Harvest Moon Hurrah fills Spanish Fork City Park Friday
Plus the Utah Brazilian Festival, free art at Lakemount, and Provo River Days.
Good morning, Happy Valley.
Spanish Fork closes out Friday with three free hours of music, children's activities, and food trucks at City Park. Harvest Moon Hurrah starts at five, and the city says to bring your own chair or blanket.
Saturday brings Brazilian food and performances to Orem, hands-on art to the UVU Museum of Art, and watershed activities at four spots along the Provo River. We also found a Friday cookie stop, an 1858 stagecoach inn in Fairfield, and the exact breakfast order to try in Springville.
📍 30 seconds in the valley⏱️ 8 min read
- 🌙Spend Friday evening at Harvest Moon Hurrah
- 🇧🇷Catch seven hours of Brazilian food and performances
- 💧Study the Provo River from the water's edge
⭐ The Big One
Pick of the week Bring a chair to Spanish Fork's Harvest Moon Hurrah
Harvest Moon Hurrah takes over Spanish Fork City Park Friday with three hours of live music, children's crafts, face painting, storytelling, giant murals, lawn games, and a photo booth. The Spanish Fork Chorale starts at 5pm. Food trucks include Waffle Love, Jurassic Tacos, Abiyaki, Kona Ice, and Churro Magic.
Our take
Set up a blanket near the stage, let the kids rotate through the craft tables, and buy dinner from one of the seven food trucks. The schedule is loose enough that you can arrive after work without missing the whole evening.⚠️ Heads up: The park does not provide seating. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket. Check the city page before leaving for any schedule changes.
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📰 Around the Valley
UTA On Demand now covers 77 square miles in north Utah County
UTA's new north Utah County on-demand zone gives riders curb-to-curb trips inside parts of Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, Lehi, American Fork, and Highland. The shared vans also connect riders to the Lehi and American Fork FrontRunner stations.
The Utah County Fair counted 32,600 individual visitors
Explore Utah Valley counted 39,300 visits and 32,600 individual visitors at the July 28 through August 1 Utah County Fair. Its event-impact model estimated $2.5 million to $3 million in total economic activity from the five-day run at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds.
📅 This Week
FRIDAY
Easy Friday date Decorate six cookies at Baking Me Crazy
Baking Me Crazy hands you six cookies, four bags of icing, and sprinkles for its Friday Drop-n-Decorate session at The Shops at Riverwoods. There is no instructor or fixed start time. Buy a kit, take a table, and decorate at your own pace between 4 and 8pm.
Our take
Split one kit if you want a short activity before dinner. You get enough cookies and icing to compare designs without committing to a full class.⚠️ Heads up: This is an open decorating table, not a lesson. Staff supplies the kit, but nobody teaches piping or design techniques.
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SATURDAY
Go hungry Eat and dance through the Utah Brazilian Festival
The Utah Brazilian Festival fills The Orchard at University Place with samba, capoeira, live performances, workshops, a makers market, and traditional Brazilian food. The festival runs from noon to 7pm and is open to all ages.
Our take
Make lunch the anchor. Watch a capoeira or samba set, walk the market, and try one dish you have not ordered before.⚠️ Heads up: The official festival page lists the programming by category rather than a timed stage schedule. Check it Saturday morning if one performance matters to you.
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SATURDAY
Best quiet stop Make collaborative art at Lakemount
The UVU Museum of Art opens its Art Haus for a free Art for All session Saturday. Visitors of any age or ability can add to a hands-on group project. The museum saves work from these monthly sessions for a later public display.
Our take
Use this when a museum visit sounds better with something to make. The activity is collaborative, so children and adults work on the same larger project.⚠️ Heads up: Art for All runs inside the museum's Art Haus. The listing does not promise a separate take-home project.
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SATURDAY
Choose Vivian Park Test the Provo River at Vivian Park
Provo River Days sets up free watershed activities at Vivian Park and three state parks Saturday. At Vivian, visitors collect aquatic insects from the river and use them to judge water quality. Other sites add guided paddling, fishing, bird walks, nature journaling, and watershed games.
