101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in the Salt Lake City Area - 2023
KidsOutAndAbout is Salt Lake City's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families! The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!
If we're missing an activity that should be on our list, please email Mindy Mangan at mindy@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!
Below are items that have been posted to our calendar. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!
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Santa Sightings
Light Displays
Old-Time Christmas
| Multiple dates starting Dec 10, 2024 | Candlelight Christmas - This Is the Place Heritage Park |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2023 | Northern Utah Dickens Christmas Festival |
| Dec 6 - 9, 2023 | Holidays at the Homestead - Frontier Homestead State Park |
Holiday Races
| Dec 7, 2024 | Santa 5k, 10k, & Half Marathon Run - Gardner Village |
| Nov 25, 2023 | Santa Run - Ogden City, Utah |
| Dec 2, 2023 | Provo Santa Run 2023 - City of Provo, Utah |
| Dec 16, 2023 | 2023 SoJo Santa Sprint |
Holiday Theatre
Holiday Concerts
Christmas Tree Experience
| Starting Nov 22, 2024 | The Kinlands, UT |
| Starting Nov 18, 2023 | Baum's Christmas Trees - Provo, Utah |
| Starting Nov 26, 2023 | Green Ridge Christmas Trees |
Ice Skating
| Starting Nov 15, 2023 | Gallivan Center |
| Year Round | Peaks Ice Arena |
| Year Round | The Ice Sheet |
| Year Round | South Davis Recreation Center |
| Year Round | Acord Ice Center |
| Year Round | Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center - Ice Arena |
| Year Round | Utah Olympic Oval |
| Year Round | County Ice Center |
Hanukkah
| Nov 12, 2023 | Hanukkah Market - IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center |
| Dec 8 - 15, 2023 | Hanukkah Candle Lighting - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Captain Create: December Holidays - Food, Fun, and Reading |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| Nov 23, 2024 | Creator's Collective SLC Holiday Market |
| Dec 4 - 7, 2024 | Christkindlmarkt - This Is the Place Heritage Park |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Creator's Collective Lindon Holiday Market |
| Nov 7 - 11, 2023 | Simple Treasures Holiday Boutique in Farmington |
| Nov 9 - 11, 2023 | Salt Lake's Family Christmas Gift Show |
| Nov 17 & 18, 2023 | Herriman Holiday Market |
| Nov 18, 2023 | Moonlight Madness Sale - Gardner Village |
| Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2023 | Simple Treasures Holiday Boutique in Ogden |
| Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2023 | Northern Utah Dickens Christmas Festival |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Winter Market - City of South Jordan, UT |
| Dec 1 & 2, 2023 | The Nest Holiday Open House & Local Artisan Fair at Ogden Nature Center |
| Dec 2 & 3, 2023 | The Silly Holiday Bazaar at The Shops at South Town |
| Dec 8 & 9, 2023 | Holiday Market - Draper, UT |
| Dec 8 & 9, 2023 | Christmas Maker's Market - SCERA Center for the Arts - Orem, UT |
| Dec 8 - 10, 2023 | The Silly Holiday Bazaar at The Shops at The Yarrow - Park City, UT |
New Year's Eve
| Dec 31, 2023 | New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade & Fireworks - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort |
| Dec 31, 2023 | Last Hurrah 2023! - The Gateway |
Miscellaneous
Below are items that have been posted to our calendar. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!