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No Kings rallies planned across Utah

From Logan to Kanab, marches are scheduled throughout the state on Saturday.

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Rallies are planned around Utah during Saturday&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="No Kings nationwide day of protest" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/01/29/utah-protest-legal-rights" data-vars-content-id="cdfd26a1-871a-4c93-aad6-50bbc444b582" data-vars-headline="No Kings rallies planned across Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/01/29/utah-protest-legal-rights" target="_self">No Kings nationwide day of protest</a>.Why it matters: Political groups in Utah have leveraged the anti-Trump demonstrations to organize progressive residents <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="even in counties" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/10/21/no-kings-protests-rural-utah-trump-democrats" data-vars-content-id="cdfd26a1-871a-4c93-aad6-50bbc444b582" data-vars-headline="No Kings rallies planned across Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/10/21/no-kings-protests-rural-utah-trump-democrats" target="_self">even in counties</a> where Republicans have won by double-digit margins for years.

Five new restaurants opening in Salt Lake County

A wave of new restaurants are opening in Salt Lake County this spring, from a

A wave of new restaurants are opening in Salt Lake County this spring.<ul><li>Here are the openings we&#x27;re most excited about.</li></ul>

HOAs gain ground in Utah

Utah has one of the highest rates of home listings with HOA dues, data shows.

Utah has one of the highest rates in the nation of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="home listings with HOA dues" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/12/salt-lake-hoa-fees-home-listings" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/12/salt-lake-hoa-fees-home-listings" target="_self">home listings with HOA dues</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Realtor.com" data-vars-click-url="https://www.realtor.com/research/homeowners-associations-2025" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.realtor.com/research/homeowners-associations-2025" target="_blank">Realtor.com</a> data shows.Why it matters: Those dues are also rising, adding to housing costs just as prices <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="stabilize" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" target="_blank">stabilize</a> in Utah&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cooling market" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" data-vars-content-id="e3b03571-531e-4e41-82f8-b7b03aed5775" data-vars-headline="HOAs gain ground in Utah" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kuer.org/business-economy/2026-01-07/utahs-housing-market-is-expected-to-be-running-in-place-in-2026" target="_blank">cooling market</a>.

Utah's anti-gerrymandering law survives GOP's repeal push

Too many voters removed their signatures from the petition to put the proposal on the ballot.

Utahns won&#x27;t vote on a measure that would effectively legalize gerrymandering, now that thousands of people have <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="removed their signatures" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/03/23/utah-gerrymandering-ballot-measure-prop-4-signatures" data-vars-content-id="10d37688-9cb0-4579-a490-32256081e0f7" data-vars-headline="Utah&#x27;s anti-gerrymandering law survives GOP&#x27;s repeal push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/03/23/utah-gerrymandering-ballot-measure-prop-4-signatures" target="_self">removed their signatures</a> from the petition to include it in November&#x27;s election.Why it matters: That ballot measure was the most direct way for the GOP to undo Utah&#x27;s new congressional map, which <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="created a Democratic-leaning district" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/11/13/utah-democrats-congressional-district-map-mcadams-riebe" data-vars-content-id="10d37688-9cb0-4579-a490-32256081e0f7" data-vars-headline="Utah&#x27;s anti-gerrymandering law survives GOP&#x27;s repeal push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/11/13/utah-democrats-congressional-district-map-mcadams-riebe" target="_self">created a Democratic-leaning district</a>.

When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico

The tales of theocratic conquest grew tall as New Mexico sought statehood.

