Tag Archives: Folk Music

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

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

Bountiful Davis Summerfest International

BDSI is a program of the Bountiful Davis Art Center and was started as an art festival in 1974. The distinctive program of international performances was added in 1988. The festival’s roots are grounded in the arts, and it remains a showcase for artists. The international and cultural performances were included to give local residents a unique entertainment and educational experience that stands out as an exciting addition to the community and is unequaled by any other art and cultural program in the state.

  • Craft Booths
  • Fine Art
  • Food Vendors

June 26, 2023, Mondays, 5–9 pm

BDAC Summerfest
Bountiful Town Square, Bountiful Utah

Celtic Festival and Highland Games

Celtic Festival and Highland, Wellsville, Utah, Logan, Family, Irish, Scottish, Live Performances, Live Music, Celtic, Food

The Utah Scottish Association is proud to announce the beginning of a festival in the area where the Scots first entered Utah!

  • Highland Dancing
  • Athletics
  • Clan Booths
  • Piping & Drumming
  • Celtic Music
  • Irish Food
  • Dance & Song

June 16-18, 2023, Multiple Times

Celtic Festival and Highland Games
Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake

Lunch Bunch Concert Series

Gallivan Center Musical Lunch

Gallivan Plaza provides free live entertainment every weekday at Noon. Get out into the sunshine and enjoy your lunch while listening to the sounds of solo acoustic singers, songwriters, and local bands. Musical selections include folk, acoustic, rock, jazz, pop, blues, and all variations in between.

Did you forget to pack a lunch? Don’t worry; visit the new Gallivan Center concessions stand or one of the many take-out delis and restaurants nearby. Also, enjoy Lunch Bunch on Gallivan Ave. every Thursday along with their Thursday Food Trucks.

Weekdays Noon–1 pm, Free
June–August

Lunch Brunch Concert Series
Gallivan Center, 239 S Main St, Salt Lake

Ingrid Michaelson

Ingrid Ellen Michaelson is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter best known for her single “The Way I Am.” Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Grey’s Anatomy and One Tree Hill, as well as in Old Navy’s Fall 2007 Fair Isle advertising campaign.

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Ingrid Michaelson