Pioneer Day and Pie 'n' Beer Day events in Salt Lake

Pioneer Day

🤠 Days of '47 Rodeo: 5pm Tuesday-Saturday, Utah State Fairpark. Drone show and fireworks nightly.

• Tickets start at $22, but there's live music, animals and other pioneer festivities in the free Frontier Fun Zone.

🏃‍♀️ Marathon: Runners start in Emigration Canyon at 5:30am Thursday and follow the parade route, with shorter races beginning later.

• Registration costs vary by race — or cheer from the curb for free.

🪅 Parade: 9am Thursday, South Temple and State to Liberty Park.

• Go deeper: A photo history of Utah's impressive and bizarre Pioneer Day floats

⏳ This is the Place: Historical reenactments and old-timey entertainment start at 10:30am Thursday.

• Tickets: $16.95 for kids, $22.95 for adults. Some discounts available.

💡 SLC drone show: 10pm Thursday, Liberty Park

Pie 'n' Beer Day

🥧 The official festival pairs 21 breweries with 21 bakeries from 2-9pm Thursday at the old Smith's Ballpark.

• Admission: $5, free for kids 12 and younger. $30 "Pie pass" covers six pairings. Root beer and ginger ale available, along with non-pie food trucks onsite.

🍻 Many bars and breweries are hosting their own parties Thursday, including:

• Chappell Brewing's festival
• Second Summit Hard Cider's drink-in-hand pickleball tourney
• 2 Row
• Crossroads
• Flanker
• The Bruce
• Canyons Edge Pub

🥤 Pie and Root Beer Day: Free pie and root beer floats with cornhole and line dancing.

• 6-9pm Thursday, Millcreek Common

🤣 Pie-N-Beer Day Comedy Extravaganza: Pies, drinks and standup, 7pm Thursday, the Clubhouse.

• Tickets start at $24.21

⁈ Utah-themed bar trivia: Show how well you know your state at three games Thursday.

• 7pm, Boomerangs
• 7:30pm, Fiddler's and Bar à Vin

Wait, there's more

🪶 Uniting Communities Powwow: Free admission, noon-5pm Thursday, Liberty Park

🎡 Butlerville Days: A carnival and food trucks kick off Cottonwood Heights' annual three-day festival at 4pm Thursday at Butler Park.