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December events and activities in Utah

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December 2, 2025

Here are events, concerts, sporting events and more that offer the opportunity to support our local community that are going on in December. It’s broken down by type of event or activity throughout the month.

Utah festivals and activities in December

Dec. 1 — Santa comes to Bluffdale | Bluffdale
Dec. 1 — Draper Park Tree Lighting Ceremony | Draper
Dec. 1 — Holladay tree lighting event | Holladay
Dec. 1 — Light the Heights | Cottonwood Heights
Dec. 1 — Santa comes to Riverton | Riverton
Dec. 1 — Taylorsville Tree Lighting Ceremony | Taylorsville
Dec. 1 — Tree Lighting & Holiday Fun 2025 | West Valley
Dec. 1 — Memorial Redwood Remembrance & Tree Lighting | West Jordan
Dec. 1-Jan. 10 — Luminaria | Lehi
Dec. 1-6 — Christmas Town Festival | Helper
Dec. 1-28 — Christmas in Color | South Jordan
Dec. 1-31 — Winter Scenes and Holiday Dreams Exhibit | Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Dec. 1-31 — Nativities from Around the World Exhibit | Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Dec. 1-31 — Lightwalk at Tracy Aviary | Salt Lake City
Dec. 1-Jan. 4 — Enchanted Safari | Utah State Fairpark & Event Center
Dec. 1-Jan. 4 — Holiday Tea at Grand America | Grand America Hotel
Dec. 1-Jan. 4 — Zoolights at Utah’s Hogle Zoo | Salt Lake City
Dec. 1-Jan. 10 — Aquarium Lantern Festival | Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Dec. 4 — Sandy City’s Light Up the Cairns | Sandy City
Dec. 4 — The King’s English Holiday Party | Salt Lake City
Dec. 5 — South Jordan’s Light the Night | South Jordan
Dec. 6 — Utah Santa Run at Gardner Village | West Jordan
Dec. 6 — Taylorsville’s Saturday with Santa | Taylorsville
Dec. 6-7 — Holiday Open House and Art Fair | Red Butte Garden
Dec. 7 — Home Depot Chanukah Experience | Salt Lake City
Dec. 7-21 — Little America Breakfast with Santa | Little America Hotel
Dec. 12-14 — Sunrise Gondola Party | Park City
Dec. 21 — Cookies with Canines | Wheeler Historic Farm, Murray

Utah concerts and shows in December

Dec. 1 — Trivium | Union Event Center
Dec. 4 — Chris Williamson | The Complex
Dec. 4 — OsamaSon | Union Event Center
Dec. 4-6 — Joshua Radin | Egyptian Theatre
Dec. 4-6 — Nate Bargatze | Delta Center
Dec. 5 — Daniel Tosh | Kingsbury Hall
Dec. 5 — Ray Volpe | The Complex
Dec. 5 — Chase Matthew | Union Event Center
Dec. 5-6 — Holo Holo Music Festival | Maverik Center
Dec. 6 — Waterparks | The Complex
Dec. 6 — Trevor Wallace | Kingsbury Hall
Dec. 7 — Story of the Year and Senses Fail | The Complex
Dec. 9 — Gabby’s Dollhouse Live! | Kingsbury Hall
Dec. 9 — Lindsey Stirling | Maverik Center
Dec. 11-13 — The Lower Lights | Kingsbury Hall
Dec. 12 — Yandel | Union Event Center
Dec. 12 — La Nueva Generacion, “A Mariachi Christmas” | The Noorda (UVU)
Dec. 12 — Vincent Lima | The Complex
Dec. 13 — The Brobecks | The Complex
Dec. 16 — Mat and Savanna Shaw | Eccles Theater
Dec. 16 — Utah Symphony, “Here Comes Santa Claus” | The Noorda (UVU)
Dec. 18 — Lil Darkie | The Complex
Dec. 18-20 — A Kurt Bestor Christmas | Eccles Theater
Dec. 19 — Demetri Martin | The Complex
Dec. 19 — Postmodern Jukebox | Kingsbury Hall
Dec. 23-25 — Kurt Bestor | Egyptian Theatre
Dec. 28 — Rain: A Beatles Christmas tribute | Eccles Theater
Dec. 29 — Fortune Feimster | Eccles Theater

