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Palak Jayswal

Culture and Music Reporter

Palak Jayswal is an award-winning journalist who covers culture/music at The Tribune. She graduated from the University of Utah and has lived in Utah her entire life. Her work spans areas of coverage in the cultural world. She loves writing about how culture —and the people who create it— shape life in Utah. She aspires to write for Rolling Stone.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Artist Jaya Betts at Utah Valley University in Orem on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

A UVU student turned rejection into a guerrilla art drop. Here’s the message she wants to send.

By Palak Jayswal | April 19, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lyla Sage, left, poses for a photo with a fan during the book launch event for the last book in Lyla Sage's best-selling series "Rebel Blue Ranch" at The Westerner in West Valley City on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

A Utah author’s dream came true. Here’s how she feels about closing the chapter.

By Palak Jayswal | April 17, 2025, 12:12 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) HISS Golden Messenger plays at Red Butte Garden, on Monday, July 15, 2024. The lineup for the 2025 Red Butte Garden Outdoor Concert series was announced on Apr. 8, 2025.

From Cheap Trick to TRAIN, here’s the 2025 Red Butte Garden Concert Series lineup

By Palak Jayswal | April 9, 2025, 7:08 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Women gather during a cookbook club at Table X in Salt Lake City on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Conversation and crostinis: These new-to-Utah women are building a community, one cookbook at a time

By Palak Jayswal | April 4, 2025, 4:12 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kelsea Ballerini stops at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City for her first arena tour on Saturday, March 29, 2025.

This country pop star saluted Utah fans who have followed her from small venues to Delta Center

By Palak Jayswal | March 31, 2025, 4:03 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds of people show up at the Utah State Capitol on Mar. 29, 2025 to fly the largest transgender pride flag in Utah. The unveiling of the flag is part of celebrations for Transgender Day of Visibility, hosted by local nonprofits Utah Pride Center and The Glitter Foundation.

Utah Pride Center unveils largest trans flag in world, days after pride flag ban becomes law

By Palak Jayswal | March 30, 2025, 10:04 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Festival-goers at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. The Sundance Institute announced its final decision on a future location for the festival on Thursday.

‘Betrayal’: Utah film lovers mourn the loss of Sundance Film Festival

By Palak Jayswal | March 27, 2025, 8:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Artist Denyse Davis during a Utah Jazz game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

16 artists get a chance to shine at Delta Center as part of sports, arts collaboration

By Palak Jayswal | March 26, 2025, 5:55 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fantasy romance novels at Lovebound Library on 900 South in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Lovebound Library will be one of the vendors at Romance Out West, Utah's first romance book convention.

Romance Out West: A local reader is bringing the first-ever romance book convention to Utah

By Palak Jayswal | March 24, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

A Utah teacher has raised over $11,000 for her students by dancing on TikTok. Here’s why.

By Palak Jayswal | March 13, 2025, 6:49 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jason Farrell, President of Live Nation Utah, announces the upcoming concert with Billy Joel and Sting at Rice-Eccles Stadium in May, during a news conference on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. The concert has been postponed a year to May 22, 2026.

Billy Joel, Sting concert at Rice-Eccles postponed a year

By Palak Jayswal | March 11, 2025, 9:46 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lord Huron performs at the Twilight Concert Series at Salt Lake City's Gallivan Center on Friday, June 2, 2023. The 2025 Twilight Concert Series will kick off on July 12, with concerts at Gallivan Center and Library Square.

Salt Lake City’s Twilight lineup is out: Six shows at 2 downtown venues

By Palak Jayswal | March 11, 2025, 6:12 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ian Weber, who has collected Hot Wheels his entire life, talks about a Scooby-Doo Hot Wheels van in his collection at his home in Lehi on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

A Utah resident’s Hot Wheels collection is so vast, it caught Mattel’s attention

By Palak Jayswal | March 10, 2025, 2:41 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kelsea Ballerini performs during her ‘Heartfirst’ tour in a sold-out show at the Sandy Amphitheater on Thursday, July 29, 2023. Ballerini will return to Utah at the end of March.

Country star Kelsea Ballerini is returning to Utah. Here’s how she decided on the setlist for her tour.

By Palak Jayswal | March 7, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The entrance to Lagoon amusement park in Farmington on Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025.

Lagoon to ‘phase out’ zoo after years of criticism

By Palak Jayswal | March 6, 2025, 11:24 p.m.

(Jared Allen) Washed Out performs at the 2016 Ogden Twilight concert series held at the Ogden Amphitheater. The 2025 Ogden Twilight lineup features artists like Modest Mouse, Jamie xx and The Head and The Heart.

The lineup for the 10th annual Ogden Twilight series is out. Here’s who’s playing.

By Palak Jayswal | March 5, 2025, 8:21 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mother and daughter artists Phyllis Horne and Karen Horne visit their art exhibit on display at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

One Utah family’s legacy of creating and advocating for the arts continues at Utah Capitol

By Palak Jayswal | February 26, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rugged Grounds coffee shop in Provo on Jan. 8, 2025. The shop will close — for now — on Sunday.

Beloved Provo coffee shop to close, and it could stay shuttered for years

By Palak Jayswal | February 21, 2025, 3:49 p.m.

(Sharah Meservy) "Klo-Wat," a play by Aaron Asano Swenson about Ute basketball legend Wat Misaka, premieres with Plan-B Theatre on Friday.

There’s a new show that Utah sports and theater lovers alike can get behind.

By Palak Jayswal | February 14, 2025, 10:50 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

SLC Loves LA: Utah concert will raise money for musicians affected by Southern California fires

By Palak Jayswal | February 13, 2025, 5:10 p.m.

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