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Tabernacle Choir plus Salt Lake City Tour

Combine the 2 best experiences of Salt Lake City

See the World-Famous Tabernacle Choir Live combined with our SLC Guided Tour!

  • One of the largest and oldest choirs in the world, the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square has won countless awards and performed at the inaugurations of six U.S. presidents

  • Music and the Spoken Word is the longest continuously running network broadcast in the world, running since 1929. Experience it live from the audience!

  • PLUS our best-selling Salt Lake City Bus Tour featuring a terrific live narration by a local expert tour guide, filled with stories, humor and SLC insights that you won’t get anywhere else (Click for more details)

  • Several tour stops off the bus with your guide, including Utah Capitol, Temple Square, Mormon Pioneer Trail Monument and Cathedral of the Madeleine

QUICK DETAILS

TIMES:

  • Sunday 8:30 AM — includes Choir concert

  • Thursday 5:00 PM — includes Choir rehearsal

DURATION: 3.5 hours

PRICE:  $79.99 Adult  /  $40 child (age 7 and under)

Starting Location: Radisson Downtown Hotel (215 W South Temple, Salt Lake City)

  • Parking: available for a small fee in a public parking lot across the street from Radisson (address of the parking lot entrance is 50 John Stockton Drive, SLC)

*Special Note: Children under 8 are not allowed in the auditorium for live broadcasts; they are instead seated in a separate, soundproof room.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • There is no formal dress code for the Tabernacle Choir Sunday broadcast nor for the Thursday evening rehearsal. Visitors are welcome to wear T-shirt and shorts if they like. We merely advise you to dress comfortably for the weather of that day as we’ll be touring the city as well.

  • No, this Tabernacle Choir performance is not a religious worship service. This is simply a concert that includes a non-denominational inspirational message.

    Fun Fact: Sunday worship services are not held at the auditoriums on Temple Square; instead Sunday worship services will occur in small church buildings scattered all across the valley.

  • The tour begins at the Radisson Downtown Hotel (215 W South Temple, SLC) and returns to the same spot where the tour bus parks curbside directly in front of the main lobby entrance.

    • PARKING: All-day parking is available for a small fee at a lot directly across the street from the Radisson (parking lot entrance address is 50 John Stockton Drive, SLC)

    This ideal location is 1-2 blocks away from both Temple Square and two shopping centers that offer many sightseeing and dining options for before/after the tour.

  • Across the street from Radisson Downtown SLC Hotel is a large public parking lot that charges a small fee (Typically $10 for all-day parking, can vary with events of the day). Please allow yourself 10 minutes to pay, find a spot, and walk to Radisson Downtown Hotel.

    Park Place is the name of the lot, with the main entrance located at 50 N 300 West Street. 300 West Street is also known as John Stockton Drive, so “50 John Stockton Drive, SLC” should also work in your GPS. See map links below:

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  • There is minimal walking. The tour is appropriate for all ages and ability levels. Many tour guests are senior citizens so we’ve kept that in mind. How much walking you do is your choice; some guests have even chosen to stay on the tour bus at the stops to remain in a comfortable seat rather than do any walking.

  • About 2/3 of the total tour time is spent at four stops and the rest is enjoying an entertaining live narration by the tour guide while aboard the bus as it travels a 20-mile loop around Salt Lake City. Our four main stops are Temple Square, Utah Capitol Hill, Mormon Pioneer Trail Monument and Cathedral of the Madeleine; during these stops your tour guide will stay with the group to continue sharing stories and insights where appropriate.

  • About 1/3 of the total tour time is spent on the bus as you travel a 20-mile loop around Salt Lake City through various historic districts. At evenly spaced intervals you'll be able to explore off the bus with your tour guide at several stops. Restroom breaks are available throughout the tour.

    About an hour is spent off the bus at the Choir concert or rehearsal.

