101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in the Salt Lake City Area - 2022
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
| Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2022 | Northern Utah Dickens Christmas Festival |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2022 | Candlelight Christmas - This Is the Place Heritage Park |
| Dec 7 - 10, 2022 | Holidays at the Homestead - Frontier Homestead State Park |
Holiday Races
| Nov 26, 2022 | Santa Run - Ogden City, Utah |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Santa 5k, 10k, & Half Marathon Run - Gardner Village |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Provo Santa Run 2022 - City of Provo, Utah |
Holiday Theatre
| Multiple dates starting Nov 10, 2022 | A White Christmas Story - Desert Star Playhouse |
| Nov 15, 2022 | A Merry Little Christmas Show - Ballet West Academy |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 17, 2022 | Barlow Ballet's Nutcracker at Covey Center for the Arts |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2022 | A Christmas Carol - Hale Centre Theatre, Sandy |
| Dec 1-3, 2022 | Amahl and The Night Visitors – The Grand Theatre |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 2, 2022 | A Christmas Story: The Musical - SCERA Center for the Arts - Orem, UT |
| Dec 3, 2022 | SCERA Youth Theatre’s CHRISTMAS SHOWCASE - SCERA Center for the Arts – Orem, UT |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 8, 2022 | It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - Covey Center for the Arts |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 10, 2022 | The Nutcracker - Presented by the Utah Metropolitan Ballet |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 16, 2022 | Five Carols – The Grand Theatre |
Holiday Concerts
| Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2022 | FM100 Holiday Concerts |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Lark & Spur Christmas Concert – The Grand Theatre |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Joshua Creek Christmas - Covey Center for the Arts |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Ryan Shupe Christmas - Covey Center for the Arts |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2022 | Christmas Carolers - University Place |
| Dec 2 & 3, 2022 | Christmas Around the World - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts |
| Dec 2 & 3, 2022 | A Covey Center Christmas - Covey Center for the Arts |
| Dec 2 & 3, 2022 | Celebration of Christmas - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts |
| Dec 3, 10, & 17, 2022 | Holiday Caroling & Community Performances |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 3, 2022 | Home for the Holidays - Gardner Village |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Tuba Christmas - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts |
| Dec 5, 12, & 19, 2022 | Winter Concert Series at Utah Cultural Celebration Center |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 9, 2022 | FM100.3 Christmas with Eclipse 6 |
Christmas Tree Experience
| Starting November 19 | The Kinlands, UT |
| Starting November 19 | Baum's Christmas Trees - Provo, Utah |
| Starting November 25 | Green Ridge Christmas Trees |
Ice Skating
| 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 | Gallivan Center |
| Year Round | Utah Olympic Oval |
| Year Round | County Ice Center |
Hanukkah
| Dec 4, 2022 | Hanukkah Market - IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| Nov 8 - 12, 2022 | Simple Treasures Holiday Boutique in Farmington |
| Nov 10 - 12, 2022 | Salt Lake's Family Christmas Gift Show |
| Nov 18 & 19, 2022 | Herriman Holiday Market |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Moonlight Madness Sale - Gardner Village |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Juniper Market Holiday Market |
| Nov 25 - 27, 2022 | Wheeler Holiday Market |
| Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2022 | Simple Treasures Holiday Boutique in Ogden |
| Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2022 | Northern Utah Dickens Christmas Festival |
| Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2022 | Christkindlmarkt - This Is the Place Heritage Park |
| Dec 2 & 3, 2022 | Holiday Open House at Ogden Nature Center |
| Dec 3 & 4, 2022 | The Silly Holiday Bazaar at The Shops at South Town |
| Dec 9 & 10, 2022 | Christmas Maker's Market - SCERA Center for the Arts - Orem, UT |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Holiday Market - Draper, UT |
New Year's Eve
| Dec 31, 2022 | New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade & Fireworks - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Noon Year's Eve Party - Boondocks Food & Fun - Kaysville |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2023 New Year's Eve Party - Boondocks Food & Fun - Kaysville |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Last Hurrah 2022! |
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!