Utah markets in December

Dec. 3-6 — Christkindlmarkt SLC | This is the Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City
Dec. 3-6 — Holiday Utah Art Market | Town and Country Plaza, Millcreek
Dec. 4-6 — Schmidt’s Christmas Market | Schmidt’s Farm and Greenhouse, West Jordan
Dec. 5 ‚ Market and Craft Fair Holiday Extravaganza | The Gateway, Salt Lake City
Dec. 5-6 — Draper Holiday Market | Draper
Dec. 6 — Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market | Civic Center, Salt Lake City
Dec. 6 — Love Local Winter Market | Wasatch Community Gardens, Salt Lake City
Dec. 6-7 — UMFA’s Holiday Market | Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake Cit
Dec. 13 — Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market | Civic Center, Salt Lake City
Dec. 20 — Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market | Civic Center, Salt Lake City
Dec. 27 — Salt Lake City Downtown Farmers Market | Civic Center, Salt Lake City

Utah theater productions in December

Dec. 1, 5-6, 8 — “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” | Payson Community Theatre
Dec. 1-16 — “A Christmas Story” | CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
Dec. 1-20 — “Elf The Musical” | Draper Historic Theatre
Dec. 1-20 — “A Christmas Story” | St. George Musical Theater
Dec. 1-20 — “A Christmas Carol” | Encore Performing Arts
Dec. 1-20 — “Frightmare Before Christmas” | The Off Broadway Theatre Company
Dec. 1-20 — Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” | Heritage Theatre Utah
Dec. 1-20 — “Elf the Musical” | Tuacahn Amphitheatre
Dec. 1-23 — “Pride & Prejudice” | CenterPoint Theatre
Dec. 1-23 — “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” | Terrace Plaza Playhouse
Dec. 1-24 — “A Christmas Carol” | Parker Theatre
Dec. 1-27 — “A Christmas Carol” | The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater
Dec. 1-27 — “A Christmas Carol” | Hale Centre Theatre
Dec. 1-31 — “Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” | The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater
Dec. 1-Feb. 14 — “Frozen” | Hale Center Theatre
Dec. 3-23 — “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” | Covey Center for the Arts
Dec. 4-6 — “Steel Magnolias” | On Pitch Performing Arts Center
Dec. 4-6 — “Mrs. Doubtfire” | Covey Center for the Arts
Dec. 4-13 — “A Christmas Story” | Four Seasons Theatre Company
Dec. 4-13 — “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” | Brigham City Fine Arts Center
Dec. 4-13 — “It’s a Wonderful Life” | Sugar Factory Playhouse
Dec. 4-14 — “‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil” | The Eccles Theater
Dec. 5-20 — “Noises Off” | Pioneer THeatre Company
Dec. 5-20 — “She Loves Me” | Lehi City Arts Council
Dec. 5-20 — “A Christmas Carol” | Old Barn Community Theatre
Dec. 5-20 — Irving Berlin’s ”White Christmas” | IMPAC Theatre Company
Dec. 5-20 — “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical” | SCERA Center for the Arts
Dec. 5-22 — “Elf The Musical” | The Ziegfeld Theater
Dec. 5-27 — “White Christmas” | Hopebox Theatre
Dec. 6 — SUU Presents “A Charlie Brown Christmas” | Randall L. Jones Theatre
Dec. 7-22 — “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Reimagined” | Great Hall Theatrical Experiences
Dec. 12-20 — “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” | Alpine Community Theater
Dec. 12-20 — “Jingle Jacks / Five Carols for Christmas” | The Murray Theater
Dec. 12-20 — “Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Radio Play” | Timpanogos Valley Theatre
Dec. 13-22 — “A Christmas Carol” | High Valley Arts Foundation
Dec. 15-20 — “Star of Wonder” | West Valley Performing Arts Center
Dec. 16-22 — “Annie” | Vernal Theatre
Dec. 22-23 — “A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage” | Covey Center for the Arts

Utah Mammoth December schedule

Dec. 8 — Utah Mammoth vs. the Los Angeles Kings | 7 p.m.
Dec. 10 — Utah Mammoth vs. Florida Panthers | 7 p.m.
Dec. 12 — Utah Mammoth vs. Seattle Kraken | 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 — Utah Mammoth vs. New Jersey Devils | 7 p.m.
Dec. 21 — Utah Mammoth vs. Winnipeg Jets | 5 p.m.
Dec. 29 — Utah Mammoth vs. Nashville Predators | 7 p.m.

