Shayla and Luke are such great personalities! Totally high energy throughout! Lots of great history…read more+ silly fun! Several photo stops which were appreciated and a bathroom break at the stunning state capital! It was a bit hard seeing tops of buildings from the trolly but otherwise a great experience. Views mostly surround downtown areas.

Glen, Matthew and Kaylee made the trip memorable. They…read morewere friendly, knowledgeable, and sang wonderfully. Thank you

We wanted to take advantage of the beautiful early June weather and found the Conservation Garden…read morePark just a few miles from our lunch spot. The first amazing surprise is there was no entry fee! We entered the garden and quickly ran into another surprise- a human-sized chess board! My boys wanted to play a game against each other...didn't know it was going to take 45mins...but it was fun to sit and watch and listen to the birds chirping. We then continued our tour around the grounds and saw many wonderful plants, trees, bushes, flowers and more. The grounds are beautifully manicured! There some educational areas where you can learn more about irrigation, landscaping and design. To walk around the garden takes about 30mins, but we spent 1.5hrs here as we took a lot of pictures and asked some questions from the workers. The workers and volunteers were very gracious to answer our questions and teach us more about the garden. You can tell they love their job and they love visitors. At the end of the tour, I made sure to drop a little cash in their donation box. Thanks Conservation Garden Park for the great time!

This place is absolutely gorgeous. If you're local (not not local) it's a wonderful place to wander…read morearound, learn, or just go for a nice stroll! The gardens go on, and on... and on! They have great visual exhibits, labelling placards, and fun interactive activities. 10/10 worth the stop, and I can't believe this place is free to the public. We stopped in here to take some casual iPhone photos as a family since we don't see eachother everyday. (Photography requires a $10 pass) It was the perfect backdrop for what we were doing, and we had a great time exploring the gardens through the park along the way.

When it comes to the Halloween season, a lot of people flock to Nightmare on 13th. Arguably, the…read moremost popular haunted house in the Salt Lake area. You know what the real nightmare on 13th is? The amount of time you spend waiting in line, only to be swindled in, back to back with other patrons through the haunt. Enter Dead City, a relatively new haunt (within the past couple of years) that serves as the antidote to Nightmare on 13th. As usual, I really only knock stars because I wish the hands on experience was a bit more intense, but I get it, Dead City is brand new and probably not eager to get a lawsuit. No pun intended, there is a little bit of "dead space" where it's a bit thematically dull, and the scares are in short supply. But my God, when these people scare you they SCARE you. I came on Halloween, and I don't know if it was the last day of the season or what, but those actors were insane. Lots of rooms are really creative, and the end is essentially a maze. Where the actors will not help you out just to rush you along. Last night we went for "Krampus" night, which was festive as all get out. It was essentially a 2 for 1 experience. You got to have some scares, and see some Christmas lights. What's a word for something that's both fantastic and terrifying at the same time? Nonetheless, loved the creativity. As far as I know, they're the first of the haunts to ever do anything like this, and hopefully they make it a tradition. See ya'll next year!

My wife and I went to Dead City for their Krampus event and it did not disappoint. We are pretty…read morebig haunted house fans and having the combination of the horror and Christmas theme was really cool. They definitely put in a lot of effort and I really liked the Christmas lights everywhere. It was a really fun outing that is a little different from the normal Christmas activities.

I'm a little conflicted what to put here. I certainly have no dog in the race…read more I brought my father (who can't drive) here for the stamp show. I don't collect. He had some leadership role for SUP for a number of years. I do have an ancestor on the board who came to the valley before May 10, 1869. I have another one who is not on the board. However, I have no interest in becoming a member. It's hard to review a building. However, it is a very pretty building inside and is very well suited for events. It has a nice view. Although I can imagine a fancier building, this one really is as god as it gets functionally. So, 5 stars.

