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Utah is host to multiple festivals and community day celebrations throughout the summer. Here are some of the main ones this year, as well as some shows that might be worth checking out.
May
- May 1 — Spring Fiesta Art Walk | Cedar City
- May 1 — Bush | Maverik Center
- May 1-9 — “Come From Away” | Pioneer Theatre Company
- May 1-Oct. 24 — “Finding Nemo: A 70-Minute Family Musical” | Tuacahn Amphitheatre
- May 2-3 — Dancing With the Stars: Live! | Eccles Theater
- May 4-July 3 — “Once on this Island” | The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater
- May 5 — Puscifer | Maverik Center
- May 7-9 — Pablo Cruise | Egyptian Theatre
- May 8-23 — “Descendants: The Musical” | The Empress Theatre
- May 9 — Charlie Puth | Maverik Center
- May 9-17 — “Verdi’s La Traviata” | Utah Opera at Capitol Theatre
- May 15-17 — Living Traditions Festival | Salt Lake City
- May 14-17 — Great Salt Lake Bird Festival | Farmington
- May 14-17 — Los Lobos | Egyptian Theatre
- May 15-16 — Beehive Roundup | Richfield
- May 15-17 — Kilby Block Party | Utah State Fairpark
- May 15-June 18 — “Fiddler on the Roof” | CenterPoint Theatre
- May 15-30 — “Something Rotten!” | Ziegfeld Theater
- May 15-Oct. 23 — “Les Misérables” | Tuacahn Amphitheatre
- May 16-June 27 — Woodland Fairy Festival at Gardner Village | West Jordan
- May 18 — Indigo Girls | Eccles Theater
- May 18-July 11 — “My Fair Lady” | Hale Center Theatre
- May 20-June 13 — “The Producers” | The Grand Theatre
- May 21 — Yellowcard, New Found Glory and Plain White T’s | The Plaza at America First Field
- May 21-23 — An Evening With Iris DeMent | Egyptian Theatre
- May 22-23 — Scandinavian Heritage Festival | Ephraim
- May 22-24 — Riverdance | Eccles Theater
- May 22-June 13 — “Mary Poppins” | Heritage Theatre
- May 23 — Spring City Heritage Day | Spring City, Sanpete County
- May 23 — “Twilight”: Special Cast Event with Peter Facinelli and Ashley Greene | Capitol Theatre
- May 23-June 27 — “No Time for Sergeants” | Parker Theatre
- May 25-30 — Pony Express Days | Eagle Mountain
- May 25-Aug. 1 — “Harmony: A New Musical” | Hale Center Theatre
- May 28-30 — Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo | Herriman
- May 28-30 — Keller Williams and The Keels | Egyptian Theatre
- May 29-31 — Ogden Music Fest | Ogden
- May 30 — Tash Sultana | Sandy Amphitheater
- May 30 — Kesha | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
June
- June 1 — Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band | Eccles Theater
- June 2 — Neil deGrasse Tyson | Eccles Theater
- June 2-6 — Vineyard Days | Vineyard
- June 2-6 — SoJo Summerfest | South Jordan
- June 3 — Pitbull, with special guest Lil Jon | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- June 3-7 — “Something Rotten” | Ziegfeld Theater
- June 5-Aug. 3 — “Disney’s Tarzan” | CenterPoint Theatre
- June 5-27 — “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” | Draper Historic Theatre
- June 6 — Brit Floyd | Maverik Center
- June 6 — Utah Asian Festival | Salt Lake City
- June 6-13 — Art City Days | Springville
- June 6-13 — Pony Express PRCA Rodeo & Derby | Eagle Mountain
- June 8-13 — Oremfest | Orem
- June 9-14 — “Back to the Future” | Broadway at the Eccles
- June 10-13 — Saratoga Splash Days | Saratoga Springs
- June 11 — The Human League | Red Butte Garden Concert Series
- June 11-13 — Dustbowl Revival | Egyptian Theatre
- June 11-Aug. 12 — “The Big Bang Theory: The Nerds Are Back” | Desert Star Playhouse
- June 12 — Gary Allan | Sandy Amphitheater
- June 12-14 — Latino Arts Festival | Park City
- June 12-27 — “Xanadu” | West Valley Performing Arts Center
- June 12-July 11 — “Urinetown” | Hopebox Theatre
- June 13 — Kid Cudi | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- June 13 — Metric, with Broken Social Scene and Stars | Sandy Amphitheater
- May 13 — Yungblud | UCCU Center
- June 13-15 — Scottish Festival | Salt Lake City
