Festival Coverage
FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2018 @ The Salt Palace...
Back again for the 2018 season, Salt Lake’s comic convention FanX 2018 is a three-day September event filled with guest celebrities, authors, cosplay professionals as well as amazing artists and other such “geek-merch” vendors. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con 2017 @ The Salt Palace 09.21–23
The fifth annual Salt Lake Comic Con (and ninth event overall) begins Thursday morning. With the first day usually being the slowest of the three-day event, people had the hallways to themselves, having the full attention of the vendors and artists as well as a great seat at the special guest panels inside the Grand Ballroom.
Craft Lake City 9th Annual DIY Fest 2017
Aug. 11–13, Craft Lake City hosted the 9th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival at the Gallivan Center, featuring artisans, performers, food and more. … read more
The Utah Beer Festival: Curing Your Ale-Ments Since 2009
We thought this would be a great opportunity to host a festival because we had so much great beer—great local beer,” says Briggs. “We were so excited to see them winning awards at the Great American Beer Festival and in San Diego. We thought that we should be highlighting them ourselves, here in Utah.” … read more
Funky Junk: Shenanigans and Sustainable Living with the JenkStars
There are many different branches to our underground community, and all of them have important messages with positive goals to achieve. I was lucky enough to sit down with a group of the Jenkstars community and chat with them about their upcoming event, Building Man, which will take place this May 4–7 at The Jenkstar Ranch. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con FanX17 @ The Salt Palace 03.17–03.18
Returning for the 2017 season, Salt Lake Comic Con: FanX filled the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City for a geek-packed St. Patrick’s Day weekend. … read more
The Wallisch Report: First Chair Festival
X Games slopestyle gold medalist Tom Wallisch is heading to the inaugural First Chair Festival this coming Saturday, Sept. 17, at The Complex, and it’s fair to say that excited is an understatement. The festival will feature brews from Sierra Nevada, film premieres and live music from Too$hort and BoomBox. … read more
Craft Lake City 8th Annual DIY Fest 2016
Craft Lake City’s 8th Annual DIY Festival expanded to three days this year, and all of the music, vendors, delicious food and beautiful art could hardly be contained in one weekend. … read more
Sundance 2016 Film Reviews
With releases from Sundance veterans such as Ira Sachs, Kelly Reichdart and Kenneth Longeran as well as other notable filmmakers such as Anna Rose Holmer and Kerem Senga, Sundance 2016 promises to provide a hefty lineup of high-quality indie films. … read more
Slamdance 2016 Film Reviews
Bringing in titles such as Chemical Cut (Marjorie Conrad), Dead Hands Dig Deep (Jai Love), Fursonas (Dominic Rodriguez) and Honey Buddies (Alex Simmons), Slamdance 2016 looks to be a great and intriguing showcase of underground, independent film. … read more