August 18, 20, 21, 22, 24
Busy week at Utah First Amphitheatre
Five shows this week at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre: Sunday is rock band Limp Bizkit; Tuesday is country-folk musician Tyler Childers; Wednesday is rock legend Santana co-headlining with Counting Crows; Thursday brings hard rock legends Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper on their “Freaks on Parade” tour; and Saturday features three alt-rock acts — Blue October, Switchfoot and Matt Nathanson — . Information and tickets are available at LiveNation.com.
August 23-24
A trip back in time
If you’re feeling the need to escape the 21st century for a while, the Utah Renaissance Faire can help with that. Set for Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., the event promises an immersive day of entertainment, vendors and food, all set roughly between 700 and 1700 A.D. — including fantasy characters of the appropriate eras. The event takes place at Mt. Nebo Botanical Farm, 3700 Old Highway 91 in Mona (in Juab County, just over an hour’s drive from Salt Lake City). Two-day tickets are $18 for adults, $13 for children 7 to 12, people 65 and over, and active military and their families; family passes are also available — all at the Faire’s website, utahrenfaire.utahvalleyarts.com. (Also read the FAQ’s to see what types of cosplay are encouraged or discouraged.)
August 24
Bomba Marile, all day
Bomba Marilé, Utah’s first Afro-Puerto Rican music group, will be celebrating the 500-year-old music genre known as bomba, at a daylong event Saturday at the Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City. The event is called “Pintando Figura (Painted Figures),” and features the nonprofit group painting figures as they dance. Puerto Rican musicians Nuno Calderon Pou and Marcos Peñaloza Pica are scheduled to perform with the group. The event, which includes performances and workshops, runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and is free to the public.
