Pierce County Events Calendar

Pierce County Events Calendar

This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.

Have an event that isn’t listed? Please email events@SouthSoundTalk.com with the following information:

  • Name of Event
  • Date, time and location (name of business if applicable and complete address)
  • Organizer(s) name
  • Cost
  • URL to purchase tickets
  • Website URL
  • SHORT description of the event
  • Photo

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Jun
4
Tue
History Pub: Eyes of the Totem @ McMenamins Elks Temple
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Jun 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

McMenamins Elks Temple, the Washington State Historical Society and the Tacoma Historical Society bring you Eyes of the Totem. This 1926 visual masterpiece was filmed in Tacoma and Steilacoom, when Tacoma housed a Hollywood-quality film studio!
Hear the story of how Tacoma became the home of a major motion picture studio during the 1920s. See a screening of Eyes of the Totem and enjoy a presentation about the nearby locations used in the film, the backstory of director W.S. Van Dyke ( who went on to be nominated for Academy Awards for films like The Thin Man and San Francisco with Clark Gable, Jeanette McDonald and Spencer Tracy), and the unlikely events leading to the rediscovery of the lost Eyes of the Totem film just a few years ago.

It will also be a chance to learn about the history of Tacoma in the movies, including the lost Weaver Studio films that were made nearby, other major and minor productions shot in the area. Learn about how film and the movies have shaped Tacoma’s theatre district and visual arts.
Presented by Michael Sullivan, Pacific Northwest historian, and Bill Baarsma, Tacoma Historical Society President. Guests are welcome to purchase food and beverages at any of the restaurants/bars within the Elks Temple, and bring it into the beautiful Spanish Ballroom for History Pub. There will also be a bar in the Ballroom before and during the program.
Why not stay the night too? Mention you’re attending the History Pub and receive 15% off your hotel room that night.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events
Jun
5
Wed
Peaks and Pints Barrel Aged Hump Day @ Peaks and Pints
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Jun 5 @ 5:00 pm

Peaks and Pints wants to add a little wood to your Hump Day. Wait! Check that! Peaks and Pints wants to add bourbon barrel-aged alcohol to your Wednesday night.

Peaks and Pints will host a can release party for Tieton Cider Works Bourbon Barrel Peach cider at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 5. Inspired, we’ll tap a few beers that have spent some time in spent bourbon barrels, too.

Why? Because barrel aging is totally a thing. Well, it has been for centuries. Before industrialization, Europeans fermented beer in wood, stored and shipped in wood, and poured directly from wood. Beer spoiled often. Life was hard. By the mid-20th century, most breweries had happily traded their temperamental wooden barrels for the reliability and convenience of metal tanks. Beer spoiled less. Life was decent. However, brewers and cidermakers have long known that wood-aging can add flavor and depth to beer, especially if said barrel previously contained bourbon. The result is a beer and cider more complex than most, as additional flavors bleed from inside the staves — deeper woody notes that play to the liquid’s base and an extended taste that finishes with a nip of booze.

This year, Tieton’s popular Bourbon Barrel Peach cider (6.9%) was aged in previously used Dry Fly bourbon barrels. Aging in bourbon barrels gives the cider deep, rich notes of vanilla and spice. We’ll tap it, as well as have cans for sale.

Other bourbon barrel-aged beauties on tap will include Anderson Valley Huge Arker Imperial Stout, Backwoods Stumbler Russian Imperial Stout, Black Raven Splinters Scotch Ale, Founders KBS Imperial Stout and The Lost Abbey Track #8: The Number of the Beast strong ale.

