Events
SLUG Magazine’s 29th Anniversary Party: Saturn’s Return
SLUG Magazine celebrated its 29th anniversary with a party that offered a wealth of fun activities across two venues. Amid plentiful eating and drinking, RYE offered patrons an opportunity to explore local art, tarot card readings and virtual reality while Urban Lounge showcased live art and three SLC electronic artists (Thoroughbred, Nate Holland and UTA Trax) dishing out their finest dance tracks. … read more
The 18th Annual SLUG Games: Brighton Banks
Booking ourselves for SLUG Games: Brighton Banks, our yearly amateur ski and snowboard contest, was a surefire way to get the perfect storm, followed by the best bluebird day of the season. … read more
SLUG Mag On Tap 2017
On July 1, SLUG Mag On Tap gathered crowds of beer drinkers and brewers for a 100-percent Utah-brewed beer festival benefitting the Utah Brewers Guild. … read more
The Utah Beer Festival: Curing Your Ale-Ments Since 2009
We thought this would be a great opportunity to host a festival because we had so much great beer—great local beer,” says Briggs. “We were so excited to see them winning awards at the Great American Beer Festival and in San Diego. We thought that we should be highlighting them ourselves, here in Utah.” … read more
Utah, These Beers are 100% You: Slug Mag On Tap
Year after year, the Beer Issue has become a typed-out map of Utah’s burgeoning landscape of craft beer. It is by this 10th Annual Beer Issue that we bring you the first 100-percent Utah-brewed craft beer festival: SLUG Mag On Tap. … read more
Funky Junk: Shenanigans and Sustainable Living with the JenkStars
There are many different branches to our underground community, and all of them have important messages with positive goals to achieve. I was lucky enough to sit down with a group of the Jenkstars community and chat with them about their upcoming event, Building Man, which will take place this May 4–7 at The Jenkstar Ranch. … read more
SLUG Magazine’s 28th Anniversary Party Fashion Show @ The Depot...
Community members of all ages gathered at The Depot for SLUG’s 28th Anniversary Party Fashion Show, which was inspiring look back on the 28 years of SLUG. … read more
Stunts in the Sunshine – SLUG Games: Year of the...
The 17th annual SLUG Games rail-jam contest was held at Brighton Resort in sunny Utah, which was all about the good times and getting wild with friends. … read more
Goth Prom: A Retro Escape Before the Holidays
It is time to dust off that tuxedo, break out those cummerbunds, stretch out those fishnets and apply some heavy eyeliner. This may seem like an odd combination—however, come Nov. 19, it will be prom time. That’s right: Area 51 will be hosting their first Goth Prom. I am as excited as I am intrigued.
Don’t Go Down by the Water: The Drownings at Hobbs...
If you could see far into the water, only 30 feet deep, you probably wouldn’t see the hands ready to pull you under, ready to roll your struggling body into the black loam like a wallet into a back pocket. Read more about the legends behind Hobbs Reservoir. … read more