MUSIC THERAPY 

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Undoubtedly, this news reached you at some point: the large-scale arrival of COVID-19 during March of 2020 changed the landscape for touring acts of all sizes and styles.

Your favorite band was likely off the road and streaming shows from a living room. Your favorite venue was dark, if not finally getting around to that subfloor problem behind the bar. Your favorite bartender, usually working atop that wavy subfloor, was launching an Etsy page. It all seems so long ago and yet...

The 2020 concert calendar was altered beyond recognition and 2021's was a hit/miss affair, as shows were back with restrictions, though cancellations were both frequent and untimely. Though COVID's complicated relationship to the American public remains a spiky and polarizing one, society's collective decision is that shows are (by and large) back in 2022. Utahns, already used to no small amount of shows taking place outdoors, likely adapted more quickly than fans in other regions.

But in 2022, venues and festivals and concert series are back. In a big way. City Weekly sent out the same questions to folks in the local concert-giving community and a small handful sent back some thoughtful responses. Our digital roundtable includes:

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• Ian Hiscock of V2 Presents

Ian Hiscock—public relations manager and junior talent buyer for V2 Presents and the Das Energi Festival, where he works on PR, artist relations, talent buying and advancing.

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• Dan Radford, marketing director for Park City’s Egyptian Theatre

Dan Radford—marketing director of Park City's Egyptian Theatre Co., whose expansive role at the venue includes "creative direction on all things relating to shows, events and promotional communications."

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• Jordan Clements of JRC Events

Jordan Clements—owner of JRC Events, and who works in talent buying and promotion.

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• Vaughn Carrick, owner of Live Nite Events

Vaughn Carrick—owner of Live Nite Events and the Reggae Rise Up festival.

City Weekly: What were you working on when the pandemic hit? How complete were your spring and summer calendars?
Clements: I was working on booking and promoting shows for the rest of 2020, into 2021.
Hiscock: 2020 was looking to be our biggest year yet at V2 Presents. We were entering the week of a sold-out Lane 8 show at Sky SLC and a soon-to-be sold out 15th anniversary of Get Lucky Festival when things started to look grim. Beyond that, we had a whole slew of new concepts and events in the pipeline, the music scene was thriving and things were looking up.
Radford: I was not affiliated with the Egyptian Theatre at the time of the pandemic. I was a Broadway co-producer and live theater consultant when the pandemic started. I was working as a director for a theater in West Yellowstone, Montana. The Egyptian Theatre was fully booked and had to cancel several months of shows in 2020 as well as 2021. We were closed in March/April 2020 through September 2021.
Vaughn: When the restrictions on social gatherings were first implemented, we were nine days out from our largest festival (Reggae Rise Up Florida) with a sizable portion of our team already on site and beginning the build out. In addition to having to postpone RRU Florida, we had another festival in Vegas along with another 100+ shows at various venues in SLC that we also began canceling or postponing.

CW: Were there any particular moments that you remember as death-knells for the 2020 concert season?
Clements: I just started getting more and more emails about tours canceling due to the seriousness of the virus. As each week passed, more and more tours were canceling, and I began to realize that this was going to last for a while. I never thought it would be as long as it lasted, but here we are.
Hiscock: The moment that made us stop dead in our tracks, was when the news broke of Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz contracting COVID-19. The Jazz game that night was canceled, and it was then that we knew we were going to have to cancel that weekend's festival and halt all other operations for the time-being.
Vaughn: For us it was watching the NBA season go down, then Ultra Music Festival, and then Austin's South by Southwest being canceled. We knew we were in trouble.

CW: How did the 2021 season differ from 2020?
Clements: In 2021, I did a lot more events that were socially distant throughout the whole year, whereas 2020 was pretty much no events from March through July/August from what I recall.
Hiscock: The year 2021 was filled with optimism and hope, compared to the dreaded 2020 being so full of uncertainty. Even though 2021 began without a clear idea of where things would end up, we had high hopes that things would return back to normal by summertime. Thankfully, due to vaccines becoming more widely available, we were able to cautiously and carefully begin throwing low-cap shows again, and were happy that our community could feel safer about attending them. After such a stressful year for everyone, it was a great feeling to be able to get back to events, which act as a major stress-reliever and mental health enhancement for so many people.
Radford: Both were partial operating years—2021 was very different regarding post-COVID protocols and local health requirements. Limited capacity due to social distancing requirements, as well as masks.
Vaughn: The first half of the year was fairly similar to 2020, with the exception of a few socially distant shows we produced at Soundwell, primarily with local talent. Then, around June and July, it seemed it was off to the races with tours all trying to get out all across the country, and the market becoming flooded with shows. Fortunately, there was a pent-up demand among live music fans to support the unprecedented number of shows being crammed into six months. The real test for our team came in October when both festivals that we had previously postponed from 2020 were produced 10 days apart in two different markets (Florida and Las Vegas) due to venue availability.

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• The Egyptian Theatre on Park City’s Main Street has a full schedule of events this summer.

CW: What was actually doable and what was left unfulfilled during 2021?
Clements: It started looking more back to "normal" when I started hearing from agencies again, requesting dates in Salt Lake City for upcoming tours. It was just sort of like a domino effect, with more and more people starting to email/call me again.
Hiscock: There were so many ups and downs throughout 2020, from thinking that things would only last a few months, to then realizing that they could actually last a few years. Get Funky 2021 was our first festival back after the pandemic and was majorly made possible by the availability of vaccines. We also partnered with a company called Return Safe, who offered safety protocols and COVID-19 screening through an app, which increased our confidence going back into events. We were moving forward with cautious optimism, and things were looking up again. The biggest challenges at this point were the random and consistent new waves of variants, which threatened to shut things back down for us, more than once throughout the 2021 season.
Radford: We have a great amount of appreciation from our theater to one of our subscribing groups, called "Pharaohs." These memberships include VIP seating to all our shows and concerts, VIP Sundance Film Festival tickets, golf passes, fine dining certificates, ski passes, social events and various other benefits. Almost all of these had to be put on hold and even in 2021, we were unable to offer our nightly socials where we offer free drinks and a chance to mingle with other Pharaohs. This did impact our operation a bit, but we thankfully have some of the best donors and theater-subscribing bases in all of Utah. Because of the kind donations and continued memberships, we were able to stay employed and are now booming better than ever.

