101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in the Salt Lake City Area 2024
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 4, 2024 | Holidays at the Homestead - Frontier Homestead State Park |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 4, 2024 | Northern Utah Dickens Christmas Festival |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 10, 2024 | Candlelight Christmas - This Is the Place Heritage Park |
Holiday Races
| Nov 30, 2024 | Santa Run - Ogden City, Utah |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Santa 5k, 10k, & Half Marathon Run - Gardner Village |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Provo Santa Run 2024 |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 2024 SoJo Santa Sprint |
Holiday Theatre
Holiday Concerts
Christmas Tree Experience
| Starting Nov 22, 2024 | The Kinlands, UT |
| Starting Nov 23, 2024 | Baum's Christmas Trees - Provo, Utah |
| Starting Nov 23, 2024 | Green Ridge Christmas Trees |
Ice Skating
| Starting Nov 15, 2024 | Gallivan Center |
| Starting Nov 15, 2024 | Millcreek Common |
| 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 |
Día de los Muertos
| Oct 26, 2024 | 6th Día de los Muertos Utah at the Union Station |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Día de Muertos - Thanksgiving Point |
| Multiple dates starting Oct 28, 2024 | Día de los Muertos - Millcreek Common |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Día de los Muertos at Myers Evergreen Memorial Park |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Día de los Muertos - Orem Library |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Día de los Muertos: Festival of Altars - Southern Utah Museum of Art |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Día de los Muertos - The Utah Cultural Celebration Center |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Día de los Muertos 5K - Tracy Aviary |
Diwali
| Nov 2, 2024 | Diwali Celebration at Salt Lake City Krishna Temple |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Diwali, Festival of Lights, SLC |
| Nov 16, 2024 | 22nd Annual Diwali Celebration - The City Library |
Hanukkah
| Nov 3, 2024 | Hanukkah Market - IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center |
| Dec 8, 2024 | Pre-Chanukah Workshop at Home Depot! |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Car Menorah Parade |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Candle Lighting with Mayor Mendenhall |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 25, 2024 | Hanukkah Candle Lighting - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort |
Kwanzaa
| Dec 26, 2024 | 2024 Hayti Legacy Kwanzaa Celebration |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
New Year's Eve
| Dec 31, 2024 | New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade & Fireworks - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Last Hurrah 2024! - The Gateway |
| Dec 31, 2024 | New Year's Eve at Canyons Village - Park City Mountain, Utah |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Noon Year's Eve - Loveland Living Planet Aquarium |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Baby's First New Year - The City Library |
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!