Looking for some indie-rock, country, folk, pop, bluegrass, Latin beats, reggae, New Orleans jazz, old-school rock, new-school rock, sounds of the 60s, sounds of today? It’s all featured at The Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre this summer. A 30-show schedule includes a top tier lineup of amazing artists for this season’s outdoor concert series. The eclectic blend of genre is sure to stoke everyone’s musical taste. So get out those Tommy Bahama stadium chairs and picnic baskets and get ready for some summer fun. They kick off the season on June 4, 2024 with the multi-Grammy Award winning Jamaican ..read more

Get ready for a summer of great music! The Salt Lake City Arts Council in partnership with S&S Presents today announced the lineup for the 37th Annual Twilight Concert Series at The Gallivan Center (with one tantalizing show at Library Square). There is something for every musical taste from neo-soul to alt-rock, indie folk to electronica/dance/pop and all stops in between. Organizers have posted a playlist on Spotify if ya wanna whet your aural appetite. Season tickets are on sale Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and individual show tickets are on sale Wednesday, April 17, 2024. June 21—Laufey w ..read more

You know summer is almost here when we start talking about the Utah Arts Festival. This year, the Utah Arts Festival will return to Salt Lake City June 28-30, 2024 to celebrate visual art, music, dance, film and community. Friday, the Utah Arts Festival announced its headlining musical acts that will perform on the main festival stages throughout the weekend, including acts like Andy Frasco & the U.N. and Steely Dead.  “The Utah Arts Festival has a long history of presenting high-quality musical acts, many of whom are on the rise when they performed at the Festival and have since gone ..read more

Katie Pruitt often sings about being an outsider in her own community. I’m sure she’ll find plenty of kindred spirits in Salt Lake City, a place where many of us come to exhale. On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 we can all take a collective breath and welcome Pruit and Jack Van Cleaf to the Urban Lounge for a night of soothing folk-rock vibes.  Pruitt teased us with her early-release single “White Lies, White Jesus, and You,” a rockin’ mantra about shedding a toxic, hateful religion, while still embracing her own spirituality. Her much anticipated sophomore full-length album, appropriately title ..read more

As Low Cut Connie’s frontman Adam Weiner put it, “you make Monday feel like Saturday.” Indeed it did. The State Room hosted two dynamic bands to help celebrate the venue’s 15th Anniversary on Monday, April 1, 2024. They both raised the roof. Most opening acts ease you into the evening, but Fantastic Cat came with the energy of an encore performance. The New York-based power quartet took the stage (their first time playing in SLC) and immediately rocked the house with “C’mon Armageddon.” The four players rotated instruments and lead vocals on every song. The drummer shifted to the bass, and the ..read more

Don’t be a fool and miss Low Cut Connie’s high-octane rock ‘n’ roll show on Monday, April 1st. The State Room will be celebrating its 15th Anniversary (can you believe it?) To make it memorable, the supergroup Fantastic Cat will be opening. And there will be cake!  Low Cut Connie, a Philadelphia-based risque, rockin’ sextet, is the alter ego of frontman/pianist/lead singer/songwriter Adam Weiner (even his name is suggestive). Their piano-forward, all original work takes you on a journey across the musical spectrum from boogie-woogie reminiscent of Little Richard with “Shake It Little Tina ..read more

Whenever KRCL and The State Room join forces, the end result is usually an unforgettable Salt Lake City concert. We had such a memorable evening on Friday, March 8, 2024 when Margo Cilker and her band delivered an amazing 16-song set. Touring in support of her flawless new album, Valley of Heart’s Delight, Cilker opened with the record’s first track “Lowland Trail,” a catchy country-folk tune with a fresh West Coast vibe. Cilker delighted the crowd with a generous portion of new material from her latest critically- acclaimed record. “Keep It On A Burner” and “Beggar For Your Love,” and many ot ..read more

Femme As Folk: Book More Womxn is a new multi-genre music festival series featuring women, transgender, and nonbinary musicians every Friday and Saturday in March at Lighthouse Lounge in Ogden. Deann Armes, founder and editor at The Ogdenite, says: “We have amazing musicians in Ogden, and Utah, but like most communities women, trans, and nonbinary artists are underrepresented. I challenged Paddy Teglia, entertainment manager at Lighthouse Lounge, to book more womxn-led bands every weekend in March (It’s Women’s History Month) and he agreed. I also wanted an opportunity to raise money for Rock ..read more

The State Room is an incubator for award winning artists like 2024 Grammy winner Allison Russell and the Grammy nominated duo War and Treaty. That trend continues with Margo Cilker. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this rising star on Friday, March 8, 2024 at The State Room.  Cilker is touring in support of her fantastic new album Valley of Heart’s Delight, an album Rolling Stone lists as #5 on their pick of the 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2023. Her stellar sophomore release, a travelog for a wandering spirit, delights this fellow gypsy rambler.  Don’t let the tit ..read more

During the pandemic, Grace Potter and her husband (and producer) Eric Valentine set about getting their future mapped out after what had been a roller coaster of experiences over the preceding years. Potter is set to play the Eccles Theatre in Salt Lake on Feb. 24, 2024. Potter had been through the breakup of her band, the Nocturnals, and divorced her husband, Nocturnals drummer Matt Burr. She went on to make her 2019 solo album “Daylight,” with Valentine producing, and after wrapping the project, realized she had fallen for her producer, a situation that soon progressed to the two becoming a ..read more