CW: How did you approach the 2022 season?
Clements: The 2022 season was approached at full force for the most part. It felt nice finally being able to do my job again at a full capacity.
Hiscock: Moving into 2022, vaccines were everywhere, and things were seeming back to normal. Plans were established and laid out for the upcoming year of events and all around the country, music festivals, nationwide tours and major events were happening again in full force. For a brief period in January, as omicron was making headlines, anxiety started to rise again about the future uncertainty of live events. But once it became known that the severity of the variant was not as dire as in the past, and apparent that live events were not going to slow down all around the country, things shifted back to "normalcy" once again. Moving forward, we still took the health and safety of our community very seriously by encouraging vaccines and mask-wearing but felt that things needed to continue onward.
Radford: Approaching 2022 was similar to our mindset in 2021: "hopefully optimistic." I wouldn't say we have "fear" of omicron or other variants. However, we do have solid protocols and procedures if, and when, we may need to use them again. Due to the pandemic, we have learned how to ramp up or scale back our operations from learned experience. This gives us not only the confidence to operate on all cylinders, but it gives us the backup plans and procedures that we didn't have prior to the pandemic. Our relationships with our employees, entertainers, patrons, donors, Pharaoh members and media/business partners all know of our sincere respect for their trust and collaboration. We all understand the difficulties entertainment venues have experienced due to COVID-related illness, and through sincere patience and hard work, we have been able to continue offering high-quality entertainment to our local community and visitors alike.
Vaughn: After being able to successfully produce hundreds of routed concerts and our two major festivals in the second half of 2021, we approached the 2022 season like any other non-COVID year—with the exception of possibly pulling back slightly on the quality of bands we were booking. With the consumer demand being so high in 2021, we could put just about any live band on a stage, and people would come out to support. We think that's cooled off a little now, so we're being more selective in our bookings.

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• Concert promoters say the return of large events like EDC Las Vegas boosted their confidence for a 2022 season.

CW: What were the indicators that made a 2022 season seem like a "go"?
Clements: When I began to have weeks with more than three shows—that's when it finally hit me that we were back at it.
Hiscock: As previously mentioned, the confidence in booking and producing events truly returned once we noticed national tours from world-renowned artists and the biggest festivals like EDC & Ultra all returning for good. When artists like Justin Bieber and The Weeknd are touring again, and 300,000-plus-person music festivals are happening, you can feel pretty confident that things have returned to normal.
Radford: The year 2022 has brought us lower contraction rates and higher vaccination rates in Summit County. Since we follow the strict advice from the CDC and our local health and safety providers in Summit County, we were able to greenlight all of the usual operation standards we experienced before the pandemic.
Vaughn: Once large-scale events in arenas, major festivals, etc., began successfully happening without masks mandates, we knew we were good to go

CW: Are there challenges to pricing that consumers should know about, like higher fuel costs, travel restrictions or bands looking to make up for two summers of lost touring?
Clements: I think that there are a lot of artists trying to make up for two years of no work, which is understandable. But in the end, it comes at the price of promoters taking on more risk, and consumers paying more for their tickets. The price of gas has been super unfortunate for smaller, growing bands, since they aren't making guarantees comparable to bigger, more established and mainstream acts. I couldn't imagine being an up-and-coming touring artist right now with these gas prices. On a side note, some bands from overseas still aren't even able to tour in the U.S. due to visa issues and travel restrictions in other countries.
Hiscock: The post-pandemic era and general inflation have changed the landscape of live events. Production costs for sound, lighting and other elements have increased, and artist fees have skyrocketed—partially due to increased fuel and flight costs. International acts are having a harder time getting visas approved to tour in the U.S., and domestic artists are touring more than ever, creating a shift in the "supply and demand" of concerts and events around the country. Insurance, transportation, hotels and staff costs have all risen throughout 2022, and it is generally more expensive than ever to throw large-scale events right now.
Radford: Currently, costs are similar to previous years. Any challenges we may face are not due to any of these issues listed above. Cost-based challenges for any theaters are likely related to the many months of closures we experienced, so I encourage everyone everywhere to support live events, concerts and venues, especially our nonprofit houses like the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. We rely so much on the support of our donors and local patrons.

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• Red Butte Garden Concert Series

Summer Concert Calendar
An overview of offerings at Utah's biggest venues
By Thomas Crone

Venues and Concert Halls
DeJoria Center: 218 Buck Rail Drive, Kamas,
highstarranch.com
June 23: David Burchfield & the Fire Guild; June 24: The Fuse; June 30: Swagger; July 7: Honky Blue Tonky; July 14: Laney Jones & the Spirits; July 21: Dustbowl Collective;
July 28: High Drifters

Draper Amphitheater: 1020 E. Pioneer Road, Draper,
draperut.gov/425/amphitheater
June 30: Little Texas; Aug. 29: Utah's Backyard Concert
featuring Utah Artists

Eccles Theater: 131 S. Main, SLC,
live-at-the-eccles.com
June 30: Bob Dylan; July 7: Puscifer; July 19: The Masked Singer National Tour; Sept. 24: Crowded House

