Upcoming Events
Springfest
Celebrate the arrival of spring at SpringFest, an annual community event filled with music, crafts, food, and family-friendly fun! Hosted at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, this vibrant festival brings together local vendors, exciting activities, and city resources to help you connect with your community.
Enjoy entertainment, youth activities, art exhibits, and information booths from West Valley City Departments and Community Partners.
WVC Pride
West Valley City is thrilled to announce its inaugural Pride event, a vibrant celebration of love and community. This event will provide a welcoming space for residents and visitors to come together, learn, and enjoy a day filled with entertainment, resources, and fun. Whether you’re a longtime advocate or new to Pride, this event offers something for everyone—live performances, delicious food, local vendors, and interactive art experiences. More than just a celebration, this event is a reflection of the unique culture of West Valley City—a diverse, dynamic community where people from all backgrounds come together to create something truly special. Join us as we make history and honor the beauty of pride, progress, and unity of West Valley City!
Replenish: An Exhibit of Art and Action for Great Salt Lake
Join Grow the Flow and Making Waves at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center to engage in an evening of art in celebration of Great Salt Lake. The evening will begin with a free art build, open to the public where we will be making origami pelicans and brine shrimp finger puppets. Afterwards we will enjoy live music from Michael Louis Austin, refreshments, a silent auction, and a gallery of art works that were so kindly donated to us by local artists. Each of these artworks are currently on display in the Crescent Gallery and are available to bid on the auction website through April 10th.
Henry IV Tour
The Utah Cultural Celebration Center, in partnership with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare-in-the-Schools Tour, invites you to join us for this FREE public performance of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV! Following the production will include a talk-back from the creative team.
The production will last approximately 90 minutes.
Social Club
Join us for Social Club - a free and welcoming gathering for youth and young adults in our community! This event provides a laid-back space to connect, enjoy great conversations, music, and food—no pressure, no agenda, just good vibes.
Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or are attending for the first time, this is your space to meet new people, bring a friend, and build community together. We look forward to seeing you there!
Box & Litho Opening Reception
This Box & Litho Show consists of many of the surreal works of a pair of artists (father and son) who can’t help overlapping in their art making habits. They have a mutual penchant for complexities of drawing, assemblage, and collage which are derivatives of their hand-printed lithographic images. The artists want viewers to discover the many modular images and icons. Meaning can be gleaned from reflecting on the combination of images and objects or simply enjoy the formal qualities.
Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos Celebration
West Valley City Division of Arts & Culture presents Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The event features traditional Mexican dance & musical performances, traditional food, and a variety of complimentary hands-on activities for the whole family.
Adult: $7
Child (4-12 years old): $3
3 and younger: FREE
The Celebration Includes:
Traditional Community Altars
Art Exhibits & Vendors
Traditional Dance & Music
Complimentary Family Activities
Food & Drink
West Valley City Division of Arts and Culture presenta el festival del Día de los Muertos. Habra bailes tradicionales de México, estaciones de comida y bebidas. También, habra actividades de diversión para toda la familia, una exhibición de arte reconociendo el significado de este día festivo. ¡Además de algunos obsequios y sorteos con la posibilidad de ganar premios!
Las entradas se pueden comprar en internet o en persona en el evento.
La Celebración Incluye:
Ofrendas Comunitarios
Exhibiciones de Arte y Vendedor de Arte
Música Tradicional y Danza Azteca
Actividades Familiares Gratuitas
Comida y bebidas
Day of the Dead Exhibits
The Utah Cultural Celebration Center has multiple art exhibitions on view to coincide with our Día de Los Muertos / Day of the Dead Celebration. We encourage you to stop by and enjoy these annual exhibitions which include traditional Ofrendas (altars), Alabrejes, traditional dress, art, crafts, and more.
AAUW Utah Women Artists Exhibit: Celebrating Women Bold and Beautiful
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is the nation's leading voice promoting equity and education for women and girls. Since their founding in 1881, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day - educational, social, economic, and political. AAUW has continually worked hard for fair pay and recognition for women. Providing the venue for Utah women to display their art and be rewarded and honored for their artistic skills and hard work is a part of that effort.
