It's no secret that summers in Salt Lake City are a little different than many coast-side Americans get to experience. We have no surf, no midday rollerblading bro babes with bodacious beach bods or sun-bleached blondies bearing bold-colored bikinis on bayside boardwalks... Nah. In fact, we're a pretty low draft pick if your idea of a mid-year vaction spot has been informed by every Beach Boys & Red Hot Chili Peppers lyric to date.

But hey, who really cares about California when you can pick up a floral shirt from Deseret Industries, rub some sun screen on your nose, and get hella Abercrombie with your favorite watering hole (now with more Zurchers-found plastic tropical decorations than a Jungle Jim's on birthday season). It's the Beach Party, Salt Lake City, and California's coming to us, come property values or high water. So let's party.

Oh, and it's Will's birthday!

Music by Flash & Flare and special guests The Shivas
Photos by the PhotoCollective

FREE before 10:30PM, $5 after