⏰ Tomorrow Price varies

SCERA Theatre for Young Audiences

SCERA Center for the Arts

All ages / see provider📍 Orem, UT

⏰ In 4 days Under $50

Provo Fall Break Adventure Day Camps

Provo Parks & Recreation

Ages 8–12📍 Provo, UT

🎃

⏰ In 6 days Free

Basin Rec Celebrate the Spirits Trick-or-Treat

Basin Recreation

All ages / see provider📍 Park City (Snyderville Basin), UT

⏰ In 6 days Price varies

Treehouse Museum: The Enchanted Woods

Treehouse Children's Museum

All ages / see provider📍 Ogden, UT

Closes in 8 days Free

Congressional App Challenge

Congressional App Challenge

Middle & high school📍 Nationwide

In 9 days Free

National parks fee-free entrance days

National Park Service

Ages 17 & under📍 Nationwide

Closes in 11 days Price varies

Moab Jr. Jazz & Futsal

Moab City Recreation

All ages / see provider📍 Moab, UT

🧙

In 11 days Under $50

SCERA Halloween family magic show

SCERA Center for the Arts

All ages / see provider📍 Orem, UT

🧙

In 13 days Price varies

Discovery Gateway: Witches & Wizards Tea Party

Discovery Gateway Children's Museum

All ages / see provider📍 Salt Lake City, UT

🎄

Early-bird ends in 13 days Price varies

Thanksgiving Point Luminaria

Thanksgiving Point

Ages 17 & under📍 Lehi, UT

🪩

In 13 days Price varies

Treehouse Museum Halloween Dance Party

Treehouse Children's Museum

All ages / see provider📍 Ogden, UT

🎻

In 13 days Price varies

Utah Symphony Family Series: Halloween Hijinks

Utah Symphony

Ages 10 & under📍 Salt Lake City (Abravanel Hall), UT

Closes in 13 days Price varies

VFW Patriot's Pen essay contest (grades 6–8)

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Grades 6–8📍 Nationwide

🎻

Closes in 13 days Price varies

VFW Voice of Democracy audio essay (grades 9–12)

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Grades 9–12📍 Nationwide

🎄

Opens in 15 days Free

USPS Operation Santa: letters to Santa

U.S. Postal Service

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

⭐

In 18 days Price varies

MAA AMC 10/12 math contests

Mathematical Association of America

Ages 13–18📍 Nationwide

Closes in 18 days Free

Regeneron Science Talent Search 2027

Society for Science

Grades 12th📍 Nationwide

In 19 days Free

Kimball Art Center 50th Birthday Bash

Kimball Art Center

All ages / see provider📍 Park City, UT

In 20 days Free

Home Depot Kids Workshops (free build project)

The Home Depot

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

In 20 days Free

Museums on Us: free museum weekend (Bank of America cardholders)

Bank of America

Ages 17 & under📍 Nationwide

Opens in 21 days Worth it

iD Tech Summer 2027 camps: registration opens

iD Tech

Ages 7–17📍 Nationwide

Nov 9 Free

Bebras Computing Challenge (free, ages 6–18)

Bebras USA

Ages 6–18📍 Nationwide

Nov 9 Free

Children's Book Week (Nov 9–15)

Every Child a Reader

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

➗

Nov 9 Price varies

Math Olympiads (MOEMS) 2026–27

MOEMS

Grades 4–8📍 Nationwide

Nov 10 Price varies

Hogle Zoo Little Zoo: Animal Dress Up (ages 3–5)

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Ages 3–5📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Closes Nov 10 Worth it

Ogden Valley Jr. Jazz (K–2 co-ed, boys 3–9)

Ogden Valley Recreation

Grades K–9📍 Huntsville/Eden, UT

Nov 11 Free

eCYBERMISSION (free virtual STEM competition)

Army STEM

Grades 6–9📍 Nationwide

Nov 16 Free

Hour of AI (formerly Hour of Code)

Code.org

Ages 5–18📍 Nationwide

🎻

Nov 18 Price varies

Utah Symphony: 66th Salute to Youth

Utah Symphony

All ages / see provider📍 Salt Lake City (Abravanel Hall), UT

Closes Nov 23 Worth it

Salt Lake County Junior Jazz, grades 7–12

Salt Lake County Parks & Recreation

Grades 7–12📍 Salt Lake County, UT

Nov 24 Free

Breakthrough Junior Challenge (science video)

