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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!

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Santa Sightings

Multiple dates starting Nov 4, 2023 Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops & Cabela's
Multiple dates starting Nov 18, 2023 Visit Santa in his Cottage - Outlets at Traverse Mountain
Multiple dates starting Nov 18, 2023 Photos With Santa - The Shops at South Town
Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2023 2023 North Pole Express - Heber Valley Historic Railroad
Nov 24, 2023 Santa's Grand Arrival at Station Park
Nov 24, 2023 Santa's Grand Arrival at University Place 
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 Festive Fridays on the Farm - Wheeler Historic Farm
Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2023 Santa at The Sugar House Santa Shack
Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2023 Visits with Santa - Station Park
Multiple dates starting Nov 27, 2023 Paws & Claus Mondays - Station Park
Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2023 Santa & Friends at University Place 
Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2023 Breakfast with Santa at Mill Plaza - Gardner Village
Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2023 Santa on Towne Center Drive – City of South Jordan, UT
Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2023 Christmas Festival - Hee Haw Farms
Dec 2, 2023 Donuts with Santa - The Shops at South Town
Dec 2 & 16, 2023 Breakfast with Santa - Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
Multiple dates starting Dec 2, 2023 Visits with Santa at Barker Park - North Ogden City
Multiple dates starting Dec 2, 2023 Breakfast with Santa - Thanksgiving Point
Dec 4, 2023 Photos with Santa - Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary
Dec 4 - 8, 2023 Quiet Santa 2023 - University Place
Dec 5, 12, & 19, 2023 Pet Photos with Santa - The Shops at South Town
Dec 9, 2023 Breakfast with Santa at Ogden Union Station
Dec 9 & 10, 2023 Santa Breakfasts at Twigs Bistro
Dec 16, 2023 Cookies with Canines at Wheeler Historic Farm
Dec 16, 2023 2023 SoJo Santa Sprint
Dec 24, 2023 Santa's Christmas Eve Parade & Fireworks - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

 

Light Displays

Nov 13, 2023 Orchard Lighting Event at University Place
Multiple dates starting Nov 13, 2023 Christmas Lights in The Orchard at University Place
Multiple dates starting Nov 16, 2023 Luminaria: Experience the Light - Thanksgiving Point
Nov 17, 2023 Lighting of Riverwoods 2023
Nov 18, 2023 Tree Lighting and Concert – Outlets at Traverse Mountain
Nov 18, 2023 Lights On! Holiday Lighting Event- The Gateway
Multiple dates starting Nov 18, 2023 2023 Christmas in Color (South Jordan, UT)
Nov 24, 2023 Lights On Celebration! - The Gallivan Center
Nov 24, 2023 2023 Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony & Fireworks - Park City Mountain Resort, Utah
Nov 25, 2023 Holiday Electric Light Parade - Ogden City, UT
Nov 25, 2023 Christmas Village - Ogden City, Utah
Nov 27, 2023

Tree Lighting Ceremony - Draper City, Utah

Nov 27, 2023 Herriman Night of Lights
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2023 2023 Festival of Trees at Mountain America Expo Center
Dec 1, 2023 Light the Night – City of South Jordan, UT
Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2023 ZOOLIGHTS! At Utah's Hogle Zoo
Dec 16, 2023 Holiday Luminary - Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary

 

Old-Time Christmas

Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2023 Northern Utah Dickens Christmas Festival
Dec 6 - 9, 2023 Holidays at the Homestead - Frontier Homestead State Park
Multiple dates starting Dec 7, 2023 Candlelight Christmas - This Is the Place Heritage Park

 

Holiday Races

Nov 25, 2023 Santa Run - Ogden City, Utah
Dec 2, 2023 Santa 5k, 10k, & Half Marathon Run - Gardner Village
Dec 2, 2023 Provo Santa Run 2023 - City of Provo, Utah
Dec 16, 2023 2023 SoJo Santa Sprint

 

Holiday Theatre

Nov 7 - 9, 2023 The Nutcracker - Central Utah Ballet and Chrysalis
Multiple dates starting Nov 8, 2023 Elf: the Musical - Hale Centre Theatre, Sandy
Multiple dates starting Nov 9, 2023 Miracle on 42nd Street - Desert Start Playhouse
Multiple dates starting Nov 18, 2023 The Snow Maiden - Ballet West Academy
Multiple dates starting Nov 20, 2023 A Christmas Carol - Ogden Musical Theatre
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 A Christmas Carol - Hale Centre Theatre, Sandy
Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2023 Star of Wonder: A New Christmas Musical - Thanksgiving Point
Nov 28, 2023 Christmas in Killarney: An Irish Christmas Celebration - Covey Center for the Arts
Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2023 Amahl and The Night Visitors – The Grand Theatre
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2023 Julie Moffitt's Ballet School Presents: The Nutcracker
Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2023 A Christmas Story: The Musical - SCERA Center for the Arts - Orem, UT
Multiple dates starting Dec 2, 2023 Gnome Hunt - City of South Jordan, UT
Multiple dates starting Dec 7, 2023 Marley's Christmas Carol - Covey Center for the Arts
Dec 8 & 9, 2023 I Believe in Christmas: A North Pole Musical - The Grand Theatre
Multiple dates starting Dec 8, 2023 Imagine Ballet Theatre Presents: The Nutcracker
Dec 13, 2023 Imagine Ballet Theatre Presents: Jazzy Nutcracker
Multiple dates starting Dec 14, 2023 The Nutcracker - Presented by the Utah Metropolitan Ballet
Dec 16, 2023 The Forgotten Carols Musical - Cottonwood High School