<figure><img alt="An old newspaper headline reads: &quot;THE KINGDOM OF MORMON!&quot; || The Real Purpose of the New Mexico State Bill. || A Prospective Exodus of Mormons from Utah to New Mexico --- A Colossal Job, with Millions in It." height="625" id="cdb9bc3f-93c0-44f0-b3a0-8a1f05e1e850" src="https://images.axios.com/XoqgtvBi2UKr2jQ5Uf122KtYxgc=/2026/03/31/1774989443044.jpg" width="1023"/><figcaption>A front page headline from the New York Sun, April 1, 1876. Image via <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New York Historic Newspapers" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&amp;d=sun18760401-01.1.1" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&amp;d=sun18760401-01.1.1" target="_blank">New York Historic Newspapers</a></figcaption></figure>A century and a half ago, a scantily sourced news report claimed Latter-day Saints planned to convert New Mexico into a religious empire, leading the faithful in Salt Lake to cry &quot;April Fools.&quot;<ul><li>This is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Old News" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/07/01/utah-history-story-collection-old-news-powell-bundy-olympics" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/07/01/utah-history-story-collection-old-news-powell-bundy-olympics" target="_self">Old News</a>, where we try to separate historic fact from fiction.</li></ul>The big picture: Congress was debating statehood for New Mexico in 1876 when an April 1 report in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New York Sun alleged" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&amp;d=sun18760401-01.1.1&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&amp;d=sun18760401-01.1.1&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------" target="_blank">New York Sun alleged</a> that:<ul><li>The territorial governor there was secretly a well-connected Latter-day Saint who was pushing for massive land sales to the church and for statehood at the church&#x27;s behest.</li><li>Brigham Young had suddenly ordered all Mormon men to learn Spanish.</li><li>Once admitted to the union, New Mexico would be devoured by a polygamous swarm and transform into a theocracy.</li></ul>Reality check: New Mexico was <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="heavily Catholic" data-vars-click-url="https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft72900812&amp;chunk.id=d0e1869&amp;toc.depth=1&amp;toc.id=d0e199&amp;brand=ucpress#:~:text=Two%20changes%20in%20the%20pattern,sited%20in%20the%20center%20of" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft72900812&amp;chunk.id=d0e1869&amp;toc.depth=1&amp;toc.id=d0e199&amp;brand=ucpress#:~:text=Two%20changes%20in%20the%20pattern,sited%20in%20the%20center%20of" target="_blank">heavily Catholic</a>, it <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="didn&#x27;t become a state" data-vars-click-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXAFwNWkYY" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXAFwNWkYY" target="_blank">didn&#x27;t become a state</a> for decades and its present LDS population <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hovers around 1%" data-vars-click-url="https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-mexico/" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-mexico/" target="_blank">hovers around 1%</a>.Still, the story was a sensation in SLC.<ul><li>Church-aligned publications <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pointed" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23765018" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23765018" target="_blank">pointed</a> to the date and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="said" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=11687843&amp;hl=%22april%20fool%22" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=11687843&amp;hl=%22april%20fool%22" target="_blank">said</a> the &quot;correspondent&quot; had been <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pranked" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23764828" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23764828" target="_blank">pranked</a>.</li><li>The church-critical press <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="defended" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=29671734" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=29671734" target="_blank">defended</a> the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="report" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=29671737" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=29671737" target="_blank">report</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="warned" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=12973598" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=12973598" target="_blank">warned</a> the nation to be wary of Young&#x27;s power grabs.</li></ul>Context: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Deadly persecution" data-vars-click-url="https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/mormon.asp" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/mormon.asp" target="_blank">Deadly persecution</a> existed in living memory for many Latter-day Saints, and anti-Mormon <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hysteria" data-vars-click-url="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/6/article/506313/pdf#:~:text=In%20doing%20so%2C%20Fluhman%20argues,and%20American%20religion%20broadly%20conceived." data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/6/article/506313/pdf#:~:text=In%20doing%20so%2C%20Fluhman%20argues,and%20American%20religion%20broadly%20conceived." target="_blank">hysteria</a> was <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="rampant" data-vars-click-url="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/rac.2012.22.2.163" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/rac.2012.22.2.163" target="_blank">rampant</a>.<ul><li>Meanwhile, much of the country viewed Young as a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="powerful and ambitious theocrat" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/federal-authority-versus-polygamic-theocracy-james-b-mckean-and-the-mormons-1870-1875/" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/federal-authority-versus-polygamic-theocracy-james-b-mckean-and-the-mormons-1870-1875/" target="_blank">powerful and ambitious theocrat</a>.</li></ul>Zoom out: The national media ran with the story — all the way to fantasyland.In May, the San Francisco Chronicle <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="reported" data-vars-click-url="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1236450045/" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1236450045/" target="_blank">reported</a> that Young had picked New Mexico as the saints&#x27; new Zion because his &quot;prophetic eye&quot; had divined that the Great Salt Lake would soon spill its shores and submerge SLC.<ul><li>A week later, the Detroit Free Press &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="transcribed" data-vars-click-url="https://freep.newspapers.com/image/1048532765" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://freep.newspapers.com/image/1048532765" target="_blank">transcribed</a>&quot; an interview in which Young himself purportedly said that after five years, the &quot;Salt Lake Valley will be one vast ocean and Salt Lake City a city in the ocean.&quot;</li></ul>The intrigue: This theory was based on a claim that salt deposits would soon clog a rumored underground outlet for the lake&#x27;s water — <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="which itself became a nationwide April Fool&#x27;s joke" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/04/01/april-fool-fake-news-great-salt-lake-outlet" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/04/01/april-fool-fake-news-great-salt-lake-outlet" target="_self">which itself became a nationwide April Fool&#x27;s joke</a>.What they said: The Salt Lake Herald tried to deflect the gossip, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="claiming" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=11697655" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=11697655" target="_blank">claiming</a> in jest that Satan had actually told the Mormons to build 50,000 hot air balloons to fly to the North Pole, where they would find the 10 lost tribes of Israel.The other side: The church&#x27;s defenders <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="downplayed" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2622359" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2622359" target="_blank">downplayed</a> its efforts to expand, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="including" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23764983" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23764983" target="_blank">including</a> in New Mexico, more forcefully than was ultimately <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="accurate" data-vars-click-url="https://collections.lib.utah.edu/dl_files/93/ec/93ec8d09a6a5fac089ee40ce62b88d6197d7c0a1.pdf" data-vars-content-id="7e1fda95-0199-48d9-90b7-90080609f201" data-vars-headline="When the national media claimed Mormons would take over New Mexico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://collections.lib.utah.edu/dl_files/93/ec/93ec8d09a6a5fac089ee40ce62b88d6197d7c0a1.pdf" target="_blank">accurate</a>.<ul><li>Yes, but: That narrative was less absurd than the one much of the national media was peddling.</li></ul>The bottom line: Even on April Fool&#x27;s Day, people will believe what they want.