Utah Jazz December schedule

Dec. 7 — Utah Jazz vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | 6 p.m.
Dec. 15 — Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks | 7 p.m.
Dec. 18 — Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers | 7 p.m.
Dec. 20 — Utah Jazz vs. Orlando Magic | 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 23 — Utah Jazz vs. Memphis Grizzlies | 7 p.m.
Dec. 26 — Utah Jazz vs. Detroit Pistons | 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 30 — Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtics | 7 p.m.

Brigham Young University sports in December

Dec. 3 — BYU women’s basketball vs. Washington State at the Delta Center | 2 p.m.
Dec. 3 — BYU men’s basketball vs. Cal Baptist at the Delta Center | 7 p.m.
Dec. 10 — BYU men’s and women’s track and field BYU Indoor Invitational
Dec. 11 — BYU women’s basketball vs. Idaho State | 7 p.m.
Dec. 13 — BYU women’s basketball vs. UTEP | 1 p.m.
Dec. 13 — BYU men’s basketball vs. UC Riverside | 7 p.m.
Dec. 16 — BYU men’s basketball vs. Pacific | 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 — BYU men’s basketball vs. Abilene Christian | 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 22 — BYU men’s basketball vs. Eastern Washington | 7 p.m.
Dec. 31 — BYU women’s basketball vs. TCU | 7 p.m.

University of Utah sports in December

Dec. 6 — University of Utah men’s basketball vs. Cal Baptist | 5 p.m.
Dec. 10 — University of Utah women’s basketball vs. Boise State | 7 p.m.
Dec. 12 — University of Utah Red Rocks Preview | 7 p.m.
Dec. 13 — University of Utah men’s basketball vs. Mississippi State at the Delta Center | 8 p.m.
Dec. 14 — University of Utah women’s basketball vs. Northwestern | 2 p.m.
Dec. 17 — University of Utah women’s basketball vs. UC Riverside | 7 p.m.
Dec. 20 — University of Utah men’s basketball vs. Eastern Washington | 5 p.m.
Dec. 22 — University of Utah men’s and women’s swimming and diving vs. Hawaii | 11 a.m.
Dec. 31 — University of Utah women’s basketball vs. Arizona State | 2 p.m.

Utah State University sports in December

Dec. 13 — USU women’s basketball vs. Idaho | 1 p.m.
Dec. 13 — USU men’s basketball vs. Illinois State at the Delta Center | 3 p.m.
Dec. 15 — USU gymnastics Blue vs. White Meet | 6 p.m.
Dec. 17 — USU women’s basketball vs. Air Force | 6 p.m.
Dec. 20 — USU men’s basketball vs. Colorado State | noon
Dec. 31 — USU women’s basketball vs. San Jose State | 1 p.m.

Weber State University sports in December

Dec. 3 — Weber State men’s basketball vs. Oral Roberts | 7 p.m.
Dec. 6 — Weber State women’s basketball vs. North Dakota State | noon
Dec. 9 — Weber State women’s basketball vs. Montana Western | 11 a.m.
Dec. 17 — Weber State women’s basketball vs. La Sierra | 6 p.m.
Dec. 20 — Weber State men’s basketball vs. Utah Tech | 7 p.m.
Dec. 22 — Weber State men’s basketball vs. Lincoln | 2 p.m.

Utah Valley University sports in December

Dec. 6 — UVU women’s basketball vs. Air Force | 2 p.m.
Dec. 10 — UVU men’s basketball vs. Idaho State | 6 p.m.
Dec. 16 — UVU women’s basketball vs. La Sierra | 6 p.m.
Dec. 17 — UVU men’s basketball vs. Weber State | 6 p.m.
Dec. 20 — UVU women’s basketball vs. Idaho State | noon
Dec. 20 — UVU men’s basketball vs. Bethesda | 3 p.m.
Dec. 29 — UVU men’s basketball vs. California Baptist | 6 p.m.

Southern Utah University sports in December

Dec. 1 — SUU men’s basketball vs. West Coast Baptist College | 7 p.m.
Dec. 4 — SUU women’s basketball vs. New Mexico State University | noon
Dec. 29 — SUU women’s basketball vs. Utah Tech | 6:30 p.m.

