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The Official Moab, Utah 2008/2009 Calendar of Events
- Free Event Listing - If you have a Moab area event that you would like to add to this list, send an e-mail to info@discovermoab.com or call Robert Riberia at the Moab Area Travel Council at (800) 635-6622 or (435) 259-6281.
- Event Grants - The Moab Area Travel Council will provide grant assistance to organizations to aid in the development of tourism. The purpose of the grant is to increase the level of tourism in Grand County through new or fledgling events that could become annual events. For guidelines and an application, visit www.grandcountyutah.net/travel.htm.
| December | 2008 | |
| 4-7 | Moab Winter Wonderland Three and a half days of field and classroom instruction at a time when snow may grace the beautiful red rock around Moab. Includes digital darkroom instruction provided by an Adobe Certified Expert on Lightroom and Photoshop. Please visit www.bretedge.com for more information. |
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| 5 | Christmas Tree Lighting County Courthouse (125 E Center) @ 5:30pm |
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| 6 | Electric Light Parade Kick off the holiday season with Moab's annual Electric Light Parade. Year after year this spectacular display of lighted floats and holiday costumes grows and attracts more and more spectators. The entire family will enjoy this amazing collection of lighted floats as they travel along Main Street in downtown Moab. For more information call 435-259-7814. |
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| 5-6 | Christmas Gift Fair Grand Center - 182 N 500 W - 435-259-8553 |
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| 6 | Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair Moab Arts and Recreation Center (100 North 111 East) - 10am - 5pm |
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| 6 | Winter Sun 10K Run - The Annual Winter Sun 10k road race is a fun filled small town run that takes place in early December when the air in Moab is crisp and the skies are blue and sunny. For more information visit www.moabhalfmarathon.org or call 435-259-4525. | |
| 12/6-1/6 | Moab Art Works 3rd Annual Group Show "Trees" - Photographs by Steve Mulligan, Chris McCaw, Cissy Spindler, Bruce Hucko, Jim Becia, Marian Boardley and Brian Parkin. Show runs through January 6th at Moab Art Works Gallery, Suite #2, Uranium Building, 11 North Main St, Moab. For more information visit moabartworks.com or call 435-259-3010. | |
| 25 | Christmas | |
| 31 | December 31st, 2008 New Year's Eve Party - Experience a unique alternative for New Year's Eve. Come and join the fun featuring games of chance, a live DJ & dancing, a Mexican meal served at 7:30 p.m. and hors d'oeuvres throughout the night. For more information, or to make a reservation, call 435-259-5261. 7:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. @ Canyonlands by Night & Day - Located just north of the Colorado River Bridge two miles north of the center of Moab. |
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| JANUARY | 2009 | |
| 1 | New Year's Day | |
| 10 | Canyonlands Film Society Winter Film Series: "City Lights" - Star Hall @ 6:30 p.m. - Free, although donations will be appreciated. For more information contact moabfilm@yahoo.com. | |
| 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | |
| 27 | Canyonlands Film Society Winter Film Series: "Kind Hearts and Coronets" - Star Hall @ 6:30 p.m. - Free, although donations will be appreciated. For more information contact moabfilm@yahoo.com. | |
| FEBRUARY | 2009 | |
| 10 | Canyonlands Film Society Winter Film Series - Star Hall @ 6:30 p.m. - Free, although donations will be appreciated. For more information contact moabfilm@yahoo.com. | |
| 13-15 | Western Stars Cowboy Poetry Gathering featuring Suzy Boggus and Don Edwards President's Day weekend western celebration with cowboy poets, music, barrel racing, chili cookin' contests, square dancing, western art, vendors, workshops and lectures. For more information visit moabwesternstars.com or call 435-259-6272. Moab Arts and Recreation Center (100 North 111 East). |
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| 14 | Moab's Red Hot 50K and 33k - The race is predominately jeep trails starting at the Gemini Bridges trail tail and utilizing the Metal Masher, Gold Bar, Gold Spike and the Poison Spider trail systems - ending at Poison Spider trail head. Some of the most scenic and challenging trail running in the Moab area! For more information visit www.mas50.com/redhot. | |