Easter Egg hunts in and around Salt Lake

The bunny is hiding treats all around the valley.

Egg hunts and other Easter events are afoot this weekend around the Salt Lake Valley.<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="West Valley City" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wvc-ut.gov/1155/Easter-Events" data-vars-content-id="f8bb47f8-f15d-4d7d-a48a-64aa55d4fa71" data-vars-headline="Easter Egg hunts in and around Salt Lake" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wvc-ut.gov/1155/Easter-Events" target="_blank">West Valley City</a>: Multiple egg hunts — including for adults — and other activities Friday and Saturday at Centennial Park and the Family Fitness Center. Admission varies

Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy's and more

Misfortune and luck converge this weekend as Friday the 13th gives way to Utah&#x27;s St. Patrick&#x27;s Day celebrations.Friday the 13th: Haunted attractions like <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fear Factory" data-vars-click-url="https://www-11h.bookeo.com/bookeo/b_grimmghosttours_start.html?ctlsrc2=kEBUYnwKh%2FKU7zHU4v%2BNNp9k0BGf2gkrAsILstg8QUM%3D&amp;src=03i&amp;devent=2113E4YUN19B8FD2D856_2026-03-13_a3hiiAQfjho9&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQevONleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiY3YyZ0dWNlN4a2p1ME1Pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHo5-SKEJsz1JuW82ldTfKgTdlABarGoFGuWBZa0IJMMWEr2qft_-0CEYPZ2E_aem_liAvAmbDqsiV3Jkg99tWDQ" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www-11h.bookeo.com/bookeo/b_grimmghosttours_start.html?ctlsrc2=kEBUYnwKh%2FKU7zHU4v%2BNNp9k0BGf2gkrAsILstg8QUM%3D&amp;src=03i&amp;devent=2113E4YUN19B8FD2D856_2026-03-13_a3hiiAQfjho9&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQevONleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiY3YyZ0dWNlN4a2p1ME1Pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHo5-SKEJsz1JuW82ldTfKgTdlABarGoFGuWBZa0IJMMWEr2qft_-0CEYPZ2E_aem_liAvAmbDqsiV3Jkg99tWDQ" target="_blank">Fear Factory</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Nightmare on 13th" data-vars-click-url="https://secure.interactiveticketing.com/1.43/a41c04/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQewb5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiY3YyZ0dWNlN4a2p1ME1Pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjIUYPhywIKRJskVEBULj7Gj62-VJ8N9qVUh8UfZu5B0L5Ld0o_ChZX4U2Er_aem_uMDfqbuDWlz3Uppi5cFAdw#/select" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://secure.interactiveticketing.com/1.43/a41c04/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQewb5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiY3YyZ0dWNlN4a2p1ME1Pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjIUYPhywIKRJskVEBULj7Gj62-VJ8N9qVUh8UfZu5B0L5Ld0o_ChZX4U2Er_aem_uMDfqbuDWlz3Uppi5cFAdw#/select" target="_blank">Nightmare on 13th</a> are opening their doors for special spooks.<ul><li>You also can <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="learn all about Ouija" data-vars-click-url="https://croneshollow.com/all-events/?event=8355" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://croneshollow.com/all-events/?event=8355" target="_blank">learn all about Ouija</a>, get some <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ink" data-vars-click-url="https://www.slctattoos.com/friday13" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.slctattoos.com/friday13" target="_blank">ink</a>, or catch <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Nine Inch Nails" data-vars-click-url="https://www.deltacenter.com/events/nine-inch-nails/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.deltacenter.com/events/nine-inch-nails/" target="_blank">Nine Inch Nails</a> at the Delta Center.