Mission & History

The Avenues Street Fair is one of Utah's premiere community celebrations. Held annually since the 1970's on the second Saturday of September, this is an event planned and hosted by the Greater Avenues Community Council (GACC) to celebrate our unique, eclectic and historical community.  Each year we hold the Fair on a different street to highlight the varied architecture and mini-neighborhoods of the Avenues area, one of the oldest residential neighborhoods of Salt Lake City.  The Fair typically spans five blocks and features live entertainment at each end. Fair attendance is free to all. The Fair features and celebrates local talent and artistry. In addition, local food vendors, government agencies, non-profit organizations and small businesses have a presence at our event.

Enjoy these historical photos of the Avenues. 

AVENUES STREET FAIR ORIGINS - The Avenues Street Fair has its origins in the mid-1970s when a group of homeowners formed the Avenues Restoration Association and began holding house tours, antique sales, tool borrowing events and parties on nearby lawns. The first street fair t-shirt depicted “God’s finger” (a la Michelangelo) touching the Avenues. (If anyone has this image, please contact ). 

Later, as the Fair developed and expanded, government agencies, local nonprofits and vendors were added, home tours were dropped (the Utah Heritage Foundation now known as Preservation Utah conducts those) and bands such as Joe Mescolino and Brown Baggers provided the entertainment. Police provided barriers to close off the streets, neighbors pitched in their garbage cans and electricity, LDS wards offered their restrooms and Bill Spencer at 8th Avenue Market offered great deals on meats and drinks. These early events continued annually, and grew in to the Avenues Street Fair we know today.  

Planning for the Fair begins each year months before, usually in March. Numerous permits are obtained from the City and County; booth applications are taken, a featured artist is selected, people’s art is solicited, the children’s parade is planned, the children's activity area is developed, recycle and trash bins, water and porta-potties and street signs are ordered; neighbors are contacted; bands are solicited to play music, all by teams of volunteers. It is truly an event that brings people together and builds community. Today the Avenues Street Fair remains a celebration of our homes, our art, our partnerships, and our neighborhood.

Be Part of the Street Fair Planning Committee

The Street Fair is an all-volunteer event. The committee consists of anyone with an interest in having a fun time putting a fair together. Meetings to organize the event are held beginning in March. All the GACC Board members pitch in and help in many ways, but numerous volunteers come on the day of the Fair for several hours to help set up, take down or run a booth for the GACC.  

The Street Fair Planning Committee will hold its next Planning Meeting on Saturday, April 6th, 2024 at the Avenues library, 455 North F Street, 10:00 a.m..

If you would like to get notices of meetings, or to volunteer to be on the committee, please email . Our next task is to select a location!.

This year's Featured Artist has been chosen, and we are pleased to announce that Renae Cannon of Avenues on Fourth will create the theme image of this year's Avenues Street Fair.  Join us at the April 6th meeting to help us plan another amazing Avenues Street Fair!  Email for a meeting invite or agenda or visit this page: Participate 

Vendor Applications-2024 - Applications are now open!

We will use Eventeny.com again in 2024 for all our vendor, artist, non profit, youth booths, sponsors, entertainers and volunteer applications.

Please use these links to apply.  Email  with any questions.  

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