The Wasatch Week: April 26 – May 2, 2026
Mammoth Look to Closeout Series, Bees Come Home, A Distinctly American Symphony Weekend
Hockey Takes The Lead — Again
The Mammoth carry a 2-1 series lead into Monday night's Game 4 at the Delta Center, 7:30 PM puck drop against Vegas. Friday's Game 3 went Utah's way 4-2, with Lawson Crouse putting up two goals in the franchise's first home playoff win. A Mammoth victory Monday pushes Vegas to the brink at 3-1, with Game 5 Wednesday in Las Vegas and a possible Game 6 back at Delta Center Friday night.
Tickets & How To Watch: Game 4 tickets are available through the Delta Center at deltacenter.com/event-type/utah-mammoth and via Ticketmaster, with secondary-market seats starting around $161. The game airs nationally on ESPN and locally on Utah 16, with streaming through ESPN Unlimited or Sling TV's Orange package (Day Pass options available for fans who don't want a full subscription).
The other big hockey headline dropped Friday before Game 3: the NHL confirmed the 2027 Winter Classic will be played New Year's Eve — December 31, 2026 — at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Mammoth versus the Colorado Avalanche, with a late-afternoon, early-evening puck drop. Owner Ryan Smith says fans can plan for a full New Year's weekend wraparound, including a postgame concert at the Delta Center to ring in 2027.
The Bees Come Home
Salt Lake's Triple-A club opens a six-game homestand against the Sacramento River Cats Tuesday night at The Ballpark at America First Square in Daybreak. Tuesday through Saturday first pitches are 6:35 PM; Sunday's series finale is a 2:05 PM matinee with the Sunday Brunch ticket package ($48 per person, includes 3rd Base Premium Deck access). It's the first long stand of the early-season schedule and an easy family weekday option — Tuesday is Holmes Homes Family Night with four chairback seats for $40, and Wednesday brings out the Utah Dirty Sodas alternate identity with $3 dirty sodas on the concourse in partnership with Swig.
Tickets at milb.com/salt-lake/tickets.
Saturday Afternoon: RSL Hosts Portland
Real Salt Lake returns home Saturday to face the Portland Timbers at America First Field, 2:30 PM kickoff — afternoon soccer that frees up the evening for one of the bigger downtown options below. Tickets at rsl.com/tickets. The match airs locally on KMYU and streams nationally on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass.
Looking Ahead: Jazz Lottery Sunday May 10
Two weeks from today, the Jazz draft watch officially begins. The NBA Draft Lottery airs Sunday, May 10 from Chicago at 1 PM Mountain on ABC, with the Combine running through May 17 and the Draft itself set for June 23–24 in Brooklyn. Utah finished tied with Sacramento at 22-60 and won last week's coin flip to claim the 4th-best lottery odds — an 11.5% shot at the No. 1 pick and a 45.2% chance of jumping into the top four. The coin-flip win also locked in possession of their own pick, which had been top-eight protected with the OKC Thunder.
The prize at the top of the board is no secret around here: BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa declared Thursday and is the betting favorite to go No. 1 overall. He led the nation in scoring at 25.5 points per game with 6.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists — the first player to post those numbers and earn consensus All-American honors since Larry Bird at Indiana State in 1978-79. From the 4-slot, the Jazz realistically need a lottery jump to land him, but Utahns will be watching the ping-pong balls bounce on May 10 with more interest than usual.
How To Watch: NBA Draft Lottery, Sunday May 10, 1 PM Mountain on ABC and ESPN.
Symphony Weekend: Copland, Ives & A Guitar Concerto
The Utah Symphony's Masterworks program runs Friday May 1 and Saturday May 2 at 7:30 PM at Abravanel Hall — a distinctly American program featuring two of the country's most iconic composers, Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, plus a guitar concerto that brings something fresh to the Masterworks stage. Tickets at usuo.org.
Comedy Pick: ISMO At Wiseguys
Finnish comedian ISMO Leikola brings his Perseverance Tour to Wiseguys at The Gateway, Friday and Saturday with two shows each night at 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM. His viral Conan set has racked up well over 100 million views and turned him into one of the most recognizable observational comics working today. Sammy Obeid (Wednesday) and Liza Treyger (Thursday) round out a strong week at the club. Tickets at wiseguyscomedy.com.
Park City Follies: Closing Week Of A 25th Anniversary
The annual Park City lampoon wraps its silver-anniversary run at the Egyptian Theatre, Wednesday through Sunday, evenings at 8 PM. Longtime emcee Tom Clyde came back for one more year to mark the milestone and will hand off the role after this run. General admission is sold out, but a block of seats is held for the Egyptian's Pharaoh Club members — a donor membership that comes with priority access to sell-out shows. Pharaohs can book by entering their promo code at parkcityshows.com or calling the box office at 435-649-9371; non-members can join the waitlist or learn more about Pharaoh membership at parkcityshows.com/become-a-pharaoh.
Friday At The Movies: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Twenty years after the original, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway return in The Devil Wears Prada 2, opening wide Friday May 1. It's the studio tentpole of early May and a natural pair-up with dinner out before the show. Showtimes and tickets at fandango.com.
Sources
NHL.com — Mammoth-Golden Knights Game 3 recap and series schedule; NHL.com — 2027 Winter Classic announcement; Deseret News — Winter Classic date and time confirmation; MiLB.com — Salt Lake Bees 2026 schedule and game times; Major League Soccer schedule — Real Salt Lake vs. Portland Timbers; NBA.com — 2026 NBA Draft Lottery date and Dybantsa declaration; ESPN — 2026 NBA Draft order and Jazz tiebreaker results; Utah Symphony / usuo.org — Masterworks program listing; Wiseguys Comedy — Salt Lake City Showroom calendar; KPCW and Egyptian Theatre Company — Park City Follies 25th anniversary run; Fandango and major studio release calendars — The Devil Wears Prada 2 opening date.This article was prepared with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed for accuracy by Mountain & Main editorial.