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Throughout Utah, the year’s biggest event is Pioneer Day on July 24, with parades and fireworks in almost every Utah community. It commemorates the day in 1847 when Brigham Young said of the Salt Lake Valley “This is the place.”
To most of the outside world, the biggest deal is January’s Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, when you can see the best independent films shoulder to shoulder with the actors, directors, and press . . .tickets are hard to score, but it’s possible. Likewise, be sure to book your room way in advance or be prepared for a long commute.
In June, the Utah Shakespeare Festival begins its summer-long run in Cedar City and, for a couple of weeks, little Manti becomes a hot spot with the performance of the Mormon Miracle Pageant.
July brings the Utah Festival Opera to Logan and, for six days in August, the Bonneville Salt Flats are the site of Speed Week, when vehicles ranging from motorcycles to diesel trucks “shoot the salt.”
© W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell from Moon Utah, 8th Edition
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