About the Festival
The Get to the River Festival is a month of events and activities each September across the 50-mile Jordan River Parkway. It includes diverse outdoor recreation, conservation, arts and cultural, and social experiences that spark discovery, stewardship, creativity, and fun. The Festival is organized and promoted by the Jordan River Commission and Jordan River Foundation. Events and activities are organized and hosted by dozens of local partners and communities across the Wasatch Front region. Thousands of individuals and families turn out each year to participate. The Festival highlights this amazing slice of nature through the most urbanized and populated region of Utah’s Wasatch Front. It connects people with some of the things that matter most – family and friends, nature and wildlife, community and culture – and creates wonderful memories.
About the Jordan River and the Parkway
Utah’s Jordan River flows north from Utah Lake through 16 cities in Utah, Salt Lake, and Davis counties, and into the south shoreland areas of Great Salt Lake. The river — known as Pia Okwai (Big Flow) by the Indigenous Shoshone and Goshute people — is an important riparian area that provides critical habitat for hundreds of species and millions of migratory birds. It has provided many kinds of sustenance through thousands of years of human history. The Jordan River Parkway today is a 50-mile ribbon of parks, trails, and natural lands connected by the Jordan River. It has tremendous ecological, cultural, recreational, and economic value.
















2025 Calendar of Events
September 2 at 5:30 pm
Location TBD
September 10 at 10:00 am
Location TBD
September 19 at 10:00 am
Location TBD
Month Long Events
- Parkway Scavenger Hunt – West Jordan (all September)
- Wasatch Adaptive Sports HUSTLE – WAS (all September)
- River Rock Search – Bluffdale (all September)
- Jordan River Walk & Talk Series with Commission (Mondays in September)
- Pedal the Parkway Series with Commission (Wednesdays in September)
- Paddle the Jordan River Series with Commission (Fridays in September)
- Community Science Workshops with Aquarium (Saturdays in September)
- Utah State Fair – State Fairpark (Sep 5 – 15)
- Scarecrow Walk Along the River – Bluffdale (Sep 9 – Oct 31)
- Witch Fest – Gardner Village (Sep 20 – Oct 31)
2024 Media Kit
Festival Branding Kit
Messaging and Guidelines
Sponsor Acknowledgement Designs
Logos
Over $7M raised for Jordan River restoration projects. Here’s how it’s being used
KSL.com
Traveling dance carnival comes to you [Get to the River – Sept 6]
ABC4 News
Major habitat restoration is coming to the Jordan River. Here’s where.
Salt Lake Tribune
Jordan River Commission kicks off ‘Get to the River’ Festival
ABC4 News
Enjoy the outdoors for a good cause at the Get to the River Festival
Good Things Utah | ABC 4 News
Jordan River’s Future is SL Valley’s Future
KRCL RadioACTive