 

Holiday Concerts

Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 FM100 Holiday Concerts
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2023 Christmas Carolers - University Place
Nov 30, 2023 Jazz Voices: A Swingin' Christmas - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts
Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2023 Home for the Holidays - Gardner Village
Dec 1 & 2, 2023 Christmas Around the World - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts
Dec 1 & 2, 2023 A Covey Center Christmas - Covey Center for the Arts
Dec 8 & 9, 2023 Celebration of Christmas - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts
Dec 9, 2023 A Caroling We Will Go - Utah Philharmonic Orchestra
Dec 9, 2023 Joshua Creek Christmas - Bumbleberry Theater
Dec 9, 2023 Tuba Christmas - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts
Dec 11, 2023 Ryan Shupe Christmas - UCCU Center
Dec 12 - 15, 2023 Eclipse 6 - The Grand Theatre
Dec 13, 2023 BRAVO! Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band: Christmas Bells Are Swingin’!
Dec 14, 2023 Jazz Ensemble: Christmastime Jazz! - Brigham Young (BYU) Arts
Dec 16, 2023 A Juniper City Christmas - Bumbleberry Theater
Dec 18 - 20, 2023 Caleb Chapman's CRESCENT CHRISTMAS - SCERA Center for the Arts
Dec 19, 2023 Joshua Creek Christmas - Valentine Theater
Dec 22, 2023 Peter Breinholt Christmas Concert - Covey Center for the Arts
Dec 23, 2023 Messiah Sing and Play Along - Covey Center for the Arts

 

Christmas Tree Experience

Starting Nov 18, 2023 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 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 Christkindlmarkt - This Is the Place Heritage Park
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

Multiple dates starting Nov 1, 2023 Parr's Mini Golf Alpine Wonderland
Nov 10, 2023 Peery's Egyptian Classic Movies Series: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Multiple dates starting Nov 13, 2023 A Who's Holiday Escape Room - Gardner Village
Multiple dates starting Nov 14, 2023 Toys for Tots - Station Park
Nov 18 & Dec 8, 2023 Wild Wreath Workshop - The Kinlands
Multiple dates starting Nov 18, 2023 Elf Displays & Elf Scavenger Hunt - Gardner Village
Multiple dates starting Nov 18, 2023 Grand Gingerbread Village at the Outlets at Traverse Mountain
Multiple dates starting Nov 20, 2023 6th Annual Gingerbread House Competition - University Place
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 Festival of the Seas - Loveland Living Aquarium
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 United Way Giving Tree - University Place
Nov 25, 2023 Polar Express: Presented by the Egyptian Theater Foundation
Nov 25, 2023 Clara's Tea Party - Utah Metropolitan Ballet
Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2023 2023 Gingerbread House Contest Display - City of South Jordan
Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2023 Candy Windows – City of South Jordan, UT
Dec 1 & 2, 2023 Polar Express - The Gateway
Multiple dates starting Dec 4, 2023 Herriman Yeti Hunt 2023
Dec 8, 2023 Live Nativity - University Place 
Multiple dates starting Dec 9, 2023 Holiday Sleigh Rides on the Farm - American West Heritage Center
Multiple dates starting Dec 11, 2023 Candy Cane Hunt - City of Draper, UT
Dec 12, 2023 Scrooge – SCERA Center for the Arts – Orem, UT
Dec 14 & 16, 2023 Craveworks Christmas Sugar Cookie Decorating Class
Dec 15 & 16, 2023 Jingle Jangle Jubilee - City of Lehi, UT
Dec 19, 2023 The Christmas Candle – SCERA Center for the Arts – Orem, UT
Dec 21, 2023 Peery's Egyptian Classic Movie Series: The Grinch
Dec 22, 2023 Peery's Egyptian Classic Movie Series: Die Hard
Dec 27, 2023 Kid's Torchlight Parade - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Dec 27 & 28, 2023 The Johnson Files Improv show: An Improvised Christmas

 


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 postClick here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!


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