Ed Kenley Amphitheater: 403 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton,
davisarts.org
June 16: Starship featuring Mickey Thomas; June 19: The Deaf & The Musician; June 20: 38 Special; June 26: The Family Trade; June 29: The Brit Pack; July 4: Peter Breinholt; July 7: America; July 10: Little Heron; July 16: Sara Evans; July 20: John Mueller's Winter Dance Party; July 24: Standards and Substandards; July 28: Forever Simon & Garfunkel; Aug. 3: Blue Öyster Cult; Aug. 6: Toast: The Ultimate Bread Experience; Aug. 11: Suzy Bogguss; Aug. 14: Kate MacLeod; Aug. 20: The Johnson Files; Aug. 21: Code Blue Revival; Aug. 24: Jocelyn and Chris; Aug. 28: Flamingo; Aug. 30: The Oak Ridge Boys; Sept. 6: Kansas; Sept. 10: The Bonner Family

Egyptian Theatre: 328 Main, Park City,
parkcityshows.com
June 15-18: Herman's Hermits - Peter Noone; June 22-24: Blitzen Trapper; July 21-23: The Jayhawks; July 28-30: The Zombies; Aug 18-21: Asleep At The Wheel; Aug 25-28: Ambrosia; Sept 1-4: Madelieline Peyroux

Maverik Center: 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City,
maverikcenter.com
July 10: Brit Floyd; July 15: Four Tops & The Temptations; July 20: Lumineers with Gregory Alan Isakov; Aug. 5: Lynyrd Skynyrd with Royal Bliss; Aug. 12: Lost '80s Live (A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, The English Beat, Missing Persons, Naked Eyes); Aug. 27: Los Angeles Azules; Sept. 2: Los Tigres del Norte; Sept. 6: Ben Platt; Sept. 27: Jack Harlow

Metro Music Hall: 615 W. 100 South, SLC,
metromusichall.com
June 17: Thank You Scientist with Strawberry Girls, Art Thief; June 18: Saint; June 19: Kishi Bashi with Tall Tall Trees; June 21: Billy Howerdel; June 23: Fonteyn with Harpers, Umbels; June 24: Metropolis: Garth with Derek Russo, Jesse Walker, Typefunk; June 25: Hallows with Mercy Seat, Harvest of Ash, Cassette Drift; June 26: Allegaeon with Arkaik, Aenimus, Summoning the Lich; June 28: Rings of Saturn with Extortionist, Distinguisher, Voraath, Matt Miller, Low Life; July 1: Skeletal Remains with Hammerhedd, Necropsy, Through Eternal Mourning; July 5: Ty Segall & Freedom Band with William Tyler; July 12: Melvins with Helms Alee, Harsh Mellow; July 13: Haunt Me with JESUSATANAS, BirthVoid, Cemetery Siren; July 25: 96 Bitter Beings with Howling Giant, DayDrinkers, Crowflower; Aug. 7: Agent Orange with Decent Criminal; Aug. 10: Church of the Cosmic Skull with Lord Buffalo, The Penitent Man; Aug. 13: Red Fang with Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin, HELP; Aug. 25-28: Crucialfest; Sept. 6: Ignite with Violent Unrest, Seven Daggers, Run Into the Sun; Sept. 8: Gary Numan with I Speak Machine; Sept. 13: Miss May I; Sept. 15: Boris with Nothing; Sept. 20: Of Montreal with Locate S,1 Sept. 24: Built to Spill with The French Tips, Oura

Ogden Twilight Concert Series @ Ogden Amphitheater: 343 E. 25th Street, Ogden,
ogdentwilight.com
June 21: Bleachers with The Lemon Twigs; Aug. 4: Local Natives with Lucy Dacus and NoSo; Aug. 6: The Shins with Oh, Inverted World; Aug. 9: The National with Bartees Strange; Aug. 25: Beach House with Rostam; Aug. 30: Modest Mouse with TBA; Sept. 7: Lauv with Hayley Kiyoko; Sept. 17: Flume with Kareem Ali; Sept. 22: Chvrches with Cafune

Park City Institute: 1244 Iron Horse Drive, Park City,
parkcityinstitute.org
July 13: Clay Walker;July 15: Tower of Power; July 16: Lou Gramm (Foreigner); Aug. 5: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Red Butte Garden: 300 Wakara Way, SLC,
redbuttegarden.org/concerts
June 20: Barenaked Ladies with Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket; June 21: Andrew Bird with Iron & Wine; June 28: Howard Jones with Midge Ure of Ultravox; June 29: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with Tank & the Bangas, Big Freedia, George Porter Jr & Dumpstaphunk, Cyril Neville, The Soul Rebels ; July 1: Chris Isaak with Lyle Lovett & His Large Band; July 13: Joss Stone with KT Tunstall ; July 19: Michael Franti & Spearhead with The New Respects; July 23: Old Crow Medicine Show with Jaime Wyatt; July 27: CAAMP with Futurebirds; July 28: Punch Brothers and Watchhouse feat. Sarah Jarosz; July 29: O.A.R. with Dispatch and G. Love; Aug. 1: The Revivalists; Aug. 4; The Psychedelic Furs with X; Aug. 8: The Head and the Heart with Dawes; Aug. 13: Bonnie Raitt with Mavis Staples ; Aug. 17: The Black Crowes with the Texas Gentlemen; Aug. 18: Maren Morris with The Lone Bellow; Aug. 20: Pink Martini feat. China Forbes; Aug. 21: My Morning Jacket with Joy Oladokun; Aug. 22: Boy George & Culture Club; Aug. 29: Jose Gonzalez with Madi Diaz; Aug. 30: Gypsy Kings feat. Nicolas Reyes with Al Oledner; Sept. 8: Umphrey's McGee; Sept. 18: Buddy Guy with John Hiatt & The Goners;

Rio Tinto Stadium: 9256 S. State, Sandy,
riotintostadium.com
June 29: Let's Get It Kraken Tour with Dirty Heads, Soja, Tribal Seeds and Artikal Sound System; Aug. 12: Summer Traditions Tour with Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Common Kings and Fortunate Youth; Aug. 23: Rebelution Good Vibes Summer Tour with Steel Pulse, DENM and DJ Mackle

Sandy Amphitheater: 1300 E. 9400 South, Sandy,
sandyamp.com
June 17: Tenacious D with Puddles Pity Party; June 23: Riley Green; June 25: Third Eye Blind with Taking Back Sunday and Hockey Dad; June 27: Fleet Foxes with Tim Bernardes; June 30: American West Symphony & Chorus (free); July 5-6: Regina Spektor; July 8: Cody Jinks with Ward Davis and Erin Viancourt; July 13: Trampled by Turtles with Ruston Kelly; July 22: David Gray; July 29: Home Free; Aug. 1: Little Feat with Hot Tuna; Aug. 3: The Dead South with Tejon Street Corner Thieves; Aug. 9: Lukas Nelson & POTR; Aug. 12: Whiskey Myers with Shane Smith & The Saints and 49 Winchester; Aug. 15: Collective Soul with Switchfoot; Aug. 16: Mt. Joy with Wilderado; Aug. 18: Andy Grammer with Fitz & The Tantrums; Aug. 24: International Folk Fest (free); Aug. 25: Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Nick Lowe; Aug. 26: Imagine+; Aug. 30: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; Sept. 1: Air Supply; Sept. 3: iDKHOW with Joywave; Sept. 16: Lower Lights; Sept. 17: The Music of Elton John; Sept. 23: Jackson Browne

SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre: SCERA Park, 600 S. 400 East, Orem,
scera.org
June 20: MJ Live; July 18: Naturally 7; Aug. 20: Marie Osmond; Aug. 22: The Utah Valley Symphony with Jon Schmidt; Aug. 29: The Oak Ridge Boys; Sept. 5: Scotty McCreery

Sundance Resort: 8841 N. Alpine Loop Road, American Fork Canyon,
sundanceresort.com
July 10: Jonny Gold; July 17: Michelle Moonshine; July 24: Nate Robinson Trio; July 31: Daniel Young, Mark Smith & Co.; Aug 7: Tiggers & Slips; Aug 14: Matthew & The Hope; Aug 21: The Hardy Brothers; Aug 28 Michelle Moonshine & Co.; Sept. 4 Bad Fences

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• Kevin Morby at the Commonwealth Room

The Commonwealth Room: 195 W. 2100 South, South Salt Lake;
thestateroompresents.com
July 17: Mapache / The Bones of J.R. Jones; Aug. 2: Son Volt with Jesse Farrar; Aug. 20: Lost Dog Street Band with Matt Heckler; Aug. 24: Donapod; Aug. 26: John Moreland with S. G. Goodman; Sept. 17: Wild Rivers; Sept. 28: Bears Den

The Complex: 536 W. 100 South, SLC,
thecomplexslc.com
June 17: Del Water Gap with Raffaella; June 18: Andrew W Boss with Scarlett Rain, Phil Mauro, Scream at the Sky, Mooseknuckle; June 24: Turnover with Healing Potpourri and Temple of Angels; June 25: Kolby Cooper / Pecos & the Rooftops; June 30: Spite with Boundaries, Vatican; July 6: Big Gigantic with Goldfish, Party Pupils, Covex; July 8: Icon for Hire with Awake at Last, Sumo Cyco, Penrose; July 9: Grayscale with Guardin, Bearings, The Ivy; July 12: Mike. with Skeez; July 13: Memphis May Fire with Rain City Drive, Cemetery Sun, Wolves at the Gate; July 16: Motion City Soundtrack; July 16: Josh A with Justin Stone; July 17: Joey Bada$$ with Capella Grey; July 22: The Three Cadillac; July 26: Rise Against with The Used, Senses Fail; July 28: SoMo; Aug. 2: Erra with Alphawolf, Thornhill, Invent Animate; Aug. 3: Banks with Lauren Jauregui; Aug. 10: Coheed and Cambria with Alkaline Trio, Mothica; Aug. 13: Spider Gang; Aug. 14, King Lil G; Aug. 17: Simple Plan / Sum 41 with Magnolia Park; Aug. 19: Koe Wetzel; Aug. 20: The Devil Wears Prada with Stray from the Path, Dying Wish; Aug. 23: Franz Ferdinand; Aug. 27: Upon a Burning Body with Signs of the Swarm, Vulvodynia, Decayer; Aug. 30: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness / Dashboard Confessional with The Julianna Theory; Aug. 31: The Score with Dreamers; Sept. 2: Kevin Gates; Sept. 2: Mom Jeans; Sept. 3: The Kid Laroi;

The Depot: The Gateway, 13 N. 400 West, SLC,
depotslc.com
June 17: Emo Night Brooklyn; June 18: Gimme Gimme Disco; June 20: The Marias; June 21: STRFKR; June 22: Benee; June 24: Sam Riggs; July 9: Zoso; July 14: The Airborne Toxic Event; July 15: Mandy Moore; July 16: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls; July 21: Charles Wesley Godwin; July 23: The Regrettes; Aug. 1: Faye Webster; Aug. 2: CAM; Aug. 7: Matisyahu; Aug. 12: Sleeping With Sirens; Aug. 13: MC Magic; Aug. 19: Polyphia; Aug. 21: Northlane; Aug. 26: BLXST; Aug. 27: Sean Kingston; Aug. 29: Murder By Death / Amigo the Devil; Sept. 1: Sasha Alex Sloan; Sept. 3: Silverstein / Amity Affliction; Sept. 7: Hanson

The Great Saltair: 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna,
thesaltair.com
July 22: Coin with Blackstar Kids; Aug. 6: Santa Fe Klan; Aug. 12-13: Das Energie Festival, various artists

The State Room: 638 S. State, SLC,
thestateroompresents.com
June 19: Midlake with Field Division; Aug. 27: Jon Wolfe; Sept. 1: Jeremy McComb; Sept. 20: Big Richard; Sept. 22: The Music of Cream; Sept. 25: Ibibio Sound Machine

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• Twilight Concert Series

Twilight Concert Series @ The Gallivan Center: 239 S. Main, SLC,
saltlakearts.org/twilightconcertseries
July 14: Rainbow Kitten Surprise with Houndmouth and Dad Bod; Aug. 6: Sharon Van Etten with Angel Olsen, Julien Baker; Aug. 11: The Decemberists with Jake Xerxes Fussell and Marny Proudfit; Aug. 16: Cuco with DJBlessed; Sept. 2: Shakey Graves with Sierra Ferrell and Michelle Moonshine

Usana Amphitheatre: 5150 S. 6055 West, West Valley City,
saltlakeamphitheater.com
June 16: Stevie Nicks; June 23: Chris Stapleton; June 28: Santana with Earth, Wind & Fire; July 9: REO Speedwagon with Styx and Loverboy; July 11: The Black Keys with Band of Horses and Ceramic Animal; July 23: Jason Aldean; July 26: Goo Goo Dolls with Lifehouse; July 28: Kenny Chesney with Carly Pearce; Aug. 4: Backstreet Boys; Aug. 5: The Chicks with Patty Griffin; Aug. 6: Machine Gun Kelly; Aug. 10: Rob Zombie with Mudvayne; Aug. 11: Thomas Rhett; Aug. 13: Onerepublic with Needtobreathe; Aug. 18: Big Time Rush; Aug. 19: Australian Pink Floyd Show; Aug. 24: Incubus with Sublime With Rome; Aug. 29: Alice in Chains with Breaking Benjamin and Bush; Aug. 30: Sammy Hagar with George Thorogood & The Destroyers; Sept. 2: Jack Johnson; Sept. 9: Korn with Evanescence ; Sept. 10: Morgan Wallen ; Sept. 15: Keith Urban; Sept. 17: Lavy; Sept. 19: Iron Maiden; Sept. 20: Odesza

Utah State Fairpark: 155 S. 1000 West, SLC,
utahstatefair.com
June 18: Sauce Lake City; July 20-25: Days of '47 Rodeo; July 29: Super Jaripeo Baile with Cornelio Vega Y Su Dinastía, Perdidos De Sinaloa, Los Horoscopos De Durango, Tropa Chicana (at Days of 47 Arena); Aug. 12-14: Craft Lake City DIY Fest with: $oel, The Anchorage, Aarushi and Amishi Rohaj, Amanda Berrick, Amea, Angie Petty, Antonio Garcia's Spanish Guitar, Ashley Finley, Beatnik, Bomba Marile, Busking Bus Theatre, Cheer Salt Lake, Choice Coin, Columbia Jones, Daytime Lover, Detzany, Dream Life Production Kongo, Erick Fungo LLC, Felecia McFall, Gavanni, Glo Up, Kimi K, Lane & The Chain, Milk Money, MOD, Mowth, Msking, Musor, Nicole McMahan, Pepper Rose, Salduro, Salt Lake Academy of Music, Saysha, XDX, Zaza Historia VanDyke, The Zissous. Sept. 14: Cole Swindell; Sept. 15: Jeff Dunham; Setp. 16: Flo Rida

Vivint Arena: 301 S. Temple, SLC,
vivintarena.com
July 27: Josh Groban; Aug. 11: Brandi Carlile; Aug 30: Kendrick Lamar; Aug. 30: The Killers; Sept. 8: Roger Waters; Sept 19: Gorillaz; Sept. 20: Twenty One Pilots; Sept. 21: Shawn Mendes with Tate McRae

Local & Regional Festivals, Fairs & Fun Things
Country Fan Fest: Deseret Peak, 2930 W. Highway 112, Tooele,
countryfanfest.com
July 27-30: featuring Brooks & Dunn, Chris Janson, Dustin Lynch; Frank Ray, Jameson Rodgers, Ned LeDoux and more.

Deer Valley Concert Series: Deer Valley Resort, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City,
deervalley.com
July 1: Stewart Copeland; July 2: Utah Symphony (UtSym) Patriotic Pops with LaKisha Jones; July 8: Disney in Concert; July 9: The Hot Sardines featuring Nellie McKay with UtSym; July 15: Bravo Broadway; July 16: The Music of ABBA; July 22: The Music of John Williams; July 23: Boyz II Men with UtSym; July 29: Symphonic Showstoppers!; July 30: Guster with the UtSym; Aug 5: Aretha: A Tribute with the UtSym; Aug 6: Kristin Chenoweth with UtSym

Festa Italiana: The Gateway, 400 W. 200 South,
festaitalianaslc.com
Sept. 17-18: Celebrating Utah's Italian culture with food, music, drinks and games.

Fort Desolation Fest: Cougar Ridge Resort, 650 E. Cougar Ridge Road, Torrey,
fortdesolation.com
Aug 12-14: Featuring Amos Lee, Elle King, The Band of Heathans, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Rayland Baxter, Heartless Bastards, Elizabeth Cook, Danielle Ponder and more.

Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main, SLC,
thegallivancenter.com
July 7: Quorum of Queens Family Drag Show; Aug. 13; Bluegrass Festival; Sept 17 Rock 'N' Ribs Festival; Every Tuesday: Big Band Dance Night. Lunch Bunch Music Schedule: June 16 Doc Young; June 17 Cam Gallagher & The Tasty Soul; June 20, Ona Welch; June 24, Congo & Co.; June 27 Interlucid; June 28, TroyLennerd; June 29 All Brown; June 30, Christian Coleman; July 1, BD Howes; July 2 Imaginary Friends and Congo & Co; July 5 Sky Olson; July 6, Pat & Roy; July 8, Beautiful Dreamer Trio; July11, Imaginary Friends; July 12 Pwerfidia; July 13 Gary Hanson; July 18, Christian Coleman; July 19, Marica Knorr; July 21, Compass Rose; July 22, Wyldwood; July 26, Aspen Anonda; July 27, Soren Green; July 28, Outersite; July 29, Over Under; Aug 1, Zarriah Aaliya Aug. 2, Chris Hough; Aug 3, Pat & Roy; Aug .4, All Brown; Aug 5, Tasty Soul; Aug 8 Doc Young; Aug 9, Troy Lennerd; Aug 10, Gary Hansen; Aug 12, Beautiful Dreamer Trio; Aug. 15, Sky Olson, Aug 17, Curtis Lee & Dog Young; Aug 18, Congo & Co; Aug 19, BD Howes; Aug 22, Laurie Allen; Aug 23, Mikah Wonders; Aug 24, River Arrow; Aug 25, Outersite; Aug 26 Compass Rose; Aug 29, Ona Welch, Aug 30, RIPCOYOTE; Aug 31 Jeff Majestic

Salt Lake City Greek Festival: 279 S. 300 West, SLC,
saltlakegreekfestival.com
Sept. 10-12: Utah's oldest ethnic festival and one the largest in the USA featuring Greek culture, food, music and more.

HelperArts Festival: Helper,
helperartsfestival.com
Aug. 19-21: Music, Arts and Food fest has taken over the entire iconic coal and railroad town of Helper since 1994.

The Gateway: 400 W. 200 South, SLC,
shopthegateway.com
Every Thursday: Movies on the Plaza; Every Wednesday thru Aug 31: Soundbites; June 17-19, Chalk Art Festival; June 17 -19 Michealangelos Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition; June 20, Art Stroll; July 4, 4th of July Celebration; July 10 & Aug 14, Outdoor Urban Flea Market

Hogle Zoo: 2600 Sunnyside Ave., SLC,
hoglezoo.org
July 13 and Aug. 17: Zoo Brew; Sept 8: Zoo Rendezvous

Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center: 5624 S. Cougar Lane, Kearns,
kopfc.com
Every Friday: Friday Night Flicks

Music on the Plaza: Junction Plaza, 2351 Kiesel Ave., Ogden,
ogdendowntown.com
Music and food each Wednesday through July 13

Ogden Can Beer Festival: Ogden's Own Distillery, 615 W. Stockman Way, Ogden,
cityweeklystore.com
June 25: A celebration featuring canned beer products from Ogden's beer distillers.

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• Moab Music Festival

Moab Music Festival:
moabmusicfest.com
Enjoy concerts and concertos in some of Utah's most stunning natural settings and grottos. Multiple dates: highlights include Bela Fleck on Sept. 10, the San Juan Musical Raft Trip Sept. 13-16 and Westwater Canyon Musical Raft Trip Aug. 22-24

Mountain Town Music: Park City area,
mountaintownmusic.org
Live music in coffee shops, stages thoughout Park City and other Summit County communities. See website for schedule.

Park City Arts: Park City,
pcarts.org
June 20: Latino Arts Festival. Check website for events.

Kimball Arts Festival: Park City,
kimballartsfestival.org
August 5-7 along Park City's historic Main Street.

Park City Song Summit:
parkcitysongsummit.com
Sept 7-10: Budding songwriters and musicians rub elbows in intimate music setting over three days. All-star lineup

Sand Hollow Resort Rock Bowl: 5662 W. Clubhouse Drive, Hurricane,
sandhollowresort.com
June 17: Soul What; June 18: Noise Pollution: AC/DC Tribute; June 24: JR and the Mullberies; July 9: Albumpallouoza: Pink Floyd Tribute

Solitude Live Music Series: Solitude Resort, 12000 S. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Solitude,
solitudemountain.com
Live music on the plaza each Sunday, with Utah's best.

Summerfest Arts Faire: Cache County Fairgrounds, 450 S. 500 West, Logan,
logansummerfest.org
2022 season performances: Magic Flute, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, She Loves Me, LaMancha, The Pianists, Carmina Burina.

Snowbasin Ski Resort, 3925 Snowbasin Road, Huntsville,
snowbasin.com
Blues Brews & BBQ Concert Series: June 19; Mothers of Mayhem, Kris Lager Band; June 26, Cameron Gallagher & The Tasty Soul, Diggin Dirt; July 3: Herban Embire, The Burroughs; July 17 Aaron Davis & The Mystery Machine, New Orleans Suspects; July 24: Andy Frasco, Let's Ride Brass Band; July 31: Snarling Yarns, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble

SnowWiesn Oktoberfest: Sept 4, Park City Polka Players, Jordan Matthew Young; Sept 11: Salzburger Echo, Tony Holiday; Sept 18: Freddie Schnicklefrtitz and His German Band. AppAlaska Bluegrass;

Snowbird Octoberfest: Snowbird Resort, 9385 S. Snowbird Center Drive, Little Cottonwood Canyon,
snowbird.com
The Grand Dame of Utah's outdoor festivals returns in mid-August with, beer, music, food and scenery!