| 16 | President's Day | |
| 20-22 | USTC Team Roping Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191). For more information call 435-259-6226. |
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| 27 | Canyonlands Film Society Winter Film Series - Star Hall @ 6:30 p.m. - Free, although donations will be appreciated. For more information contact moabfilm@yahoo.com. | |
| MARCH | 2009 | |
| 7-8 | Quilting in the Red Rocks Quilt Show - Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Sunday, March 8, 2009, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Grand Center, 182 N 500 West. FREE admission and hourly door prizes. Over 120 quilts will be displayed, including antique, traditional and art quilts, as well as wearable art and home decor. A Merchants Mall will offer the latest in fabrics, patterns, treads, books, kits and notions. A certified quilt appraiser will be available. Presented by the Delicate Stitchers Quilt Guild, delicatestitchersquiltguild@yahoo.com. | |
| 7-8 | Racing in the Rockies Arches Winter Series Barrel Racing - Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191) Sat & Sun. Features WRPA divisional tour race, featuring professional women's barrel racers. Open Race, Youth (15 and under), Senior (50 and over) and a PeeWee division (8 and under). Spectators are always welcome and there is no admission fee. For more information visit www.racingintherockies.com or call 970-390-3712. |
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| 9 | Banff Mountain Film
Festival The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour features the year's best films on mountain adventure and culture. 7:00 p.m. in the Grand County High School Auditorium (608 South 400 East). |
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| 10 | Canyonlands Film Society Winter Film Series - Star Hall @ 6:30 p.m. - Free, although donations will be appreciated. For more information contact moabfilm@yahoo.com. | |
| 14-16 | Skinny Tire Festival The three rides of the Skinny Tire Festival highlight Moab’s different road riding opportunities. The first day follows the mighty Colorado River corridor downstream passing by ancient puebloans petroglyphs. The next two days leave the valley and climb the beautiful canyon roads into red rock country to Dead Horse Point State Park and through Arches National Park. Channel the energy of riding through this grandeur of Moab’s canyon country by putting purpose behind your cycling. This event raises funds for cancer survivorship programs. For more information contact 435-259-2698 or visit www.SkinnyTireEvents.com. |
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| 21 | 34th Annual Canyonlands
Half Marathon and Five Mile Run Full details and registration information is available at www.moabhalfmarathon.org or call 435-259-4525. |
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| 27 | Canyonlands Film Society Film Series - Star Hall @ 6:30 p.m. - Free, although donations will be appreciated. For more information contact moabfilm@yahoo.com. | |
| 27-29 | Moab Muni Fest 2009 “MUni” is short for Mountain Unicycling. “Fest” is short for Festival, and that’s what the Moab MUni Fest is all about. It’s a time to break the winter cabin fever and get out to the pleasant March climes of Moab; to ride and socialize with other MUni riders in the scenic red rock wonderland of Southern Utah. It’s a place to test and expand your limits, hone your skills, and learn new techniques from other riders. The entire Slickrock area is red sandstone rock, which means you’ll have traction to climb and descend angles you never thought possible. The landscape is a trials course. For non-trials riders it’s just as much fun figuring out how to avoid the obstacles. In either case there’s plenty to keep you entertained. It’s a great place to make and renew friendships within the com-MUni-ty of riders. For more info visit: www.moabmunifest.com |
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| 28-29 | 24 hours of Utah Team Relay and Solo Challenge – Experience the beautiful desert landscape of Moab, Utah while testing your own personal limits. This years race will be run on the beautiful Monitor and Merrimac trail 16 miles north of Moab. Racers will run 6 mile laps with approximately 430’ of climbing per loop. For more information visit our website at 24HourstheRun.com, or call 303-249-1112. | |
| 28-29 | Moab 100 - Runners race to complete 100 miles on a 6 mile loop course on beautiful trails. For more information visit our website at 24HourstheRun.com, or call 303-249-1112. | |
