LOGAN – The downtown area here will be hopping with events for residents and summer visitors on Friday, July 12.
Those events will include the Downtown Logan Gallery Walk, a street dance on Federal Avenue and a pair of musicals debuting at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.
The Gallery Walk, which happens only four times each year, is slated from 6 to 9 p.m. Local businesses are transformed into galleries, offering a variety of artwork for everyone to enjoy. Best of all, according to walk organizers, the event is free.
“It’s more than just an art show,” they say. “It’s a chance to connect, explore the downtown area and support local artists and craftsmen.”
Local businesses and others participating in the Gallery Walk include S.E. Needham Jewelers at 141 North Main Street; the Cafe Ibis Gallery at 52 Federal Avenue; Logan Pride at 69 East, 100 North; Global Village Gifts at 53 East, 100 North; St. John’s Episcopal Church at 85 East, 100 North; the Pregnancy Resource Center at 90 North, 100 East (Suite 140); Sol Speak Yoga at 60 West, 100 North (Suite 120); Jump the Moon at 48 North, 100 West; Starbucks Logan Square at 37 North Main Street; the Alley on Center at 19 West Center Street; the Artists’ Gallery at 43 South Main Street; Fuhriman’s Framing at 75 South Main Street; the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre at 59 South, 100 West; the Cache Bar & Grill at 119 South Main Street; and, Coldwell Banker/Gold Key Reality at 135 South Main Street (Suite 100).
Also on Friday evening, Cafe Ibis and Utah Public Radio are joining forces to host a street dance from 6 to 10 p.m.
The free street dance will be held on Federal Avenue and Church Street with the Latin band Grupo Diamante providing the music.
Earlier in the day, the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre will debut is current production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
The curtain time for the local premier of that show is slated for 1 p.m. at the Ellen Eccles Theatre at 43 South Main Street.
Later in the day, the UFOMT will also debut its production of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. The curtain time is 7:30 p.m. for that performance at the Eccles Theatre.
For additional information about Gallery Walk events, please go online to education@cachearts.org or call 435-554-7065.