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

High school📍 Nationwide

Nov 27 Price varies

Ballet West: The Nutcracker

Ballet West

All ages / see provider📍 Salt Lake City, UT

🎻

Nov 28 Price varies

Utah Symphony Messiah Sing-In

Utah Symphony

All ages / see provider📍 Salt Lake City (Abravanel Hall), UT

Closes Nov 30 Under $50

Lindon Jr. Jazz (Pre-K–6th)

Lindon City Parks & Recreation

Grades Pre-K–6th📍 Lindon, UT

Closes Nov 30 Price varies

Scripps National Spelling Bee: school enrollment deadline

Scripps National Spelling Bee

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

🪐

Dec 1 Free

NORAD Tracks Santa

NORAD

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Price jumps Dec 1 Worth it

Ski Utah 4th, 5th & 6th Grade Passport

Ski Utah

Grades 4th–6th📍 Statewide, UT

Dec 5 Free

Deer Valley Kids Ski Free Week

Deer Valley Resort (via Ski Utah)

Ages 12 & under📍 Park City, UT

Dec 7 Free

CS Education Week (Hour of Code week)

CSTA / CSEdWeek

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Dec 12 Price varies

Hogle Zoo Little Zoo: Tidy Tails (ages 3–5)

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Ages 3–5📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Dec 14 Price varies

Audubon Christmas Bird Count

National Audubon Society

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Early-bird ends Dec 20 Under $50

Ski Idaho 5th & 6th Grade Passport

Ski Idaho

Grades 5th–6th📍 Idaho · open to any state

⭐

Jan 12 Under $50

Girl Scout Cookie season starts

Girl Scouts of the USA

Ages 5–18📍 Nationwide

⭐

Jan 21 Price varies

MAA AMC 8 middle school math contest

Mathematical Association of America

Grade 8 and below📍 Nationwide

Closes Jan 29 Price varies

National Latin Exam 2027

National Latin Exam

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Closes Jan 31 Worth it

Colorado Ski Country K–6 Ski Passport

Colorado Ski Country USA

Grades K–6📍 Colorado · open to any state

⭐

Feb 1 Price varies

MATHCOUNTS Competition Series 2026–27

MATHCOUNTS Foundation

Grades 6–8📍 Nationwide

Feb 12 Free

Great Backyard Bird Count

Cornell Lab / Audubon / Birds Canada

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Closes Feb 12 Under $50

Minnesota 4th Grade Ski Passport

Minnesota Ski Areas Association

Grades 4th📍 Minnesota · open to any state

Early-bird ends Mar 30 Worth it

Camp Invention 2027: $25 early-bird code

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Grades K–6 (per Utah STEM Action Center listing)📍 Nationwide

Apr 2 Price varies

Ballet West Family Classics: The Glass Slipper

Ballet West

All ages / see provider📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Apr 29 Price varies

DOE National Science Bowl

U.S. Department of Energy

Ages 11–18📍 Nationwide

Ends Aug 31 Free

Every Kid Outdoors: free federal lands pass for 4th graders

U.S. federal land agencies

Grades 4th grade📍 Nationwide

Anytime Free

4-H CLOVER: 300+ free online activities

National 4-H Council

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Anytime Worth it

Alta Kids Sunnyside at 3 Season Pass ($99)

Alta Ski Area (via Ski Utah)

Ages 12 & under📍 Alta, UT

Anytime Price varies

American Legion National Oratorical Contest

The American Legion

High school📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Free

Apple Camp (free, ages 6–10)

Apple

Ages 6–10📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Price varies

BYU Biochemistry camps

BYU

Ages 9–14📍 Provo, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

BYU Sports Camps registration days

BYU Sports Camps

Last year: First sports open (tennis 9 a.m.), Jan 21, 2026

All ages / see provider📍 Provo, UT

Not announced yet Free

Blue Star Museums (military families)

National Endowment for the Arts

Ages 17 & under📍 Nationwide

Anytime Free

Brighton: kids 6 & under ski free

Brighton Resort (via Ski Utah)

Ages 6 & under📍 Brighton (Big Cottonwood Canyon), UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Camp Innovate (STEM Action Center)

Utah STEM Action Center

Ages 8–15📍 South Salt Lake, UT

🍿

Not announced yet Under $50

Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse ($1.75 movies)

