June 2, 2012- Utah Lake Festival, Utah Lake Marina
- Celebrate Utah Lake with free food (hot dogs and popcorn), crafts for kids, boat rides, sailboat regatta, and hay rides. Since it is also free fishing day in the state (no licenses required on June 2), there will be instructions on fishing with local experts, as well a free use of fishing poles and bait to try your hand at fishing in Utah Lake. The fun starts at 10 a.m. and goes until 2 p.m.
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2-9, 2012- Springville Art City Days, Springville
- This week long festival celebrating the place that art plays in Springville has a little something for everyone. Most are free to the public. Parades, fireworks, hot air balloon festival, talent shows, hot dog eating contests, and of course art festivals. Check the website for a day by day, detailed schedule of events. Don't miss this event voted two years in a row as "Best of Utah County."
- Head down to Saratoga Springs to have enjoy this celebration that includes water fights (with the fire department using fire hoses), dances, monster truck rides (small fee), a pie eating contest, talent competition, and a free concert with Moosebutter.
- This festival is held at Thanksgiving Point, just off I-15 in Lehi. Admission to this event is $15, but kids 11 years old and under is free. There are all sorts of events based on Scottish culture including athletic events, piping and drumming, and things for the kids.
- Held at Orem City Center Park, Summerfest includes an art festival, carnival rides, parades and fireworks. And don't miss the car show and a chance to see the Air Med helicopter up close. The Rotary Club will be serving breakfast on June 9th at 8 a.m. for $2/person or $10/family.
- Come to The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake to see some amazing chalk art drawing by both children and adults. There are some truly incredible artists and you will be blown away.
- This is a family oriented festival in Cedar Hills that includes a movie in the park one evening and a concert in the park the next evening. There is also a parade, children's games and buried treasure, and capping it all off, fireworks! There are ticket purchases required for some events, such as for the Swim Night and Dinner at the Park.
- In Pleasant Grove there will be concerts in the park, free family swim, a carnival (costs extra), tours of the Pioneer Museum, a "mammoth" parade, fireworks and more. This is also the venue for the PRCA Strawberry Days Rodeo (tickets required).
- Celebrating West Valley City's diversity, Westfest features a parade, multicultural entertainment, a reptile show, the National Guard climbing wall, a West Valley Police K-9 demonstration, concerts and fireworks! Held at Centennial Park, this a fun festival that grows each year.
- Movies nights in the park, a real live cattle drive down Main Street with Longhorns, Cowboy Poetry ($5 tickets), 1/2 price swim day, arts in the park, parades (yes, two of them), and a dirt dance at the rodeo grounds.
- I'll admit, since Taylorsville is my hometown, I'm a bit biased towards this festival, but I'm amazed at how it's grown and gotten bigger and better every year. The Utah Symphony will be performing a patriotic concert on Thursday, June 28th and finish it off by playing the 1812 Overture, complete with cannons being fired by the Wasatch Cannoneers. On Friday, June 29th, the Surf City Allstars will be performing with great summertime music. On Saturday, June 30th, Jay White, a Neil Diamond impersonator will be making his third appearance at Taylorville Dayzz. The last time he performed, nearly 30,000 people were in the park to listen. Those people also came to see Saturday night's fireworks show. It is synced to music and has become one of the best free firework shows in the state. Don't forget the Saturday morning parade, the car show and burnout competition, the petting zoo, and the carnival (tickets cost extra for the rides and petting zoo).
