There are plenty of events — both live and online — going on across Utah. Here are some of the concerts, classes, drive-in movies and more happening this week.
Friday, Oct. 16
Concerts
- 12 p.m. — Piping Up: Organ Concerts at Temple Square. Livestream performance from Tabernacle and Temple Square organists.
- 5 p.m. — BYU Dance Live: Ballroom Dance Company. Free weekly livestream performance from Brigham Young University’s Department of Dance.
- 6 p.m. — Urban Lounge Backyard Shows: Zac Ivie with T-Mental, Glocco and The Real Kool-Aid. Outdoor concert at The Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City. For adults 21 and older.
- 6:30 p.m. — Aaron Nigel Smith. Online concert hosted by Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum.
Getting Out
- 7-11 p.m. — Halloween Lift Rides. Halloween lift rides and activities at Sundance Mountain Resort.
- 7 p.m. — Pop Culture Virtual Trivia: Adult Edition. Virtual trivia night hosted by the Salt Lake County Library.
Comedy
- 7 & 9:30 p.m. — Trevor Wallace. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in Salt Lake City. For adults 21 and older.
- 7:30 p.m. — Alex Velluto. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in West Jordan. For adults 21 and older.
- 7:30 p.m. — “Truth and Lies.” Performance at ImprovBroadway in Provo.
- 7:30 p.m. — Heather Mabbott. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in Ogden.
- 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. — Live Improv Show. Performance at ComedySportz Utah in Provo.
Book Events
- 6 p.m. — Max Zimmer, author of “Not Into Night,” in conversation with Diane Cole, “In the Shadow of the Wasatch.” Online event hosted by The King’s English Bookshop.
Art Events
- 10:30 a.m. — Move: Sand Art. Class for children ages 3-5 at Kimball Art Center in Park City.
- 7 p.m. — “Sceramics!” Class at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.
Saturday, Oct. 17
Concerts
- 6 p.m. — Urban Lounge Backyard Shows: Lord Vox with Red Bennies and Umbels. Outdoor concert at The Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City. For adults 21 and older.
- 8 p.m. — Excellence in the Community: Jory Woodis Quintet. Free online concert livestreamed from the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City.
- 8 p.m. — Siva Pasefika: Spirit of Polynesia. Performance at Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Ivins, Washington County.
Getting Out
- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. — Downtown Farmers Market. Market at Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City.
- 9 a.m. — Halloween Villain Breakfast. Kid-friendly breakfast at Twig’s Bistro at Station Park in Farmington.
- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. — Living Planet Arts & Culture Festival. Two-day festival at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper.
- 11 a.m. — Bee Fest 2020. Online event hosted by Salt Lake City Bee Fest.
- 7-11 p.m. — Halloween Lift Rides. Halloween lift rides and activities at Sundance Mountain Resort.
Comedy
- 7 & 9:30 p.m. — Trevor Wallace. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in Salt Lake City. For adults 21 and older.
- 7:30 p.m. — Alex Velluto. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in West Jordan. For adults 21 and older.
- 7:30 p.m. — “Truth and Lies.” Performance at ImprovBroadway in Provo.
- 7:30 p.m. — Heather Mabbott. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in Ogden.
- 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. — Live Improv Show. Performance at ComedySportz Utah in Provo.
- 7:30 p.m. — ImprovBroadway Mainstage Show. Performance at ImprovBroadway in Provo.
Special Movie Screenings
- 4 & 7:30 p.m. — “The Shining.” Special film screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.

David Bowie is the Goblin King in Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth,” which will be shown at The Gateway in Salt Lake City on Oct. 17.
Sony Home Entertainment
- 7 p.m. — “Labyrinth.” Outdoor film screening at The Gateway in Salt Lake City.
- 8 p.m. — “They Live.” Drive-in film screening hosted by Salt Lake Film Society at Redman Movies & Stories in Salt Lake City.
Book Events
- 11 a.m. — Pam Houston and Amy Irvine. Authors of “Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place.” Outdoor book signing at Ken Sanders Rare Books in Salt Lake City.
