4 Best Performing Arts in Southwestern Utah, Utah

Dixie Roundup

Dozens of professional rodeo cowboys from across the West take part in this three-day mid-September event held since the 1930s. Team roping, saddle-bronc riding, and bull riding are among the main attractions, along with the always entertaining mutton-busting competition for the kids and the rodeo parade.

Paiute Restoration Gathering and Pow Wow

Since 1980, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah has hosted this event on the second weekend of June for two days of festivities, tribal dances, and contests.

Utah Midsummer Renaissance Faire

One of the longest running renaissance fairs in the country takes place in mid-July in Main Street Park and offers a variety of entertainment, including fencing demonstrations, games, crafts, and lots of food vendors.

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Western Legends Roundup

For three days in late August, Kanab hosts cowboy poets, musicians, and character actors from Old West TV series of yesteryear. A parade, tours to Western movie sites, a dutch-oven dinner, a quilt show, performances by Native American dancers, and a film festival draw visitors from all over.