BRIGHAM CITY

NOW-NEW YEARS Fantasy at the Bay Holiday Lights | Box Elder County Utah (visitboxeldercounty.com) - Celebrate the magic of the holidays with Willard Bay State Park! Fantasy at the Bay’s drive-through Christmas lights will be twinkling for all to see! Stay warm from the comfort of your car while enjoying the lights and signing along to the holiday carols! Fee per car.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE

ONGOING Virtual Tours | Hill Aerospace Museum (aerospaceutah.org) – Hill Aerospace Museum is now offering Virtual Tours of a number of different aircraft. These Virtual Tours give you an up close and personal tour of both the exterior and the interior of the aircraft. Take a moment and take a look for yourself. To open the virtual tour, click on the Virtual Tour's title or on the "Click for More" button on the photograph.

KEARNS

DEC 10 Utah Olympic Oval Events | Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation –HOLIDAY FESTIVAL 2022The Utah Olympic Oval is proud to carry on a community holiday tradition – Holiday Festival! Enjoy activities for the whole family: public ice skating, sports clinics, an Oval Figure

Skating Ice Show, holiday crafts and more!

Don’t forget to visit Mr. & Mrs. Claus!

Admission is $5 or free when you donate a non-perishable food item or an unwrapped toy. Skate rental is $5.

LEHI

MONDAYS through JAN Hutchings Museum Institute (johnhutchingsmuseum.org) – Every Monday through December and January they are giving our school a discounted rate of $3/children 3-17 and $4/adults 18+. Our students and families can show up anytime on Mondays during December and January to receive the discounted rate. Just tell them they are with Wasatch Learning Academy.

ONGOING Thanksgiving Point Families - Thanksgiving Point - Each week Thanksgiving Point hosts educational and fun activities for families of all ages and abilities! Our Family Programs include Tales for Tots, Melody Makers, and Dirt on Dinos, just to name a few.

DEC Luminaria - Thanksgiving Point - Experience the light of Luminaria, a holiday tradition so remarkable, it was featured on Season 8 of ABC’s popular program Great Christmas Light Fight: Heavyweight Edition!

MURRAY

DEC 8 Solar Party. Take a self-guided, family-friendly stroll around Wheeler Historic farm. Learn the history of the Wheeler family, their farm, and meet some of the farm's animals. Then join us as we safely view the Sun and its sunspots. Don't forget your sunscreen! Register now at EventBrite. Learn More

NOW – DEC 16 Festive Fridays - Wheeler Historic Farm | SLCo –Bundle up and enjoy Festive Fridays at the Farm. Take a wagon ride and see some holiday lights displays. Santa will greet visitors on the porch of the Farmhouse from 5pm - 7pm.Wagon ride tickets can be purchased in the Activity Barn. Tickets are $3 per person age 2 and up.

DEC 13 Storytime at the Farm - Wheeler Historic Farm | SLCo – FREE

TUESDAYS Woodcarving - Wheeler Historic Farm | SLCo

DEC 15 Solar Party. Take a self-guided, family-friendly stroll around Wheeler Historic farm. Learn the history of the Wheeler family, their farm, and meet some of the farm's animals. Register now at EventBrite. Learn More

OREM

DEC 9-10 Christmas Maker's Market & Cookie Contest | SCERA – FREE Admission to the market is free and you will enjoy thousands and thousands of holiday lights in the festive outdoor courtyard at SCERA Center for the Arts, Christmas music, fire pits and hot chocolate, ice blocking on a mini sledding hill, food trucks, gingerbread house kits for kids ($3.00), Christmas Cookie Contest with taste-testing and prizes, visits with Santa and Buddy The Elf, costumed characters for photo ops, free games and activities for kids, and 50 vendor booths of high quality, handmade items for a unique Christmas shopping experience. A magical holiday event to add to your Christmas calendar!

DEC 12 An Evening with Nathan Pacheco - Utah Cultural Alliance –

A holiday show not to be missed- An Evening with Nathan Pacheco featuring the American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic is coming to Orem's UCCU Center on December 12, 2022, for one night only. Filled with holiday and other classics- in a way only Nathan Pacheco can deliver- An evening with Nathan Pacheco creates an unforgettable Christmas experience that will bring the whole family together.

