Triggers and Slips, The Pickpockets, Pompe 'n Honey

August 23rd - 25th, 2024 Grid City Music Fest is back for its third year and there is a lot more going on. 62 world class murals, 54 local bands, 7 different stages, 3 days of music and 1 really cool local music fest. 

Once again our friends at the South Salt Lake Arts Council have sponsored a FREE FUN BUS where you can travel in style all day long, from stage to stage, throughout the Creative Industries Zone. Just take the train down to central point station and hop on! Be sure to grab a festival pass port on Saturday. If you get a stamp at 5 of the 7 venues you can earn yourself a free festival glass. Be sure to check out the map to see all of our stages.

Thanks to our other amazing sponsor’s, and their generosity, Free music will be dispersed throughout “The Zone” on multiple stages for all three days. Super Bubble will no on the roof at Grid City Beer Works and Terence Hansen will be at Pat’s Bbq kicking us off on Friday Night, 30 bands all day Saturday with all 7 stages hosting them and a newly added Sunday Brunch where all 5 of our stages will be offering $3.00 pint specials. 85% of these sets are free to the public, just be sure to check which venues are 21+ 

The only ticked events are our ultimate after-partys. Please be sure to join us at The Commonwealth Room Friday and Saturday night for a carnival like atmosphere with Food, Games, Vendors, some of salt lakes best bands and lots of Dancing. 

If you’re into punk rock, we’ve also added another night to our free late night punk party at salt fire brewing, where they will showcase amazing punk bands from The state of Utah. 

This year our goal is to activate the community of south salt lake. If you aren’t familiar with the creative businesses that make up “The Zone,” there will be no better way than this year’s Fest to get to know them!

More info: https://gridcitymusicfest.com

Triggers and Slips

Existing somewhere between country, folk, and roots rock, Triggers & Slips have been making music blurring the lines of genre for over a decade. Breaking these rules and proverbial boundaries has resulted in a fiercely loyal following akin to other genre-benders like Lucero and Frank Turner in their hometown of Salt Lake City. With their 2012 debut EP and two albums under their belt, the band is now set to share their most fully-formed and emotionally mature work to date, What Do You Feed Your Darkness?

While the music is unabashedly honky-tonk in its origins—piano, twangy electric/acoustic guitar work, and lead singer/songwriter Morgan Snow’s country drawl that belies his roots as a sixth-generation Utah native—the songs themselves subvert classic country storylines of love, loss, and substance abuse by viewing them through a gritty, real-world lens. Snow has lived every line and every phrase within.

There's a lot of heartache in country music, and Triggers & Slips aren’t afraid to lean into those traditional themes in their songwriting. What sets them apart is their ability to find hope and resilience in their work, rather than a punchline (as so much modern country music does). It’s meant to be a light in the darkness. In fact, Snow credits his foray into songwriting and performing as the very thing that saved him from himself over a decade ago, and it remains the rock on which he leans—the band’s name itself being a reminder of the constant struggles we all face as individuals.

As bluegrass continues to grow and bend as a genre, The Pickpockets are at the forefront, pushing the roots of bluegrass into new territories. The five-piece string band from Salt Lake City takes you into an inviting world of heartfelt lyrics, catchy melodies and gripping solos. Using an expansive repertoire and ever-growing sound, they continue to immerse audiences in new styles, new genres, and unforgettable grooves. With traditional instruments and future outlooks, The Pickpockets are breathing new life into a timeless tradition: bluegrass.

Pompe ’n Honey is a tightly knit acoustic swing band out of Salt Lake City that came together over a love of obscure, early 20th-century swing and folk music. Breaking down the wall between high-brow sophistication and raw artistic expression, they pull from the eclectic likes of Hot Club of Cowtown, the Woody Pines, Madeleine Peyroux, Sierra Ferrell, Django Reinhardt, Bob Wills, and Elton Britt. Specializing in classic country swing and gypsy jazz, Pompe n’ Honey play a healthy dose of original tunes, American Songbook standards, and sultry covers to make a dynamic and positively toe-tapping good time. Be ready for banjos, guitars, dobros, fiddles, basses, salty solos, luscious harmonies, and an irresistible urge to groove.