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See photos from the 2023 Church Music Festival, which this year focused on Kenya

Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Kaitlyn Bancroft

By Kaitlyn Bancroft

Kaitlyn Bancroft is a reporter for Church News.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held this year’s Church Music Festival on Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.

The annual event typically features original compositions by members, but this year, for the first time, it featured the culture of a particular country.

This year the festival highlighted Kenya, and the program included a music video produced in the country as well as over 500 performers from a variety of nations.

See photos from the 2023 Church Music Festival here:

Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
The choir performs a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
The choir performs a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
The choir performs a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
The choir performs a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
The choir performs a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Artists perform a sound check before the Church Music Festival at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
The choir performs a sound check before the Church Music Festival in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

The festival was live streamed on broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and is available on Gospel Library, the Sacred Music app and Gospel Media for on-demand viewing. It will be available later in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Sheet music from the concert is available for download from the Sacred Music app, music website and Media Library.

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