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🏙️ Green Loop out, Civic Center in
January 30, 2026 · Thank you to City Cast Salt Lake podcast host Ali Vallarta for editing and helping source events this week.
Hey, Salt Lake! Many local businesses in Salt Lake are either closing or staying open as a community space for today’s protest and national shutdown. Here are the protest deets:
- What: ICE Out Rally
- Where: Washington Square Park (451 S. State St., SLC 84111)
- When: Today, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.
If you’d like to stay informed on protests and rallies, Better Utah put together a great list of accounts to follow.
What's CITY Talking About
Farmers Market May Relocate
The Downtown Farmers Market may need a new home this summer as Salt Lake City prepares to begin a six-month renovation of Pioneer Park in March. Organizers are weighing alternative locations or a temporary street setup ahead of the market’s June opening. [KSL]
Green Loop Is Out, Civic Center Is In
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is shifting focus from the costly Green Loop to a new Civic Center vision, seeking $2.2 million to plan a greener, more walkable plaza linking Library Square and City Hall. [Salt Lake Tribune 🔒]
- And that’s just the start: Find out what other big projects are coming to downtown SLC. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
Bills To Watch This Week
As we end week two of Utah’s 45-day legislative session, these are six of the bills we are watching closely. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
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What To Do
Friday, Jan. 30
- 🪧 Poster Making Party | Mochi Kids
- 💗 MOMU Love Show: A Community Art Exhibition | MOMU
- 🎤 SoulCity Open Mic | City Home Collective
- 🎚️ Diplo | The Marquis
- ❄️ The Powder Room Apres Experience: Grand Opening | Varley
- 🖼️ Last Friday Gallery Stroll | Park City Main Street
- 💪 “Hercules” | Murray Theater
- 📘 SLC Silent Book Club Meeting | 1974 Bookshop
- 🧖 SAUNA x Biz Owners | PLUNJ
- 🎤 The Plastic Cherries | The State Room
- 🏀 Brooklyn Nets at Utah Jazz | Delta Center
- 🏳️🌈 Queer Speed Date | Under the Umbrella Bookstore
Saturday, Jan. 31
- 💧 Rally to Save Our Great Salt Lake | Utah State Capitol
- 🪩 Boomba Sound Car x Oddball | Yamazaki Studios
- ⛸️ Learn to Skate | Daybreak’s Winter Village
- 🧝 Friends of Fantasy Day | King’s English Bookshop
- 🦕 DinoFest: Prehistoric Skies | NHMU
- 🎸 Battle of the Bands: Finale | Urban Lounge
- 🪩 DJs Causita & Spaz | Bodega
- 🏳️🌈 Sapphic Book Club | Under the Umbrella Bookstore
- 🎿 Ski Like a Girl Winter Tour | Snowbird Resort
- 🎚️ Surf Mesa | Soundwell
- 🏒 Dallas Stars at Utah Mammoth | Delta Center
Sunday, Feb. 1
- 🦕 DinoFest: Prehistoric Skies | NHMU
- 🎥 Deli & Movie Night: “The Catskills” | IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center
- 🎉 Black History Month | Millcreek Common
- 📓 Creative Lab Workshops: Handmade New Year Journals | Main Library
- 🥕 Bohemian Bum Farmers Market | The Gateway
- 🧋 Local Love Valentine's Market | Sunny Honey
- 🍵 Matcha Pop-up | All Purpose Bakehouse
Can’t strike or attend the protest? Here are other ways to act.
— Terina Ria
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