| 28-29 | Racing in the Rockies Arches Winter Series Barrel Racing - Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191) Sat & Sun. Features WRPA divisional tour race, featuring professional women's barrel racers. Open Race, Youth (15 and under), Senior (50 and over) and a PeeWee division (8 and under). Spectators are always welcome and there is no admission fee. For more information visit www.racingintherockies.com or call 970-390-3712. |
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| APRIL | 2009 | |
| 4-12 | Easter Jeep Safari Easter Jeep Safari consists of trail rides, mostly day long trips, departing from Moab throughout this week long event. The official event is hosted by the Red Rock 4-Wheelers Inc. the local four wheel drive club of Moab. Participants provide their own four wheel drive vehicle, take care of their own food and non-alcoholic beverages for the trip. The club officially runs approximately 9 different trails every day, with "Big Saturday" culminating in the largest ever single trail ride departure happening - around 30 groups line up in down town Moab to head off in every direction for 30 different trails! Pre-registration for this event is recommended, although limited registration at the event may be possible. Visit the club's website for registration information or mail a request to Red Rock 4-Wheelers, Inc., PO Box 1471, Moab, UT 84532-1471. www.rr4w.com Note: This massive week-long event is one of the largest events of the year for Moab. Please make your camping/lodging reservations as early as possible! |
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| 24-26 | April Action
Car Show Classic Car Show - Hot Rods, Trucks, Customs, Street Rods, Muscle Cars, Classics, and much more! Visit www.moab-utah.com/aprilaction/ for more information. Note: This event is one of the largest events of the year for Moab. Please make your camping/lodging reservations as early as possible! For more information call 435-259-5858. |
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| 4/30-5/3 | Moab Photography Symposium A 4 day gathering of photography lovers who come to learn new technical and artistic skills through discussion and workshops. For more information visit www.moabphotosym.com or contact Bruce Hucko at 435-259-4176 or bhucko@frontiernet.net. |
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| 4/30-5/3 | Moab Spring Quarter Horse Show - Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191). For more information call 435-259-6226. | |
| MAY | 2009 | |
| 4/30-5/3 | Moab Photography Symposium Continues - See Above |
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| 4/30-5/3 | Moab Spring Quarter Horse Show Continues - See Above |
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| 13-16 | 3rd Annual Moab UTV Rally - The largest UTV and Side x Side event in the United States. It consists of daily organized trail rides, organized poker run, evening events such as barrel racing, tug of war, pole bending, balance beam, and drag races to FREE demo rides from Yamaha, Polaris, Kawasaki, Arctic Cat, Kymco, Honda, Tomcar, and Ruesch at the Red Rock Raceway. The event is headquartered at the Old Spanish Trail Arena at 3641 S. Hwy 191 on the south end of town where all the best UTV and Side x Side companies will be on display in Vendor Row which is also where the evening events will be held. In addition to this, for all registered participants, we’re going to have a catered dinner from Pasta Jay’s on Friday night, an estimated $40K+ in product to raffle off, and an evening slideshow. It’s highly recommended you pre-register for this event as there’s only a limited number of trail rides and people allowed per trail. You can register by visiting www.utvrally.com and also find out what campgrounds/RV Parks to stay at, as well. See you there, and if you have any questions, please email chris@utvrally.com. | |
| 23-24 | Moab Arts Festival - Swanny City Park (400 North 100 West) - For more information visit www.moabartsfestival.org | |
| 25 | Memorial Day | |
| 28-31 | 5th Annual Desert Rocks - Four days and four nights of music, camping, and outdoor adventure in the majestic red rock canyon of Kane Creek, 8 miles West of Moab. The festival will include an eclectic mix of funk, rock, reggae, folk, and bluegrass music playing through sunrise. For more info check out www.desertrocks.org. | |
| JUNE | 2009 | |
| 4-6 | Canyonlands PRCA Rodeo - Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191) - Includes bull riders, barrel races, team roping, individual roping, saddle bronc, bare back, mutton bustin', clowns, and more. Vendors welcome! Fee. | |
