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Salt Lake City is the state capital and the biggest city in the valley, with just under 200,000 people. Pioneers laid out its street grid from Temple Square in 1847, which is why addresses read like coordinates: 900 South, 900 East. Most of what to do sits in a handful of neighborhoods. Downtown has the arena, the concert halls and the Gallivan Center. Sugar House has the big park and the shops. The Avenues and 9th and 9th are the walkable ones, and the University of Utah and the foothills sit up on the east bench.
Wednesday, October 28 to Tuesday, November 3. Rebuilt every morning from our events calendar.
Ballet West performs its full-length Dracula ballet in the week leading up to Halloween. The run ends on October 31.
Red Butte Garden turns into a Peter Pan themed Halloween walk where kids hunt for pixie dust beads and help rescue Peter from Captain Hook. Timed tickets are required for everyone over 2, with a calmer early hour on weekends for young kids and guests with sensory needs.
A daytime Halloween event in the park's pioneer village with trick-or-treating, a costume parade and a storytelling witch. Saturdays add live spider and snake encounters, and each day ends with a candy cannon spraying taffy into the street.
Pioneer Theatre Company stages the musical about a flower shop clerk and a plant that eats people. Evening shows run Monday through Saturday with Saturday matinees, and a limited number of pay-what-you-choose seats start at $15.
A Halloween drum show where a cast of percussionists plays songs like Thriller, Ghostbusters and This Is Halloween with fog, lighting and jump scares. It runs about 105 minutes, and the venue warns it may be too intense for kids under 4.
Kids build spider bots, design spiderwebs and make floating ghosts during an evening of Halloween science at the museum. There is also a scavenger hunt through the exhibits and a costume dance party.
The Jazz host Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs on a Wednesday night. San Antonio comes back to Salt Lake for a second game on November 15.
The Utah Symphony plays the score live while Hocus Pocus shows on the big screen. Costumes are encouraged, and there is movie trivia before the film starts.
The Chicago alt-rock band plays an arena show at the Delta Center. The concert starts at 8 PM.
The country duo brings The Young Tour to the Delta Center on the Friday before Halloween. The show starts at 7 PM.
Local storytellers and poets read folklore, fables and spooky tales in several languages in the Eccles Theater Grand Lobby. It is free, open to all ages, and costumes are welcome.
An afternoon Jazz game on Halloween, so you can catch it and still be home before trick-or-treating starts.
An hour-long Utah Symphony concert of spooky music for kids on Halloween morning. Lobby activities and a costume contest happen before each show.
Kids trick-or-treat around the zoo on Halloween day while candy lasts. It is included with regular admission and free for zoo members.
The Puerto Rican reggaeton singer plays the Delta Center on a Sunday night. The concert starts at 8 PM.
BYU opens its season against Ohio State at the Delta Center instead of the Marriott Center in Provo. It is the first meeting between the two programs since 1997.
The Runnin' Utes open their season at home against Long Beach State. Four more nonconference home games follow in November, including Washington on November 14.
The soul and pop singer headlines the Delta Center on a Tuesday night. The show starts at 7 PM.
The two-time Tony winner from Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie plays one night at the Eccles Theater as part of the theater's 10th anniversary season.
A live orchestra plays Bear McCreary's score from the Outlander TV series while clips from all eight seasons run on a screen above the stage.
Ballet West dances to the music of the Rolling Stones in a two-weekend run at the Capitol Theatre. It is the company's last program before the Nutcracker.
A Utah Symphony Mozart program with Conrad Tao at Abravanel Hall.
Details and tickets →Disney characters skate through scenes from the studio's films in a touring ice show. The run opens with a 7 PM show on Friday, November 6; check the Delta Center listing for weekend show times.
A two-day festival of science demonstrations, hands-on activities and chances to meet Utah researchers. It is included with museum admission, with a few paid workshops like cyanotype photography that need separate signup.
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