From the Utah Shakespeare Festival to the Harvest Moon Celebration to Ballet West, September activities & theater give many ways to engage in local Utah.

Activities

July 9 – September 24
New Roots Farmers Market at Central Park. This Farmers Market is held every Tuesday from 5pm to 7:30pm at South Salt Lake’s Central Park, 2797 S 200 E. New Roots is a national program in the International Rescue Committee. Produce sold at the Central Park market and ongoing Sunnyvale Farmers Market is grown by refugee farmers who participate in the IRC in SLC’s New Roots Farm Incubation program. The farmers specialize in growing crops common in countries around the world but difficult to find and grow in the United States.

August 26 – September 12
The 26th Moab Music Festival. The festival brings world-class artists performing chamber, jazz, Latin and traditional music creating 20 events of “music in concert with the landscape.” Go on music hikes, multi-day musical raft trips, a jet board ride and listen to concerts in a pristine wilderness grotto.

September 5 – 15
Utah State Fair at the Utah State Fairpark, 155 N 1000 W. This year’s theme is It’s A Kinda Magic and will feature performers, fair food (including deep fried everything), farm animals, displays, crafts, a midway, rodeo and trinkets galore. Tickets are available in advance, at the gate, or at Smith’s Food and Drug Stores.

September 14 – 15
Festa Italiana at The Gateway. This two-day festival will include live Italian entertainment, food booths highlighting different regions of Italian cuisine, Italian beer and wine garden, arts & crafts, historical displays, bocce tournament, live raffles, exotic Italian cars and more. Proceeds from the festival go to support local and national non-profit charitable organizations supported by the Italian-American Civic League of Utah.

September 20 – 21
Green River Melon Days Festival. The 113th Annual Melon Days Festival will feature a cruise car show, a 3-man scramble tournament, the Melon Run, a pancake breakfast, parade, and more (including square dancing).

September 21
Harvest Moon Celebration in Ogden. This event will be held from 12-8pm at Ogden’s Historic 25th Street. Presented by America First Credit Union, Harvest Moon features live music, arm wrestling, pumpkin decorating, food, beer and wine and children’s activities.

September 28 –29
Wasatch Reptile Expo at the Utah State Fairpark, 1000 West North Temple. Thousands of reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, and insects on display along with supplies and information. Admission is $10 per person, kids 4 and under are free.

Utah Theater

Family Friendly

Hale Centre Theatre, Sandy
The Addams Family
September 9 – November 16
9900 South Monroe Street, Sandy

Hale Center Theater, Orem 
Thoroughly Modern Millie
September 27 – November 23
225 West 400 North, Orem

Off Broadway Theatre 
Dracula vs The Addams Family
September 20 – October 26
272 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

Desert Star Playhouse
Addams Family Reunion
August 29 – November 9
4861 South State Street, Murray

CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
September 27 – October 26
525 North 400 West, Centerville

Kingsbury Hall
From River to Rim: Hiking the Grand Canyon
September 27
1395 E Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City

Utah Symphony
The Planets
September 13 – 14
Abravanel Hall, 123 W South Temple, Salt Lake City

Excellence in the Community
Night Star Jazz Orchestra
September 26
Gallivan Center, 239 S Main Street, Salt Lake City

Scera Center for the Performing Arts
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
September 13 – October 4
745 State Street, Orem

Tuacahn
Disney’s When You Wish, The Little Mermaid, The Sound of Music
May – October 24
1100 Tuacahn Dr., Ivins

Empress Theatre
Disaster
October 4 – 19
9104 West 2700 South, Magna

Utah Children’s Theatre
Alice in Wonderland
October 19 – November 23
3605 South State Street, Salt Lake City

Repertory Dance Theatre
Inside Outside
October 3 – 5
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City

Ballet West
Balanchine’s Ballets Russes
October 25 – November 2
Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Traces
September 26 – 28
Black Box Theatre at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City

Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre
Matilda the Musical!
September 6 – 15
328 Main Street, Park City

Date Night

Eccles Theater
Miss Saigon
October 15 – 20
131 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

Grand Theatre
Curtains
October 3 – 26
1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City

Salt Lake Acting Company
Saturday’s Voyeur
June 26 – September 15
168 West 500 North, Salt Lake City

Utah Repertory Theater
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
October 24 – November 9
Regent Street Black Box Theater, 131 S Main Street, Salt Lake City

Pioneer Theatre
Cagney
September 20 – October 5
300 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City

Utah Opera
Verdi’s La traviata
October 12 – 20
Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City

Plan-B Theatre Company
Oda Might
November 7–17
Studio Theatre at the Rose Wagner Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City

Festivals

Utah Shakespeare Festival
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Book of Will, The Conclusion of Henry VI Parts Two & Three, Twelfth Night, Every Brilliant Thing, The Price
June – October. Beverley Center for the Arts, 195 West Center Street, Cedar City.