NOW-JAN 2 Christmas Lights in The Orchard - University Place (universityplaceorem.com) FREE Come enjoy the Christmas Light display in The Orchard and around University Place throughout the Holiday Season. The display includes a 30′ tall walk-through tree, 75′ of archways, the trees, pergolas, and the UP logo all covered in over 100,000 lights. The display is Free and will be on nightly from 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm.

PARK CITY

Through Dec Youth Sports Alliance Activities (scroll to the bottom of their website to see an overview of the program and to view activities for your location). Last Friday of each month

PLEASANT GROVE

Evermore Park | Home Students and families with Wasatch Learning Academy will get a 10% off their tickets to Evermore. The code can be used online or at the gate and doesn't currently have an expiration date. The code is Wasatch2022

PROVO

DEC 9 Art After Dark: Christmas at the MOA! (byu.edu) – FREE Enjoy a festive and fun evening at the BYU Museum of Art this holiday season! We're celebrating the Romare Bearden: Artist, Activist, and Advocate of the Promised Land exhibition with music by the Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir, refreshments, Christmas music, a scavenger hunt, Christmas card making, and galleries full of beautiful art, a good time is sure to be had by all! Enjoy a wholesome family Christmas activity, or just to enjoy free food, art, and music.

DEC 17 Open Studio – Christmas (byu.edu) – FREE

Each month in this free-choice, self-guided art-making experience for all ages, you’ll be inspired by different artworks on display, then create your own artistic responses in the MOA studio! Join us any time between 11 AM & 1 PM to participate. All are welcome, and registration is not required.

DEC Christmas Lights in The Orchard - University PlaceUniversity Place FREE Come enjoy the Christmas Light display in The Orchard and around University Place throughout the Holiday Season. The display includes a 30′ tall walk through tree, 75′ of archways, the trees, pergola’s, and the UP logo all covered in over 100,000 lights.

DEC BYU's Christmas Around the World 2022 - Utah Cultural Alliance - Tickets are already discounted. A spectacular performance featuring the rich ethnic diversity of the world through captivating choreography with more than 150 dancers and musicians in colorful costumes.

DEC 2022 Provo Art Stroll (utahvalley.com) -
Head to Center Street to explore small businesses, local art, and live music in Downtown Provo. The Provo Art Stroll is a self guided art tour that takes place on the first Friday of every month in Downtown Provo!

SALT LAKE CITY

DEC 3-11 Utah Fox Squirrels | Natural History Museum of Utah –What is Squirrel Fest? This annual call for help observing neighborhood squirrels in Utah has led to new observations and insights into squirrels living in the state. Do squirrels live near you? We'd like to know!

The first 100 people to submit observations during Squirrel Fest (Dec. 3-11, 2022) will be eligible to receive a free thank you gift from NHMU.

The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), a species native to the eastern US, has recently become established in Utah. First reported in 2011 along the Jordan River in Salt Lake City, this tree squirrel has been spreading throughout northern Utah. The arrival of fox squirrels offers an opportunity to study, first-hand, the ecology of an introduced species, and you can help! Our survey is open year-round.

DEC 6-13 Kearns (Utah Governor's) Mansion Holiday Tours (visitsaltlake.com) –

*Registration required. A beautiful Chateauesque exterior, a stunning interior, and the dramatic story of the Kearns family make the historic Kearns Mansion one of Utah 's architectural treasures. Thomas Kearns made a fortune on the silver flowing out of Park City mines. He spared no expense building a home that became the dazzling center of Utah's elite social life. A world-class restoration completed in 1996 returned the mansion to its original 1902 appearance. Glimpse the gold-leafed dome and see Teddy Roosevelt's hat rack on a 45-minute guided tour of the Kearns Mansion 's first floor.

DEC 6-23 Candlelight Christmas — This Is The Place Heritage Park - At Candlelight Christmas, you'll feel like you've taken a step back in time when you join us for this enchanting event.

Visit with Father Christmas, enjoy the live Nativity in the quiet of the Village, and feel the glow of a warm fire while being serenaded by the Heritage Village Carolers.