| 14-20 | Desert R.A.T.S. (Race Across The Sand) - 6-day fully supported stage footrace from Grand Junction, CO to Moab, Utah. For more information visit AdventureRATS.com. | |
| 14-20 | Desert RATS Mountain Bike Tour - 6-day fully supported mountain bike tour from Grand Junction, CO to Moab Utah on the world famous Kokopelli's trail. . For more information visit AdventureRATS.com. | |
| JULY | 2009 | |
| 4 | Independence Day - Swanney City Park - Fireworks at dusk. | |
| AUGUST | 2009 | |
| SEPTEMBER | 2009 | |
| 3-19 | Moab Music Festival Music from around the world amidst the spectacular red rock canyonlands of Moab, Utah. Each year musicians and music lovers alike, from across the country and around the world, travel to the Moab Music Festival to perform and to listen to musical masterpieces, old and new, set among some of nature's most spectacular landscape masterpieces... the red rock canyonlands. For more information visit www.moabmusicfest.org or call 435-259-7003. |
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| 5-7 | Labor Day Red
Rock 4 Wheelers Campout Organized by the Red Rock 4-Wheelers - Overnight trips with backcountry camping, with additional day-trips on each of the three days. The club will organize the event and provide the guides, you bring all your other needs. Early trail reservations are recommended since the number of vehicles allowed on each trip is limited. Spaces will be filled on a first-postmarked-first-serve priority system - there is no email, phone, or online registration. Final registration will be held on the morning that the trails leave. Visit the club's website for further information or mail a request to Red Rock 4-Wheelers, Inc., PO Box 1471, Moab, UT 84532-1471. |
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| 7 | Labor Day | |
| 18-21 | Annual Tribal Sands Belly Dance - Desert Veils invites you to their fifth annual Tribal Sands Belly Dance & Drum Festival. Tribal Sands is a gathering of belly dancers and drummers from all over the US and Canada, in order to celebrate the world of belly dance. The festival begins on Friday with workshops, desert dancing and eating. Saturday will include more workshops, as well as performances by many outstanding belly dancers from throughout North America. | |
| 19 | Moab Century Tour The Moab Century Tour encompasses an inspiring variety of landscape to awaken the cycling spirit. From the depths of the red rock canyons of Moab, riders begin to glimpse at the towering mountains above. This spectacular route rises from the sculptured canyons of the mighty Colorado River up into the La Sal Mountains, and then descends back into the canyons leaving you speechlessly in awe of the grand scale of this magical place. Channel the energy of riding through this grandeur of Moab’s canyon country by putting purpose behind your cycling. By focusing proceeds of the Tour with cancer survivorship programs each participant becomes a powerful force against cancer. For more information contact 435-259-2698 or visit www.skinnytireevents.com. |
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| 23-27 | Skydive Moab Festival - Skydivers from all across the world will be jumping from 3 - 20+ passenger airplanes and free falling for over 1 minute above Moab's most amazing landscape. Come see over 300+ skydivers jump and make over 3000 jumps in just 4 days. They'll reach speeds well over 150 mph. For more info visit www.skydivemoab.com, send an email to info@skydivemoab.com, or call 435-259-JUMP. | |
| 24-27 | Moab Fall Quarter Horse Show - Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191). For more information call 435-259-6226. | |
| OCTOBER | 2009 | |
| 8-10 | Annual Gem & Mineral
Show Points & Pebbles Gem & Mineral Show. Dealers, exhibits, field trips and a lot more. Old Spanish Trail Arena (3641 S. Highway 191). |
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| 10-11 | Suzuki 24 Hours of Moab Mountain
Bike Race Annual Team Relay-Style Mountain Bike Race held in the Behind the Rocks Area - An extremely popular 24 hour mountain bike race set in a spectacular red rock desert. Sections of this course follow an old jeep trail while others contain some wild downhill segments. The course contains 1,100 feet of climb per lap and some challenging sandy sections. For more information visit www.grannygear.com or call 304-259-5533. |
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| 12 | Columbus Day | |
