Utah Summer Festivals & Events
Summer is the season for community festivals and special events, and Utah offers some of the best. No matter where you travel in our state, there will be community fairs, patriotic celebrations and cultural festivals nearby. Visitors are always welcome to participate in these activities.
America's Freedom Festival at Provo is the largest Independence Day celebration in the country. It includes the popular Stadium of Fire, which has attracted considerable attention this year because it will feature Miley Cyrus. There is also a Grand Parade and a wide variety of Freedom Days events.
Up in northern Utah, Ogden City offers a popular patriotic celebration called the Hot Rock'n 4th.
The Days of '47 celebration in Salt Lake City commemorates Utah's pioneer heritage. It offers many activities including a children's parade, horse parade, rodeo, marathon, leading up to a grand parade on July 24, which is a Utah holiday called Pioneer Day.
Check our events calendar for information on community events and festivals through the state.
Utah Valley Festivities
The Utah Valley area offers a wide variety of interesting events this summer and so we've chosen to feature them below. See utahvalley.org for more details about these and other happenings.
National Youth Theater Festival, June 2008. Features workshops with guest artists to help improve young actors' skills in theater at the SCERA Center for the Arts (other youth classes offered through the summer).
The King & I Musical, June 2008. Set under the stars at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre.
Wild Outdoors Festival, June 4-7. STHIL TIMBERSPORTS Series brings top-ranked lumberjacks, the world's best speed climbers, and female boom
runners to compete in Thanksgiving Point's Electric Park
Art City Days in Springville, June 9-14. Come enjoy some family fun with our parade, Dutch oven cookoff, hot air balloons, fireworks and more.
Orem Summerfest, June 13-14. Family fun in the summer with our parade, children's crafts, apache helicopter, fireworks and more.
Scottish Festival, June 13-14. A weekend of Scottish athletics, dancing, bagpipes, and clans in Thanksgiving Point's Electric Park.
Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove, June 16-21. This annual city celebration features an old fashioned rodeo, carnival, craft fair, parade, and more... all while eating fresh strawberries.
Plein Air Art Festival, June 20-21. Painters and sculptors create works of art in the Thanksgiving Point Gardens.
Sundance Resort Tree Room Author Series, June 21. Topic: Memo to the President Elect-How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership by Madeleine Albright.
Lehi Roundup, June 23-28. Get roped into all the fun with our arts show, cowboy poetry, horse parade, chuck wagon breakfast, three-day
rodeo and a whole lot more.
Lavender Days, June 27-28. Young Living Farms is the largest lavender farm and distillery, in North America in full bloom with activities and food for the whole family.
Colonial Days, July 2-5. Three days of live entertainment, interacting with Founding Fathers and other colonial friends-part of America's Freedom Festival.
Grand Parade, July 4. The largest parade of its, kind in Utah featuring freedom through bands, floats, and, local and national performers-part of America's Freedom, Festival at Provo.
Stadium of Fire, July 4. One of the largest firework productions with headline, entertainers, novelty acts, and large-scale field production numbers-part of America's Freedom Festival.
Footloose: The Musical, July 2008. Set under the stars at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre.
Sundance Resort Bluebird Café Series, July 11. Concert under the stars at Sundance's Outdoor Amphitheater. In the tradition of storytelling, Sundance's partnership with Nashville's Bluebird Café brings renowned singer songwriters to the resort each year to perform their hit songs and tell the stories behind them.
Sundance Resort Bluebird Café Series, July 18
Spanish Fork Fiesta Days, July 21-24. Spectacular parade, children's festival, craft fair, rodeo, fireworks, and more.
Sundance Resort Bluebird Café Series, July 25
Pride & Prejudice, August 2008. Set under the stars at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre.
Sundance Resort Bluebird Café, Series August 1
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, August 28-30. One of the largest storytelling festivals in the nation with over 26,000 attendees.
Payson's Onion Days, August 29-September 1. Come enjoy a craft fair, carnival, live entertainment, and a parade on Labor Day.
- Dave Webb
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