The Festival City of the U.S.A

Cedar City is a surprising sanctuary of cool mountain air and world-class cultural attractions in astonishing proximity to the extensive outdoor adventure of Southwest Utah’s famous Mighty Five national parks. Cedar City is also known as “Festival City U.S.A.” because a plethora of events taking place year-round include free music festivals, downtown parades and touring bike races.

Cedar City’s energetic population fills its days with the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Theater Festival, where one can experience live theater under the stars in Tudor-style Adams Theater. The rest of the time is spent dashing off to nearby national parks like Bryce Canyon and Zion, the expansive Dixie National Forest or Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Cedar Breaks National Monument, an astonishing natural amphitheater at 3,200 meters, is home to curious wildlife and mature bristlecone pines. Fall asleep in the brisk night air under bright and infinite stars, the expanse of the Milky Way unfurling above you. Cedar Breaks’ night skies are some of the darkest in the country.