Cinemark

Last year: 2026 season (Wednesdays 9:30am), Jun 1, 2026

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

🪐

Not announced yet Price varies

Clark Planetarium Summer Space Academy

Clark Planetarium (Salt Lake County)

Grades K–8📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Code N Bots camps

Code N Bots

Ages 7–15📍 Draper, UT

Open now Worth it

Cottonwood Heights Junior Jazz (K–8)

Cottonwood Heights Parks & Recreation

Grades K–8📍 Cottonwood Heights, UT

Anytime Price varies

Cub Scouts (K–5) and Scouts BSA (11–17)

Scouting America

Ages 5–17📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Free

Davidson Fellows Scholarship ($25k–$100k)

Davidson Institute

Ages None–18📍 Nationwide

Anytime Price varies

Destination Imagination team challenges

Destination Imagination

Ages 4–18📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Price varies

Discovery Gateway camps

Discovery Gateway Children's Museum

Ages 5–10📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Free

Doodle for Google student art contest

Google

Last year: Contest opened (2025–26 contest), Oct 15, 2025

Grades K–12📍 Nationwide

🪐

Not announced yet Price varies

Douglas Space & Science camps

Douglas Space and Science Foundation

Ages 5–15📍 Layton, UT

Not announced yet Free

Epic SchoolKids Utah Pack (free K–5 at Park City)

Vail Resorts / Park City Mountain

Grades K–5📍 Park City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Explorers League camps

Explorers League

Ages 7–13📍 Lehi, UT

Anytime Price varies

FIRST LEGO League 2026–27 (BIOGLOW season)

FIRST

Ages 5–16📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Free

Federal Junior Duck Stamp art contest

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Last year: Default state deadline (UT & ID were Mar 1), Mar 15, 2026

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Free

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day

Last year: 2026 event, May 2, 2026

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Anytime Price varies

Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run International

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Anytime Worth it

Hale Centre Theatre: A Christmas Carol (42nd year)

Hale Centre Theatre

Ages 5–17📍 Sandy, UT

🚂

Anytime Price varies

Heber Valley Railroad North Pole Express

Heber Valley Railroad

All ages / see provider📍 Heber City, UT

🎄

Not announced yet Under $50

Hogle Zoo ZooLights

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Last year: Last season's run (select nights), Nov 28, 2025

Ages 17 & under📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Hogle Zoo summer camps

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Grades K–8 (per Utah STEM Action Center list)📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Junior Achievement JA City summer camp

Junior Achievement of Utah

Ages 9–14📍 Salt Lake City / Orem, UT

Anytime Free

Kids 15 & under always get in free at federal fee sites

Recreation.gov / Interagency Pass

Ages 15 & under📍 Nationwide

🎳

Not announced yet Free

Kids Bowl Free (2 free games daily all summer)

Kids Bowl Free

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Anytime Price varies

Learn to Skate USA lessons

Learn to Skate USA

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Passed Worth it

Lehi Jr. Jazz (K–8)

Lehi Legacy Center

Grades K–8📍 Lehi, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Little Beakers science camps

Little Beakers

Ages 5–13📍 Sandy / Orem, UT

⭐

Anytime Price varies

Little League baseball & softball

Little League International

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Anytime Price varies

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium camps

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

Ages 5–18📍 Draper, UT

⭐

Open now Price varies

Math Kangaroo 2027 (30th year)

Math Kangaroo USA

Grades K–12📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Price varies

Millcreek summer day camp

Millcreek

Ages 6–12📍 Millcreek, UT

Anytime Free

Museums for All (SNAP/EBT discount)

Institute of Museum and Library Services / ACM

Ages 17 & under📍 Nationwide

Anytime Free

NPS Junior Ranger programs (in-park and online)

National Park Service

Ages 5–14📍 Nationwide

Anytime Price varies

National History Day 2027

National History Day

Grades 6–12📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Price varies

Natural History Museum of Utah summer camps

Natural History Museum of Utah

Last year: Public registration opened, 10 a.m., Mar 9, 2026

Grades K–8📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Ogden Dinosaur Park day camps

George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park

All ages / see provider📍 Ogden, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Ogden Nature Center camps

Ogden Nature Center

All ages / see provider📍 Ogden, UT

Anytime Price varies

PA Outdoor Adventure Pass (4th & 5th grade)

