The Office of Special Events operates within the Ogden City Business Development Department and is responsible for permitting all special events and film productions within the City. Our staff strives to provide year-round events to cultivate civic pride, social awareness and cultural enrichment for residents and visitors by organizing, sponsoring, coordinating, and permitting special event activities such as festivals, runs/walks, outdoor markets, car shows, and holiday celebrations. By doing this, we help build a foundation that fosters sustainable community development, economic development and tourism. In addition, the Office of Special Events is responsible for all street closures pertaining to block parties, parades, filming and other events taking place in parks or on public property. We are also responsible for managing the Street Banner Program.
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Harvest Moon Festival
Each fall, for the past 9 years, Historic 25th Street in Ogden shuts down the street to throw a community event. Usually the last weekend in September, this year's event will be on September 25th and 10,000 plus community members, athletes, and good-time seekers will spend their day on Historic 25th Street.
They will be treated to live music and family oriented fun. They will enjoy food vendors from Historic 25th Street restaurants, children's activities, browsing shops, and street performers.
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Local Music and Entertainment
Ogden has a variety of pubs, theaters and performance space as well as a strong history of live music.
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Hurt in the Dirt
Raise your glass! It's time for another round of Hurt In The Dirt at Ogden's Fort Buenaventura! On August 25th, hundreds of Utah's grittiest athletes will gather for a day full of challenging natural terrain, fun with friends, and an energy filled Festival Village full of music, food and Ogden's finest liquid recovery! Come get rowdy with your friends and enjoy this authentic O-Town style throw down..."You might need your MOMMY after this event"!
This year there are even more ways to Pick Your Pain! Hurt in the Dirt is 100% organic...no man made obstacles and no gimmicks. You won't find rope swings, mud slides or military walls but we guarantee you will encounter every challenge that Mother Nature intended you to play on while you are here! "Get Out And Live!"
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Archery World Cup
Established in 2006, The Archery World Cup is a popular event for athletes, sponsors, media and fans. The World Archery-sanctioned event allows organizers to select unique competition venues, which include shooting over a canal at the 2009 Archery World Cup in Demark and competing on a floating platform at the 2006 final in Dubai. In 2012 top archers will compete surrounded by the towering Rocky Mountains of the West during the third stage in Ogden, Utah. The World Cup Finals will be held in Tokyo, Japan. The Archery World Cup has grown into one of the annual premiere events for the international federation that attracts approximately 300 athletes from 30 countries at each of the various qualifying stages.
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Ogden Marathon
The Marathon's beautiful course starts at an elevation of 5400ft . As you run the first half you will enjoy open roads, green fields and a beautiful gushing river. At the half way mark and start of the 1/2 Marathon you are at an elevation of 5000ft. The last half of the Marathon is equally beautiful.
You will start the final half by running around Pineview Reservoir then drop into Ogden Canyon where you will run along the roaring Ogden River. Breathtaking views of pine covered slopes changing into steep rock faces will be encountered along with quaint homes nestled along the river's edge. Exiting the canyon you run onto the Ogden River Parkway for approximately 2 miles which will take you past Dinosaur Park and the Utah State University Botanical Gardens. The course ends downtown on Historic 25th street at an elevation of 4,309 Feet.
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Ogden Arts Festival
Ogden Arts Festival is a juried fine arts festival, produced by gallery owners, artists, and local art-advocates through a non-profit organization. We value work made by the hands of the individual artists.
The Festival is a natural addition to a community with active art galleries, monthly first Friday Gallery Stroll and other events celebrating the arts. Designed and organized by a grass roots group, careful thought and planning goes into media categories, jurying, location, and amenities for the artists. Our goal is for artists and patrons to enjoy a high quality and professional art festival. We work with generous granting institutions and the Ogden community to raise funds allowing us to keep this event free to the public.
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Tour of Utah
This year's overall start will be hosted by Ogden which has been a host city for the Tour the past four years. Teams, coaches, media and event staff will spend several days in Ogden prior to the start preparing for America’s Toughest Stage Race. Spectators will not only enjoy a full day of festivities for Stage 1 of the race on Tuesday, August 7, but the top cyclists in the world will return to Ogden for the start of Stage 3 on Thursday.
Garnering world-wide attention for its high-adventure recreation year round, Ogden sits in the northern part of the state nestled between the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front mountain range. Don’t come to Ogden expecting a typical mountain town. This is the place that Al Capone said was too wild for his taste in the 1920s. And while Ogden has replaced bootlegging and gambling with skiing, climbing, kayaking and mountain biking, its soul will always be a bit rowdy.
Outside magazine ranks Ogden as one of the best towns in America. Forbes ranks it in the top 25 places for business and careers. The rest of the country seems to have discovered Ogden. Have you?
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Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo
The Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo comes but once a year - the week of July 24 - and it's definitely one you don't want to miss. Ogden Pioneer Days has been named twice the "Best Rodeo in the Wilderness Circuit" that includes Utah, Idaho and Nevada.
Ogden's rodeo, which annually draws more than 30,000 people, has been nominated five times for the "Best Rodeo in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association". This means Ogden Pioneer Days is one of the 20 best in a field of more than 700 rodeos in the country.
Each year, Ogden Pioneer Days is celebrated at the historic Ogden Pioneer Stadium, where the rodeo started and where the feeling of the American west still lives. Bring the whole family and join us for five nights of rodeo entertainment under the stars.
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Ogden Farmers Market
The Farmers Market continues to grow and be successful today. The Farmers Market is a community event and its goals have been to support the downtown merchants, enhance the image of Ogden, provide free entertainment and cultural opportunities, and provide our inner-city residents and children with fresh local produce.
One of the best accomplishments to come out of the Market is the intangible and often immeasurable goal of creating a sense of "community. The Ogden Farmer's Market is bringing a culturally and ethnically diverse group of Northern Utah residents together to interact in a positive and creative environment—on a weekly basis. The Market is a venue that promotes the creation of new friendships and the reuniting of old friends.
If you haven't been to Ogden's Historic 25th Street Farmers and Arts Market, get out of bed or off the couch each Saturday morning from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Come on down to eat from one of the tempting breakfast vendors with great food from unique locally owned restaurants. You will find fresh breads, scones, fresh cut flowers, nuts, candies, collectable local art, and antiques. Select from produce sold by local growers, picked fresh every morning. With all the great produce, eclectic artists and the wide variety of musical performances, you won't want to miss a Saturday.
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Live Performance at the Ogden Amphitheater
The Ogden Amphitheater is host to community events throughout the year. During the warmer season the theater hosting regular events: Monday Night at the Movies, Tunes at Noon, Talent in the Park and the Farmer's Market every Saturday morning. Concert and community events are also sprinkled throughout the summer. The Amphitheater is also home to Christmas Village. Come out and visit.
