August 11, 15, 16
Three at Red Butte Garden
Red Butte Garden, at 300 Wakara Way in Salt Lake City, has three shows in its summer concert series this week: Sunday at 7 p.m., it’s blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr., with Suzanne Santo as the opening act; Tuesday, starting at 6:30 p.m., it’s a night of bluegrass and bluegrass-adjacent bands, with Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth and Leftover Salmon; and on Friday, starting at 7 p.m., rock band O.A.R. headlines, with Fitz & the Tantrums as the opening act. Tickets for Clark (at $75) and the bluegrass show (at $57) are available at redbuttegarden.org/concerts; the O.A.R. show is sold out.
August 15-17
Music and mindfulness in Park City
The Park City Song Summit returns, Thursday through Saturday at various venues in Park City. The three-day event combines labs with musicians and songwriters, wellness activities and nightly live concerts. Among the headliners at this year’s summit are: folk band Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, indie rock band My Morning Jacket, and soul/gospel legend Mavis Staples. For tickets and information, go to parkcitysongsummit.com.
August 16, 17
Loving the ‘80s
For fans of 1980s New Wave music, a triple-bill at Sandy Amphitheater, 1245 E. 9400 South, Sandy, on Friday and Saturday night. Sharing the headliner status are rocker Howard Jones (“Things Can Only Get Better”) and Martin Fry’s ABC (“Poison Arrow,” “The Look of Love”), and opening both shows is the British band Haircut 100, which hasn’t toured in the United States in more than 40 years. The show starts at 6 p.m. both nights. For tickets, go to sandyamp.com.
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