Utah Tech University sports in December

Dec. 2 — Utah Tech women’s basketball vs. McNeese | 7 p.m.
Dec. 6 — Utah Tech women’s basketball vs. New Mexico State | 2 p.m.
Dec. 12 — Utah Tech women’s swimming vs. Northern Arizona Dual Day | 5 p.m.
Dec. 13 — Utah Tech women’s swimming vs. Northern Arizona Dual Day | 5 p.m.
Dec. 13 — Utah Tech women’s basketball vs. UC Santa Barbara | 2 p.m.
Dec. 13 — Utah Tech men’s basketball vs. Justice University | 7 p.m.
Dec. 17 — Utah Tech women’s basketball vs. Chicago State | 2 p.m.
Dec. 29 — Utah Tech men’s basketball vs. SUU | 7 p.m.

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Voices: If Utah is serious about water conservation, large-scale infrastructure must become part of the solution

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April 12, 2026

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Voices: If Utah is serious about water conservation, large-scale infrastructure must become part of the solution

As snowpack becomes less predictable and drought pressures intensify across the West, the burden of conservation cannot fall on residents alone.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Herriman has thousands of housing units that are ready to be built but held up because there isn’t water infrastructure on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

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DNA Breakthrough Identifies New Ted Bundy Victim In Utah; Could Solve Wyoming Cases

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April 11, 2026

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DNA Breakthrough Identifies New Ted Bundy Victim In Utah; Could Solve Wyoming Cases

A more than 50-year-old Utah cold case murder has been identified as another victim of the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy using advanced DNA techniques.

The bombshell announcement represents a breakthrough that may lead to resolving other unsolved cases across the United States, and potentially Wyoming.

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced at a press conference last week that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime in 1974, a crime that went unsolved for 52 years.

Aime had been at a Halloween party in Utah County the night she disappeared after leaving the party on foot by herself to get some items from a convenience store.

Aime’s body was discovered less than a month later on Thanksgiving when two hikers found her several feet from the highway in American Fork Canyon.

Her naked body had been bound, severely beaten and strangled with a nylon stocking, trademarks of Bundy, who wouldn’t be arrested until more than three years later, on Feb. 15, 1978.

Bundy is believed to have murdered at least 30 young women between 1974 and 1978 across seven states — including Utah, Colorado and Idaho — and was eventually caught in Florida after killing a 12-year-old girl.

He was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and other charges, sentenced to death, and executed in January 1989.

Laura Ann Aime, 17, of Utah, has been confirmed through advanced DNA technology to be one of the more than 30 known or potential victims of infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. (Screenshot from “Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” via Netflix)

At Least 30 Murders

Bundy is believed to have killed at least eight young women in Utah during the mid-1970s, when he was a law student at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, according to reporting by The Salt Lake Tribune.

It’s not clear how early Bundy began killing his victims, though by the time he moved to Utah in 1974, investigators in Washington state had begun looking into the disappearances of several young women from where he previously had lived.

Along with Aime, Bundy is thought to have killed 16-year-old cheerleader Nancy Wilcox, who at the time was chalked up as a runaway, as well as high school senior Melissa Smith, whose body was found bludgeoned nine days after she disappeared.

Upon his deathbed, Bundy confessed to 30 murders, Aime among them, but the Utah County Sheriff’s Department and county attorney weren’t prepared to accept his admission based on the evidence and forensic tools at the time, according to the sheriff’s department.

This changed in 2023 when the Utah state crime lab acquired new genotyping technology that allows investigators to reconstruct a full DNA profile from small, age-degraded, or mixed samples.

A call to the Utah Department of Public Safety, which oversees the state crime lab, was not returned for specifics of the technology, but Sgt. Raymond Ormond of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said it has allowed investigators for the first time to create a full DNA profile for Bundy that has since been uploaded into the national database.

Along with solving Aime’s murder, the full DNA profile now paves the way for other agencies in Utah and elsewhere to potentially solve other cold cases involving Bundy.

Ormond said there are an unconfirmed number of other agencies interested in the Bundy profile but declined to name them or say if they are in Utah or other states.

There are four other known cold cases in Utah potentially involving Bundy, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

An FBI wanted poster for Ted Bundy, left, and his reaction to being given the death penalty. (Getty Images)

Could There Be Wyoming Bundy Victims?

So far, it’s not believed that Wyoming is among the states Bundy admitted to killing victims in, but Ryan Cox isn’t ruling it out.

Cox is a commander at the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) who also oversees the state’s cold case division.

News of the latest Bundy victim in Utah made him consider the question again, Cox told Cowboy State Daily, though there’s no evidence at this time to suggest Bundy committed any murders in Wyoming.