  • Space is very limited on the bus, we don’t have room for wheelchairs or strollers. We may be able to accommodate folding wheelchairs or walkers but you must first call us directly at 801-364-3333 to confirm there will be space on your desired tour.

What’s there to see on a Salt Lake City Guided Tour?

  • Temple Square is the most visited attraction in Utah attraction, with over 5 million visitors a year

    • Mormon Tabernacle: built in 1867, home of the world renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and one of the largest pipe organs in the world, 11,632 pipes!

    • LIVE PERFORMANCE: a daily organ recital with the most famous pipe organ in the world

    • Salt Lake Temple: the most iconic building in Utah and the largest Mormon temple in the world; inspired by medieval Gothic cathedrals of Europe, but built in the American Old West

    • Gardens: 500,000 plants of 700 different varieties brought from 100 countries around the world

    • Family History Library: largest genealogy library in the world

    • Conference Center: largest theater-style auditorium ever built, 21,000 seats

    • Historic Hotel Utah: century-old luxury hotel that hosted U.S. presidents, dignitaries and celebrities

    BRIGHAM YOUNG’S ESTATE:

    • Beehive House: stately home of Brigham Young, known as the “American Moses”

    • Lion House: a polygamous mansion for 20 wives and 50 children in the Old West

    • Eagle Gate arch: Prominent 76-foot span arch with a 2-ton American eagle statue atop, marks the entrance to Brigham Young’s estate

  • Utah Capitol Hill is filled with unique history, regal architecture and breathtaking scenery

    • Capitol: second most beautiful in America, used for Hollywood movies to depict the U.S. Capitol; spectacular marble rotunda with 6,000 lb. chandelier!

    • Scenic overlook: spectacular views of Rocky Mountains and 500-square-mile Salt Lake Valley

    • Council Hall: City Hall of the Old West

    • Mormon Battalion Monument: first and only religious unit in the U.S. military

    • White Memorial Chapel: pioneer-era Mormon chapel overlooking the valley; first in the city to have a steeple

    • Memory Grove: picturesque park featuring City Creek and memorials to Utah veterans

  • Mormon Pioneer Heritage Park

    • Mormon Pioneer Trail: 70,000 pioneers walked 1,300 miles

    • This is the Place monument: Mormon pioneers and explorers of the American West

    • Deseret Village: a living history pioneer village

    • Scenic overlook: mountain views, overlook of the entire valley and Great Salt Lake

    • Pony Express Monument: awe-inspiring statues and Pony Express station with a beautiful mountain backdrop

  • BRIGHAM STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT: Named one of the "10 Great Streets of America" by American Planning Association

    • Governor’s Mansion, and other mansions of wealthy mining magnates

    • Cathedral of the Madeleine: Roman Catholic headquarters in Utah; only cathedral in America under patronage of Saint Mary Magdalene

    • First Presbyterian Church: exquisite red sandstone and stained glass windows

    • Masonic Temple: Egyptian Revival architecture and mysterious sphinx statues, used for Hollywood movies and television shows

    • Mining Mansions: several other magnificent mansions built by silver and copper mining magnates 100 years ago

  • OTHER ATTRACTIONS:

    • Historic Union Pacific Depot: one of the finest train stations in the Old West

    • Gateway Center & Olympic Legacy Plaza: “The Gateway to the City”

    • Pioneer Square and historic Rio Grande train station

    • Fort Douglas: Civil War-era fort built to keep an eye on the Mormons

    • Olympic Village and Stadium: relive the most successful Winter Olympics ever

    • University of Utah: Founded 1850, the oldest state university west of Missouri River

    • Trolley Square: Union Pacific magnate E.H. Harriman built Salt Lake City a state-of-the-art trolley car system in 1908, refashioned with inspiration from Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco

    • Library Square: designed by a world-famous architect in a stunning modern style

    • City Hall: striking Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and the symbol of non-Mormon citizens’ open defiance of the Mormon Church