- June 13-21 — Strawberry Days | Pleasant Grove
- June 14 — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Sandy Amphitheater
- June 15 — The Pussycat Dolls | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- June 17 — Alex Warren | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- June 17-20 — Strawberry Days Rodeo | Pleasant Grove
- June 18-20 — The Grass Roots | Egyptian Theatre
- June 18-20 — Summerfest Arts Fair | Logan
- June 18-Oct. 3 — Utah Shakespeare Festival | Cedar City
- June 18-21 — Utah Arts Festival | Salt Lake City
- June 19 — The Dead South, with Amigo the Devil | Sandy Amphitheater
- June 19 — Rod Stewart | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- June 19-July 4 — “Frozen” | Ziegfeld Theater
- June 20 — Watchhouse | Sandy Amphitheater
- June 20-22 — Tooele Arts Festival | Tooele
- June 24 — Brothers Osborne | Sandy Amphitheater
- June 24-26 — The Babys | Egyptian Theatre
- June 24-27 — Lehi Round-up Rodeo | Lehi
- June 25 — Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Capitol Theatre
- June 25-30 — “Bye Bye Birdie: Youth Edition” | Heritage Theatre
- June 26 — MGK | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- June 26-27 — Days of Old West Rodeo | Delta
- June 26-27 — Derek Hough | Eccles Theater
- June 26-28 — Riverton Town Days | Riverton
- June 25-27 — Taylorsville Dayzz | Taylorsville
July
- July 2-4 — America’s Freedom Festival | Provo
- July 3 — Josh Groban, with special guest Jennifer Hudson | Maverik Center
- July 3-4 — Scofield Pleasant Valley Days | Scofield, Carbon County
- July 3-18 — “The Wizard of Oz” | Hopebox Theatre
- July 4-6 — Brian Head Art Fair | Brian Head
- July 6-Aug. 22 — “The Scarlet Pimpernel” | The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater
- July 6-Oct. 24 — “Our Town” | Hale Centre Theatre
- July 7-12 — “Hell’s Kitchen” | Broadway at the Eccles
- July 10-18 — Draper Days | Draper
- July 10-Oct. 22 — “Grease” | Tuacahn Amphitheatre
- July 12 — Kaleo | Red Butte Garden Concert Series
- July 15-18 — Russell Thompkins Jr. and the New Stylistics | Egyptian Theatre
- July 15-Aug. 18 — “Once” | CenterPoint Theatre
- July 16-21 — “Alice in Wonderland” | Heritage Theatre
- July 17 — Avett Brothers | Maverik Center
- July 17 — Hilary Duff | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 8-12 — “Frozen — the Live Musical” | Egyptian Theatre
- July 17-Aug. 8 — “High School Musical” | Draper Historic Theatre
- July 18 — Treaty Oak Revival | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 18-25 — American Fork Steel Days | American Fork
- July 20-24 — Spanish Fork Fiesta Days | Spanish Fork
- July 21 — Joji | Maverik Center
- July 21-22 — Jimmy Eat World, with Motion City Soundtrack and Illuminati Hotties | Sandy Amphitheater
- July 21-25 — Utah Days of 47 | Salt Lake City
- July 22 — Olivia Dean | Maverik Center
- July 23 — Riley Green | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 23-Aug. 1 — Wasatch County Fair Days | Heber
- July 24-26 — Price International Days festival | Price
- July 24-Aug. 8 — “The Lightning Thief” | The Empress Theatre
- July 25 — Evanescence | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 25-Aug. 15 — “Hairspray” | Peery’s Egyptian Theater
- July 26-Aug. 2 — Santaquin Orchard Days | Santaquin
- July 27-22 — Deer Valley Music Festival | Park City
- July 28 — Post Malone and Jelly Roll | Rice-Eccles Stadium
- July 28-29 — Death Cab for Cutie | Sandy Amphitheater
- July 30 — Sarah McLachlan | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- July 30-Aug. 1 — World Folkfest | Springville
August
- Aug. 1-8 — Lindon Days | Lindon
- Aug. 1-9 — Salem Days | Salem
- Aug. 1-29 — “Cyrano de Bergerac” | Parker Theatre
- Aug. 3 — Meghan Trainor | Maverik Center
- Aug. 3 — Sara Evans | Summer Nights with the Stars (Davis County Arts Council)
- Aug. 3-Oct. 24 — “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” | Hale Centre Theatre