Our take
Pick Vivian Park if you want the most direct look at the river. You will collect the insects that live under the rocks and learn what they reveal about the water.⚠️ Heads up: Activities differ by site. Guided paddling and fishing are at Deer Creek State Park, while the stream-insect study is at Vivian Park.
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🏟️ The Scoreboard
Utah Valley takes an unbeaten record to Marshall
Utah Valley drew Omaha 1-1 in its latest match after opening the season with three straight wins. The Wolverines now leave Orem for their first match in eight days, a Friday road test against nationally ranked Marshall.
Houston scored in the 87th minute to beat RSL in soccer
Real Salt Lake lost 2-1 at Houston Wednesday after Saba Lobjanidze tied the match in the 76th minute. Houston's Mateusz Bogusz scored the winner in the 87th. RSL returns to Sandy Saturday with a halftime teddy-bear donation toss.
🍴 Eat & Drink
Order the cinnamon rolls Sidecar Cafe, Springville
Sidecar Cafe serves breakfast inside the Legends Motor Co. complex, beside rows of restored motorcycles and automotive memorabilia. Start with the $8 fried cinnamon rolls. The menu also has a $14 Dutch Baby pancake if you want breakfast to stay sweet.
Our take
Order the fried cinnamon rolls for the table, then walk through the adjoining motorcycle museum. The building gives you breakfast and something to look at in one stop.⚠️ Heads up: Breakfast service ends at 2pm. The online ordering page may show a later opening message outside business hours, but the restaurant lists daily service from 8am to 2pm.
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💡 Hidden Gem
Skip if the drive is too far Step inside Fairfield's 1858 Stagecoach Inn
Camp Floyd State Park preserves the army commissary that now holds its museum and the Stagecoach Inn across the street. The inn operated from 1858 to 1947 on the Overland Stage and Pony Express routes. Period furniture still fills the restored rooms.
Our take
Go for the Stagecoach Inn. You can stand in the rooms used by travelers on the Overland Stage route, then cross the street to see the original commissary building.⚠️ Heads up: The park closes at 5pm and does not open Sunday. The west-side drive is the main commitment, so pair it with another stop near Eagle Mountain or Fairfield.
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🎟️ Also Happening
🎬 Tootsie screens free Friday in Orem
Orem Public Library shows the 1982 comedy from 6 to 8pm in the Media Auditorium at 58 N State St. The screening is open to everyone.
🎧 The Afters starts at 10pm Friday in Provo
Arlington Hall hosts an 18-and-older dry-club night with DJs, a lounge, and a full sound-and-light setup at 268 W 100 S. This is a dance night, not the Christian rock band.
🫧 Four foam cannons start Saturday night in Orem
The ticketed Foam Party opens at 7:30pm at The Green on Campus Drive, 499 W 960 S. The organizer lists four DJs, free water and parking, plus lasers and strobe lighting.
📰 Valley News
Franklin Elementary's PTA wins a first-for-Utah national award
Franklin Elementary's PTA received the National PTA Jan Harp Domene Diversity and Inclusion Award, becoming the first Utah PTA to earn it. The award recognizes three years of work to remove language and access barriers for parents at the Provo school.
Cornbelly's cuts Dolly Parton into both Utah County mazes
Cornbelly's opened its Spanish Fork corn maze with a Dolly Parton portrait cut into the field. Its Lehi maze at Thanksgiving Point will use the same tribute when that location opens September 21. The designs were planned before Parton's August 25 death.
The Debate
💙 Good Neighbor
Food & Care needs eggs and powdered milk
Food & Care Coalition updated its donation list Tuesday. Black pepper, ketchup, mayonnaise, butter, eggs, molasses, powdered milk, and breakfast casseroles are all marked urgently needed. Drop donations at the east entrance past the gate at 299 E 900 S in Provo. Saturday drop-off runs from 10:30am to 5pm.
See this week's list →Harvest Moon Hurrah starts Friday at five. The Brazilian Festival and Provo River Days both start Saturday morning, so you can do the river first and reach Orem for lunch.
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