Festivals & Fairs in Utah

American Fork summer festival featuring carnival rides, parades, and community activities.

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Garden City's biggest winter event — Monster Polar Plunge (capped ~300, –50), cardboard-boat regatta, 5K, Taste of Bear Lake (/plate), stargazing with USU telescopes, fireworks; marina entry fee.

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3-day celebration of Bear Lake's famous raspberry harvest — parade, craft fair, pie eating contest, kids fishing tournament, boat light parade on the lake, live music. | Hours: Aug 6–8 | Price: Free

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Fall harvest festival with corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch, and haunted attractions in Syracuse.

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Free hot-air balloon launches over red rock near Bluff; annual winter festival on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.

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Annual Bountiful Handcart Days carnival celebrating Utah pioneer heritage, held each July.

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County fair with mutton busting, tractor pull, chuckwagon breakfast, 4-H exhibits, hog show, bandstand, oldest rodeo in Utah. | Hours: Late Aug (weeklong)

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Since 1907 — northern Utah's largest… | Hours: Sep 11–12 (first weekend after Labor Day) | Price: Free | Hours: 2026: September 10-12 (check) | Price: Free admission; food vendor prices vary

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Guided geology hikes, hands-on activities, ranger talks. Rock and Gem Show at Ruby's Inn runs concurrently (Jul 16–19). Free with park entry. | Hours: Annual (Jul; 2026: Jul 17–18)

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16th annual — 4 days of… | Hours: Mar 12–15 | Price: $15–$45 (varies by event) | Cache County Event Center. Featured artists, concerts, artisan vendors. 2026 headliner Charles Dayton. Tickets online.

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Rodeos, county fair events, PRCA events.

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Classic car museum in Salt Lake City featuring vintage and collectible automobiles

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Family workshops, interactive classes, local rock and mineral vendors | Hours: Annual (Aug)

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Utah Pioneer Day celebration with PRCA rodeo, cattle drive, and downtown parade in Salt Lake City.

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Colorful PRCA rodeo under the West Desert sky — Delta's signature summer weekend alongside the Old Capitol Cruisers Car Show (last weekend of June). | Hours: Annually late June (2026: Jun 26-27)

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Annual winter birding festival in Millard County. Up to 20,000 snow geese, quilt show, craft vendors, and spotting scopes. Free. Dawn mass lift-off recommended.

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Dates: Sep 24–26 (Thu 1–9p, Fri/Sat 8a–9p)

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Dates: Jun 6–7, Nov 7–8

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Claimed as Utah's oldest continuous celebration (since ~1906) — parade, fun run, horse races, car show and free peaches on Ferron's Main Street; the county's signature small-town festival. | Hours: Early September annually

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Latino vendor market and festival in Provo.

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The 1862 Army post overlooking the city — pioneer-era parade ground and Utah's Civil War story on the U's upper campus. | Hours: museum Tu–Sa 12–5pm; fort grounds open campus hours

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County fair with rodeo, livestock shows, exhibits, food vendors, and community events.

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Free geology/paleontology festival with expert-led field trips to Fossil Point, Crystal Geyser and the Swell, plus a mineral market — the best single day of county geology per year. | Hours: Spring annually (verify dates)

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2 occ (Ogden Trumba): Grow Ogden Fall Farm Festival & Bake Sale Oct 10 | City-run community farm

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32nd annual — gallery stroll under Balanced Rock, Carbon Shortcuts film festival, plein aire painting, classic car show, live music. | Hours: Aug 20–23 | Price: Free (most events)

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Historic Greek Orthodox cathedral with beautiful architecture and heritage in Salt Lake City.

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Mt. Pleasant's biggest annual event… | Vendor hours: Fri 4 PM–10 PM, Sat 10 AM–6 PM. America 250 activities + Veterans Memorial dedication in 2026. Sanpete County. | Hours: Jul 3–4 | Price: Free

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Week-long small-town celebration — 3 nights of rodeo, Main Street parade, carnival and fireworks over the Sanpete sky. | Hours: Annual, late Jun–Jul 4

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Hawaii-meets-ghost-town — annual luau at the site of Utah's 1889 Polynesian colony. Roast pig, traditional….

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County fair with concert, demolition derby, 4-H exhibits and the Juab Xtreme Racing stunt weekend.

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Juab Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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5th annual — intimate cowboy poetry + music… | Hours: Apr 24–25 | Price: $15–$35 | Two-day event. Free open mic, western gear vendors, dinner show Saturday. Features Utah ranchers and cowboy poets.

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Hot air balloons over red-rock desert with live music on Main Street in Kanab each February.

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Davis County fairground complex (fka Davis County Event Center) — county fair, equestrian events, expos.

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3 corn mazes + courtyard (zip lines, hamster wheels, gaga ball), Haunted River Trail, Redneck Ride of Terror, Spooky Barn Ride, waterslides | Hours: Sep 18–Oct 31 | Price: corn maze ticket

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Since 1906 the town triples in size for Melon Days — parade, seed-spitting, free watermelon slices, car show and dances; the county's biggest single weekend. | Hours: 3rd weekend of September annually

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Annual Swiss heritage festival in Midway with parade, market, and community traditions.

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Old-school county fair — exhibits, carnival, rodeo and 4-H, the biggest family weekend of Delta's summer. | Hours: Annually early August

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24th annual — national… | Hours: Nov 6–8 | Price: $60–$150 | Fri evening Star Hall (7 PM), Sat–Sun ballfield (11 AM–4:30 PM). VIP packages available. Non-profit (Friends of Moab Folk Festival).

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Chamber music in canyon country, early September. Grotto concerts via jet boat.

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24th-of-July celebration with parade, community events, and fireworks in Monroe. | Hours: July 24 week (annual)

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Community gathering space in Mt. Pleasant for local events and activities.

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Ogdens 1924 Union Station housing four museums and two galleries with railroad, firearms, and classic car exhibits.

Annual carnival and community celebration during Cherry Days festival.

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Annual carnival and rodeo in Ogden.

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Annual September festival in Fillmore with four stages, 50-plus vendors, and pioneer reenactments.

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Commemorates the 1864 quilt-on-snow pioneer rescue. Quilt show, chocolate festival, sewing classes, dinner theater, historic home tours, heritage fair. | Hours: Annual (2nd week of Jun; 2026: Jun 10–13)

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Hot air balloon rally over Bryce Canyon country with mass launches, balloon glow, and a 5K run in Panguitch.

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Payson onion harvest homecoming with carnival, parade, 5K, car show, and fireworks.

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42nd annual — one of only two free-admission Scottish festivals in the western US. Caber toss, hammer throw, sheaf toss, pipe bands, Highland dancing, clan booths. | Hours: Jul 10–11 | Price: Free

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