The Living Traditions Festival is taking place this weekend Friday – Sunday at Washington and Library Square in Downtown Salt Lake City! Utahns are invited to enjoy the diverse multicultural offerings of food, live performances, and art from the many cultures that have made Utah their home. This is a free event suitable for all ages and will include engaging panel discussions, hands-on workshops, food demos, film screenings and kids activities. Bring the whole family!
The festival will be open to the public 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. on Friday, 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The Living Traditions Festival supports the diverse artistic traditions and perspectives through the presentation of both historical and contemporary customs by facilitating thoughtful conversations around the unique qualities of various cultures and the similarities of the human experience, while creating bonds among community members.
This year the Salt Lake City Arts Council is excited to feature some of the additional programming that happens beyond the stages, food and craft vendor markets. There will be panels produced in partnership with the Utah Division of Arts and Museum – Ways of Being: Advocacy in the Traditional Arts, Passing it Down: The Continuation of Tradition, and Dress, Regalia, Attire: Traditional Expressions of Identity. These panels will take place on Sunday in the Comic Book space on Library Square. If attendees are interested in getting hands-on learning about various cultural crafts, there will be several workshops downstairs in the Library classrooms throughout the weekend. Attendees can learn to dance the tango, make Mexican paper flowers, and more!
This year the Salt Lake City Arts Council is excited to feature some of the additional programming that happens beyond the stages, food and craft vendor markets. There will be panels produced in partnership with the Utah Division of Arts and Museum – Ways of Being: Advocacy in the Traditional Arts, Passing it Down: The Continuation of Tradition, and Dress, Regalia, Attire: Traditional Expressions of Identity. These panels will take place on Sunday in the Comic Book space on Library Square. If attendees are interested in getting hands-on learning about various cultural crafts, there will be several workshops downstairs in the Library classrooms throughout the weekend. Attendees can learn to dance the tango, make Mexican paper flowers, and more!
For additional information and to view our full program guide please go to livingtraditionsfestival.com and follow @slclivingtrad on Instagram and Facebook for daily updates throughout the weekend.
For ADA accessibility please contact accessibility@saltlakearts.org.