Slug Magazine | Art Garden Partnership



Partnership Invitation · 2026

Slug Magazine
A Thursday Night Partnership
SLUG
Magazine
Art Garden · Downtown SLC
Every Thursday · Free to the Public
Jul 9 – Aug 27, 2026

A Partnership Proposal

One Thursday.
Your night.

Slug Magazine knows SLC’s music scene better than anyone. We want to give you a chance to showcase artists — a Thursday night at the Art Garden, curated by you, branded by you, promoted to your readers.

Every Thursday this summer — July 9 through August 27 — Edison House runs the Art Garden in downtown SLC. Live music on the rooftop of a double-decker bus. A beer garden. Art on the walls from UMOCA. Free to the public. Roughly 2,000 people a night. The kind of night SLC actually shows up for.

2,000People per night
8Thursdays this summer
FreeTo the public
300KDowntown Alliance Community Reach

What Slug Brings
  • Curation input on that night’s talent
  • Slug signage on the bus and at the venue
  • Promotion to your print and digital audience
  • Editorial framing — your voice on the night
What Edison House Provides
  • The bus — setup, backline, and stage
  • Full beer garden operation
  • Production and talent booking
  • EH marketing, social, and communications

Why this works for Slug

Slug has spent 37 years telling readers what’s worth showing up for. This is a chance to be the thing worth showing up for. Your readers in a crowd, your name on the stage, your editorial credibility attached to a live night that 2,000 people attend. No cost, no sponsorship — a genuine creative partnership between the magazine that covers SLC’s music scene and the venue that’s building its summer around it.

Let’s talk
Jim Milligan
Director of Innovation · Edison House
jim@edisonhouseslc.com

Art Garden
Every Thursday
Jul 9 – Aug 27, 2026
Downtown SLC