Ski PA

Grades 4th–5th📍 Pennsylvania · open to any state

Anytime Free

PTA Reflections arts program 2026–27

National PTA

Grades Pre-K–12📍 Nationwide

Anytime Free

Pizza Hut BOOK IT! reading rewards

Pizza Hut

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Anytime Free

Power Kids Pass: kids 12 & under ski free (Nordic Valley, Brian Head)

Power Pass Mountains (via Ski Utah)

Ages 12 & under📍 Eden / Brian Head, UT

Anytime Price varies

Project FeederWatch (winter bird counting)

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Worth it

Provo Summer Adventure Camps

Provo Parks & Recreation

Last year: Registration opened, Mar 25, 2026

Ages 5–12📍 Provo, UT

Not announced yet Worth it

Provo outdoor STEM Camp (4th–5th grade)

Provo Parks & Recreation

Last year: 5th-grade priority window, Apr 13, 2026

Grades 4th–5th📍 Provo, UT

Not announced yet Worth it

Provo summer sports camps (Recess Edition)

Provo Parks & Recreation

Last year: Registration opened, Mar 4, 2026

Ages 6–12📍 Provo, UT

🍿

Not announced yet Under $50

Regal Summer Movie Express ($1 movies)

Regal

Last year: 2026 season, Jun 1, 2026

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Free

Salt Lake City Public Library Summer Reading Challenge

The City Library (SLC)

Last year: 2026 challenge, May 30, 2026

Ages 17 & under📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Free

Salt Lake County Library Summer Reading

The County Library (Salt Lake County)

Last year: 2026 challenge, May 29, 2026

Ages 17 & under📍 Salt Lake County branches, UT

Anytime Under $50

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

Grades 7–12📍 Nationwide

Anytime Price varies

Science Olympiad 2027 season

Science Olympiad

All ages / see provider📍 Nationwide

Open now Worth it

Ski NH 4th & 5th Grade Passport

Ski NH

Grades 4th–5th📍 New Hampshire · open to any state

Open now Under $50

Ski Vermont Fifth Grade Passport

Ski Vermont

Grades 5th📍 Vermont · open to any state

Not announced yet Price varies

Snapology STEAM camps

Snapology

Ages 4–14📍 Utah County, UT

Anytime Free

Snowbird: kids 6 & under ski free

Snowbird (via Ski Utah)

Ages 6 & under📍 Snowbird, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Spy Hop summer camps

Spy Hop

All ages / see provider📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Stokes Nature Center camps

Stokes Nature Center

Ages 4–14📍 Logan, UT

🎄

Not announced yet Free

Temple Square Christmas lights

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Last year: Lights 6–8 a.m. & 4:30–10 p.m. daily (last season), Nov 28, 2025

Ages 17 & under📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Worth it

Thanksgiving Point summer day camps

Thanksgiving Point

Grades Preschool–6th📍 Lehi, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

U of U Hi-GEAR engineering camp (grades 9–12)

University of Utah

Ages 14–18📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Free

USA Computing Olympiad (free online contests)

USACO

Last year: First contest (2025–26 season), Jan 9, 2026

Ages 13–18📍 Nationwide

Not announced yet Price varies

UVU Continuing Education youth camps

Utah Valley University

Ages 5–18📍 Orem, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

University of Utah Club U & Campus Camps

University of Utah Youth Education

Last year: Summer registration opened, 9 a.m., Feb 9, 2026

Ages 5–14📍 Salt Lake City, UT

Not announced yet Free

Utah Free Fishing Day

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Last year: 2026 Free Fishing Day, Jun 6, 2026

Ages 17 & under📍 Statewide, UT

Anytime Price varies

Utah Olympic Oval Learn to Skate

Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation

Ages 3–17📍 Kearns, UT

Not announced yet Worth it

Utah Olympic Park summer camps

Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation

Last year: 2026 camp weeks, Jun 16, 2026

Ages 7–11📍 Park City, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Utah Tech eSMART camp (girls, grades 7–8)

Utah Tech University

Ages 12–14📍 St. George, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Wasatch Kids Camps

Wasatch Kids Camps

Ages 6–16📍 Salt Lake Valley, UT

Not announced yet Price varies

Weber State Center for Technology Outreach camps

Weber State University

Ages 5–18📍 Ogden, UT