Join us for a joyful celebration of connection and growth at Red Butte Garden & Arboretum’s Blooming with Pride. Just like plants, this celebration is for everyone—because plants are for everyone. This event brings the Pride community and friends together in a shared space of creativity, reflection, and expression. Stroll through a living gallery of botanical art created by local artists, enjoy playful, hands-on activities designed to spark joy in guests of all ages, and explore the Garden on a self-guided tour that draws meaningful parallels between the resilience of plants and the strength of our shared history. Then, help create a collaborative community art piece—symbolizing what can blossom when we grow side by side. Whether you come to celebrate your own journey, support someone you love, or enjoy the beauty of the Garden, Blooming with Pride welcomes you. Join us for a day where joy blooms and nature reminds us that we all belong.

The 2025 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration & Black Owned Business Expo, a vibrant and powerful tribute to freedom, culture, and community. Hosted by Beloved Community, this all-day experience brings together Utah’s Black voices, businesses, artists, and families in a dynamic celebration of joy and resilience. From sunrise community gatherings to high-energy performances and soul-stirring showcases, the 5th Annual National Juneteenth Independence Day will be a space to reflect, connect, and celebrate our Nation's Newest Holiday.
Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Schedule of Events
Community Gathering: 10:00 am @ Utah State Capitol
Juneteenth Program: 10:30 am @ Utah State Capitol
Celebration Walk: 11:15 am to The Gateway
Celebration: Noon @ The Gateway
Black Owned Business Expo Black Art Gallery Entertainment Stage Roller Skating Kids Corner

Visit www.saltlakejuneteenth.org for more information.

The 2025 Utah Arts Festival celebrates creativity and community with world-class entertainment and interactive art experiences in downtown Salt Lake City from Thursday, June 19th through Sunday, June 22nd.
Headliners include jamgrass legends Leftover Salmon, pedal steel guitar virtuoso Robert Randolph, hip-hop icons Souls of Mischief, and Latin Grammy-nominated MV Caldera supported by local bands Theoretical Blonde, Sister Wives and many others! Utah’s largest outdoor multi-disciplinary arts event presents 170+ visual artists and 5 stages of music, dance, and literary arts performances.
What to know: Thursday, June 19, runs 5pm-11pm and features a $12 discount ticket for all adults with kids 12 and under free!
Friday, June 20, offers $12 ticket from noon to 3pm
Hours: Thursday (June 19) runs 5pm-11pm with Friday, Saturday and Sunday (June 20-22) run noon to 11pm
What not to miss: • Street theater, including graffiti stiltwalkers, contortionists, and living masterpieces roaming the Festival grounds • Live graffiti mural artists • Kids Art Yard celebrating “Frozen Spaces” with wooly mammoths, polar bears, and penguin sculptures with dozens of nonprofit arts orgs with hands-on projects for kids • Mini “Fear No Film” Festival featuring short independent film s in the Library Auditorium • Interactive art exhibits for all ages • Artist demonstrations and workshops Schedule and tickets at uaf.org.

Don't identify as an artist, but interested in bringing book arts into elementary or secondary classrooms? Join us for this two-day intensive with guest educator, Allison Chapman, and discover how book arts are inherently multi-disciplinary. No previous experience is necessary, but all skill levels are welcome to create both folded and sewn book structures. Emphasis is placed on age-appropriate tools and techniques so that all students are successful in creating books that are bound to be loved. Project samples incorporate science, social studies, English and math lessons and are designed with ease of preparation in min so that teachers and students can get to the fun part! Allison Chapman has been printing since she was young, taught by her grandfather in his hobby printshop. As a college student, she interned with Stan Nelson in the Graphic Arts Division of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. She then spent over a decade teaching at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, honing her letterpress craft, and running the K–12 outreach program. After inheriting her grandad's nineteenth-century platen press and collection of vintage images, metal type, Allison founded Igloo Letterpress in Minnesota in 1996. In 2008, she moved to Ohio and found a home in Old Worthington, where the one press grew to ten, outfitting a retail shop, print studio, bookbindery, and hub for creativity. Allison closed the retail shop in 2021, and Igloo is again a home-based business offering custom letterpress printing and hand bookbinding. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfr_rcIrw4JzivlNnVum8fA1tiGhMSLc2WyvGqOQUAJoT2Q0A/viewform