Downtown SLC Open Streets: Closed to cars. Open for fun.
Open Streets programming returns to Downtown SLC’s Main Street for two weekends this summer, Friday July 12-13 and July 19-20. Main Street will be closed to automobile traffic and open for fun from 100 South to 200 South to create a promenade with free entertainment and activations on the block. This year, The Blocks Arts District presents two headline events: Main Street: A Fashion and Music Experience returns Saturday, July 13, 8-10pm for an immersive experience in the lobby of the Eccles Theater. Presented by Alleyways Amplified, the event features local talent and promises to be an unforgettable night of beauty, creativity, and community.
On Friday, July 19, 6-10pm, Eccles Theater, The Blocks and the Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City brings four local mariachi bands and renowned Mexican classical guitarist Sergio Fuentes Oseguera. See below for more weekend events.
“Main Street and downtown are at their best when people are prioritized over cars. The programming we have planned will surprise and delight everyone who comes downtown for the fun,” said Dee Brewer, executive director of the Downtown Alliance. “We are grateful for the City’s commitment to this demonstration project and their study of permanent improvements to Main Street to enable more public space and programming on this historic corridor.”
Open Streets is made possible by Salt Lake City and is activated by the Downtown Alliance and The Blocks Arts District.
SCHEDULE
Friday July 12, 2024
Salt Lake County Arts & Culture presents Salt Lake Speaks – Poetry Slam
Eccles Theater Front Steps; 6-10pm
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Alleyways Amplified presents Main Street: A Fashion and Music Experience
Eccles Theater Front Steps
8-10pm
Friday July 19, 2024
SLC County Arts & Culture, The Blocks and the Mexican Consulate of Salt Lake City presents
Mariachi Festival
Eccles Theater Front Steps, 6-10PM
Twilight: Watchhouse
Gallivan Plaza, 6-10PM
Saturday July 20, 2024
Bandah Presents
AIRE | Everything is Connected
An Art Installation at Exchange Place Downtown SLC featuring f2f sounds from local music curators.
Exchange Place Plaza
8-11PM
SB Dance and Curbside Theater presents: Tarotville
Eccles Theater Front Steps, 9-10:30PM
Performers on the Promenade
Downtown’s spacious Main Street corridor will be animated with buskers, activations and art performances from Exchange Place to Eccles Theater.
Dozens of restaurants and bars
More than 150 downtown restaurants, bars, and retailers are excited to welcome you to the heart of the city.
Share the fun. Enter to win.
Share your Open Streets experience with us by using #OpenStreetsSLC on Instagram and you’ll be automatically entered to win prizes from downtown businesses.
Play safe. Play courteous.
Please join us and help us create a safe experience for everyone! Open Streets is a family-friendly, come-one-come-all urban experience.
FAQ’S:
- On-street paid parking throughout downtown
- City Creek Center (First two hours are free!)
- Paid parking garages are accessible via Gallivan Ave and Exchange Place
- TRAX, Frontrunner and UTA busses (enjoy the free fare zone)
- GREENbike
- Rideshare Services (Lyft, Uber)
Open Streets is for everyone. Main Street will have ADA ramps and access to all businesses.
You will find outdoor dining, music, buskers, dancers and all kinds of friendly folks. Main Street is Salt Lake City's urban living room, where world-travelers and SLC locals become convivial neighbors.
We encourage all downtown businesses to appeal to the thousands of people that come downtown for Open Streets each week. Use your social media, signs, merchandising, programming and customer base to associate your business with #OpenStreetsSLC activations. If you have other questions about business participation in Open Streets, or the downtown activities and events, please contact .
Barricades will block auto traffic on Main Street in both directions between Main Street and 400 South from noon until business close (around 1:00 am) on activation days Friday, Saturday. Cross streets will remain open.
Please contact for any questions about traffic or other impacts to downtown property owners.
Tell your friends and family! Share your experience by using the hashtag #OpenStreetsSLC on Instagram.
