This week's free events are right below. The paper has the whole month, day by day, with places to volunteer and a calendar for your fridge.
Order by Tue Oct 27 to get Issue 1, covering all of November. Mails Tue Nov 3.
The front page of Issue 1, November 2026.
From this week's list. Each one was checked against the host's own page.
Wednesday, Oct 28
WED OCT 28 · 6 TO 8PM
Utah Pride Center, 68 S Main St, 9th Floor, Salt Lake City
A big-group social deduction game, like Mafia with more bluffing. Townsfolk hunt a hidden demon while the evil team picks them off.
No sign-up needed, just show up. No price or ticket listed.
WED OCT 28 · 6 TO 7:45PM
Marmalade Branch, 280 W 500 N, Salt Lake City
Book arts night for adults and teens 14 and up. Projects rotate monthly, from handmade bookmarks to bookbinding.
Free. Drop in.
WED OCT 28 · 7:30PM
Thompson Chamber Music Hall, David P. Gardner Hall, 1375 E Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City
Bizet's Carmen cut down to two singers, monologues and flamenco. Free on campus tonight; the same show sells tickets in Taylorsville two nights later.
Free. No tickets needed.
OCT 26 TO NOV 2 · DURING LIBRARY HOURS
Daybreak Library, 11358 Grandville Ave, South Jordan
Add a photo of someone you miss, person or pet, to the library's shared Día de los Muertos altar. Frames are on hand.
Free. Drop in. Bring a copy of your photo, not the original; the library will copy one for free.
OCT 26 TO NOV 2 · DURING LIBRARY HOURS
Riverton Library, 12877 S 1830 W
Write the name of someone you've lost on the library's Día de los Muertos memory wall, and grab a craft while they last.
Free. Drop in.
The website has this week. The paper has the whole month, laid out day by day, in your mailbox.
Issue 1 is 8 tabloid pages of full-color newsprint. Readers pay for it, so there are no ads.
$10 a month
$12.50, once
Order by Tue Oct 27 to get Issue 1. US addresses only. Questions before you buy? saltlakemonthlypaper@gmail.com
The website covers this week, so you can find something to do tonight. The paper covers the whole month, because the point is to get you off your phone. It sits on the counter, and the calendar goes on the fridge.
I'm Cale. I live in Murray, and I put this paper together myself, around a full-time job. I started it because I wanted to give people a reason to get out of the house, off their screens, and into a room with people they might not usually meet. And if you Google free events in Salt Lake, you don't get much that's any good.
Know a free event, have a photo for From you, or an idea for Field Notes? Email saltlakemonthlypaper@gmail.com.
No. The website shows free events for the next seven days and changes every week. The paper is the whole month, day by day, with top picks, places to volunteer, Field Notes, Real or AI? and a calendar for your fridge.
Issue 1 goes in the mail Tue Nov 3 by USPS First-Class Mail, which the Postal Service says takes 1 to 5 days. It covers all of November. Order by Tue Oct 27 to get it. Subscribers get a new issue every month after that.
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Everything listed is free, in person and open to the public, in Salt Lake County, plus a few bigger things within about an hour's drive. I go through city and library calendars, venue and nonprofit pages, flyers and tips from readers. Then I pick what's worth leaving the house for: things that put you in a room with other people. Nothing that's free in name only or really a sales pitch. Dates and details get checked against the host's own page before it prints.
Email saltlakemonthlypaper@gmail.com with the name, date, start time, address, a link to your own page about it, and one line on who it's for. It has to be free and open to the public. Listing is free, though sending it in doesn't guarantee a spot. For Issue 1, send it by Sun Oct 25.