DEC 7 Sight & Sound: Breath of Air | The Utah Museum of Fine Arts FREE
Tours in the C&D Galleries starting at 6 pm We invite you to take a deep breath at our next Sight & Sound: Breath of Air, celebrating artwork in our latest exhibition Air, which closes December 11. Special guided tours of Air (and other atmospheric works in the UMFA’s collection!) start at 6 pm, where we’ll explore artwork that addresses themes of collective breath and collective responsibility. While your eyes, like air, move through the galleries, enjoy a special performance by Runnin' Fl'UTES in the Great Hall at 7 pm for a visual and audio experience that will change the way you look at art in a museum.

DEC 9 CLARK PLANETARIUM –Friday - Confetti Cannons: Air Pressure. Celebrate in fashion and learn at the same time! Join as we explore air pressure by making confetti cannons.
Learn Moreabout Fun Science Friday - Confetti Cannons: Air Pressure. Celebrate in fashion and learn at the same time! Join as we explore air pressure by making confetti cannons.

DEC 10 UMOCA and Salt & Honey Holiday Makers Market - Utah Cultural Alliance –

Salt and Honey Makers Market at Visit Salt Lake Visitor’s Center is partnering with the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) for a festive day of holiday shopping geared toward the whole family.

DEC 10 CLARKE PLANETARIUM Learn Moreabout 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17. Join us as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17, the last mission that put humans on the Moon. We will have community partners, activities, and demonstrations throughout the building. After the daytime activities, we will meet outside at 8 p.m. to take a look at the Moon through telescopes and binoculars.

DEC 10 BUG BRIGADE - DECEMBER 2022 Meet the bugs at NHMU! Observe and handle live bugs to learn about their anatomy, behavior, and important ecological roles.

DEC 14 CLARKE PLANETARIUM Micro Wednesdays. Join us as we look at Earth up-close and explore the tiny worlds around us! We will investigate items that on prepared slides as well as found objects. Learn More

DEC 17 Art Making | The Utah Museum of Fine Arts – FREE Views of rolling hills, lush green parks, endless canyons, and much more can be found in landscape paintings all throughout the Museum. This Third Saturday, you can paint not just one, but two landscapes! Will you paint different seasons? Day and night? Or two different views of the same mountain peak, or the same lake? Use your creativity to paint on two canvases with acrylic paint.

DEC Wild Weekdays - $5 Online Admission - Utah's Hogle Zoo - Utah’s Hogle Zoo is offering special $5 online admission for everyone, ONLINE ONLY, EVERY WEEKDAY in December 2022. Online tickets are $5 each, while tickets at the gate are $7 each.

DEC Tracy Aviary - Lightwalk at Tracy Aviary - Take a stroll and experience Tracy Aviary's natural nighttime beauty, enhanced with thousands of twinkling lights, including a giant Christmas Light Maze and a selfie-worthy lighted tunnel. Enjoy nightly musical performances and delicious food and beverages from local food trucks, and dive into the holiday season each weekend with a festive Christmas Market featuring local arts, crafts, and seasonal treats. Cap your night off with a visit to Santa daily from 6-8 p.m.

DEC I Dig Dinos – Discovery Gateway Children's Museum –

Experience the only exhibit where you get to be the paleontologist!

Experience the life of a paleontologist through your child’s eyes in our one-of-a-kind exhibit. Kids can dig for fossils, take them to the lab and identify their find under a microscope, interact with real fossils found in Utah, and learn about kids who have actually discovered dinosaurs. It's a first of its kind exhibit where kids get to be the paleontologist and get to be hands-on with actual fossils and bones!

DEC ZooLights - Utah's Hogle Zoo - The unique family holiday tradition, 16th Annual ZooLights, is back at Utah’s Hogle Zoo for select dates through Dec. 30, 2022. While the animals sleep, guests of all ages will see fantastical light displays of animals, characters, and holiday scenes around the zoo from 5:30-9 p.m.

ONGOING Salt Lake Public Library Events: https://events.slcpl.org/events?r=thismonth

SOUTH JORDAN

DEC Christmas in Color - Drive through millions of lights perfectly synchronized to holiday music you’ll hear right through your radio. Drive by giant candy canes, snowmen, arched pathways and more. Take your time enjoying this lighting extravaganza.

SOUTH SUMMIT

Through Dec Youth Sports Alliance Activities (scroll to the bottom of their website to see an overview of the program and to view activities for your location).

