Halau Ku Pono I Kamalani perform at the 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons, 2022. Photo by Em Behringer.
Maintaining a decade-and-a-half-long tradition of highlighting some of Utah’s best performing arts groups, the 15th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons returns to Salt Lake City in 2023. This year’s festival will feature over 35 acts spread across two stages, the SLUG Mag Stage and the 90.9 FM KRCL Stage.
The SLUG Mag Stage will not only feature a diverse range of acts and artists but will also host National headline acts for the first time. On Friday night, Gable Price and Friends, Courtney Marie Andrews, Haley Heynderickx and Warpaint will kick off the DIY Fest with their headlining performances. On Saturday night, the SLUG Mag stage will host Sego, a once-local but now nationally-recognized L.A.-based indie band. SLUG Mag Stage will also feature previous DIY Fest performers such as Zaza VanDyke & Something Special, Bomba Marile and Antonio García Lyons. Newer artists to the DIY Fest music scene include indie-pop artist Scott Lippitt; Utah’s only all-trans glam/punk rock group, PEAcock with a Vengeance; and alternative-pop artist Nicole Canaan.
The KRCL Stage also has its fair share of impressive acts. Carolee Beck, a musician who strives to blur genre lines with her music, is opening the stage Friday night. Returning acts like A&A Bollypop, Salt Lake Academy of Music (SLAM) and Gavanni should be familiar to long-time DIY Fest attendees.
KRCL will also feature newer acts like Jazz Jaguars, known for delicate loungey music, and long-time SLC artists but first-time DIY Fest performers Bucky Cash and The Low Point. Younger artists like Young Spit (an artist geared towards blending hip-hop and world music) and Shapes Named Soap (featuring teens singing about the human condition and gender identity) are showcasing Saturday and Sunday. These are just a few of the artists that the KRCL Stage stands to represent to showcase the diverse and rich music scene of Utah.
Finally, DIY Fest is excited to announce that Aerial Arts of Utah and Joshua Payne Orchestra will be slated to play next to the KRCL Stage and SLUG Mag Stage through the weekend.
Want a preview of what you can expect from our local and headlining performers? Check out our official playlists on Spotify! You can listen to our Locals playlist here, and our Headliners playlist here.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH
SLUG Mag Stage
6:00 PM – 6:25 PM | HEADLINER: Gable Price and Friends
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM | HEADLINER: Courtney Marie Andrews
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM | HEADLINER: Haley Heynderickx
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM | HEADLINER: Warpaint
KRCL Stage
5:30 PM – 5:55 PM | Carolee Beck
6:30 PM – 6:55 PM | DOUMIE
7:30 PM – 7:55 PM | Gavanni
8:30 PM – 8:55 PM | The Alpines
Additional Performers
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM & 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Aerial Arts of Utah
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH
SLUG Mag Stage
12:30 PM – 12:55 PM | The Benny C. Quartet
1:30 PM – 1:55 PM | Halau Ku Pono I Kamalani
2:30 PM – 2:55 PM | Antonio Garcia Lyons
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM | Scott Lippitt
4:30 PM – 4:55 PM | Zaza VanDyke & Something Special
5:30 PM – 5:55 PM | Nicole Canaan
6:30 PM – 6:55 PM | PEAcock with a Vengeance
7:30 PM – 7:55 PM | HEADLINER: SEGO
KRCL Stage
1:00 PM – 1:25 PM | Bucky Cash & The Low Point
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM | Strawberry Cough
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM | The Painted Roses
4:00 PM – 4:25 PM | Jazz Jaguars
5:00 PM – 5:25 PM | Raffi & Ischa
6:00 PM – 6:25 PM | Young Spit
7:00 PM – 7:25 PM | CLUB MUNGO
Additional Performers
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM & 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Aerial Arts of Utah
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Joshua Payne Orchestra
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13TH
SLUG Mag Stage
12:30 PM – 12:55 PM | Jon Bean and the Eye Rollers
1:30 PM – 1:55 PM | T-Mental
2:30 PM – 2:55 PM | Fur Foxen
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM | Liv Rylan & Aisling
4:30 PM – 4:55 PM | Bomba Marile
KRCL Stage
1:00 PM – 1:25 PM | The Fervors
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM | A&A Bollypop
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM | Shapes Named Soap
4:00 PM – 4:25 PM | Salt Lake Academy of Music (SLAM)
5:00 PM – 5:25 PM | Red Bennies
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, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 15th 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 hundreds of local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors over three days the second weekend of August. The 15th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons features the Google Fiber STEM Building, the Mark Miller Subaru Leave Your Mark Park Kids’ Area, Bleu’s Backyard Dog Park Presented By Mark Miller Subaru, the 90.9FM KRCL Stage, the SLUG Mag Main Stage, the Offside Print & Apparel Volunteer Lounge, Kid Row sponsored by Utah Afterschool Network and the VIP Lounge sponsored by Utah’s Own. Additional support is provided in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the Stephen G. & Susan E. Denkers Family Foundation, the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, the Willard L. Eccles Foundation, the Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation, the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, 24tix.com, PCTV, XMission, Visit Salt Lake, STEM Action Center, META, Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.