The weekend is here and there is a lot to see and do. We’ve got you covered with a guide for the weekend, but first the big news: Brewvies is back! The Brewvies officially reopened on Friday. The cinema’s brewpub opened its doors to the sound of screeching tires and emphatic declarations of “Never turn your back on the family” with a showing of F9: The Fast Saga, the newest installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise.
While the doors to Brewvies were closed during the pandemic, they took the opportunity to remodel the theater, including newly upholstered seating. On Saturday night, Brewvies is hosting a Front Row Film Roast event featuring the popular Princess Bride. If that’s not enough to convince you the Brewvies are reopening this weekend, keep in mind that this is the only place in Utah where you can enjoy a new release with a beer in hand.
Brewvies has two locations, one in Salt Lake City and the other in Ogden. Movie tickets are available on their website.
While you probably shouldn’t bring beer with you, movie buffs can also catch a movie in the fresh air this Saturday at Pioneer Park Movie Night & Field Day. There will be food trucks, games, pickleball, boccia and of course popcorn. The free movie in the park is Bend it Like Beckham (2002), a romantic comedy starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley.
live music
On the other side of the top of the mountain, you can hear the soft sounds of the banjo and washboard from the Timpanogos Bluegrassroots and Folk Festival in Orem at the Timpanogos High School football stadium. The festival, which was postponed last year, will run until Saturday. On Friday, dinner from local food trucks starts at 5.30 p.m., the gates open at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 6.30 p.m. Workshops with our featured artists and others will take place on Saturday at Canyon Glen Park in Provo Canyon from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tickets for this and other America’s Freedom Festival events are on sale.
For more live music, concerts are underway at Red Butte Gardens. For a full lineup, see Salt Lake’s Summer Concert Series Preview.
Festivals
In the beehive state, summer festivals have broken out all over the map. In Salt Lake City, the Living Traditions Festival 2021 offers more and more cultural events. On Saturday, the celebrations will take place in Washington Square from 12pm to 9pm.
Over in southern Utah, the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District is hosting the 2021 Water Festival in Main Street Park in Cedar City on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through a fire hose) and dunk tank. The festival is also designed to help educate and present the community about the latest technology in water conservation.
Not far away in St. George this weekend the 3rd annual Desertscape International Film Festival takes place. This year it will screen independent cinema, showing over 60 titles – both shorts and fiction – from around the world, including nearly 40 Utah premieres. All shows take place in the historic Electric Theater and seats are served first.
There is always more festival fun. Just check out the extensive list of Salt Lakes Summer Festivals and Annual City Festivals in Utah.
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