Craft Lake City is excited to announce the return of The Gallery of Fine Hyper Art (GoFHA) Stage for its second year at the 17th Annual Craft Lake City® DIY Festival® Presented By Harmons. This year, the GoFHA Stage welcomes a new presenting sponsor: KUAA 99.9 FM. This marks KUAA’s first year sponsoring a stage at the DIY Festival, which will take place August 8, 9 and 10, 2025 at the Utah State Fairpark.
The GoHFA Stage Presented By KUAA will feature dozens of performers spanning a variety of genres and style, with the full lineup set to be announced July 2, 2025.
“KUAA is proud to be a stage sponsor of the GoFHA stage at DIY Fest,” says KUAA Operations Manager, Nate McQuivey. “At KUAA we believe that music is the universal language. Craft Lake City’s GoFHA stage gives local musicians the opportunity to share their craft of musical communication with Festival attendees and we’re excited to support that.”
KUAA 99.9 FM’s daily radio programs highlight and celebrate musical, cultural, linguistic and artistic diversity. Festival-goers can meet KUAA’s DJs and volunteers who execute this programming, at their booth, located on the grassy area by the stages and tune in at 99.9 FM or stream live at kuaafm.org.
The Gallery of Fine Hyper Art (GoFHA), founded by local musician David Payne, has been a beloved part of DIY Fest for years, previously featured in the GFiber STEM Building. GoFHA celebrates “hyper art”—handcrafted, arcade-style video games that break from traditional development to explore playful, artistic innovation inside of a converted passenger van. This passenger van, housing the interactive arcade exhibit, is placed next to their stage showcasing emerging Utah performers. Festival attendees are encouraged to play the arcade games at any time during Festival hours.
“Live entertainment is such an integral part of the DIY Fest experience,” says the Executive Director of Craft Lake City, Angela H. Brown. “It brings people together, including families, by providing an all-ages, outdoor festival environment. It is difficult for local performers to find opportunities like this.
Advance tickets to the 17th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons are available at 24tix.com.
About the Gallery of Fine Hyper Art:
The Gallery of Fine Hyper Art (GoFHA) is a showroom for hyper-art pieces both locally made and historic pieces from the pinnacle of the art form. The main artform exhibited is handcrafted video games. Founded by local musician and performer, David Payne, the GOFA exhibits alongside their locals-only stage, where they curate up-and-coming acts.
About KUAA:
KUAA 99.9 FM is a low powered FM community radio station broadcasting terrestrially in Salt Lake City at 99.9 FM, and streaming around the world at kuaafm.org. We pride ourselves on specializing in musical, cultural, linguistic, and artistic diversity. KUAA is an extension of and brought to you by Utah Arts Alliance.
About Craft Lake City:
Founded in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Executive Editor of SLUG (Salt Lake UnderGround) Magazine, Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City strives to further define the term “Craft,” by modernizing the definition for handmade creativity.
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Craft Lake City’s year-round programming is supported in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, Utah Arts & Museums, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, Salt Lake Arts Council and SLUG Magazine.
The 17th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons is Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival. The DIY Fest features over 500 local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers and STEM exhibitors over three days the second weekend of August. The 17th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons features the GFiber STEM Building, the 90.9FM KRCL Stage, the GOFHA stage Presented By KUAA and the Dog Oasis Presented By PupTub Club. Additional support is provided in part by the Willard L. Eccles Foundation, Stephen G. and Susan E. Denkers Family Foundation, Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation, McCarthey Family Foundation, Utah Afterschool Network, Falbaum-Caillet Family Foundation, PBS Utah, 90.1 KUER, Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office ACE Grant, Creative West, Project Rainbow, STEM Action Center, Hypha, 24tix.com, Visit Salt Lake, Utah State Fairpark Water and Wellness, XMission, VentureLab, Urban Food Connections of Utah, Lucero Hair, Salt Lake Sewciety and Wellness and Utah’s Own.
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