- 2 p.m. — Alt Press Fest: Teen Zine Reading. Online event hosted by the Salt Lake City Library and Grid Zine Fest.
- 3:30 p.m. — Alt Press Fest: “The Traveling Type: Hoboes in Print.” Online event hosted by the Salt Lake City Library and The Historic Graffiti Society.
Art Events
- 10 a.m. — “Art Adventures: Watercolors at Woods Ranch.” Event hosted by Southern Utah Museum of Art in Cedar City.
- 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. — Wood Collage Workshop from Art in the Park. Workshop hosted by Art in the Park SLC at Bountiful Davis Art Center.
- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. — Art and Craft Market. Outdoor street market at The Gateway in Salt Lake City.
- 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. — Fall Watercolor Workshop. Workshop hosted by Stokes Nature Center in Logan. The 2 p.m. session will be held in Spanish.
Sunday, Oct. 18
Getting Out
- 9 a.m.-2 p.m. — Wheeler Sunday Farmers Market. Market at Wheeler Historic Farm in Murray.
Special Movie Screenings
- 1 & 4:30 p.m. — “The Big Chill.” Special screening at select Cinemark Theatres.
- 4 p.m. — “Lupin III: The First.” Special screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.
Monday, Oct. 19
Concerts
- 12 p.m. — Piping Up: Organ Concerts at Temple Square. Livestream performance from Tabernacle and Temple Square organists.
Getting Out
- 4 p.m. — Read to a Shelter Pet. Online event hosted by the Salt Lake County Library.
- 5:30-7:30 p.m. — Family First Monday: Take & Make Drive-Thru. Drive-thru Halloween event at Station Park in Farmington.
Special Movie Screenings
- 7 p.m. — “Monsters Inc.” Special screening at the Salt Lake County Library’s Viridian Events Center in West Valley City.
- 7:30 p.m. — “Memories of Murder.” Special screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.
Book Events
- 7 p.m. — Sahar Mustafah. Author of “The Beauty of Your Face.” Online event hosted by Weller Book Works and the University of Utah’s Muslim Student Association.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Getting Out
- 11 a.m. — “Inside Secrets to Funding Your Business” Workshop. Online workshop hosted by the Zions Bank Business Resource Center.
- 7 p.m. — “Are You a Mayflower Descendent?” Genealogy Webinar. Webinar hosted by the Salt Lake City Library.
Comedy
- 7:30 p.m. — Corinne Fisher. Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in Salt Lake City. For adults 21 and older.
Special Movie Screenings
- 10 a.m. — “Miracles of Heaven.” Film screening at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.
- 7 p.m. — “ALL IN: The Fight for Democracy.” Free online film screening hosted by the Utah Film Center.
- 7 p.m. — “The Shining.” Special film screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.
- 7:30 p.m. — “Memories of Murder.” Special screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.
Book Events
- 6 p.m. — Julie Berry. Author of “Wishes and Wellingtons.” Virtual event hosted by The King’s English Bookshop.
- 6:30 p.m. — “Treasures of World Literature: William Wordsworth.” Online discussion and Q&A with University of Richmond Professor Emeritus Terryl Givens, hosted by Books & Bridges.
- 7 p.m. — Gerald Elias. Author of “The Beethoven Sequence.” Online event hosted by Weller Book Works.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Concerts
- 12 p.m. — Piping Up: Organ Concerts at Temple Square. Livestream performance from Tabernacle and Temple Square organists.
- 8 p.m. — Excellence in the Community: Charley Jenkins. Free online concert livestreamed from the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City.
Getting Out
- 10 a.m. — Little Chicks Class: Wiggly Worms. Online class for children ages 2-5 from Tracy Aviary.
- 6:30 p.m. — “Technology For You: Neosensory Buzz Band.” Online presentation hosted by the Utah Division Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Special Movie Screenings
- 7 p.m. — “RiffTrax: Jack-O.” Film screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.

