Concerts in Salt Lake City

With his deep, expressive voice, keen wit, and deft poetic sense, Josh Ritter has earned a reputation as one of the most essential singer/songwriters in folk and Americana — a distinction cemented by his acclaimed 2025 album "I Believe in You, My Honeydew," which the Boston Globe calls "one of his strongest records to date." See him live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 22!

Denver duo Marfa — formed in 2021 by CU Denver music students Bryce Menchaca and Kellen Wall — blend a Texas country upbringing, Colorado rock grit, and the breezy California spirit of Laurel Canyon into a sound that channels CSNY and the Eagles for a new generation. Their debut single "66," produced by Grammy-winning Nick Waterhouse and recorded at the legendary EastWest Studios in LA, signals a bold arrival. See them live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 23!

London indie-folk duo Flyte — Will Taylor and Nick Hill — crafts confessional, harmony-drenched folk-pop that Far Out Magazine calls "profoundly intimate," awarding their latest album "Between You and Me" four stars. Produced by Ethan Johns, the record blends timeless 1960s-tinged warmth with deeply personal songwriting that feels, as critics put it, "entirely for you." See them live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 24!

Big Richard is a Colorado-based, all-women bluegrass quartet — Joy Adams, Bonnie Sims, Hazel Royer, and Eve Panning — known for jaw-dropping string virtuosity, stunning four-part harmony, and a healthy dose of irreverent wit. Their sophomore album Pet (Signature Sounds, February 2026), recorded live to tape to capture their fierce live energy, has earned them the No Depression Spotlight Artist designation and critical praise for bulldozing patriarchal expectations in bluegrass. See them live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 25!

East Texas-raised singer-songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson draws from his Choctaw-Apache heritage and a life marked by hardship to craft deeply honest Americana that channels the spirit of Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Steve Earle. His 2023 album The Golden Crystal Kingdom, produced by Shooter Jennings and released on RCA/La Honda Records, earned wide critical acclaim - No Depression praised his "rebellious sense of history and keen-eyed lyrical perspective," while Rodney Crowell compared him to the greats of the Texas singer-songwriter tradition. Catch him live at The Commonwealth Room in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 27!

Organized by Madison Arm Presents, Here Comes The Sun: All-Star Tribute to George Harrison, featuring a house band of members from Neon Trees, Desert Noises, Fictionist, and The Lower Lights alongside over 20 vocalists spanning Harrison's work with The Beatles, his expansive solo catalog, and the Traveling Wilburys. From "Something" to "My Sweet Lord," the show is a deep and joyful dive into the catalog of rock's Quiet Beatle. See them live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 2!

Formed in Vancouver in 1997 as a supergroup of Canada's finest indie talents, The New Pornographers have spent nearly three decades perfecting their brand of euphoric, hook-laden power pop featuring the voices of A.C. Newman, Neko Case, and Kathryn Calder. Pitchfork calls their sound "peppy, gleeful, headstrong guitar pop," and Rolling Stone ranked their album Electric Version No. 79 among the best albums of the decade. See them live at The Commonwealth Room in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 6!

Wayne "The Train" Hancock is a Dallas-born honky-tonk legend and self-proclaimed "King of Juke Joint Swing," blending western swing, blues, Texas rockabilly, and big band influences into a sound that Hank Williams III called "the real deal." Since his 1995 debut Thunderstorms and Neon Signs, he has earned a reputation for marathon live sets running three to five hours, earning him his "Train" nickname. Catch him live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 7!

A Salt Lake City native with a 20+ year career, Cory Mon is a singer-songwriter who describes his own music as "happy (sometimes sad), gritty, funky, folksy, bluesy, rocky" — a sound as genre-defying as it is emotionally honest. With 60+ original songs and tours alongside The Avett Brothers, JJ Grey & Mofro, and Patterson Hood, Mon has earned a devoted following through raw, catchy, and deeply personal songwriting. Catch him live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 9!

Austin's Kelsey Wilson channels the spirit of Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone as Sir Woman, delivering a rich blend of soul, funk, R&B, and gospel that earned her Artist of the Year at the 2023 Austin Music Awards and over 30 million Spotify streams — all since her self-titled debut dropped in 2022. With her ambitious double album If It All Works Out / If It Doesn't now out, Wilson is bringing her golden pipes and irresistible grooves to the stage. See her live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 13!

The force behind seminal 90s band Soul Coughing, singer-songwriter Mike Doughty coined the term "deep slacker jazz" to describe his band's blend of hip-hop cadences, jazz samples, and Beatnik-style vocals on era-defining albums like Ruby Vroom and the hit single "Super Bon Bon." Since going solo in the early 2000s, he has released over 11 albums, including the Dave Matthews-backed Haughty Melodic, and published two memoirs, cementing his status as one of indie rock's most restlessly prolific voices. See him live at The State Room in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 15!

Formed in the subway stations of Oakland by Polish-born vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lech Wierzynski, The California Honeydrops blend Bay Area R&B, funk, Delta blues, and New Orleans second-line into one irresistible, genre-defying sound. Rolling Stone praised them for evoking "the greasy rumble of Booker T," and they've shared stages with B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, and Dr. John. Catch them on the Lovin' Made Easy Tour, live at The Commonwealth Room in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 16!