Feb 19, 2026 - Things to Do

SLC weekend events: Anime, Spring Festival and 37 bands at once

Erin Alberty

Illustration of a cassette tape with the tape unspooling to spell weekend. — Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

There's lots to do this weekend in SLC.

Here are some of the hoe downs and hootenannies that look especially fun.

🐴 Lunar New Year: We're still ringing in the Year of the Horse, with lion dances, lanterns, games, calligraphy and tasty treats 7-9pm Saturday at Millcreek Common. Free

Pregame at the Anderson-Foothill library with storytelling, crafts and a dragon parade 2-4:30pm the same day.

💥 Isekai Anime Con: Don your most elaborate cosplay and learn to voice act with the best Friday-Sunday at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy. Tickets

🏳️‍🌈 SLUG birthday party: Celebrate the magazine's 37th anniversary with 37 bands playing one song each starting 8pm Saturday at Metro Music Hall. Tickets

👞 Salt City Stomp: Iron your zoot suit and pin your victory curls for a weekend of swing dancing competitions and workshops, Friday-Sunday at the Fairpark. Tickets

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SLC weekend events: Anime, Spring Festival and 37 bands at once

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