Name: 2027 Summit for the Visual Arts
Start: 2027-03-25
End: 2027-03-26

A venue that presents an eclectic season of performing arts you won’t see anywhere else. Performances feature some of the world’s best musicians, dancers, and even acrobats. With shows that will entertain, amaze, and inspire – there is something for everyone on the Kingsbury stage.

Kingsbury Hall

We are your east-bench go to for eclectic American comfort food. Simple craft cuisine, 12 local craft beers and a huge assortment of local spirits. Come for the amazing food and stay for the creative desserts!

Thistle & Thyme

Wakara Bar is a great spot to watch the game and catch up with friends. There are flat screen TV's, an outdoor patio, local craft beers on tap, and a gourmet bar menu.

Wakara Bar

The Salt Lake City Arts Council celebrates and presents the arts year-round in a city that’s been designated as a “Top 25 Arts Destination.” The Arts Council produces such award-winning programs as the Twilight Concert Series, the Living Traditions Festival, visual arts exhibitions at the Finch Lane Gallery, and manages the public art program for the City of Salt Lake.

Salt Lake City Arts Council

Catch a University of Utah athletic event: football, men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, and much more.

University of Utah Athletics Dept.

Primary Children's Medical Center is owned and operated by Intermountain Healthcare, a charitable, community-owned, nonprofit health care organization based in Salt Lake. Primary Children's Medical Center serves the needs of children in the states of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Montana. The hospital is equipped to treat children with complex illness and injury and is recognized as one of the top children's hospitals in the United States.

Primary Children's Hospital

Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine combines excellence in teaching, research, and clinical expertise to train tomorrow's physicians for the rapidly changing world of medicine. With over 1,000 physicians and researchers, and 23 science departments.

Orthopedic Center, University of Utah Health Sports Medicine

The Utah Talons are one of the four original teams in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) – a professional softball league in the United States. The 2025 and 2026 AUSL Champions play at Dumke Family Softball Stadium on the University of Utah Campus right here in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2027 season begins in early June. [Enter for a chance to win 2 free tickets to the 2027 home opener.](https://web.witcontests.com/ausl/sweepstakes/win/utah-talons-opening-day-260808)

Utah Talons

The Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the University of Utah is equipped with 680 seats plus choir seating for 200 performers, a stage for over 80 musicians, matched pair of Hamburg Steinway D concert grand pianos, Lively-Fulcher pipe organ, and a moveable acoustic curtain for adjustment of hall reverberation time.

Libby Gardner Hall

**Red Butte Garden and Arboretum** is one of the largest botanical gardens in the Intermountain West, a regional center for plant-focused science education, conservation and research, and cultural enrichment. As part of a state arboretum that encompasses the University of Utah campus, the Garden cultivates an essential urban forestland of about 2,000 trees in 456 different taxa. Community-funded, the Garden is renowned for its diverse plant collections, themed gardens, and spectacular mountain setting, with almost 590,000 springtime blooming bulbs, award-winning horticulture-based educational programs, and an iconic outdoor summer concert series.

More info on the [Red Butte Garden website](https://redbuttegarden.org/).

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Red Butte Garden and Arboretum - Utah's Botanical Garden

Visit Salt Lake

Salt Lake is the place where the Wasatch mountain peaks frame city streets. Sure, Salt Lake's famed for our winter powder ([four legendary ski resorts](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/skiing-snowboarding/) just 30 minutes from downtown), but that's just one season's story. Summer brings families [hiking through wildflower meadows](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/outdoor-recreation/) before cooling off at a Jazz game or the Gateway fountains. Autumn paints our mountain canyons in gold, perfect for morning strolls that end at local coffee shops. Spring? That's when you might spot baby bison on Antelope Island before heading to the Eccles Theater for a Broadway show. Our soaring Wasatch Mountains rise dramatically from downtown Salt Lake, creating a place where every day offers both natural wonders and urban energy. And while we sit perfectly between the [national parks](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/outdoor-recreation/state-national-parks/) with Yellowstone's geysers and Utah's red rock country, the real magic happens right here, where everyone can [discover the history](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/plan-your-visit/about-salt-lake/) of the city as they find their own rhythm between mountain adventure and city life.

Sports Salt Lake

Through panels, presentations, break-out sessions, and networking, the summit seeks to develop actionable strategies that foster a healthy, sustainable future for Utah’s skilled artists while uniting and educating our community. The two-day summit, which will be held on the University of Utah campus, will start with breakfast each morning and include panels and featured speakers each day with a break for lunch. There will also be the option of a tour of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts on Friday afternoon. The full itinerary will be announced on December 1 and exact times are tbd.Our featured speakers will address a variety of topics that are broadly relevant to the current cultural climate and to how the visual arts can both mesh with and transform the space we find ourselves in. Our panelists, drawn from the local community, will address issues that are more specific to Utah and the Intermountain West. Summit highlights: March 25 | 7:30 PM An evening with award-winning multidisciplinary artist and cultural innovator, Cannupa Hanska Luger, at Kingsbury for Gardner lecture (Kingsbury Hall) March 26 | 5 PM Keynote address by Arlene Goldbard, a New Mexico-based writer, painter, consultant, and cultural activist who speaks to the importance of the arts in building a sense of community as well as to the value of the arts in a culturally connected world. Her books include Community, Culture, and Globalization (2002); New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development (2006); Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art (2012); and The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists, and the Future (2013).This calendar listing is brought to you by NowPlayingUtah.com, Utah's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Utah Cultural Alliance.

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