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Murray City Downtown District is an affiliate Utah Main Street community

10/28/2026

Murray Theater turns 88 today! Here's to preserving local history and celebrating decades of unforgettable performances - with so much more ahead. What’s your favorite memory or era here over the years?

10/27/2026

The Murray Downtown Historic District represents the extant portion of the Murray City's historic commercial business district. Although the historic district consists primarily of commercial building stock from the late 1890s to the present, the neighborhood also included a strong residential component including both apartments above the commercial spaces and single-family dwellings.

This formed an urban core of the city, which contrasted to the mix of industrial development along the railroad corridor, west of the business district and scattered agricultural use throughout the rest of the community. The urban core remains a distinctive neighborhood despite the suburban development that engulfed the city after 1950.

10/09/2026

👻 WHO YOU GONNA CALL? GHOSTBUSTERS! 👻

Join us tomorrow- Saturday, October 10th, for some FREE Halloween fun in Historic Downtown Murray!

🎬 FREE Ghostbusters Movie at the Historic Murray Theater starting at 1:30 PM!

🗺️ Pick up your Boo Crawl map at the Murray Theater anytime between 1–4 PM! Your map will guide you to participating downtown businesses offering special coupons, restaurant discounts, Halloween candy, and more!

🎨 LOCAL ARTISTS IN ACTION! As mentioned in this video, local artists will be painting in front of a historic property right next to 7-Eleven! Stop by and watch their creativity come to life!

🍬 Several downtown businesses will also be handing out Halloween candy!

🍽️ Many of our local restaurants are offering special deals, so come hungry!

❤️ WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

We want to bring more people into Historic Downtown Murray, especially between 1–4 PM, a traditionally slower time for many of our small businesses.

Come enjoy a movie, grab a bite, watch local artists, collect some candy, and discover all the wonderful businesses that make our downtown special!

Start at the Historic Murray Theater, grab your map, and explore!

Let's show our Downtown Murray businesses some love! ❤️

10/03/2026

🎨 Save the date- Saturday, October 10- Spend the afternoon in Downtown Murray! 👻🍽️

Steve Stauffer & Steve McGinty, local Murray artists will be painting live on the streets throughout the afternoon, and there’s plenty more happening downtown!

Stop by the historic Murray Theater between 1–4 PM to pick up your map of coupons and specials from Downtown Murray businesses.

Then make the afternoon your own:

👻 Catch Ghostbusters at the Murray Theater — movie starts at 1:30 PM
🍽️ Grab a late lunch at one of our local restaurants
🍸 Stop in for a drink
🎨 Watch and support a local artist creating right on our downtown streets
🚶 Or do it all! Drop the kids at the movie and spend some time exploring Downtown Murray.

We intentionally chose the afternoon because it’s traditionally a slower time of day for our restaurants and businesses — which makes it a perfect time to show up and support local.

Support a local artist. Support our local restaurants and businesses. Support the historic Murray Theater.

Come spend your afternoon with us in Downtown Murray! ❤️

09/23/2026

Thank you Utah State Historic Preservation Office for the highlight on our downtown residential district. ❤️

09/09/2026

This week, we’re highlighting Sideshow Productions Tattoo — a business that truly represents what being part of a downtown community is all about.

What makes Sideshow Productions special goes far beyond the incredible art coming out of the shop. The owner is someone who shows up for Downtown Murray — supporting fellow small businesses, getting involved in community events, giving back through charitable efforts, and genuinely wanting to see our downtown succeed.

And we love that their story is happening inside a piece of Murray history. Sideshow Productions is located in Murray’s original Iris Theatre building, built in 1915. More than a century ago, this building welcomed Murray residents as an early motion-picture and silent-film theater. Today, it’s still a place for creativity and art — just in a completely different form.

That’s one of our favorite things about Downtown Murray: seeing historic buildings continue to evolve while the small businesses inside them bring new life, personality, and purpose to our downtown.

We’re incredibly fortunate to have Sideshow Productions Tattoo as part of MCDD and Downtown Murray.

Sideshow Productions
4973 South State- Murray, Utah
(385) 547-9547

07/30/2026

Ever wonder how Murray, Utah got its name?

It isn't named after a scenic mountain, a winding river, or an early pioneer. The city actually takes its name from a fascinating 19th-century leader: Eli Houston Murray!

Check out these 4 quick historical snapshots of our city's namesake:

🔸 Teenage General – He enlisted in the Union Army at 18 and commanded troops as a Brigadier General by age 21.

🔸 White House Tie – In 1880, President Rutherford B. Hayes personally selected him to serve as Utah’s Territorial Governor.

🔸 Identity Makeover – Before 1883, this area was known as South Cottonwood. The local post office officially rebranded the town to honor Governor Murray.

🔸 Political Firebrand – He was never one to back down from a fight, famously clashing with local figures over voting rights and statehood.

Next time you're driving down State Street through Historic Downtown Murray, you're driving right through a legacy born in the 1800s.

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167 East Vine
Murray, UT
84107

Telephone

(801)6411571

Website

https://murraycitydowntowndistrict.shop/

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