A rich variety of cultures make up the community of Utah County.Many of those cultures will be shared at the Utah County Fair. This is the first year that the Opening Night Cultural Celebration will be held. The celebration, which will entertain as well as educate visitors, is designed to honor ...
America’s Freedom Festival Grand Parade has been a showpiece of Provo’s annual July 4 celebration for more than a century. Each year, there is something newly added to entice visitors and keep a fresh line-up.This year for the first time, the official Days of ’47 float will be in the ...
A 9/11 survivor, an escapee of Nazi Germany and a physicist who developed the flight plan for Apollo 11 are among this year’s recipients of the Freedom Awards.The 34th annual Freedom Awards Gala will be held at 6:30 p.m. July 2 at the Utah Valley Convention Center, 220 W. Center St. in ...
From July 12 to 27, the city of Spanish Fork will hold its annual Fiesta Days celebration.The festival celebrates the city’s Spanish ties, with its name coming from Spanish friars who visited the area in search of a passageway to the Spanish missions of California in the late 1700s. And with ...
Highland residents kick off the Highland Fling celebration week with a luau celebrating the diverse cultures of Polynesia July 27.The luau is being catered by Pacific Island Grill and features traditional dances from countries such as Tahiti, Hawaii and New Zealand. There will even be a ...
There’s something about fireworks that makes children and adults alike stop everything and stare up into the sky in complete wonderment.Is it the colors, the sounds, the ambiance — all of the above? Fireworks are that celebration in the sky that causes all who have eyes to see, ears to hear ...
Jake and Helen Kester have been named this year’s Santaquin Orchard Days grand marshals.The couple, who have been married for 53 years, have dedicated — and continue to dedicate — much of their time to honoring veterans and spreading patriotism in the community of Santaquin.The Kesters ...
According to Bert and Taunya Wilson, their family has always been civic-minded with a focus on building and maintaining community.The Wilsons are the grand marshals of Lehi’s Grand Parade for the 2019 Round-Up; Bert Wilson is the former mayor of Lehi having served between 2010 and ...
The Lehi Round-Up Week celebration is not just parades and rodeos. It is also a time to celebrate the arts within the community through Arts in the Park, a chalk art competition and a local art show.The Lehi City Arts Council is responsible for coordinating the different art events during ...
Some of the acts at the <a href="https://www.freedomfestival.org/" target="_blank">America’s Freedom Festival at Provo</a>’s 2019 <a href="https://www.freedomfestival.org/event/stadium-of-fire/" target="_blank">Bank of American Fork Stadium of ...