Community First Fridays: Face of Utah Sculpture XX
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Great Hall & Pilar Pobil Celebration Gallery
Cost: Free Admission
Celebrate twenty years of the The Face of Utah Sculpture, an annual exhibit that showcases the talent of local sculptors, with a reception, food, and Art Talks with several of the exhibited artists.
Face of Utah Sculpture XX Exhibit
Every year the Face of Utah Sculpture provides Utah artists a forum to present Utah culture through sculptural form. The origins of this dynamic exhibit, envisioned sixteen years ago by glass artist Dan Cummings, features both well-known and emerging Utah sculptors, showcasing both traditional and contemporary sculpture in a variety of techniques, styles, and mediums. The result is an exciting and eclectic mix of excellence in artistry in countless forms.
West Valley Symphony of Utah
Great Hall, Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Monday, July 01, 2024
8:00 p.m.
Free admission, all-ages
The West Valley Symphony was founded in 1991 by founder Ralph Baker. It is an all volunteer orchestra of 75-80 musicians from all over the Wasatch Front from Provo to Ogden.
Utah Symphony
Amphitheater, Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
8:30 p.m.
Free admission, all ages
Experience a soundtrack to summer when you join the Utah Symphony under the stars for an evening of some of the greatest hits from classical music and film—with spirited works celebrating the USA, Latin America, and themes of exploration and adventure.
This laid-back outdoor concert features movie music by John Williams, marches by John Philip Sousa, fiery rhythms of Márquez’s Danzón No. 2, passionate melodies from Bizet’s Carmen, music from West Side Story, and much more.
This performance is offered for free to thank the community for its support of Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts, and Parks Program. No tickets are required.
ProgramLÓPEZ: “Techno” from Fiesta!
WILLIAMS: “Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark
MÁRQUEZ: Danzón No. 2
DVOŘÁK: II. “Largo” from Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
DVOŘÁK: IV. “Allegro con fuoco” from Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
BERNSTEIN: Overture to West Side Story
GERSHWIN: “Oh Lady Be Good” from Lady Be Good
BIZET: “Habañera” from Carmen, Suite No. 2
BIZET: “Les Toréadors” from Carmen, Suite No. 1
WILLIAMS: “Main Title” from Star Wars
WILLIAMS: “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars Suite for Orchestra
WILLIAMS: “Imperial March” from Star Wars Suite for Orchestra
SOUSA: Stars and Stripes Forever
ARTrageous Theatre Summer Camp, Cohort 1
Session 1: June 17-28, 2024
Session 2: July 15-26, 2024
Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - Noon
Age: High School (including advancing 8th graders)
We Are Telling Our Stories Residency, Featuring Dr. David Gonzalez
West Valley Arts, in partnership with Center for Documentary Expression and Art (CDEA) is pleased to invite students ages 15-22 to participate in We Are Telling Our Stories (WATOS), a unique, 4-week, summer (June 3 - June 27, 2024), writing/poetry/performance residency for local youth ages 15-22, at the West Valley Performing Arts Center. Click to learn more.
Utah Travels Exhibit
In partnership with the Wasatch Camera Club, West Valley Arts’ Utah Travels photography exhibition showcases the remarkable photographic images captured by Utahn’s during their diverse travel experiences. The exhibit allows an opportunity for professional and amateur photographers of all ages to publicly present their most distinct travel photos. Images may represent destinations thousands of miles away or a few miles from home. These photos reflect the beauty, richness, and diversity of people, events, nature, culture, and all that celebrates humanity and planet earth.
Mi Vida - My Art Exhibit
Art by Pilar Pobil.
When you grow up seeing art everywhere, on the outsides and insides of public buildings and in homes, it will get into your subconscious and pop out unexpectedly. In Spain we are challenged by what we see and the light and color in landscapes…(click to read more)
Front Row Center Exhibit (Copy)
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.