Stopped by this park while on a walk - I never walk in this area and it was such a nice change to…read morewalk through this park! There's a little bridge and stream running through the park, lots of benches and green space to relax and enjoy. The main attraction of the park is definitely the playground, which is huge. I went during the middle of the day and it was a bit chilly, so there was no one using it but it's quite large and I can imagine it gets pretty busy during the warmer days. From the looks of it in other pictures posted, there's shade for the playgrounds in the summer too. There are four large pavilions throughout the park as well, with lots of picnic tables to utilize. There are several huge grassy areas and lots of people walking and playing with their dogs. It was nice to walk through although it's not large enough to walk or run laps around like Liberty Park or Sugarhouse Park. This is a great space to go to if you're looking to picnic, play with your dogs, bring your family to, or sit and read. There was a sign by the entrance that said there is a community garden coming to this park soon! It's a partnership between Wasatch Community Gardens and the city of South Salt Lake. Super cool to see!

Finally a park w shade for hot summer afternoons. My kiddos will be happy to not get burned on the…read moreplayground equipment.

i bought tickets for family members as a gift. we all went to "Thriller". don't waste your money…read more i am embarrassed that this was their gift. the cost is the same as Hale Theater, go there instead!!!! i'm not sure who wrote the script, they need to go back to the drawing board. the performers talents were wasted in this show!!!! soooo sooo unfortunate, so much filler that didn't make any sense. seemed like something for grade schoolers. Bubbles the Klown's opening act needs to be cut and his character changed. more dancing and singing would have been great. that's what i thought we had purchased tickets for. soo disappointing.

As a lover of theater, I was surprised to learn about this one that is tucked away in the SLCC…read morecampus. I'd never heard of it until I discovered that they were playing Rocky Horror Picture Show-the live version. Since our annual pilgrimage to Tower Theater didn't happen this year (thanks Covid) I was eager to find an alternative. It wasn't until my wife and I pulled into the parking lot, 30 minutes before showtime, that we realized this wasn't the movie, this was a real honest-to-goodness play. Gulp. How was this going to be? Fast forward a couple hours...it was AMAZING! I know this review isn't about the show itself, but rather the venue. So I'll say that the theater itself was beautiful, very comfortable and spacious. It accommodated a large audience nicely, with plenty of legroom and aisle space. I didn't feel cramped, like I do in other local, small theaters. Parking is plentiful, and free. I felt like our car was safe in the lot, and it was well lit, providing extra security. Now that I know this little gem is here, I'll look into what other plays they have coming up and will very likely return.

Unfortunately you are not allowed to go inside for obvious safety concerns, but the building itself…read moreis so cool to see. Originally a paper mill owned by Deseret it had a fire in 1893 and was never fully repaired. Over the years it was partially restored as a rec center along with other things. After you snap a few photos take a drive up Big Cottonwood Canton which is nearby .

pretty scary but honestly amazing place to take pics, it lowkey looks haunted but nothing happened…read morewhile we were there

Salt Lake City has a large offering of cultural activities for a city with a rather modest…read morepopulation. Local venues provide opportunities to listen to Rock, Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Opera, and Classical music. Theatre, dance, and choral performances are all available. However, jazz clubs and venues are slim and not readily available here. This is not what you would call a sultry and urbane town. "Paris Blues" this is not. SLC is not "nocturnal" or "kind of blue." Miles did not create music for kayaking. JAZZSLC overcomes this demographic handicap by bringing in world renown jazz artists eight times a year to perform at the Capitol Theater. Last Friday, Dianne Reeves, and her amazing vocal artistry, brought some needed soul to our fairly white washed city. Her accompanying band was hot, with the Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo, almost stealing the show. It was FANTASTIC! The average age of the attendees was around 87 years old. Where were all the young SLC hipsters who profess to loving all kinds of music? Was everyone hiking, climbing, or biking? When I was in my twenties and thirties I listened to an array of music. My eclectic tastes stretched from Hendrix, Mettalica, and Joni Mitchell to Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ali Akbar Kahn. I also listened to Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, and Rogers and Hammerstein. The Millenials and Hipsters claim to be so cooler and aware than us old farts. However, if your tastes are so damn narrow and myopic that anything you don't hear on the radio or is not labeled "Indy," is ignored and shunned, you are boring beyond belief and I can understand how this country ends up with the banal and fake choices we have in this year's presidential election. People in their twenties, thirties, and forties need to pull their heads out of their homogenous and superficial world and start acquiring a sense of what is special and unique. Orwell warned us, but it seems young people just don't care.