5 pm
Mountain Man Camp
This Is The Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake
Utah Agenda Top Event Pick. Featured Photo: Park Silly Sunday Market —Utah Agenda
Sunday’s 10 am–5 pm
June–September
Park Silly Sunday Market
Historic Main Street, Park City
Flying Ace All-Stars Friday & Saturday Freestyle Shows
Catch the high-flying action every summer weekend with the Flying Ace All-Stars Freestyle Show. See Olympians, National Team skiers, and snowboarders perform acrobatic feats as they soar up to 60 feet in the air before landing in the Park’s Spence Eccles Olympic Freestyle Pool.
June–August, Friday, Saturday, 6:30 pm
Flying Ace All-Stars Freestyle Show
Utah Olympic Park, Park City
A world of families, food & fun! Welcome to WESTFEST. The annual celebration commemorates the establishment of West Valley City and recognizes its citizens’ various cultural backgrounds.
June 13-14, 2025, Multiple Times
WestFest
Centennial Park, West Valley City
Utah Fairs & Summer Festivals
Choose Your Favorite Utah City
The Utah Arts Festival is the largest outdoor multidisciplinary arts event in Utah. It has garnered numerous awards internationally, nationally, and locally. UAF Photo —Utah Agenda
More than 80,000 patrons enjoy four days of award-winning fine arts in the Artist Marketplace, live performances on five stages, local and international street theater, a short film festival, a fine arts exhibition, and culinary delights.
Children are fully immersed in the arts at the Art Yard, where local nonprofits create hands-on projects; teenagers have an opportunity to explore their creative sides at the Urban Arts venue, and Artists At Work showcases the talents of local artist guilds as they set up and create art on-site.
June 19-22, 2025, Noon-Midnight
Utah Arts Festival
Library Square
500 South 300 East Salt Lake
The Utah Shakespearian Festival presents life-affirming classic and contemporary plays in repertory, with Shakespeare as the cornerstone. These plays are enhanced by interactive experiences which entertain, enrich, and educate.
The Summer Festival offers free nightly Green shows featuring music, song, and tales on two outdoor stages; the New American Playwrights Project, showcasing the work of new playwrights; free literary seminars, Tuesday–Sunday, discussing the season’s plays; bi-weekly props, actor, and costume seminars; backstage tours; and play orientations before all shows.
The Fall Festival offers free literary seminars, Wednesday–Sunday, discussing the season’s shows; free actor seminars every Wednesday and Friday; free props seminars every Thursday and Saturday; intimate and detailed backstage tours Thursdays and Saturdays; and play orientations before all shows.
June 21–Mid-October 2023
Monday–Saturday Plays & Activities
Utah Shakespeare Festival Calendar
Southern State University, Cedar City, Utah
This year’s Soldier Hollow Classic’s I.F.A. Country Festival Dog Show offers an assortment of crafts, activities, and demonstrations with dozens of top artisans from throughout the west displaying a wide array of handmade products. Demonstrations will include weaving, spinning, sheep shearing, and pottery making. Navajo Rug Show, sponsored by Adopt-a-Native Elder, features finely woven traditional Navajo textiles and demonstrations by Navajo artisans. Families will also enjoy various animal demonstrations and activities, including duck herding, the Ultimate Canines Flying Dog Show, Wild Wonders Animal Show, and bagpipe performances by the Salt Lake Scots! The Country Festival also features great food and traditional Celtic music.
May 22-25, 2026
Multiple Events/Times
Sheepdog Championship & Festival
Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway
History and Fantasy unite every year in May at the Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire in Marriott-Slaterville, only 30 minutes from north Salt Lake City.
Here time stands still as myth and legend collide in a fanciful display of the Renaissance period interspersed with eccentric and whimsical elements of a time that never truly was.
As you step through the gates into Hawkhurst Village, Fairies float by on gossamer wings, Gypsies belly dance to the beat of a rhythmic drum, Pirates fiercely guard their treasures, Mermaids splash playfully in their own pool of water, Magicians perform amazing illusions, and in the distance, you can see the Knights of Honor preparing for their jousting tournament that is to be presided over by the Royal Court and King Henry VIII. You’ll also have the chance to wander through the Guild Encampment, where you can visit the Romans and Azure Rose.
May 27-29, 2023, Multiple Times
Magical Themed Weekends, 10 am–7 pm
Utah Renaissance Festival
Fantasy Faire & Pirate Festival
990 West 17th Street, Marriott-Slaterville City, Utah
