(photo credit: Lynn Friedman) (cover photo credit: NatalleMayor)
Spend, Save Or Splurge – Everything Cool This Weekend Along The Wasatch Front. There’s some pressure here. My kids all start school next Monday. If this weekend isn’t a blowout of Awesome, there will be bitter recriminations for years to come. I can see Zachie now as valedictorian of his high school class, talking about “values” and “reaching higher” or some such nonsense and then he’ll suddenly blurt “and my mom and dad didn’t do ANYTHING GOOD the weekend we went back into the slavery of school!” So, here’s a list to get you started.
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Yearning for some live theatre? See a complete listing here.
(photo credit: Andrew Iverson)
Friday 8.21:
10am-10pm: Beaver County Fair – Minersville. Tickets: $0-5.00.
5pm: Westminter College Men’s Soccer vs. Great Falls – Dumke Field. Tickets: see website.
6pm-9pm: Food Truck Rally – UofU Bountiful Campus Parking Lot, and Murray Park Constitution Circle. Music, food, fun. Free admission.
6pm-10pm: Granary Row – downtown SLC closes off a huge street for music, vendors, food, crafts. Free admission.
6pm-10pm: Millcreek Venture Out – Big Cottonwood Park, free showing of “Malificent” under the stars, music, food and vendors. Meet your neighbors!
6:30pm: Salt Lake Bees vs. Iowa – Smith Ballpark. Tickets: see website.
7pm: Robert Kelly – 50 West Club, WVC. Tickets: $15
7pm: Epic Rap Battles In History – Kilby Court. Tickets: $25
7pm: Nuke Skyywalker – live concert at Murray Park Amphitheatre, free admission
7:30pm: Fire On The Mountain: Foot-stomping Music – free concert at Brigham Young Park, SLC.
8pm: Dancing Under The Stars – dance concert from Jaci Royal at the Scera Shell in Orem. Tickets: $10-30.
8:30pm: Star Party with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society – Midvale Harmon’s. Time’s running out for the summer sky! Free admission.
(photo credit: Mats Hagwall)
Saturday 8.22:
7am: The Summit Challenge: 18, 52 or 102 mile bike rides to benefit the National Ability Center. National Ability Center, Park City.
7am: Share A Smile Triathalon – Scera Pool in Orem, fundraiser for the dental clinic for homeless and poor children in Utah County. Run fee: $40-65
8am: The Color Run – Library Square, SLC. Run fee: $45-60
8:30am: Belles On Wheels – Derby Darlin’s First Motorcycle Rally – Harley-Davidson, Lindon. Benefits cancer victims, ride fee: $25
9am-7pm: All About Kids Expo – Southtowne Convention Center. Register for free tickets here.
10am-10pm: Beaver County Fair – Minersville. Tickets: $0-5.00.
10am-10pm: Ogden Roots & Blues Festival – North Fork Park, Eden. Tickets: $30-65
10am-10pm: Beaver Mountain Music Festival – Snowbasin Ski Resort, kids are free.
11:30am: Family Day: The 5 Senses – Woodbury Art Museum, Orem. Free admission.
12noon-9pm: Summer Dance Festival – Everything from belly dancing to modern to fire spinners, Viridian Event Center, W. Jordan. Free admission.
6pm-10pm: Granary Row – downtown SLC closes off a huge street for music, vendors, food, crafts. Free admission.
7pm: Orem Owlz vs. Ogden Raptors – Brent Brown Ballpark, UVU. Tickets: see website.
8pm: REAL Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders – Rio Tinto Stadium. Tickets $25-500
8:30pm: Star Party with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society – Star Observatory at Standsbury Park. Free admission.
(photo credit: Wllfred Paulse)
Sunday 8.23:
9am-2pm: Wheeler Farm Farmer’s Market – free admission, some kid’s activities are fee-based.
10am-5pm: Park Silly Sunday Market – Park City Historic Main Street. Free admission.
10am-10pm: Beaver County Fair – Minersville. Tickets: $0-5.00.
10am-10pm: Ogden Roots & Blues Festival – North Fork Park, Eden. Tickets: $30-65
10am-10pm: Beaver Mountain Music Festival – Snowbasin Ski Resort, kids are free.
12noon-6pm: Oktoberfest at Snowbird Resort – free admission, food, beer and activities are fee-based.
2:30-5:30pm: Kid’s Adventure Tours at Snowbasin Resort – you bring good hiking shoes, food, activities and guides included in the $25 fee.
4:30pm: Orem Owlz vs. Ogden Raptors – Brent Brown Ballpark, UVU. Tickets: see website.
6pm: Ute Fan Fest – Rice-Eccles Stadium. Free admission, athletes from all the varsity teams, music, fireworks. Free admission.
6:15pm: Sublime with Rome – Usana Amphitheatre. Tickets: $29-49.
Be sure to stop by EnjoyUtah.org – my girlie Michelle has every possible activity you could EVER imagine.
