Pioneer Day and Pie 'n' Beer Day events in Salt Lake
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Thursday is Pioneer Day and Pie 'n' Beer Day — Utah's time to party, with or without bonnets.
- Here's what's planned:
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.
⏳ 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.
