Free events · Music and shows
Recitals, open mics, jazz jams and free concerts.
Wed Oct 28 to Tue Nov 3. Every listing was checked against the host's own page. Plans change, so check the link before you go.
Wednesday, Oct 28
WED OCT 28 · 7:30PM
Thompson Chamber Music Hall, David P. Gardner Hall, 1375 E Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City
Bizet's Carmen cut down to two singers, monologues and flamenco. Free on campus tonight; the same show sells tickets in Taylorsville two nights later.
Free. No tickets needed.
WED OCT 28 · 6 TO 7PM
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Great Hall, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City
Student composers wrote new pieces about works in UMFA's collection, and the Student Opera Guild sings them live in the Great Hall.
Free. RSVP encouraged, not required.
Thursday, Oct 29
THU OCT 29 · 7 TO 8PM
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City
A dance piece where one performer travels toward the museum during the show and the audience moves around the gallery to change its view.
Suggested $10 donation. RSVP required, limited capacity.
Friday, Oct 30
FRI OCT 30 · 7:30PM
Salt Lake Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Six organists from the Cathedral of the Madeleine and Temple Square share the Tabernacle organ for one evening. Catholic and Latter-day Saint players, same bench.
Free. Open to the public. Ages 8 and up.
Sunday, Nov 1
SUN NOV 1 · 4 TO 5PM
Dumke Recital Hall, David P. Gardner Hall, 1375 E Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City
A master's student's harp recital on a Sunday afternoon. An hour with an instrument most people never hear up close.
Free. No tickets needed.
NOV 1 TO NOV 3 · NOV 1 7:30PM; NOV 2 AND 3 NOON TO 9:30PM
Libby Gardner Concert Hall, David P. Gardner Hall, 1375 E Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City
Three days of piano: a guest recital, open masterclasses, a Scriabin lecture-recital and competition finals. Drop in for any part.
Free. No tickets needed.
Monday, Nov 2
MON NOV 2 · 4 TO 5PM
Day-Riverside Branch, 1575 W 1000 N, Salt Lake City
Dance and mariachi performances, pan de muerto, champurrado and café de olla to close out the City Library's Día de Muertos festival series.
Free. Drop in.
Standing things you can keep going back to.
TUESDAYS · 8 TO 10PM
AMP Studio, 1192 E Wilmington Ave, Salt Lake City
A short workshop on one standard, then a jam with professional mentors. Bring an instrument or just listen.
Free. No registration.
THURSDAYS · 7:30PM
Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Sit in while a huge choir works through its music. A weeknight in a room most of us have never sat in.
Free. No ticket needed.
WEDNESDAYS · 6 TO 9PM
Woodbine Food Hall, 545 W 700 S, Salt Lake City
Bring an instrument or just ears. A slow-jam workshop for newer players, then an open old-time or bluegrass jam.
Free slow-jam workshop 6 to 7pm, then the open jam. All ages and abilities.
Walk in any day they're open.
DAILY; NONE SUN OCT 25 OR THU NOV 26 · NOON MON TO SAT; 2PM SUN
Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Thirty minutes of live pipe organ, every day. A lunch break nobody has to plan.
Free. No tickets.