Stevie Nicks performs at Elton John’s AIDS Foundation’s 11th annual Enduring Vision benefit on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 in New York. Nicks’ 24 Karat Gold Tour concert will be shown at select Cinemark Theatres on Oct. 21.
AP, Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision
- 7 p.m. — “Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold: The Concert.” Screening at select Cinemark Theatres.
- 7:30 p.m. — “Lupin III: The First.” Special screening at select Cinemark Theatres and Megaplex Theatres.
Book Events
- 4:45 p.m. — Diana Khoi Nguyen, author of “Ghost of,” and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, author of “A Treatise on Stars.” Online event hosted by the University of Utah Guest Writer Series.
- 6 p.m. — Neylan McBaine. Author of “Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West.” Online event hosted by The King’s English Bookshop.
- 6:30 p.m. — Linda Hogan, author of “A History of Kindness,” and Paisley Rekdal, author of “Nightingale.” Online event hosted by Weller Book Works.
Art Events
- 2 p.m. — Wonder Wednesday: Collograph Prints. Free event for students in grades K-5 at the Southern Utah Museum of Art in Cedar City.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Concerts
- 7 p.m. — Future Mystic with Hi Again. Concert at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City.
- 7:30 p.m. — Dvorák’s Serenade for Strings with Tower, Takemitsu, Copland & more. Performance by the Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City.
Getting Out
- 11 a.m. — “Secretos internos para financiar su negocio.” Online workshop in Spanish hosted by the Zions Bank Business Resource Center.
Comedy
- 7 p.m. — “Tomfoolery.” Performance at Wiseguys Live Comedy in Salt Lake City. For adults 21 and older.
Special Movie Screenings
- 7 p.m. — “Get Out.” Special screening at the Salt Lake County Library’s Viridian Events Center in West Valley City.
Book Events
- 7 p.m. — Utah Publishers Panel. Online event with Utah publishers Torrey House Press, Sugar House Review, Terrain and Covenant Communications. Hosted by the Brigham City Public Library.
- 7 p.m. — Paula Jane Mendoza, author of “Play For Time,” and Matty Layne Glasgow, author of “deciduous qween.” Online event hosted by The King’s English Bookshop.
Art Events
- 4 p.m. — Fine Art Focus: Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” Art class at As You Wish Pottery at Station Park in Farmington.
Ongoing Events
Getting Out
- “Fiery Romance.” Concert from the Orchestra of Southern Utah will be available to stream through Oct. 17.
- Scarecrow Festival. Festival runs through Oct. 17 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.
- “Antarctic Dinosaurs.” Exhibit runs Oct. 22-Apr. 4, 2021 at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City.
- Pumpkin Train. Family-friendly train rides taking place on select dates through Oct. 30 at Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City.
- BOOtanical at Red Butte Garden. Halloween activities and entertainment runs through Oct. 31 at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City.
Theater
Opening Productions
- “Sense and Sensibility.” Runs Oct. 16-Nov. 21 at Hale Center Theater Orem.
Continuing Productions
- “Nunsense.” Runs through Oct. 17 at The Theater at Mount Jordan in Sandy.
- “Red.” Runs through Oct. 17 at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta in Ivins, Washington County.
- “The Human Voice” and “Gentleman’s Island.” Runs through Oct. 18 at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, performed by the Utah Opera.
- “The Addams Family.” Runs through Oct. 24 at Pickleville Playhouse in Garden City, Rich County.
- “Broadway Villains in Concert.” Runs through Oct. 24 at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre in Centerville.
- “Million Dollar Quartet.” Runs through Oct. 24 at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy.
- “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Runs through Oct. 26 at Harman Theatre in West Valley City.
- “How I Became a Pirate.” Runs through Oct. 30 at SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre in Orem.
- “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Runs through Oct. 31 at Parker Theatre in Salt Lake City.
- “Man With the Pointed Toes.” Runs through Oct. 31. Performed by St. George Musical Theatre at the Historic Opera House in St. George.