</li></ul>St. Paddy&#x27;s: The main event is the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Hibernian Society&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.irishinutah.com/parade" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.irishinutah.com/parade" target="_blank">Hibernian Society&#x27;s</a> annual parade and festival at the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Gateway" data-vars-click-url="https://atthegateway.com/calendars/stpatricksday26/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://atthegateway.com/calendars/stpatricksday26/" target="_blank">Gateway</a>. Also check out:<ul><li>Parties and specials at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Piper Down" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/1453011536407048/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1453011536407048/" target="_blank">Piper Down</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mountain West Cider" data-vars-click-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVOuPOijy-I/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVOuPOijy-I/" target="_blank">Mountain West Cider</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Lucky 13" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/2109898666509956/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2109898666509956/" target="_blank">Lucky 13</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tailgate Tavern" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/2096067027853209" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2096067027853209" target="_blank">Tailgate Tavern</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Chappell Brewing" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/1448364783335155/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1448364783335155/" target="_blank">Chappell Brewing</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Dubai Utah" data-vars-click-url="https://tickets.vemos.io/-MuEFQNMocpWS0CPTOOY/dubai-ut/-OmM4Mm1PMz-ddONSn9S/st-patricks-day-dance-party?fbclid=IwY2xjawQeyPFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpUmVBWkkxNWRMSlZQVmxVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHowcyVO0-o1N39_n0QZe7-1ci4Seavtyy6M1rA5rXcXsR80a31289uAQeJ9__aem_4EqTUn5WR7tGwhznDydFkw" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://tickets.vemos.io/-MuEFQNMocpWS0CPTOOY/dubai-ut/-OmM4Mm1PMz-ddONSn9S/st-patricks-day-dance-party?fbclid=IwY2xjawQeyPFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpUmVBWkkxNWRMSlZQVmxVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHowcyVO0-o1N39_n0QZe7-1ci4Seavtyy6M1rA5rXcXsR80a31289uAQeJ9__aem_4EqTUn5WR7tGwhznDydFkw" target="_blank">Dubai Utah</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bewilder Brewing" data-vars-click-url="https://bewilderbrewing.com/pages/events-calendar#calendar-7fd75454-b2cd-459d-9a55-da0a40b11834" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://bewilderbrewing.com/pages/events-calendar#calendar-7fd75454-b2cd-459d-9a55-da0a40b11834" target="_blank">Bewilder Brewing</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Barbary Coast" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/1678662133148733/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1678662133148733/" target="_blank">Barbary Coast</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Westerner" data-vars-click-url="https://westernerslc.com/event/st-patricks-party-2026/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://westernerslc.com/event/st-patricks-party-2026/" target="_blank">The Westerner</a>;</li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pub crawls" data-vars-click-url="https://www.beehivesports.com/league/70624/details" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.beehivesports.com/league/70624/details" target="_blank">Pub crawls</a> around <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="town" data-vars-click-url="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/salt-lake-city-st-patricks-day-2026-bar-crawl-friday-march-13th-tickets-1980561650211?aff=ebdssbdestsearch" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/salt-lake-city-st-patricks-day-2026-bar-crawl-friday-march-13th-tickets-1980561650211?aff=ebdssbdestsearch" target="_blank">town</a>;</li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="More" data-vars-click-url="https://book.singenuity.com/510/catalog/activities?_gl=1*sf582g*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NzMyNjYzNjIuQ2p3S0NBandwY1ROQmhBNUVpd0FkTzFTOW9aNmdLc282OFBBZ2pTSXRtYXVGTk1HR2k4TzR5NDdmZV9FYkRsSndYcU5TZTEycFoxaVRob0NicElRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MzExNTM3ODA1LjE3NzMyNjYzNjI.*_ga*ODI4NzUxMzYzLjE3NzMyNjYzNjI.*_ga_PL1QCL0P8V*czE3NzMyNjYzNjEkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzMyNjYzNzUkajQ2JGwwJGg2OTc3NzQyNjk." data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://book.singenuity.com/510/catalog/activities?