What to do in Salt Lake City in December 2026

106 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Busiest venues: Kilby Court, The Complex, Metro Music Hall.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Mar 20

Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing No. 309

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 2

Rick Silva: Dirt Nap

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

For the Future: Collecting at the UMFA 2001–2026

Utah Museum of Fine Arts · University of Utah
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 31

Laura Sharp Wilson: Creative Currency

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 2

Madeline Rupard: 2002 Subaru Forester

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jun 5

Time, Truth, and Other Immeasurables

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 27

Artists Against the Bomb

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jun 6

salt 18: Amor Muñoz

Utah Museum of Fine Arts · University of Utah
- Visual arts
Music
6 PM

Catie Turner

Catie Turner · +Special Guests Kiss Bang

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Imminence - Axis Mundi Tour: North America 2026

The Union Event Center · Downtown (Capitol Hill edge)
- Music
Music
7 PM

Jenny Oaks Baker

Eccles Theater · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Ladrones

Ladrones · "Arriba La L" USA 2026 Tour · Empty Shell Casing

Urban Lounge · East Downtown
- Music
Tickets
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Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Music
6 PM

Wishy

Wishy · Nature's Pill Tour · the Umbrellas

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Chase Petra

Chase Petra · Jer · Leisure Hour

Metro Music Hall · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Frost Children

The Depot · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

HARBOUR

Urban Lounge · East Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Fretliners

The State Room · Downtown (South State)
- Music
Tickets

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Music
5 PM

Whitechapel - 20th Anniversary Tour

The Union Event Center · Downtown (Capitol Hill edge)
- Music
Nights out
6 PM

2026 Thursday Night Line Dancing @ The Depot

The Depot · Downtown (Depot District)
- Nights out
- Dance
- Line dancing
Music
6 PM

FATHER OF PEACE

Father of Peace · www.fatherofpeace.world

Metro Music Hall · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Every Single Time

Every Single Time · Sorrow For Virtue · Dreadful Beth · Holey Hands

The DLC at Quarters · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Maximum Unlimited

Urban Lounge · East Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Daddy the Clown's Hideous Display of Narcissism

Daddy the Clown's Hideous Display of Narcissism · DJ sets by Puke · Lady Façade and Daddy the Clown

International Bar · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
until Dec 5

Kurt Bestor Christmas

Eccles Theater · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
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Friday, December 4, 2026

Music
5 PM

Yaelokre

Yaelokre · Ben Caplan

Soundwell · Downtown (Gateway area)
- Music
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Thoughts on Bowling

Thoughts on Bowling · Softly · HummusVacuum · MooseCreek Park

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

AJ McLean

AJ McLean · DJ Gab Wright · Matt Bloyd

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
9 PM

Virtual Riot & Blanke

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
until Dec 5

Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony

Abravanel Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 19

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Pioneer Theatre Company · University of Utah
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 29

The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!

Salt Lake Acting Company · Marmalade
- Theatre
Tickets

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Music
6 PM

A Drag Queen Christmas - Meet & Greet

Kingsbury Hall · University of Utah
- Music
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Amelia McLelland Band

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Matt Hansen - The Orchid Tour

The Depot · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Suicide Silence: REMINDERS OF HELL TOUR

Suicide Silence · Emmure · AngelMaker

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

TINY HABITS

TINY HABITS · The Keepers Tour · Marie Dresselhuis

Metro Music Hall · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
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Music
7 PM

Willi Carlisle

Willi Carlisle · The Universal Bubba Tour · Amelia Day

Urban Lounge · East Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

A Drag Queen Christmas

Kingsbury Hall · University of Utah
- Music
Tickets
Music
9 PM

JSTJR

JSTJR · Ionic · 54die

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Dance
until Dec 26

Ballet West's The Nutcracker

Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre · Downtown
- Dance
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Oliver Hazard

The State Room · Downtown (South State)
- Music
Tickets

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Music
7 PM

In the Christmas Mood with the Glenn Miller Orchestra

Kingsbury Hall · University of Utah
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD

Metro Music Hall · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

the olllam

The State Room · Downtown (South State)
- Music
Tickets

Monday, December 7, 2026

Music
until Dec 9

Fall on Your Knees: 20th Anniversary Christmas Celebration

Abravanel Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

Music
8 PM

Night Lovell

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 19

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Eccles Theater · Downtown
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers

The State Room · Downtown (South State)
- Music
Tickets

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Music
6 PM

Wicked Bears

Wicked Bears · Victory Lungs · Glue Coast

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
6:30 PM

DragonForce: Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary

The Depot · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Guilt Trip

Guilt Trip · Gates To Hell · Mauled

Metro Music Hall · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Trippie Redd

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets

Thursday, December 10, 2026

Music
6 PM

Josie Edwards

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

The Kilans

The Kilans · COULD YOU KEEP IT DARK? TOUR · Jade Street

Metro Music Hall · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

3BallMTY

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets
Dance
until Dec 11

Synthesis

Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center · Taylorsville
- Dance
Tickets
Music
until Dec 12

The Lower Lights Christmas Concerts

Kingsbury Hall · University of Utah
- Music
Tickets

Friday, December 11, 2026

Comedy
6 PM

T.J. Miller

Wiseguys Comedy Club (The Gateway) · Downtown (The Gateway)
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Alison's Halo

Alison's Halo · Cathedral Bells

Kilby Court · Downtown (Granary District)
- Music
Tickets
Music
9 PM

BARELY ALIVE

BARELY ALIVE · Smoakland

The Complex · Downtown (Depot District)
- Music
Tickets

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