- Aug. 4 — The Stray Cats | Sandy Amphitheater
- Aug. 6 — Western Rough Riders Rodeo | Richfield
- Aug. 6 — Audrey Hobert | Union Event Center
- Aug. 7 — Zach Bryan | Rice-Eccles Stadium
- Aug. 7-8 — Sevier County Rodeo | Richfield
- Aug. 7-9 — Kimball Arts Festival | Park City
- Aug. 7-9 — Bear Lake Raspberry Days | Garden City
- Aug. 7-29 — “Newsies” | West Valley Performing Arts Center
- Aug. 7-Sept. 5 — “Anything Goes” | Hopebox Theatre
- Aug. 8 — 311 and Dirty Heads | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Aug. 9-10 — Bountiful Davis Arts Center Summerfest | Bountiful
- Aug. 13 — The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Aug. 13-15 — Alpine Rodeo | Alpine
- Aug. 14 — Jesse Welles | Red Butte Garden Concert Series
- Aug. 14 — The Guess Who | Maverik Center
- Aug. 15-16 — NEEDTOBREATHE | Sandy Amphitheater
- Aug. 15-17 — Kanab Western Legends Festival | Kanab
- Aug. 17-Nov. 7 — “Pride and Prejudice” | The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater
- Aug. 17-Nov. 14 — “Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure” | Hale Centre Theatre
- Aug. 19 — Train | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Aug. 20 — Lee Brice | Sandy Amphitheater
- Aug. 20-22 — Sixpence None The Richer | Egyptian Theatre
- Aug. 21 — Josh Johnson | Kingsbury Hall
- Aug. 21 — O.A.R., with Gavin DeGraw and Lisa Loeb | Sandy Amphitheater
- Aug. 21 — Toto, Christopher Cross and The Romantics | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Aug. 21 — Joe Bonamassa | Eccles Theater
- Aug. 21-Sept. 12 — “Curtains” | Heritage Theatre
- Aug. 22 — Urban Arts Festival | Salt Lake City
- Aug. 22 — Art on the Trails | Park City
- Aug. 23 — Grupo Frontera | Maverik Center
- Aug. 23 — Ray LaMontagne (rescheduled from 2025) | Red Butte Garden Concert Series
- Aug. 24 — Ricardo Montaner | Maverik Center
- Aug. 25 — Noah Kahan | The Plaza at America First Field
- Aug. 25 — Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Aug. 25-30 — “Water for Elephants” | Broadway at the Eccles
- Aug. 26 — 5 Seconds of Summer | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Aug. 26-29 — The Golden Spike Rodeo | Tremonton
- Aug. 27-Nov. 7 — “Scooby Doo: Even Stranger Things” | Desert Star Playhouse
- Aug. 28-30 — Pure Prairie League | Egyptian Theatre
- Aug. 28-30 — Dinah “SOAR” Days | Vernal
- Aug. 28-Sept. 7 — Payson Golden Onion Days | Payson
- Aug. 28-Sept. 12 — “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” | The Empress Theatre
- Aug. 28-Sept. 12 — “Avenue Q” | Ziegfeld Theater
- Aug. 29 — Yaleo: The Ultimate Santana Experience | Summer Nights with the Stars (Davis County Arts Council)
- Aug. 30 — Styx and Chicago | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
September
- Sept. 2-18 — Moab Music Festival | Moab
- Sept. 4 — Jack Johnson | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sept. 4-5 — Francis Frontier Days | Francis
- Sept. 4-6 — The Drifters | Egyptian Theatre
- Sept. 8 — Undertale: The Determination Symphony World Tour | Eccles Theater
- Sept. 9-12 — A.J. Croce presents Croce Plays Croce | Egyptian Theatre
- Sept. 11 — Coalville Patriot Days Stampede | Coalville
- Sept. 12-17 — “To Kill a Mockingbird” | Parker Theatre
- Sept. 14 — Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sept. 17-19 — St. George Lions Club Dixie Roundup | St. George
- Sept. 18-19 — Mat Kearney | Sandy Amphitheater
- Sept. 18-19 — Melon Days | Green River
- Sept. 19-Oct. 11 — “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” | Broadway at the Eccles
- Sept. 21 — Motley Crue | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sept. 22 — Five Finger Death Punch | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sept. 24-26 — Mason Jennings | Egyptian Theatre
- Sept. 26 — Zeppelin USA | Sandy Amphitheater
- Sept. 29 — Wu-Tang Clan | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sept. 30 — Breaking Benjamin | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre