Events

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum will present Garden After Dark from October 15–30, 2026. This annual, much-anticipated fall festival transforms the Garden with immersive storytelling, atmospheric lighting, and original artistic scenes created especially for the natural landscape.
This year’s theme, Adventures in Neverland, invites guests of all ages to embark on an adventure into a glowing world of botanical wonders in search of hidden pixie dust to help Tinkerbell rescue Peter Pan. Guests can expect evenings filled with color, mystery, and imaginative twists that come alive only after dark.
Tickets for Garden After Dark are on sale now.

Monday–Thursday event hours are 6–8pm and
Friday–Sunday event hours are 6–9pm.

Ticket prices range from $13–$23.

For a specially curated, all-abilities accessible experience, Hocus Crocus Hour will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays
during the event, from 5–6pm.
More event details at: https://redbuttegarden.org/events/garden-after-dark/

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Red Butte Garden and Arboretum will present Garden After Dark from October 15–30, 2026. This annual, much-anticipated fall festival transforms the Garden with immersive storytelling, atmospheric lighting, and original artistic scenes created especially for the natural landscape.
This year’s theme, Adventures in Neverland, invites guests of all ages to embark on an adventure into a glowing world of botanical wonders in search of hidden pixie dust to help Tinkerbell rescue Peter Pan. Guests can expect evenings filled with color, mystery, and imaginative twists that come alive only after dark.
Tickets for Garden After Dark are on sale now.

Monday–Thursday event hours are 6–8pm and
Friday–Sunday event hours are 6–9pm.

Ticket prices range from $13–$23.

For a specially curated, all-abilities accessible experience, Hocus Crocus Hour will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays
during the event, from 5–6pm.
More event details at: https://redbuttegarden.org/events/garden-after-dark/

Join Curbside Theater and South Salt Lake Arts for an incredible night of live entertainment! This acrobatic dance perfromance is fun for all ages. If you haven't vistied the Tracy Aviary's Nature Center at Pia Ok'Wai yet, there is no better time to experience it than on a beautiful fall evening.

Details and tickets here.

Join us for an inspiring morning at the 10th Annual Steps Against Melanoma walk in Salt Lake City. Take part in a 5K walk/run, grab giveaways, and connect with others for some family-friendly fun (dogs welcome too!). Intermountain Health will even be hosting free, visual skin screenings. This powerful community event brings together survivors, caregivers, families, and friends who have been touched by melanoma, all united by one goal: ending melanoma. Every step you take supports AIM at Melanoma’s mission and fuels critical research. https://support.aimatmelanoma.org/SaltLakeCity2026

Walk in Honor. Walk in Memory. Walk in Support. Join our ALS United Rocky Mountain Walk ALS event in Salt Lake City! Our Walk ALS Utah is the largest annual gathering for the ALS community in the area, raising funds and awareness that support our free ALS programs, and the search for treatments and cure to conquer ALS. Free registration, fundraising encouraged. Gather your family, friends, colleagues, and walk as a team or individual for ALS today! 
Saturday, September 26, 2026, Walk ALS Utah, at Sugar House Park, Big Field Pavilion, 10am-noon.

Details here https://walkalsutah.org/

Marmalade Jam Fest is an annual neighborhood festival hosted by the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council, bringing together local artists, makers, musicians, food vendors, residents, and visitors for a day of community celebration. Join us on Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 11 AM–8 PM for live music, arts and crafts, local vendors, food, and activities for all ages. Come experience the creativity, character, and community spirit that make the Marmalade neighborhood special.

https://www.eventeny.com/events/marmalade-jam-fest-2026-29766/

Oktoberfest is for the whole family, featuring activities, live music, traditional Bavarian fare, over 50 varieties of beer and an array of local vendors. This highly anticipated festival begins August 8 and lasts through October 11, 2026, taking place every Saturday and Sunday, along with Labor Day.

Snowbird’s Oktoberfest attracts thousands of visitors each year, making it one of the largest festivals in Utah. 
Admission to Oktoberfest is free. Oktoberfest runs from noon to 6 pm.
Find all the details plus local music line up here.

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum will present Garden After Dark from October 15–30, 2026. This annual, much-anticipated fall festival transforms the Garden with immersive storytelling, atmospheric lighting, and original artistic scenes created especially for the natural landscape.
This year’s theme, Adventures in Neverland, invites guests of all ages to embark on an adventure into a glowing world of botanical wonders in search of hidden pixie dust to help Tinkerbell rescue Peter Pan. Guests can expect evenings filled with color, mystery, and imaginative twists that come alive only after dark.
Tickets for Garden After Dark are on sale now.

Monday–Thursday event hours are 6–8pm and
Friday–Sunday event hours are 6–9pm.

Ticket prices range from $13–$23.

For a specially curated, all-abilities accessible experience, Hocus Crocus Hour will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays
during the event, from 5–6pm.
More event details at: https://redbuttegarden.org/events/garden-after-dark/