Music and events venue

Red Butte Garden

Foothills garden venue known for summer concerts and family-friendly outings.

City

Salt Lake City, Utah

Category

Music and events venue

Website

redbuttegarden.org

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City Weekly Best of Utah

• Runner-up · 2022Best Family Fun

  No two trips to Hogle Zoo are ever really the same, which is one of the reasons it's a top go-to destination for all-ages fun. It's always been a good time to…

• Winner · 2022Best Outdoor Concert Venue

  Where else can you pack in your own homemade picnic and wine? No matter where you sit, it's a great spot in a delightful space. Even when we miss the warm-up…

• Winner · 2022Best Music Series

  There's a certain alchemy to a great concert series, combining the right lineup of performers with the right venue and benefitting from intangible variables…

• Runner-up · 2021Best All-Ages Venue

  Salt Lake City's perpetual "little venue that could" has seen untold numbers of incredible pre-fame acts pass through its tiny, tiny stage. Many are the Utah…

• Winner · 2021Best Live Music Venue

  This summertime treasure is a no-brainer pick. Not only does Red Butte Garden bring in some of the biggest and best artists to our valley for their summer…

• Runner-up · 2020Best All-Ages Venue

  Ah, Kilby Court. It's like the high school of the SLC music scene, especially because, as the premier all-ages venue in town, it's often home to actual high…

• Runner-up · 2019Best All-Ages Venue

  Every great music city worth its salt—and not just Salt Lake City—needs a place where those not yet of drinking age can get an indoctrination into the thrill…

• Winner · 2019Best Live Music Venue

  A live music venue can be spectacular, and still offer nothing you really want to see; a live music venue can offer great music, but be a miserable place to…

• Runner-up · 2018Best Live Music Venue

  Every place has its downside, and while some of the logistics of getting into and out of Usana continue to prove challenging, it's hard to argue with the…

• Winner · 2017Best Live Music Venue

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• Backburner: Savor the Summit; Red Butte's Summer Solstice Garden Party; U of U Dining Services director

  Eat And Drink · June 24, 2026

• Line up your summer concert viewing with Revival, Fort Desolation Fest, Twilight Concerts, Red Butte Garden and more.

  Music · June 17, 2026