_gl=1*sf582g*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NzMyNjYzNjIuQ2p3S0NBandwY1ROQmhBNUVpd0FkTzFTOW9aNmdLc282OFBBZ2pTSXRtYXVGTk1HR2k4TzR5NDdmZV9FYkRsSndYcU5TZTEycFoxaVRob0NicElRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MzExNTM3ODA1LjE3NzMyNjYzNjI.*_ga*ODI4NzUxMzYzLjE3NzMyNjYzNjI.*_ga_PL1QCL0P8V*czE3NzMyNjYzNjEkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzMyNjYzNzUkajQ2JGwwJGg2OTc3NzQyNjk." target="_blank">More</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hauntings" data-vars-click-url="https://book.singenuity.com/79/activity/details/2500/rates" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://book.singenuity.com/79/activity/details/2500/rates" target="_blank">hauntings</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="glimpses of the future" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/923432330275416/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/923432330275416/" target="_blank">glimpses of the future</a>;</li><li>And <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="celtic tunes" data-vars-click-url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bonny-celtic-moon-march-15-2026-tickets-1980199467914" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bonny-celtic-moon-march-15-2026-tickets-1980199467914" target="_blank">celtic tunes</a>.</li></ul><h2 class="text-h6 !font-sans !font-normal !leading-[1.2em]">Wait, there&#x27;s more </h2><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Nostalgia Con" data-vars-click-url="https://www.thenostalgiacon.com/saltlakehome26" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.thenostalgiacon.com/saltlakehome26" target="_blank">Nostalgia Con</a>: Travel back to the 90s and 2000s Friday and Saturday at the Salt Palace. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tickets" data-vars-click-url="https://www.tixr.com/groups/thenostalgiacon" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.tixr.com/groups/thenostalgiacon" target="_blank">Tickets</a>Oscars: Watch parties will be hosted Sunday by <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Brewvies" data-vars-click-url="https://brewvies.com/movie/15754?date=2026-03-15" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://brewvies.com/movie/15754?date=2026-03-15" target="_blank">Brewvies</a>, the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Utah Film Center" data-vars-click-url="https://utahfilmcenter.org/redcarpet?fbclid=IwY2xjawQeweJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiY3YyZ0dWNlN4a2p1ME1Pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiQGPC767VYA4Uf8xhKfxxqSOQTgVL4w2sbEEt7SuciI6i2RBCX6AH0TaQPX_aem_mhsgYtdR1fKB_8XqTJS03Q" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://utahfilmcenter.org/redcarpet?fbclid=IwY2xjawQeweJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiY3YyZ0dWNlN4a2p1ME1Pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiQGPC767VYA4Uf8xhKfxxqSOQTgVL4w2sbEEt7SuciI6i2RBCX6AH0TaQPX_aem_mhsgYtdR1fKB_8XqTJS03Q" target="_blank">Utah Film Center</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Craft By Proper" data-vars-click-url="https://questionable-productions.com/theme-quizzes/oscar-night-trivia" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://questionable-productions.com/theme-quizzes/oscar-night-trivia" target="_blank">Craft By Proper</a>.Spring markets: Shop from local vendors at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Sunroom Coffee" data-vars-click-url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ccm-x-sunroom-coffee-x-sl-crossing-spring-equinox-market-tickets-1983593107381" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ccm-x-sunroom-coffee-x-sl-crossing-spring-equinox-market-tickets-1983593107381" target="_blank">Sunroom Coffee</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Psychedelic Rocks" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/1784851662181806/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1784851662181806/" target="_blank">Psychedelic Rocks</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Hearth" data-vars-click-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVrBg-5DvNx/" data-vars-content-id="2e0f620f-7370-4d52-8808-8f71434d7486" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake weekend events: Friday the 13th, St. Paddy&#x27;s and more" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVrBg-5DvNx/" target="_blank">The Hearth</a>.