Tracy Aviary: 589 E. 1300 South, SLC,
tracyaviary.org
June 16: Wine Takes Flight; June 25: Breakfast with the Birds; July 14: Wine Takes Flight

Tuacahn Amphitheater, 1100 Tuacahn Drive, Ivins,
tuacahn.org
Summer Series: Mary Poppins thru Oct. 22; Wonderland thru Oct 21; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat thru Oct 20, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story June 24-Aug 13.

Utah Arts Festival: Library Square, 210 E. 400 South, SLC,
uaf.org
June 23-June 26 at Library Square. Featuring headliners Lyrics Born, Kombilesa Mi, The Fixx, Theo Croker, Judith Hill, Esther Rose, Toubab Krewe, Leyla McCalla and Diggin Dirt, as well as performances from Greenmont, Mars Highway, Megan Blue, String FX, The Swinging Lights, Angie Petty, Cassette Drift, Damn Dirty Vultures, Herban Empire, Fry Pan Band, Queenadilla, Kasadoom and many more.

Utah Asian Festival, Utah State Fairpark, 155 S. 1000 West, SLC,
utahasianfestival.org
July 9-10: Now in their 45th year of celebrating Utah's vibrant Asian culture, foods and citizens.

Utah Beer Festival, The Gateway, 400 W. 200 South, SLC,
utahbeerfestival.com
The 12th annual Utah Beer Festival takes place August 20-21. Over 200 beers from local brewers and from around the globe comprise Utah's largest beer sampling event.

Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theater, Logan,
utahfestival.org
022 Season Performances: All's Well That Ends Well, Sweeny Todd

Utah Shakespeare Festival, Southern Utah University, Cedar City,
bard.org
2022 Season Performances: All's Well That Ends Well, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; King Lear, The Sound of Music, Trouble in Mind, Clue, The Tempest, Thurgood, Words Cubed.

Wasatch Mountain Music Festival, Wallsburg,
wasatchmountainmusic.com
July 8-10: Old time fiddle contests, songwriter contests, Sunday morning gospel jam and featuring music by Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band, Tim O'Brien with Jan Fabricus, Swagger, Coco Garcia, Kate MacLeod, Sam Payne and many others.

Local Club Venues
Hangar House, 1016 S. State, SLC,
hangarhouseslc.com
July 1: Slenderbodies ; July 5: Liily; July 22: Town Mountain; Aug 11: Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra; Aug 12: SM Familia; Aug 21: Izaak Opatz

• Josh Scheuerman
• Molly Burch at Kilby Court

Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court, SLC,
kilbycourt.com
June 17: Lunar Vacation; June 18: Emily wells; June 19: Winona Forever/Laundry; June 20: Thru it all Feat. Nick Jordan; June 21: Ultra Q; June 22: Lo Moon; June 23: Lesser Care; June 24: Idi Et Amin Album Release Show; June 25: Cheekface; June 27: David Rosales; June 28: Stage Fright, Who Killed Candace, Blood Mother; June 29: Long Dead Bones; June 30: Fake Nice Album Release; July 1: Lonely Heights; July 2: Breakfast Biscuit Grande Finale; July; 5: Greer; July 6: Breakfast; July 7: Obeeyay' July 8: Blue Rain Boots/Sunfish' July 9: Early Successional;July 10: Post Sex Nachos; July 11: Ricky Hill; July 12: Convictions; July 13: Toothpicks; July 14: Drusky; July 15: Milk Money; July 16: Covey/Sincere Engineer; July 17: Quija Macc: Wicked Warlods Tour; July 19: French Police; July 20: New Hope Club; July 21: Doobie; July 22: Backhand; July 23: Sarah And The Sundays; July 25: Roselit Bone; July 26: Hanford; July 27: Sarah, Sarah; July 30: Laura Marano; Aug. 3: Garcia Peoples; Aug 6: Death Bells; Aug. 8: Loving; Aug. 11: Silvana Estrada; Aug. 12: Ian Sweet; Aug. 14: Bodega; Aug 16: Standards; Aug. 18: Sanguisugabogg; Aug. 20: Enterprise Earth; Aug. 23: The Districts; Aug. 24: Little Bird; Aug. 31: Meltt; Sept. 8: Hannah Wicklund; Sept. 12: The Polar Boys Sept. 14: Sun Room; Sept. 16: Porridge Radio; Sept. 17: Addison Grace; Sept. 22: The Bombpops ;Sept. 23: Foreign Air

Liquid Joe's, 1249 E. 3300 South, SLC,
liquidjoes.net
June 16: Bar Fites; June 17: Hysteria; June 18: Love Hard - Tenelle & J Wawa; June 19: Rickrath Project 3:13; June 22: The Toasters - 4 Decades in Ska; June 24: Trapt 20th Anniversary Tour; June 25: All Star Vol 1; June 26: Saritah; July 2: Ms. Lady Pink; July 8: Monoblloco US Tour; July 10: Kung Fu Vampire; July 14: Twisted Insane; July 22: Sky Slick & Wicked; July 23: Nunca James; July 27: Nu Metal Madness Tour; July 29: A-Wax; July 30: Devin the Dude; Aug. 25: Afro Live Reggae Concert; Sept. 11: Corey Feldman; Sept. 16: Kid Frost

