Photos: Heart & Soul Music Stroll brought joy to thousands of isolated neighbors along the Wasatch Front
Thousands of people walked and biked from lawn to lawn during the 9th Annual Heart & Soul Music Stroll.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crowds walk down Filmore Avenue during the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
A lemonade stand. Couples breaking into spontaneous swing dancing. A performer riffing on a tenor saxophone. It was all there on Saturday, as the nonprofit organization Heart & Soul brought people together across the Highland Park neighborhood in Sugar House during its 9th annual Music Stroll.
Featuring 40 musical acts and food trucks, the event moved across front porches, driveways and lawns and on the main stage at the neighborhood’s Imperial Park.
Heart & Soul’s stated mission is to “bring hope, healing and joy to 28,000 people each year by producing live shows at convalescent homes, senior centers, hospitals, centers for children with disabilities, psychiatric facilities, domestic abuse shelters and prisons.” The organization started in 1994 and works to “enrich the soul and promote wellness through the healing power of the performing arts.”
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lucy Haslam and Penelope Vasquez Pitcher sell lemonade at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pamela Lind performs with Almost Country, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Sugar Sisters, Kathy Davis, Lisa Kelly Dobitz and Jo, dance to the Stratford Street Big Band, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Anke Summerhill performs, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crowds walk down Filmore Avenue during the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Sugar Sisters, Kathy Davis, Lisa Dentz and Lexi Davis sing with the Stratford Street Big Band, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pamela Lind performs with Almost Country, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mathew Seabury and Anke Summerhill perform, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The K-Tones perform at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mountain Town performs at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd claps along to Pamela Lind and Almost Country, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Randy Teal performs at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) JO & Jennifer grab a selfie, at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lucy Haslam and Penelope Vasquez Pitcher sell lemonade at the Heart & Soul Music Stroll, in Sugar House, on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
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