A Cottonwood Heights Christmas lights tour

Grab your sunglasses for a trip to the East Bench.

In the final days before Christmas, you can visit these fun holiday houses in and around Cottonwood Heights.The big picture: We&#x27;ve photographed and mapped <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="more than 200 free light displays" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2022/12/02/best-christmas-lights-salt-lake-neighborhoods" data-vars-content-id="5254e5ef-b830-4619-ac42-0cb14168fde6" data-vars-headline="A Cottonwood Heights Christmas lights tour" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2022/12/02/best-christmas-lights-salt-lake-neighborhoods" target="_self">more than 200 free light displays</a> that are up and running in Salt Lake for 2025.

Salt Lake's holiday markets for last-minute shopping

Shopping procrastinators, breathe easy. Solstice and Christmas markets abound in Salt Lake.

There are still several holiday markets to find gifts for the impossible-to-buy-for.🌜 <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Moonlight Market" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/events/677108662140527/" data-vars-content-id="1b197c20-4ebe-4123-a1c9-5d69ec6f7d8b" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake&#x27;s holiday markets for last-minute shopping" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/677108662140527/" target="_blank">Moonlight Market</a>: Peruse the wares of 30+ artists and other vendors, plus food trucks.

A West Jordan Christmas lights tour

Use our map to find more than 20 houses in and around West Jordan.

<figure><img alt="A GIF of digital Christmas lights flashing and moving." height="450" id="8be16cf8-8d8a-4b38-acf4-20721caf2b03" src="https://images.axios.com/Y7j-8OIrq_BMwPnkMuCgX6f9Tlg=/2025/12/11/1765492082015.gif" width="800"/><figcaption>Christmas lights at 8967 Soliai Circle in West Jordan. Footage: Erin Alberty/Axios</figcaption></figure>We&#x27;ve mapped more than 160 Christmas light displays this year in Salt Lake County — and many of the very best are around West Jordan.Zoom in: The suburb covers a lot of ground, so we plotted a driving route to help you get to some of our favorites.

Holiday markets in and around Salt Lake

There are tons this weekend, from a brewery's Christkindlmarkt to one for Veteran-owned businesses.

There are tons of holiday markets this weekend for anyone who needs to catch up with their shopping.

Here's where to find Krampus in Salt Lake

Krampusnacht is here. Have you been good or naughty?