| 18 | The Other Half Marathon The Other Half is a 13.1 mile running event that begins at Dewey Bridge on Highway 128 and winds through some of the most stunning scenery in the country to its finish at the Sorrel River Ranch. For more information call 435-259-4525 or visit www.moabhalfmarathon.org. |
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| 29-31 | Moab Canyons Endurance Ride - Horse endurance rides or 25 and 50 miles. Spectacular rides through dramatic canyons to ridges with incredible views of wind sculpted crevasses deep below. For more information visit www.moabendurance.com | |
| 31 | Annual Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival The whole family will enjoy watching sling-shots, catapults, trebuchets, and air-cannons launching pumpkins across the sky. For additional information visit www.youthgardenproject.org or call 435-259-2326. |
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| NOVEMBER | 2009 | |
| 1-5 | Moab Folk Camp Join us for five days of hands-on workshops with nationally recognized instructors in a variety of courses ranging from songwriting and vocal performance to beginning and advanced guitar, harmonica and more. For more information visit www.cosysheridan.com/mfcindex.html |
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| 6-8 | Moab Folk Music Festival An exciting gathering of accomplished artists from the national, regional and local contemporary folk music community. The Moab Folk Music Festival brings some of the finest singer/songwriter musicians in the country. For additional information visit www.moabfolkfestival.com or call 435-260-2488. |
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| 11 | Veterans Day | |
| 13-14 | Annual Bighorn Sheep Festival A chance to view desert bighorn sheep in sunny southeastern Utah awaits as the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) hosts its annual Moab Bighorn Sheep Festival. The event is free, and people of all ages are invited to attend. Sheep watchers are encouraged to bring binoculars or a spotting scope along with snacks, beverages and a camera. DWR biologists will guide participants to locations where bighorns have been recently observed. The biologists will have extra spotting scopes and binoculars for people to use. They'll also have several large four-wheel drive vehicles for those who don't have the type of vehicle needed to reach the areas where the sheep are. The festival begins on Friday evening in the Moab Information Center (7:00pm), located at the corner of Center and Main. DWR will present a program on bighorn sheep ecology and their life history. The following morning (8:00 am) participants will gather again at the Moab Information Center where they will split into groups and go in search of bighorn sheep. A DWR wildlife biologist will guide each caravan of vehicles. All of the parties will be in radio contact with each other, so everyone can be advised as soon as sheep are spotted. Those who drive their own vehicle can leave the group at any time. For those who ride with DWR biologists, the field trips generally finish by noon or early afternoon. For more information call 435-613-3707. |
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| 26 | Thanksgiving Day | |
| DECEMBER | 2009 | |
| 4 | Christmas Tree Lighting County Courthouse (125 E Center) @ 5:30pm |
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| 5 | Electric Light Parade Kick off the holiday season with Moab's annual Electric Light Parade. Year after year this spectacular display of lighted floats and holiday costumes grows and attracts more and more spectators. The entire family will enjoy this amazing collection of lighted floats as they travel along Main Street in downtown Moab. For more information call 435-259-7814. |
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| 5 | Winter Sun 10K Run - The Annual Winter Sun 10k road race is a fun filled small town run that takes place in early December when the air in Moab is crisp and the skies are blue and sunny. For more information visit www.moabhalfmarathon.org or call 435-259-4525. | |
| 25 | Christmas Day | |
Free Event Listing - If you have a Moab area event that you would like to add to this list, send an e-mail to info@discovermoab.com or call Robert Riberia at the Moab Area Travel Council at (800) 635-6622 or (435) 259-6281.
Event Grants - The Moab Area Travel Council will provide grant assistance to organizations to aid in the development of tourism. The purpose of the grant is to increase the level of tourism in Grand County through new or fledgling events that could become annual events. For guidelines and an application, visit www.grandcountyutah.net/travel.htm.
Note: TBA = To Be Announced