“I have evaluated Bundy’s possible involvement in Wyoming. It is obviously a possibility,” Cox said. “Of the known deceased that DCI is investigating, it is possible, but no evidence points to Bundy.

“There are also all the other agencies’ investigations and the missing from that time frame to consider. I would not be able to say yes or no as to his involvement.”

DCI’s cold case database is still incomplete, though will likely continue to expand following legislation passed by the state in March 2024, called the Cold Case Database and Investigations Act.

That law made it mandatory for all law enforcement agencies to report to DCI all unsolved homicides and felony sexual offenses two years or older, dating back to January 1972.

Florida State University’s Chi Phi fraternity celebrates the execution of Ted Bundy with a large banner that says, “Watch Ted Fry, See Ted Die!” as they prepare for an evening cookout where they will serve “Bundy burgers” and “electrified hot dogs.” Bundy attacked five women and killed two Chi Omega coeds on the campus in 1978. (Getty Images)
A Utah booking photo of Ted Bundy. (Getty Images)
Serial killer Ted Bundy after he was arrested for the murder of two Florida State University co-eds. (Getty Images)

At Least Four Unsolved Cold Cases

There are now four unsolved cases on the DCI Cold Case database between 1974 and 1978, the years Bundy is known to have killed victims, with three of those involving females.

This includes the murder of a 10-year-old girl who disappeared in Rawlins on Aug. 24, 1974, and whose body was found about eight months later.

Though not named, presumably this entry refers to Jayleen Dawn Banker, whose body was found eight months later deceased from a blow to her head.

Royal Russell Long, a long-haul truck driver, is suspected of her murder, though he was never convicted. He’s also suspected in the disappearances or deaths of three other young women in Carbon County during this time known colloquially as the Rawlins Rodeo Murders.

The other homicide listed in the database is Doris Kay Holmes, who was discovered dead of a ligature strangulation in her apartment in Sheridan on July 1, 1975.

In addition to Holmes, an unknown female was also sexually assaulted in a desert region of Green River on Sept. 30, 1977, with no additional details provided in the database.

Cox said that though evidence in many cold cases has already undergone DNA analysis, the agency is “constantly evaluating evidence in cases for potential DNA.”

Palpable Buzz

There was cause for celebration at the Utah County Sheriff’s Office when word came back that they had finally solved Aime’s murder, Sgt. Ormond said.

Ormond said new leadership in the detective division prompted the agency to put fresh eyes on old cases, and a decision was made to test swabs of bodily fluids that were pristinely preserved from the crime scene in 1974.

In light of the new DNA technology, the decision was made to “push this through,” Ormond said. Everyone was on board and excited, including the crime lab.

It took about a year to get the results back, but “the buzz was almost palpable” once they received the results.

“Not only does it close out this case, but we can finally reach out to Laura’s family with the good news,” he said.

People Still Care

The family was touched that the investigators and the public still cared about Aime’s case.

At the press conference, Aime’s younger sister, Michelle Impala, who was 12 at the time her sister was murdered, spoke on the family’s behalf.

“It’s really quite amazing that people are even still interested in Laura’s case,” Impala said. “Know I speak for my family when I thank you, and thank you media, too, for even caring.”

Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Reynolds, who oversaw the investigation, called Aime a “quintessential daughter of Utah County.”

Watching Aime’s family last week brought home the tragedy for Ormond and the reality of a life being cut so short.

He said he watched the small group of Aime’s family run the gamut of emotions, and was particularly struck by Impala’s memories of her sister from the perspective of a young girl who was profoundly impacted by her sister’s death as was the rest of her family.

Ormond said having that closure was clearly meaningful for the family, but the joy was also overladen with a profound sadness.

“Here’s this person that was taken in the prime of their adulthood that should have been able to have decades worth of more memories,” he said.

But with Bundy’s complete profile officially in the database — and new and better DNA identifying technology being developed all the time — he hopes other families will get that same closure.

Jen Kocher can be reached at jen@cowboystatedaily.com.

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Jazz lose by winning in the ‘Tanking Super Bowl’ — but optimism reigns as team imagines possibilities for next season

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April 11, 2026

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Jazz lose by winning in the ‘Tanking Super Bowl’ — but optimism reigns as team imagines possibilities for next season

The Jazz remain tied for 4th-worst record, but feel closer than ever to getting back to the playoffs.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz players Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen and Jusuf Nurkic share a laugh as they sit on the bench during Friday’s game against hte Memphis Grizzlies.

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