Picture: Angie Petty performing at the 13th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons. Photo by Bonneville Jones.
Continuing its decade-plus reputation for promoting the best from Utah’s wide-ranging performing arts communities, the 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons returns in 2022 with almost 40 acts spread across two stages, the SLUG Mag (Main) Stage and the 90.9 FM KRCL Stage.
The SLUG Mag stage features performances from a range of varied and diverse artists. Ahead of a special, Friday-night headlining performance from a yet-to-be-announced artist, previous DIY Festival performers such as Angie Petty share the stage with first-time Festival participants XDX and Detzany. Saturday, the Festival’s longest day, presents a breadth of music that encompasses Puerto Rican dance from Bomba Marile, Columbia Jones’ throwback folk rock, second-time DIY Festival performer Nicole McMahan’s high-energy R&B and more. Sunday on the SLUG Mag stage eschews the pop and hip-hop focus of the two previous days for a more rock-influenced set of artists, featuring not-to-miss performances from Choice Coin, Lane & The Chain and others.
The four Friday performances on the KRCL Stage serve as a microcosm for the Festival’s artistic diversity—indie folk from Pepper Rose, O’Nkosi E Afrobeats Live SLC’s Afrodance rhythms, GLO UP’s conscious hip-hop and the cross-cultural mashups of A&A Bollypop. Saturday and Sunday bring back a number of DIY Festival regulars (Salduro and the Salt Lake Academy of Music) alongside fresh voices representing the best of the state’s new scenes in rock (Daytime Lover, MSKING, MUSOR) and pop (Saysha, Gavanni and MOD).
FRIDAY AUGUST 13
SLUG Mag Stage
5:00–5:25 p.m. | XDX
6:00–6:25 p.m. | TBA
7:00–7:25 p.m. | Detzany
8:00–8:25 p.m. | Angie Petty
9:00–10:00 p.m. | HEADLINER TBA
KRCL Stage
5:30–5:55 p.m. | Pepper Rose
6:30–6:55 p.m. | O’Nkosi E Afrobeats Live SLC
7:30–7:55 p.m. | GLO UP
8:30–8:55 p.m. | A&A Bollypop
SATURDAY AUGUST 14
SLUG Mag Stage
12:30–12:55 p.m. | Columbia Jones
1:30–1:55 p.m. | TBA
2:30–2:55 p.m. | TBA
3:30–3:55 p.m. | Milk Money
4:30–4:55 p.m. | The Anchorage
5:30–5:55 p.m. | Bomba Marilé
6:30–6:55 p.m. | AMEA
7:30–7:55 p.m. | Nicole McMahan
KRCL Stage
1:00–1:25 p.m. | Salduro
2:00–2:25 p.m. | Aiden Barrick
3:00–3:25 p.m. | Kimi K
4:00–4:25 p.m. | Antonio Garcia’s Spanish Guitar
5:00–5:25 p.m. | Daytime Lover
6:00–6:25 p.m. | Saysha
7:00–7:25 p.m. | Gavanni
SUNDAY AUGUST 15
SLUG Mag Stage
12:30 –12:55 p.m. | The Zissous
1:30–1:55 p.m. | Choice Coin
2:30–2:55 p.m. | Zaza Historia Van Dyke
3:30–3:55 p.m. | $oel
4:30–4:55 p.m. | Dream Life Production Kongo
5:30–5:55 p.m. | Lane & The Chain
KRCL Stage2:00–2:25 p.m. | MOD
3:00–3:25 p.m. | Salt Lake Academy of Music
4:00–4:25 p.m. | MSKING
5:00–5:25 p.m. | MUSOR
