Music in the Mountains

Park City also offers intellectual and cultural pursuits. The community hosts colorful and eclectic festivals throughout the year, including the world-famous Sundance Film Festival, the Park City Kimball Arts Festival and the Fidelity Investments Park City Jazz Festival, just to name a few. In every season, the Park City Performing Arts Foundation offers celebrated live dance and musical performances, and every weekend the Park City Film Series screens a different independent film.

Utah Symphony & Orchestra

Summertime at Deer Valley Resort also brings the Utah Symphony & Opera, held in the Outdoor Amphitheater at Snow Park Lodge. The Utah Symphony is one of only 19 full-time, professional orchestras in the United States, and is best recognized internationally through its great recording legacy. From its early beginnings in 1940, with 5 concerts performed by 52 part-time musicians, the 83-member orchestra now performs over 200 concerts each year. www.utahsymphony.org

Park City Performing Arts

Park City Performing Arts Foundation is a non-profit organization, dedicated to presenting top-notch, diverse and entertaining performances to the community. Now in its ninth season, PCPAF continues to bring eclectic, nationally and internationally renowned performers to The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts (a joint-use facility with the Park City School District). PCPAF’s main stage acts have ranged from comedian Bill Cosby to Pilobolus Dance Theater (a Cultural Olympiad performance) to bluegrass stars, Nickel Creek.

Concerts At The Canyons Resort

Concerts at The Canyons welcomes many professional acts that have included Buckweat Zydeco, Sonny Landreth, String Cheese Incident, Green Day, and Collective Soul. These concerts are held in The Canyon's Village Forum are which features a covered stage, concessions, beer garden, plenty of seating, fire pit, and a large sculpture that is the center piece of the forum. www.thecanyons.com

Concert In The Park

Throughout the summer, PCPAF presents the Wells Fargo Concerts at Deer Valley's Snow Park Amplitheater– free concerts performed by local musicians for local audiences as well as Big Stars, Bright Nights (large-scale concerts) at Deer Valley Resort. www.ecclescenter.org

Mountain Town Stages

Mountain Town Stages is a non-profit organization. They exist to foster and support an internationally recognized musical community in our beautiful mountain setting. They are working to establish Park City as a musical destination for visitors and make the hills alive with music for residents - Like a stationary cruise ship. The programs add to the overall festive atmosphere experienced by locals and visitors. They are striving to create a mountain musical Shangri-la. www.mountaintownstages.com