Sept. 20, 22
The end of summer, twice
Saturday is the autumnal equinox, the scientific beginning of fall. Musically, the signs that summer is over are the final concerts of the Red Butte Garden and Salt Lake City Twilight Concert series. Red Butte, at 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, has its last show slated for Wednesday night, with the jam band Goose; the show is scheduled to start at 7 p.m., and is sold out. The Twilight series at Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main St., is set to finish Friday with Japanese electro-pop musician Rina Sawayama, with opening acts Empress Of, Disko Cowboy and Anais Chantal; the show is scheduled to start at 5 p.m., and tickets are available at 24Tix.com.
Sept. 23
Superbloom in the city
The third Superbloom Music Festival, the celebration launched by Utah-born indie-folk band The National Parks, has a new venue — the Gallvan Center, at 239 S. Main St., Salt Lake City — after being staged in southern Utah the first two years. The Parks also have stepped to the second-banana role, giving the headliner’s spot to Canadian singer JP Saxe. Also on the daylong roster: Matt Maeson, Sego, Cardinal Bloom, Goldmyth, Jordan Moyes, Harpers, 26Fix and Cactus Tree. The show is set to start at noon. Tickets are available at 24Tix.com. (Certain VIP ticket holders also get access to the Campfire show, Friday night at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court, Salt Lake City.)
Sept. 23
Sting performs ‘My Songs’
The British rock star Sting comes to Utah with his “My Songs” tour, scheduled to perform both his solo works and the songs he created with The Police. The concert happens Saturday, starting at 8 p.m., at Usana Amphitheater, 5150 Upper Ridge Road, West Valley City. Tickets available at LiveNation.com.
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