The work week's over, and Weber County is packed with reasons to get out of the house. Football's back under the lights tonight, the Perseids are still falling, downtown's overflowing with peaches and live music, and the mountains are hosting an art walk. Summer's taking its bow just as fall clears its throat. Here's exactly how I'd spend it.

Friday • August 14, 2026 • Issue #033

🏈 Football's back tonight — Weber @ Fremont, 7 PM

✨ Free Perseids star party at Willard Bay — tonight

🎪 Fort Buenaventura Music & Arts Fest — Saturday, $10

🍑 Peak peaches at the market — Saturday, 8–1

🎭 "Hairspray" takes its final bow — Saturday

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Friday belongs to high school football. Weber travels to Fremont tonight in one of the area's biggest opening-night matchups, with kickoff at 7 p.m. (on KSL 5.3 if you can't get a seat). If sports aren't your Friday, downtown's North Ogden Night Market fills Barker Park at 6 p.m., and "Hairspray" lights up Peery's Egyptian at 7:30 on its closing weekend. Then, once it's dark, drive north for the Perseids star party at Willard Bay — rangers and telescopes at the South Marina, free with park entry, running to 11.

Morning
   🍑 Ogden Farmers Market — 8 a.m.–1 p.m., Historic 25th
   🌟 Peak peaches — get there by 8:30 for the best of them

Afternoon & Evening
   🎪 Fort Buenaventura Music & Arts Festival — noon–10 p.m., $10 (kids 16 & under free)
   👨‍👩‍👧 Dinosaur Park End of Summer Bash — family music & games (see dinosaurpark.org for hours)
   🎨 Snowbasin Art Walk — noon–6 p.m., up the canyon
   🎭 "Hairspray" — final performances, 2 & 7:30 at Peery's Egyptian

Ease off the gas. Snowbasin's Art Walk runs a second day (noon–6) in the cool mountain air — the prettiest slow morning on the menu. Grab a last box of market peaches, take the long way home through Ogden Canyon, and if the sky's clear, the Perseids still have a few left in them after midnight.

⭐ Editor's Pick — Friday Night Lights (tonight)
Nothing marks the turn of the season like the first Friday under the lights. Weber at Fremont is a local opener with real bragging rights on the line. Why it won: it's the whole community in one place — band, students, neighbors — and it's the sound of fall arriving.
📍 Fremont High · 🕖 7 p.m. · 💵 Gate admission (bring cash) · 📺 KSL 5.3

👨‍👩‍👧 Best Family — End of Summer Bash, Dinosaur Park (Sat)
Music, games, and a send-off to summer among the county's favorite dinosaurs. Why it won: it's built for kids and burns off the last of that summer energy before school. Tip: check dinosaurpark.org for the day's hours before you head over.
📍 George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park, Ogden · 🗓️ Saturday

💑 Best Date Night — Fort Buenaventura Music & Arts Festival (Sat)
Local bands across reggae, funk, country, and rock playing into the night, under the trees of a 19th-century fort. Why it won: ten bucks, great music, and the most atmospheric spot in the county after dark. Tip: bring a blanket and cash for the food trucks.
📍 Fort Buenaventura, 2450 A Ave · 🕛 Noon–10 p.m. · 💵 $10 (kids 16 & under free)

🆓 Best Free — Perseids Star Party, Willard Bay (tonight)
The year's best meteor shower, telescopes set up by rangers and the Willard Eccles Observatory, and a dark beach to watch from. Why it won: a free, genuinely memorable night under the stars. Tip: the show is free with park entry — bring chairs, blankets, and bug spray, and check the sky as the day's clouds clear.
📍 Willard Bay, South Marina · 🕗 Sunset–11 p.m.

The Ogden River Parkway. A few minutes from downtown, this paved riverside trail runs several miles from the mouth of Ogden Canyon out toward the Weber River — shaded, flat, and lined with ponds, gardens, and the sound of moving water. It's perfect for a Sunday-morning stroll or a bike with the kids, and most newcomers have no idea it's there. Park at the Ogden Botanical Gardens or the Dinosaur Park and pick a direction.

🧭 Local tip: Start at the Botanical Gardens parking area if you want the shadiest section of the trail.

Friday: cloudy and cooler, mid-to-upper 70s, with a lingering shower or stray thunderstorm that should clear through the evening — keep a light layer handy for kickoff.

Saturday & Sunday: the prize — sunny and warming, low-to-mid 80s Saturday and near 90 Sunday. (An air-quality advisory is up Saturday; sensitive lungs, take it easy.)

🌤️ Best Times This Weekend
   🌅 Morning — Farmers Market & Ogden River Parkway
   🌳 Afternoon — Snowbasin & the canyon
   🌙 Evening — football, the festival & meteor watching

🍽️ Before you go: Make a morning of the market — Grounds for Coffee (111 Historic 25th) is right on the block for a coffee and a pastry before you dive into the peaches.

Every one of those Friday-night lights runs on people you'll never see on the field. Band parents hauling instruments, booster clubs flipping burgers, the chain crew, the announcer, the volunteers at the gate — an unpaid army that turns a football game into the thing that pulls a whole town together on a warm August night. If you're in the stands tonight, thank one of them. They're the reason Friday nights feel like home.