SKY SLC, 149 Pierpont Ave., SLC,
slcsky.com
June 16: Grum; June 17: Simba Sax; June 18: DJ Shift; June 22: ETC! ETC!; June 23: Kill The noise; June 24: Oliver Dollar; June 25: Tay Money; June 25; Jerzy; June 29: Pixel Terror; July 1: Deerock; July 2: DJ Dizz; July 3: David Hohme; July 7: Wolfgang Gartner; July 8: Silent Reign; July 8: Gattuso; July 9: Kromi; July 13: Tisoki; July 15: Cut Snake; July 15: Jonas Blue; July 16: Flight; July 20: GG Magree; July 22: Hermitude; July 23: Kvsh; July 30: Matt Steffanina; Aug 4: Gabriel & Dresden; Aug 5: Dubvision; Aug 6: Bruno Martini; Aug 12: Silent Reign; Aug 18: Hotel Garuda; Aug 25: Kream; Aug 26: Madds; Aug 27: Bag Raiders; Aug 27: Bangarang; Sept 3: DJ Dizz; Sept 9: Silent Reign; Sept 17: Crespo; Sept 24: DJ Brees; Sept 30: Vinai

Soundwell, 149 W. 200 South, SLC,
soundwellslc.com
June 16: The Wrecks; June 17: EPTIC; June 18: Syndicate ft Saint Sinner; June 18: Ax & The Hatchetmen; June 22:Cam Gallagher & Tasty Soul; June 24: Ray Wylie Hubbard; June 25: Jeff Rosenstock; June 28: Holdfast; June 29: Roosevelt; July 6: Ethan Tucker & Thrive!; July 7: Inspector y Elefante; July 8: Mutiny Music Collective Presents: Now That's What I call Halycyon!; July 9: Bridging The Music Presents: SLC miniFest; July 9: Arlie; July 11: Tiny Moving Parts & This Wild Life; July 14: Denney; July 15: Monsieur Perine; July 16: Syndicate ft Frameworks; July 18: The Happys!; July 19: Scarface; July 20: Melo; July 21: Black Hole Tour ft Felmax & Blaize; July 22: Aluna; July 23: Randall King; July 26: Lizzy McAlpine; July 27: The Deer; July 30: Foxing; Aug. 2: Inner Wave; Aug. 4: Paper Idol; Aug. 10: Hoodie Allen; Aug. 11: Aaron Carter; Aug. 13: Black Pistol Fire; Aug. 16: Kidswaste; Aug. 17: American Aquarium; Aug 18: Jade Novah; Aug 23: Pony Bradshaw; Aug 24: Red Wanting BlueAug 27:EMBRZ; Aug 28: Ken Carson; Aug 31: Vista Kicks; Sept 3: Sun-Dried Vibes; Sept ; 10:Justin Martin; Sept 14: Slum Village; Sept 15: Satsang; Sept 16: Mahalia; Sept 17: Manila Killa; Sept 21: Charlotte Sands; Sept 22: Hollow Coves; Sept 23; Duckwrth; Sept 24; Baynk; Sept 30: Maelo Ruiz

The Loading Dock, 1490 Major St. , SLC,
facebook.com/loadingdockslc
June 17: I sank Atlantis; June 22: Shadowhouse; June 24: Pepperoni Prada

• Josh Scheuerman
• Okkervil River at the Urban Lounge

Urban Lounge: 241 S. 500 East, SLC,
theurbanloungeslc.com
June 17: LSTBYZ with DMOE, Blacc E, Cody Himself [Backyard Show]; June 17: SLUG Localized; June 18: Vincent Draper & The Culls [Backyard Show]; June 18: Modern Speed with Say Hey, Static Replica; June 21: Tanner Usrey with The Swinging Lights; June 23: Giovannie and the Hired Guns; June 24: Martian Cult {Backyard]; June 24: Angel Magic with UTA Trax, Mercy Seat; June 25: Beach Party with German Wyoming, Gonzo; June 29: Baby Gurl with Red Bush, Debrider; June 30: Diane Coffee with Courtney Lane; July 1: The Gontiks with Mercy Seat, Sarah Sarah [Backyard]; July 1: Musor with SELFMYTH, Hobosapien; July 5: Al1ce with Solid State Soul, BirthVoid, Mañanero; July 7: Future.Exboyfriend with Cop Kid, Nicole Canaan; July 8: Palace of Buddies with SELFMYTH [Backyard]; July 8: NEVERMIND with Mannequin Twin; July 9: Psych Lake City; July 10: Stoneburner with CHANT, Dude Cougar; July 11: Exmortus with Hatriot, Silver Talon; July 12: Decrepit Birth with Pathology, Unmerciful, Stabbing; July 16: Mitokandrea with St.Terrible, DJ Toni Negroni [Backyard]; July 16: Sam Evian with Dad Bod, Fonteyn; July 17: Des Rocs with Suit Up Soldier; July 19: Cobra Man; July 23: The Ghost of Paul Revere with Charles Ellsworth; July 27: L.A. Witch; July 28: Wavves with BOYO, Smut; July 30: Electric Six / Supersuckers; July 31: 10 Years with Dragged Under, In the Whale; Aug. 1: Blacktop Mojo; Aug. 2: Hotel Mira with The Zolas; Aug. 5: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears; Aug. 6: Florist with Marc Merza; Aug. 7: The Beths; Aug. 10: Mystic Braves; Aug. 15: Steve Von Till with Helen Money; Aug. 16: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever; Aug. 17: The KVB with M!R!M, Cassette Drift, JESUSATANAS; Aug. 19: She Wants Revenge; Aug. 25: The Dear Hunter; Aug. 27: Nouvelle Vague with Strange As Angels; Aug. 29: The Aristocrats; Aug. 31: Cults with Reptaliens; Sept. 3: The Get Up Kids; Sept. 7: Pink Turns Blue; Sept. 13: Tinariwen; Sept. 14: Full of Hell / Blood Incantation with Vermin Womb, Mortuous, God Is War; Sept. 16: Agnostic Front / Sick of It All; Sept. 20: Gang of Youths; Sept. 24: Madison Cunningham; Sept. 27: Julia Jacklin