June 4
Red Butte’s summer starts
A sure sign that summer’s coming: The first concert at Red Butte Garden, at 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City. Kicking off the season on Tuesday is the Jamaican reggae legend Burning Spear, with Australian musician Xavier Rudd opening the show. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, at $63 for the general public, are available at redbuttegarden.org. (By the way, more than ⅔ of this summer’s Red Butte line-up still have tickets available.)
June 5, 6
Back-to-back at the Amphitheatre
Two concerts at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre, 5150 S. 6055 West, West Valley City this week: Wednesday night is the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Thursday night is singer-songwriter Sarah MacLachlan (marking the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough album, “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”). Tickets for both shows are available at TicketMaster.com.
June 6-8
Music and adventure in Torrey
Fort Desolation Fest is running Thursday through Saturday at the Cougar Ridge Resort in Torrey — promising music at night and adventures in the red rocks (the event is near Capitol Reef National Park) during the day. This year’s headliners include the psychedelic/soul band Black Pumas and country singer-songwriters Sierra Ferrell and Paul Cauthen. Tickets, passes and information on camping availability can be found at fortdesolation.com.
June 7-8
A Luke Combs double-header
Country superstar Luke Combs — riding high off the mega-success of his cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” — is playing stadiums this summer, and he’s got two shows scheduled, Friday and Saturday, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, 451 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City. The supporting line-up is different each night; Cody Jinks, Charles Wesley Godwin, Hailey Whitters and The Wilder Blue are scheduled for Friday, while Jordan Davis, Mitchell Tenpenny, Drew Parker and Colby Acuff are set to round out Saturday’s bill. Tickets for either show (or both, if you like) are available at lukecombs.com.