<figure><img alt="Krampus (Devil) and Santa Claus. Felicitation Card. Postcard by the Viennese Werkstaette, Number 541. Colour Lithography, 14 : 9 cm. Around 1911. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)" height="4324" id="ccc7ee4d-e20e-4c6a-bdfb-0d1fcfea4e69" src="https://images.axios.com/M0uQ14u1Nhxh4-UfFSYnFm-yZu4=/2025/12/04/1764889270103.jpg" width="2758"/><figcaption>Krampus and St. Nick on a ca. 1911 postcard. Photo: Imagno/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>Krampusnacht is here, with the marauding, horned figure harassing naughty children (and the rest of us) the night before Saturday&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Feast of St. Nicholas" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2022/12/06/saint-nicks-day-events-in-utah" data-vars-content-id="716198a9-29c9-4a8f-942f-7cf16ac25afd" data-vars-headline="Here&#x27;s where to find Krampus in Salt Lake" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2022/12/06/saint-nicks-day-events-in-utah" target="_self">Feast of St. Nicholas</a>.The intrigue: A <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="community" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/krampus801/" data-vars-content-id="716198a9-29c9-4a8f-942f-7cf16ac25afd" data-vars-headline="Here&#x27;s where to find Krampus in Salt Lake" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/krampus801/" target="_blank">community</a> has developed around Krampus in Utah, far from his Alpine origins.

This week's holiday markets in Salt Lake

Meet Santa, enjoy a hot drink and buy gifts from local artisans.

If you&#x27;re like us, you&#x27;re still working your way through your <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="holiday shopping" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/11/21/we-aint-buying-it-boycott-utah-holiday-shopping-trump" data-vars-content-id="d088edac-c128-493b-ad27-fbc0d35afdcb" data-vars-headline="This week&#x27;s holiday markets in Salt Lake" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/11/21/we-aint-buying-it-boycott-utah-holiday-shopping-trump" target="_self">holiday shopping</a> list. Here are some winter markets where you can support local artists, enjoy treats and maybe even meet Santa during the coming week:

Mr. Robinson's opus

Murray residents gather each December to sing the carols of William Robinson, who started teaching music there in 1907.