SPANISH FORK

DEC Festival of Lights (spanishfork.org) - Running nightly (including Sundays) from 6 - 10 p.m.
Canyon View Park, 3300 E. Powerhouse Rd. (Map) Admission $10 per single-family vehicle

SPRINGVILLE

DEC 14 SPRINGVILLE MUSEUM OF ART –Santa’s Art Shop 2022 - Utah Cultural Alliance – FREE Join us for Santa’s Art Shop on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from 5:00-7:00p.m. Meet Santa, enjoy cookies and milk, and make a variety of themed art projects. We will have a broad range of activities for all ability levels. Santa will be there to oversee the work. This event is free and there is no pre-registration. This is a family event all are welcome. Wednesday, December 14, 2022 5:00 - 7:00pm

ST. GEORGE

DEC 9 Light the Night Luminary Festival 2022 - Utah Cultural Alliance – FREE Come enjoy our winter event to kick off the holiday season featuring many fun activities such as making your own luminary to help us "light the night", arts and crafts in the social hall with hot chocolate and apple cider, a fundraising art sale featuring the work of local artists, an art sale and wreath auction, and live music from the St George Chamber Choir. This donation-based event is our biggest of the year!

ONGOING ST. GEORGE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Wasatch Learning Academy will get discounted admission $3 per child and FREE admission for one parent to each family. need to show they are with Wasatch Learning Academy to get the discounted admission.

DEC Christmas in the Canyon - Tuacahn Center for the Arts – FREE Come celebrate Christmas at Tuacahn this holiday season! With over 250,000 twinkling lights, a live nativity show, train rides on The Tuacahn Express, a open fire, and a visit with Santa Claus, you don’t want to miss Tuacahn’s Christmas in the Canyon event! There is no admission charge to visit Tuacahn and enjoy Christmas in the Canyon.

DEC Holiday Lights at Red Hills Desert Garden – Greater Zion Event - Red Hills Desert Garden will be transformed into a winter wonderland with thousands of holiday lights and displays that are guaranteed to add a little sparkle to the season. Lights are on nightly until 10 p.m.

WASATCH COUNTY

Through Dec Youth Sports Alliance Activities (scroll to the bottom of their website to see an overview of the program and to view activities for your location).

WEST JORDAN

DEC ELF DISPLAYS & ELF SCAVENGER HUNT GARDNER VILLAGE - Start your Christmas traditions at Gardner Village. You don’t need a ticket on the Polar Express to see Santa’s magic in action. Gardner Village brings you another year of fun from the North Pole with our whimsical elf displays.

DEC SNOWBALL EXPRESS TRAIN RIDETHE TRAIN SHOPPE (gardnervillage.com)
Saturdays During December, 11am to 7pm Choo! Choo! Holiday fun is here, and The Train Shoppe at Gardner Village has your ticket. All aboard the Snowball Express. Enjoy a festive tour of Gardner Village on this trackless train on Saturdays, 11am to 7pm, November and December 2022. Bundle up and get your caboose to the train stop by The Train Shoppe. Cost is $4 per person. Rides will be held weather permitting. Call The Train Shoppe at 801.322.2729 with questions.

WEST VALLEY

DEC 12 WorldStage! Winter Concert Series (westvalleysymphonyutah.org) – FREE

Join us for the Winter Concert series with West Valley Symphony of Utah Monday Dec. 12 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. These annual winter concerts bring musical performances to West Valley City during this complimentary experience for the whole family. The West Valley Symphony is an all-volunteer orchestra of 75-80 musicians from all over the Wasatch Front from Provo to Ogden. Watch them perform orchestral and musical arts live at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.

ZIONS NATIONAL PARK

DEC Zion National Park Stargazing | Best in Utah | Zion Ponderosa - See the Utah Milky Way for the first time. Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort sits at 6,500 feet in elevation on a forested plateau above Zion National Park, far away from the light pollution of towns and cities, enabling our guests to have brilliant views of the distant planets, stars, and the milky way. All ages welcome. Our knowledgeable guides will help you learn about constellations as you gaze at the crystal-clear night sky. Hot chocolate and telescopes will be provided.

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Phone: 435-654-6010