Labor Day weekend marks the traditional end of summer and a last chance to enjoy summertime fun. Make the most of your holiday with these great Salt Lake City area Labor Day weekend activities.
Outdoor Concerts
Courtesy Deer Valley Resort
Beautiful summer weather continues into September in SLC, and so do outdoor summer concerts. Concerts for Labor Day weekend include Blink 182 at USANA Amphitheater, Civil Twilight with Katie Herzig at Deer Valley, Jon Schmidt at Thanksgiving Point, and Jackie Greene at The Canyons (free), all taking place Saturday, Sept. 3.
Real Salt Lake vs. Philadelphia Union
Photo by George Frey, Getty Images
Real Salt Lake hosts the Philadelphia Union Saturday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. If you haven't been to an RSL game at Rio Tinto Stadium, you're missing one of the state's most exciting sports events in one of its most beautiful venues.
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, 7 p.m.
Tickets $22-$125
Snowbird's Oktoberfest
Courtesy Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Snowbird's Oktoberfest celebrates German culture with food, beer and entertainment. Don't forget Snowbird's fabulous summer activities including an Alpine slide, zipline, ropes course, mechanical bull and more.
Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day Aug. 20-Oct. 9, 2011 noon-6 p.m.
Free admission
SLC's Extreme Yard Sale
Salt Lake City Corp.
Wind down summer at a Labor Day mega yard sale with a festival atmosphere. Yard sale space can be reserved for just $25. There will also be live music, food booths and lots of free kids activities (bounce houses, mini-train, etc.). Spaces can be reserved online for $25.
Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Fairmont Park (2230 S 900 E)
International Vulture Awareness Day
Courtesy Tracy Aviary
The folks at Tracy Aviary aim to foster vulture appreciation with vulture-themed bird shows and crafts as well as nose-to-beak encounters with the aviary's Andean Condors. Vultures are nature's recyclers, so the Utah Recycling Alliance will be at the event with demonstrations. Labor Day weekend is the final weekend of the season for Tracy Aviary's bird shows.
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Regular admission $5/adults, $3/children 4-12
Labor Day Luau at Thanksgiving Point
Courtesy Thanksgiving Point
Say aloha to summer with great food, leis, tiki torches, and live entertainment at the annual Labor Day Luau. The luau features dancing from various cultures of Polynesia including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Tahiti, plus the ever-popular fire dancers.
Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, 5:30-8 p.m.
Tickets $11-$21
Bring a blanket or low chair for seating
Miner's Day in Park City
Courtesy Park City Historical Society
Labor Day is Miner's Day in Park City, and the city celebrates its mining heritage with the Funky Old Miner's Day Parade, the world-famous "Running of the Balls" (thousands of golf balls rolled down Main Street), "mucking and drilling" competitions, free music, a fun run, kids' activities and more.
Monday, Sept. 5, 2011
Most events on Park City's Main Street; see website for details
Parade begins at 11 a.m.
Midway Swiss Days
Midway, near Heber, celebrates its Swiss heritage with a popular Labor Day weekend festival that includes a chuck wagon breakfast, 10K, parade, entertainment and an enormous arts and crafts fair. The arts and crafts fair is a great place to shop for unique gifts, home decor, clothing and more, and a good place to get some pie and ice cream.
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 2-3, 2011
Most events at Midway Gazebo Town Square
Parade begins Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flying Aces All-Stars Freestyle Show
Courtesy Utah Olympic Park
Freestyle aerial skiers and snowboarders demonstrate their skill in a choreographed 25-minute show at the Utah Olympic Park every Saturday during the summer, and their season-ending performance takes place the Saturday before Labor Day. Skiers and snowboarders soar up to 60 feet in the air and perform acrobatic feats before landing in the Olympic Park's 750,000 gallon splash pool.
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, 1 p.m.
Adults $10, Children/Seniors $7
Soldier Hollow Classic
Courtesy Soldier Hollow Classic
At Soldier Hollow this Labor Day weekend, about 25,000 spectators will witness one of the foremost events in international sheepdog competition. In addition to the sheepdog trial championship the event features the Bow Wow Luau Dog Acrobats, Wild Wonders Animal Show and the high flying Dock Diving Dogs Championship. There will also be pony rides, biathlon shooting, face painting, contests for kids, and dutch oven cooking.
Friday-Monday, Sept. 2-5, 2011
Tickets $7-$15; see website for details
