Anyone looking for a connective thread in the lineup for Red Butte Garden’s Outdoor Concert Series is chasing a ghost. There’s no overarching theme linking everything together.
In fact, when Chris Mautz is booking a season lineup for Red Butte’s 3,000-seat amphitheater, he really has only one guiding principle:
“The focus is really just about getting a diverse group of artists,” he said. “It’s amazing how similar yet different each year is — at the center of it all, we’re just trying to put together a well-balanced but diverse lineup.”
The 30-show slate kicks off Wednesday, May 23, with a bill featuring The Devil Makes Three, The Wood Brothers and Murder by Death, and will wrap on Monday, Sept.