Market · Salt Lake City metro · within 25 miles

Live music venues in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Salt Lake City market books about 584 shows a year across 383 venues, with 505 already on the calendar. Rock leads the tagged shows at 30%, ahead of Country / Bluegrass at 12%. Saturdays are the busiest night and Mondays the quietest, and Friday and Saturday together carry 47% of the year. August is the peak month. The State Venue is the most-booked venue, with 68 shows on record. The market covers Salt Lake City and 34 nearby cities within 25 miles, including Park City, Murray and South Salt Lake.

383
Venues booking music
584
Shows, last 12 months
505
Upcoming shows
801
Acts booked

Refreshed September 29, 2026 · from Cultivate's live dataset

The venues

The ten busiest venues in the Salt Lake City market.

Ranked by shows on record. Genre focus comes from what each venue has actually booked.

01
The State VenueSalt Lake City · Listening Room · 150 to 500 cap
68shows · 63 acts
02
Egyptian TheatrePark City · Theater / Concert Hall · 150 to 500 cap
67shows · 20 acts
03
Kilby CourtSalt Lake City · Other / Mixed · 150 to 500 cap
64shows · 63 acts
04
SoundwellSalt Lake City · Other / Mixed · capacity unlisted
61shows · 60 acts
05
Metro Music HallSalt Lake City · Bar / Club · 500 to 1,500 cap · Variety, electronic
60shows · 60 acts
06
Abravanel HallSalt Lake City · Venue · capacity unlisted
55shows · 2 acts
07
The ComplexSalt Lake City · Other / Mixed · 1,500 to 5,000 cap
46shows · 46 acts
08
The DepotSalt Lake City · Other / Mixed · 500 to 1,500 cap
44shows · 44 acts
09
The Urban LoungeSalt Lake City · Bar / Club · 150 to 500 cap
43shows · 43 acts
10
Silver Star Cafe (Park City Limits)Park City · Restaurant / Grill · under 150 cap · acoustic folk, jazz
40shows · 16 acts
373 more venues in this market. Booking emails and phones, exact capacities, photos, show history and the Census read of each neighbourhood are in the console, which opens to new customers soon.

The shape of the market

What Salt Lake City books, and when.

Genre mix840 tagged shows
Rock24930%
Country / Bluegrass10512%
Singer-Songwriter / Acoustic789%
R&B / Hip-Hop749%
Electronic / DJ739%
Jazz / Blues617%
Classical597%
Variety / Tribute405%
Busiest nights · 2026Saturdays lead
66MON
85TUE
123WED
141THU
236FRI
243SAT
115SUN
Shows by month · 2026Aug peaks
0J
0F
0M
0A
0M
0J
8J
343A
241S
186O
153N
78D

What else competes for the night

446 community events on the same calendar.

Fairs, festivals, sports and civic events pull the same crowd. Cultivate weighs each one by expected draw and scores every night in Salt Lake City from 0 to 100 before you commit a date.

Community

Utah Utes Football vs. BYU

1 date on the calendar · very large draw

School Sports

UHSAA Football State Championship Finals (6A/5A/4A)

1 date on the calendar · very large draw

Markets & Fairs

Utah State Fair

1 date on the calendar · very large draw

Community

University of Utah Football vs BYU

1 date on the calendar · very large draw

Community

Utah Jazz vs Phoenix Suns

2 dates on the calendar · large draw

Community

Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets

2 dates on the calendar · large draw

Community

Utah Utes Football vs. Idaho State/Idaho

1 date on the calendar · large draw

Community

Utah Utes Football vs. Arkansas

1 date on the calendar · large draw

Breaking on Shazam

What Salt Lake City is tagging this week.

Shazam charts Salt Lake City on its own: the songs people heard and wanted to know, this week. Cultivate reads that chart every day beside the venues in Salt Lake City that could book the acts behind it, with the acts already on our record marked and their shows here counted.

Nearest markets

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Questions

Salt Lake City, in numbers.

How many live music venues are there in Salt Lake City?

Cultivate tracks 383 venues that book live music within 25 miles of Salt Lake City, Utah, from bar stages to arenas, with about 584 shows in the last twelve months and 505 upcoming.

What is the busiest night for live music in Salt Lake City?

Saturday. In 2026, 243 shows fall on a Saturday, against 66 on a Monday, the quietest night. Friday and Saturday together account for 47% of the year's shows.

Which genres are booked most in Salt Lake City?

Rock leads with 30% of the shows that carry a genre, followed by Country / Bluegrass at 12%. Genre comes from what venues actually book, not from how they describe themselves.

Which venue books the most shows in Salt Lake City?

The State Venue in Salt Lake City, with 68 shows on record and 50 upcoming. Booking contacts and exact capacities for every venue are available in the Cultivate console.

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