Kilby Block Party 2023

Posted: May 16, 2023 by Power Plus Productions

About Kilby Block Party

The Kilby Block Party is a music festival that started in 2019 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Salt Lake City’s longest-running, all-ages venue Kilby Court. Keeping with the spirit of this iconic venue, KBP aims to bring together SLC’s music community with local famous internationally renowned artists. The first two editions of this festival were actual block parties on Kilby Court’s adjacent street of 700 South in downtown SLC. KBP1 and KBP2 were headlined by longtime friends Death Cab For Cutie and Young The Giant who both performed at Kilby Court in the beginning of their careers. In 2022, the festival took a chance and moved KBP3 to Library Square to host a 2-day festival featuring headliners Phoebe Bridgers and Mac DeMarco. With thanks to our incredible Kilby community, the festival sold out both nights in less than a week and the KBP3 weekend proved to be one of the best large scale indie music festivals to ever occur in downtown SLC. Since then the festival has expanded in 2023 by moving to the Utah State Fairpark for a 3 full days of music, art, food, culture, and more. – KilbyBlockParty.com

Overview

S&S Presents contracted Power Plus Productions for Kilby Block Party 3 in 2022. After a successful 2-day festival, we were brought on to support the main stages again in 2023, but this year added lighting to our services. BackBeats Backline, a Power Plus Productions company, worked with band managers and producers to provide all necessary backline equipment.

The Lineup

The Strokes, Pavement, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pixies, Run the Jewels, Dominic Fike, The Backseat Lovers, Japanese Breakfast, Hippo Campus, The Walkmen, Caroline Polachek, Cuco, Goth Babe, Remi Wolf, Alex G, Surf Curse, Duster, Osees, Faye Webster, Weyes Blood, Lucius, and many more!