For over 18 years, the Moab Folk Festival has grown into one of the nation’s top music showcases and 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 (Week 1) Annually
Multiple Events/Times
Moab Folk Festival
Moab, Utah
Heber Valley hosts one of the nation’s largest Cowboy Poetry gatherings, the Heber Valley Western Music and Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Performers from all over the United States travel to Utah to perform in front of audiences that embrace Western culture.
October (Week 2) Annually
Multiple Events/Times
Western & Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Wasatch High School, Heber
The largest single annual event in Utah featuring live concerts, entertainment, rides, rodeo, art, barnyard friends, little hands on the farm, ice cream festival, and more.
September 7-17, 2023
Multiple Times/Events
Utah State Fair
Utah State Fairgrounds, 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 9, 2023
Multiple Events/Times
Avenues Street Fair
7th Avenue between H and N Streets, Salt Lake
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
August 24-26, 2023, Multiple Times
Western Legends Roundup
Kanab, Utah
Guests may bring their own blankets and low-backed chairs to the Canyons Village Stage to enjoy a series of perfect Park City summer evenings filled with live music and fresh mountain air.
August 31, 2023, 5:30 pm
July-August
Canyons Village Summer Concert Series
Canyons Village Stage at Park City
July 26-29, 2023
Multiple Times/Events
Country Fan Music Festival
Deseret Peak Complex, Tooele
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
Pony Express Days, named after the Pony Express Trail, which runs through their city, is Eagle Mountain City’s annual festival.
Pony Express PRCA Rodeo
June 8-10, 2023, 7 pm
Eagle Mountain Rodeo Grounds
Pony Express Days
Parade, Carnival, Rodeo, Derby, Fireworks
May 31–June 3, 2022, Multiple Times
Eagle Mountain Rodeo Grounds
Nolan & Wride Park, Eagle Mountain
Pony Express Days Demolition Derby
June 3, 2023, 7 pm
Eagle Mountain Rodeo Ground