Scores of singers are gathering in Murray this week to honor a beloved schoolteacher whom the community has celebrated for more than a century.The big picture: The Robinson Carols Sing-Along is an annual tribute to William Robinson, a Murray music teacher who, starting in 1907, walked from one end of the district to the other, leading each school in Christmas concerts and sing-alongs.The intrigue: For more than 30 years, Robinson taught arrangements of Christmas songs he learned in Derbyshire, England, where he was born in the 1870s.<ul><li>They became a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="unique Murray oral tradition" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23461216" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23461216" target="_blank">unique Murray oral tradition</a>, passed from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="generation" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/2209253259098811/" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/2209253259098811/" target="_blank">generation</a> to generation — until they were so ubiquitous in the Salt Lake suburb that many residents were <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="surprised" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/7368707549819997/?comment_id=7368801633143922" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/7368707549819997/?comment_id=7368801633143922" target="_blank">surprised</a> to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="learn" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/7368707549819997/?comment_id=9154394997917901" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/7368707549819997/?comment_id=9154394997917901" target="_blank">learn</a> they <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="weren&#x27;t" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1400669619957183" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1400669619957183" target="_blank">weren&#x27;t</a> familiar <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="holiday" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1764040273620114/?comment_id=1764208340269974&amp;reply_comment_id=1771485186208956" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1764040273620114/?comment_id=1764208340269974&amp;reply_comment_id=1771485186208956" target="_blank">holiday</a> standards <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="anywhere else" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1400704853286993" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1400704853286993" target="_blank">anywhere else</a>.</li></ul>Case in point: Ethel Bradford, a longtime columnist for the Murray Eagle, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="wrote" data-vars-click-url="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23461216" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=23461216" target="_blank">wrote</a> in 1963 that she learned Robinson&#x27;s &quot;Chime and Carol&quot; from her older siblings before attending school in another district.<ul><li>&quot;Each year I hopefully listened and waited for the song to be once more sung but never heard it again. In fact, I began to wonder where in the world I had learned it myself!&quot;</li><li>It wasn&#x27;t until Ethel had children of her own — enrolled in a Murray school — that she again heard the familiar lyrics.</li><li>&quot;It was a long time before I could listen or try to sing them without tears coming and my voice choking. ... I was a child again in my mother&#x27;s kitchen,&quot; she wrote.</li></ul><figure><img alt="A man holds a baby while singing and smiling in a crowded theater " height="2073" id="a2fafcee-ab76-464f-8edd-be4b0fcedf61" src="https://images.axios.com/kY1RYu3f16w7o5qKBiu8MLpkib4=/2025/12/02/1764653025365.jpg" width="3685"/><figcaption>Alan Black and his son Steve sing to Alan&#x27;s great-granddaughter Eden at Murray&#x27;s town sing-along Monday, making her the family&#x27;s fourth generation to learn the carols. Photo: Erin Alberty/Axios</figcaption></figure>Catch up quick: Murray students <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sang" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/" target="_blank">sang</a> the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="carols" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1354149227942556" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1354149227942556" target="_blank">carols</a> for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="decades" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1090249130999235/" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1090249130999235/" target="_blank">decades</a> after Robinson retired.<ul><li>Eight years <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ago" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1398158073541671" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/murraymems/posts/1353271358030343/?comment_id=1398158073541671" target="_blank">ago</a>, former students and descendants of Mr. Robinson revived his carols in the sing-alongs, which became popular, all-ages affairs.</li></ul>Driving the news: This year, the old-timey tradition has a new home in the recently renovated historic Murray Theater — which opened in 1938, two years before Robinson retired, and reopened in September.<ul><li>Demand for tickets was so high that the city arts department planned two this year.</li><li>Monday night&#x27;s show was sold out, but you can still <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="reserve seats" data-vars-click-url="https://www.showpass.com/robinson-carols-sing-along-3/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOa6GBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOVzhzM1FPcjVyN2NpMUh5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHthbZTskMZdMWC2ZT9kFH3PrbbiCtFZJyPvN3xD_q7dlQ6WA0dy-J_crjpP4_aem_9HTKrcAdV94AifIb_hCmDg" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.showpass.com/robinson-carols-sing-along-3/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOa6GBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOVzhzM1FPcjVyN2NpMUh5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHthbZTskMZdMWC2ZT9kFH3PrbbiCtFZJyPvN3xD_q7dlQ6WA0dy-J_crjpP4_aem_9HTKrcAdV94AifIb_hCmDg" target="_blank">reserve seats</a> for 6:30pm Friday.</li></ul>The latest: Kids at Horizon Elementary are learning one of Robinson&#x27;s carols for their holiday program later this month.The bottom line: Teaching has gotten so difficult that many are <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="leaving the profession" data-vars-click-url="https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/overview-teacher-shortages-2025-factsheet" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/overview-teacher-shortages-2025-factsheet" target="_blank">leaving the profession</a> — with music and art instructors particularly <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="vulnerable" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/799538373499977/posts/24869031786123966/" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/799538373499977/posts/24869031786123966/" target="_blank">vulnerable</a> to funding <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cuts" data-vars-click-url="https://ksltv.com/education-schools/many-utah-after-school-programs-to-end-due-to-federal-funding-cuts/798479/" data-vars-content-id="1061cbeb-c7e7-4aaf-9dea-f0cd51e5fe95" data-vars-headline="Mr. Robinson&#x27;s opus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://ksltv.com/education-schools/many-utah-after-school-programs-to-end-due-to-federal-funding-cuts/798479/" target="_blank">cuts</a>. <ul><li>It&#x27;s moving to see how one can make difference for more than 100 years.</li></ul><figure><img alt="A 1918 photo of a high school girls choir with their instructor." height="4898" id="46ed4481-12c3-49f5-8fa1-9e60ecb70434" src="https://images.axios.com/qs6BRy9-PocsHAjL_8htKvrJXZk=/2025/12/02/1764653096769.jpg" width="6103"/><figcaption>Murray High School girls choir, 1918, with director William Robinson at center. Photo: Courtesy of Murray Museum</figcaption></figure>

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