Relive the Utah Concert Experience!
STYX • Chicago • August 30, 2026 • Utah First Amphitheatre
Reviewed and Photographed by Kevin Rolfe
The appropriately named Windy Cities Tour brought two legendary bands to the same stage, both of which started in the city of Chicago. Styx and Chicago, two legendary bands, played Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre on August 30, giving fans a chance to hear decades of familiar songs from two groups that have remained remarkably relevant across generations.
GARTH BROOKS ANNOUNCES SALT LAKE CITY AS THE NEXT STOP ON HIS “BLAME IT ALL ON MY ROOTS” ARENA TOUR
DATES SET FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 +
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
AT DELTA CENTER
General On Sale Starts Friday, September 18
at 10:00 am/MT HERE
Noah Kahan • August 25, 2026 • America First Field
Reviewed and Photographed by Kevin Rolfe
Noah Kahan brought The Great Divide Tour to America First Field in Sandy on August 25, turning what has been a massive stadium tour into what became a much more up close and personal night for us here in Utah. For example, I have friends who saw Noah in a packed Rose Bowl. That place holds 90, 000 people for football games. I believe there were just over 22,000 at America First Field. It was the smallest show on the entire tour. Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo doesn’t usually have concerts outside of The Stadium of Fire, and I imagine Rice-Eccles Stadium wasn’t available due to the upcoming college football season. So we got the home of MLS team Real Salt Lake as the hosting venue for this show. And it was to our benefit.
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The Red Clay Strays • Dylan Gossett • September 2, 2026 • Maverik Center
Reviewed and Photographed by Ava Dalton
There’s a specific kind of energy and, frankly, magic that happens when a band knows exactly who they are before they even step foot on stage, and that’s the energy Dylan Gossett and The Red Clay Strays brought to the Maverik Center on Wednesday, September 2nd. Both bands have a unique and incredible take on traditional country music, and I could not dream up a more perfect pairing.
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Sandy Amphitheater was the perfect setting for an evening built around great songs, familiar voices, and the kind of laid-back energy that makes a summer concert feel special. O.A.R. headlined the night, with Gavin DeGraw and Lisa Loeb helping make the evening a well-rounded lineup that moved comfortably between pop, rock, folk, and singer-songwriter styles.
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Ray LaMontagne • August 23, 2026 • Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
Reviewed and Photographed by Kevin Rolfe
Red Butte Garden was packed. This is a show that has been anticipated for over a year. Ray LaMontagne unfortunately had to reschedule his Red Butte Garden show in 2025. Everyone was so happy it was rescheduled, but having to wait another year to see one of their favorite singer-songwriters is not a small thing. Fans were dying to see him, so this show had a buzz of anticipation around it. It had been sold out for months. It was exciting inside the amphitheatre.
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5 Seconds Of Summer • The Band Camino • Haiden Henderson •August 26, 2026 • Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
Reviewed and Photographed by Amelia Weyerstall
5 Seconds of Summer brought their “Everyone’s A Star” tour to Utah First Credit Union Amp in West Valley, bringing energy and the starry, glamorous boyband experience to their Utah fans. As the saying goes from guitarist of 5SOS, Michael Clifford, “Real bands save fans, and real fans save bands”
Avenge Sevenfold • Good Charlotte • Statica • Jayden Hammer • August 25, 2026 • Utah Credit Union Amphitheater
Reviewed and Photographed by Colton Kresser
It’s the beginning of 2009, and my dad got me tickets to see Avenged Sevenfold on tour with Buckcherry. It’s the second concert I had ever been to, and at the time, A7X was my all-time favorite band. I have their self-titled album on CD, and it never leaves my CD player. I listen to it on my way to the bus stop, while I’m on the bus, during lunch break at school, on the bus ride home, and then right before bed, I turn their live DVD “Live in the LBC” on my PlayStation 2 as my “white noise” I can fall asleep to.
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Courtney Barnett • Zoh Amba • August 22, 2026 • The Complex
Reviewed and Photographed by Amelia Weyerstall
Courtney Barnett’s Salt Lake stop of the Creature of Habit tour was a massive hit with both the dedicated fans and excited newcomers seeing Barnett live for the first time. The tour stopped in Salt Lake City at The Complex.
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Toto • Christopher Cross • The Romantics • August 21, 2026 • Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
Reviewed and Photographed by Josilyn Wakkuri Lybbert
On August 21, 2026, fans of all ages gathered at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre in West Valley City for a night full of songs that have been around for decades from Toto, Christopher Cross, and The Romantics! Luckily, the summer storms that could have brewed and threatened the events of the night kept their distance, so all could proceed as normal!
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