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Things to do in Salt Lake City in January 2027 include the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in West Valley, Beetlejuice at the Eccles and World Cup speedskating in Kearns. Saturdays: January 2 has Video Games Live and the Mammoth, January 9 has the Natural History Museum's kids Curiosity Club and the figure skating free dance final, January 16 opens Rossini's Cinderella, January 23 has an afternoon Stars game, and January 30 has World Cup speedskating. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 18. The Sundance Film Festival is not in Utah this year: the 2027 festival runs January 21 to 31 in Boulder, Colorado.
Updated Wednesday, October 2826 events with confirmed 2027 dates, in date order.
The downtown farmers market moves indoors for the cold months, with local farms and food makers selling on Saturday mornings. It opens November 14 at 209 E 500 South and runs weekly through April 17.
Hale Centre Theatre opens the musical Anastasia, about a young woman in 1920s Paris who may be the lost Russian grand duchess. The run continues into mid-January.
The Salt Lake Bees' ballpark in Daybreak becomes a walk-through light show with a 60-foot tree synced to music, light tunnels and a nine-hole mini golf course. Entry is by timed evening ticket, Wednesdays have a four-ticket family deal for $48, and it is closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
The Jazz host Boston on New Year's Day.
Details and tickets →The Utah Symphony plays music from Halo, Skyrim, Final Fantasy and Hogwarts Legacy while game footage runs on a screen. Kids 5 and older are welcome.
Details and tickets →The Broadway musical based on Tim Burton's movie. The Eccles recommends it for ages 13 and up, and the show uses fog, strobes and pyrotechnics.
Details and tickets →The country's top women's, men's, pairs and ice dance skaters compete at the Maverik Center, with junior events at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex. On Saturday, January 9 the free dance final is in the afternoon and the pairs free skate is at night.
Details and tickets →Repertory Dance Theatre's dancers show work they choreographed themselves, in the Leona Wagner Black Box. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Details and tickets →Concertmaster Madeline Adkins plays William Bolcom's Violin Concerto, then the Utah Symphony plays Rachmaninoff's third and last symphony. The symphony welcomes ages 5 and up.
Details and tickets →Meet kitchen, bath and remodeling contractors face to face and catch talks on the design stage. Kids 12 and under get in free with a paying adult, and tickets are sold online only.
Details and tickets →Free Nordic skiing and free rentals all day, so kids can try it without owning gear. Beginner classic and skate ski lessons, a snowshoe tour and a Utah Avalanche Center talk on backcountry safety.
Details and tickets →Two drop-off programs at the same time: kindergarten to 2nd graders dig for fossils in Dino Detectives, and 3rd to 5th graders crack codes and test fingerprints in Super Sleuths. Registration required.
Details and tickets →Torches and candles line the Lake Flat and Silver Lake trails for an evening ski or snowshoe, with fire pits, s'mores and hot chocolate. Classic skis, skate skis and snowshoes rent at the Nordic Center. Another Nordic Night is set for Saturday, January 23.
Details and tickets →A live orchestra plays Jeremy Zuckerman's score while scenes from all four seasons of the series run on a cinema-size screen. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Details and tickets →Drop-in dinosaur activities in the museum's Earth Lab, free with museum admission. Kids must come with an adult. The same night repeats Wednesday, January 27.
Details and tickets →The New Car Dealers of Utah's new car show, over the holiday weekend. Kids 12 and under get in free all four days.
Details and tickets →Utah Opera stages Rossini's comic version of the fairy tale, La Cenerentola, sung in Italian with English supertitles. Utah Opera rates it G and welcomes ages 5 and up.
Details and tickets →A dinosaur story time in the Our Backyard gallery, reading Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp. Free with museum admission.
Details and tickets →BYU's Ballroom Dance Company does a 90-minute family show with no intermission. Recommended for all ages, and your ArtTix ticket works as a UTA bus and TRAX pass that day.
Details and tickets →BYU's a cappella groups Vocal Point and Noteworthy sing new arrangements of familiar songs, voices only, with choreography. Recommended for all ages.
Details and tickets →Kids yoga with stories, games and breathing, for ages 3 to 10 with an adult, up to three kids per adult. Mats provided. Registration required.
Details and tickets →The Tony-winning musical about the Cuban singers behind the Buena Vista Social Club album. Recommended for ages 8 and up, and children under 5 are not admitted.
Details and tickets →A big mountain ski and snowboard competition on Eagle Ridge, near the top of the Powderhorn II lift. Free to watch.
Details and tickets →Violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony, who are married, join pianist Orli Shaham, Gil's sister, and her husband, conductor David Robertson, for double concertos and Sarasate duets. The symphony welcomes ages 5 and up.
Details and tickets →A long track World Cup stop at the Oval in Kearns. US Speedskating says Olympic gold medalists Jordan Stolz and Erin Jackson are expected to race. Tickets had not gone on sale when we checked on October 27.
Details and tickets →Pioneer Theatre Company stages the Mean Girls musical, with a book by Tina Fey, on the University of Utah campus. The theater recommends it for ages 12 and up for strong language and adult themes.
Details and tickets →Some of these have not posted 2027 dates yet. Where that is the case we say so and give last year's dates for reference.
The two Saturday games are Vancouver on January 2 and Boston on January 23. Detroit visits on January 13.
Source →G League basketball. The Saturday, January 23 and Sunday, January 31 games are afternoon tip-offs.
Source →Four Big 12 home games on campus, two of them on Saturdays.
Source →The Downtown Farmers Market's winter Saturdays, run by the Downtown Salt Lake City Alliance.
Source → The Best Farmers Markets in the Salt Lake Valley →The 2026 week had a march and rally, an Ailey II performance at Kingsbury Hall and a Saturday of service projects. The 2027 theme is Highlighting the Dream: When Hope Meets Action.
Source →An after-dark walk past holiday light displays on the zoo's paths, with s'mores and hot chocolate for sale. Most animal habitats are dark at night, so you see lights more than animals.
Source → Where to See Christmas Lights in the Salt Lake Valley →Both canyon roads dead-end in winter. UDOT's Cottonwood Canyons page posts closures, traction restrictions and road cameras, and the UTA ski bus runs up both canyons.
Source → Ski Resorts Near Salt Lake City →Salt Lake County's indoor rink in Murray Park. Our ice skating guide covers the Utah Olympic Oval, Acord Ice Center and the Gallivan Center.
Source → Where to Go Ice Skating in the Salt Lake Valley →Indoor galleries including Past Worlds, Gems & Minerals and Great Salt Lake. Our indoor kids guide lists the aquarium in Draper, Discovery Gateway and more.
Source → The Best Indoor Activities for Kids in the Salt Lake Valley →New dates get announced all month. We put the ones worth knowing in your inbox every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. Free.