- “Sleepy Hollow.” Runs through Oct. 31 at the Covey Center in Provo.
- “Dracula vs. the Adamns Family.” Runs through Nov. 7 at Draper Historic Theatre in Draper, performed by Off-Broadway Theatre.
- “CSI: Provo.” Runs through Nov. 7 at Desert Star Playhouse in Murray.

“Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” runs through Nov. 14 at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy.
Hale Centre Theatre
- “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.” Runs through Nov. 14 at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy.
Art Galleries
Live Exhibitions
- Anthony’s Fine Art and Antiques. “Only in Utah: A Celebration in Art” by various artists is currently on display.
- Bountiful Davis Art Center. “Breast Cancer Quilts” by Dr. Judy Elsley; “In Pursuit of Desire” by Tommy Costello; “In the Next Studio Over” by David Raleigh and Tyler Alexander; “These Clothes Are Not Mine” by Katie Benson; and “Untold Aftermath” by Elizabeth Matthews will be on display through Nov. 7.
- Brigham City Museum of Art and History. 2020 Photography Competition: “Changes” by various artists runs through Nov. 14.
- Brigham Young University Museum of Art. “Rend the Heavens: Intersections of the Human and Divine” by various artists runs through December 2021; “Becoming America” by various artists runs through May 2022.
- Finch Lane Gallery. “Botanical Concrete” by Heidi Almosara; “Mother: Landscape” by Kasey Lindley; and “Tributaries” by Nathan Mulford will be on display through Nov. 13.
- Modern West Fine Art. “American Soup” by Andrew Alba will be on display through Oct. 30.
- Red Cliff Gallery. Solo Art Show by Ken Church will be on display through Oct. 31.
- Southern Utah Museum of Art. “Right Here Right Now: Featuring the ‘Work in Progress’ Mural” by various artists runs through Dec. 23; “From Dust” by Cara Despain runs through Feb. 27, 2021.
- Springville Museum of Art. “Curating Community: Art City Influencers” by various artists runs through Oct. 31; “Contemplations: Highlights from the Spiritual and Religious Permanent Collection” by various artists runs through Dec. 12; “Grand Ambitions” by various artists runs through summer 2023.
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. “Guerrilla Girls” by various artists runs through Oct. 17; “Bandera Negra” by Regina Jose Galindo; and “Growing Rocks” by Brad Evan Taylor are also currently on display.
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts. “Beyond the Divide: Merchant, Artist, Samurai in Edo, Japan” by various artists runs through Nov. 8; ACME Lab: “Utah Women Working for Better Days” by various artists runs through Dec. 6.
Virtual Exhibitions
- Art at the Main. “The Local Scene” by Adrian Bangerter runs through Oct. 31.
- Chase Home Museum of Folk Arts. “The Grand Beehive: Utah’s Iconic Symbol” by various artists, “Traditional Textiles: Ties That Bind” by various artists, and “Work, Refined” by various artists are available to view online.
- David Dee Fine Arts. “The Exquisite Art of the Woodblock Print” by various artists is available to view online.
- Modern West Fine Arts. “Roots: A tribute to the original artists of Modern West” by various artists is available to view online.
- Springville Museum of Art. “Up Close and Far Away” by various artists runs through April 1, 2021.
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts. “Seven Masters: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints” by various artists is available to view online, or as a virtual tour at Vimeo.com.
- Woodbury Art Museum. “Faculty Art Show” by various artists runs through Dec. 12.
Community Briefs
- Craft Lake City is accepting applications for artisans to participate in this year’s Holiday Market. The market will take place both in-person and online, and Utah-based artisans are invited to apply. Applications for the online market (which will run Nov. 1-30) are still being accepted and are due Oct. 20. A $20 application fee will apply. For more information and to apply, go to craftlakecity.com/holiday-market/holiday-market-exhibitor-prospectus.
Note: This list is not all-inclusive, and events are subject to change. To submit an event listing, email features@deseretnews.com.