“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings has high praise for Utah’s biggest indie music festival.
Ken Jennings shouts out Utah’s Kilby Block Party
During a recent “Jeopardy!” taping, a woman in the audience noted that she has seen Jennings at Kilby Block Party a couple of times. She then asked him what indie albums he finds himself returning to the most.
Before answering, Jennings took a moment to praise the music festival in Salt Lake City. He’s such a fan that he flies out from his home in the Seattle area to attend.
“That’s such a well-run festival, like, I don’t even want to give it away to you people. Forget what I’m saying here,” he told the studio audience in a “Jeopardy!” clip that has more than 40,000 likes on TikTok.
The “Jeopardy!” host, who had an unparalleled 74-game winning streak back in 2004, then shared that he’s been listening to a lot of R.E.M. recently, thanks to an all-star tribute band tour that includes actor Michael Shannon, Jon Wurster from Superchunk and Wilco’s John Stirratt.
‘Which is great, because they (R.E.M.) have not toured in 25 years and probably never will," Jennings said.
What to know about the 2026 Kilby Block Party
Jennings shared that he won’t be attending this year due to a schedule conflict.
“I got tickets again this year but it turns out the dates don’t work out,” he commented on the Instagram clip that has more than 28,000 likes. “Good news for my sister-in-law who inherited my tix!”
Now in its seventh year, Kilby Block Party runs this weekend, May 15-17, at the Utah State Fairpark.
Major acts include Lorde, Turnstile, The xx, Modest Mouse and Hayley Williams, along with popular Utah-based talents like The Moss and Ritt Momney, as the Deseret News reported.
Riley Bode, the festival’s head of marketing, told the Deseret News the festival expects around 30,000 attendees per day this year.
Visit this Deseret News article for an overview of the festival.