Kilby Court Block Party: Fans come to Utah from all over for the music

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The fifth Kilby Block Party is underway and has concertgoers from attending from all over the United States.

The three-day event started Friday at the Utah State Fairpark, with dozens of national and local musical acts.Amber Vaughn came a long way — from Wichita, Kansas, to Salt Lake City — so she and her family, including four kids whose ages range from 9 to 13, could hear Death Cab for Cutie perform.

It’s an event that now draws fans from all 50 states and even from other countries, said Nic Smith, the managing director of S&S Presents, which owns Kilby and other Utah music venues. Vaughn said she and her group, who wore matching pink shirts with smiley faces on them, found the block party because they’re fans of the indie-rock band

Michelle Martinez, 26, drove to Salt Lake City from Denver for the block party, her first time. She said she learned about the block party from listening to a Salt Lake City band, PERSONA 749, on Spotify — and the streaming service said the band would be at the party. Dylan Coyle, from Ireland, is a vendor selling lemonade at Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 10, 2024.

A whiteboard at the KRCL booth at the Kilby Block Party — in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 10, 2024 — invited fans to write down where they came from. Answers spanned the United States.Utah acts are sprinkled throughout the lineup — such as Little Moon, the Springville band that won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert last year, performing on Sunday.

 

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