Live-music venues worth the trip in Salt Lake City, Utah

Downtown’s flagship performing-arts hall on Main Street, the city’s home for Broadway tours and large seated concerts.

The outdoor summer series at the University of Utah’s botanical garden, repeatedly voted the city’s best outdoor venue and drawing major touring headliners.

A multi-room downtown complex whose largest room handles big touring bills while its smaller rooms host club shows.

A large general-admission hall west of downtown booking arena-adjacent touring rock, metal, reggae, and hip-hop.

A ~1,200-capacity Live Nation music hall by the Gateway, the city’s go-to mid-size room for national touring rock, hip-hop, and country.

A downtown room with a heavy sound system, dependable for touring hip-hop, electronic, and rock bills.

Salt Lake City’s longest-running all-ages venue, a tiny gravel-courtyard room that’s been the first local stage for a generation of touring indie acts.

An intimate seated listening room on State Street prized for its sound, a favorite stop for touring roots, folk, and songwriter bills.

A cornerstone of the local scene run by S&S Presents, booking touring indie, hip-hop, and rock in a sweaty club-sized room.

A downtown club booking touring and local rock, metal, and dance nights across a broad genre spread.