PEAKS AND PINTS BARREL AGED HUMP DAY, 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

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Categories: Food & Beverage Tags: cider craft beer North Tacoma Proctor District
Jun
7
Fri
Breakfast at the Cone @ Museum of Glass
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Jun 7 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am

Museum of Glass’ 3rd Annual Breakfast at the Cone, the art of business, will focus on the importance of teamwork and its role in building and sustaining thriving communities. Proceeds from the event, which brings together the South Sound’s art and business communities to celebrate our shared commitment to the vitality of the region, will benefit museum programming, including Hot Shop Heroes™.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Tags: museum of glass
Jun
8
Sat
Tacoma Spring Fest @ Point Ruston
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Jun 8 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Urban Craft Uprising is thrilled to be hosting the first Tacoma Spring Fest in the beautiful area of Point Ruston on Saturday, June 8th. We are so pleased to have the space to feature 75 handmade artists and makers, of the quality fans have come to know and expect from our shows. This new public mixed-use space has an amazing view of Mt. Rainier, and has many sweeping views of the water and the ridge lines, a public park right down the steps from where our vendors will be, and a long biking/walking trail spanning the waterfront. We’ll also have food trucks, and with the neighboring restaurants’ outdoor patios essentially serving as built-in beer gardens, we expect shoppers you’ll want to stay and make a day of it!

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Tags: art craft family friendly food truck handmade point ruston
Eliemann Brothers Charity Golf Tournament @ Eagles Pride Golf Course
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Jun 8 @ 11:30 am – 8:00 pm

Get into the Swing for our 5th Annual Golf Tourney! Tournament proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society through the Real Men Wear Pink campaign – imagining a world free from cancer. Kliemann Brothers want to help make it a reality. You can too.
Check in at 11:30am- Shotgun start at 1:30pm.

Contact: charity@kliemannbros.com with questions

Eagles Pride Golf Course 1-5 Exit 116 JBLM Lewis Main, WA 98433

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Non-Profit Fundraising Events Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Craft Saturday – Scavenger Hunts @ Job Carr Cabin Museum
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Jun 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Drop by Job Carr Cabin Museum for our monthly Craft Saturday event where we’ll have a variety of scavenger hunts available for all ages to explore Old Town Park and the Old Town Tacoma neighborhood. Activities are designed for children ages 3-9 and their families.

Admission to the Museum and all events are “pay as you can.”

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events
Jun
9
Sun
Tacoma Ocean Fest @ Foss Waterway Seaport
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Jun 9 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Celebrate the ocean and learn how to protect it through arts, science and water fun in a free festival on Tacoma’s waterfront.

As a festival held on the Tacoma waterfront, we acknowledge that we are standing on traditional lands of the Puyallup tribe, and honor their legacy, their history and their continued protection of the Salish Sea.

More information here: https://tacomaoceanfest.org/

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Categories: Everyday Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Outdoor Recreation
Jun
10
Mon
Open House Art Reception | Meet Jennevieve Schlemmer! @ Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital
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Jun 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

SAVE the DATE!!! You are Invited!!!

Please join us Monday, June 10th from 5-7 p.m. as we celebrate and support local artist Jennevieve Schlemmer of Short Leg Studio!

There will be prints, coloring books, pins, and stickers available for purchase during the reception too!

We will have light bites and beverages for all to enjoy.
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About Jennevieve Schlemmer:

She has an extensive background in sculpture, public art, and fiber arts. But her main love is drawing. She loves to play board games and RPGs (role playing games) and enjoys the novels of Guy Gavriel Kay and Lain M Banks. You can find more of her work at Jennevieve.com and Short Leg Studio.

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Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital is excited to combine several of our passions: the Arts, community, and youth development.

Since Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital opened its doors, we have demonstrated a commitment to the local Arts community through thoughtfully curated shows.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Tags: animal art art event Art shows artist reception paintings
Jun
13
Thu
LeMay Motorcycle Days @ Lemay Collections at Marymount
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Jun 13 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

If you love two-wheeler beauties as much as vintage four-wheel vehicles, you are in luck! Beginning on Father’s Day weekend, Marymount Motorcycle Week features an indoor display of more than 200 vintage and specialty motorcycles, an AHRMA-sanctioned vintage motorcycle trials course on Saturday, an outdoor cruise-in, a Motorcycle Soccer exhibition game, and a special performance by the Seattle Cossacks Stunt Drill Team, as well as a display from the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling. The heavy-hitter all-stars of motorcycle history like BMW, BSA, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Triumph, Yamaha, and more will be highlighted during this special week for automotive and motorcycle enthusiasts.
General Admission: $15/person, FREE Admission to Foundation Members. Food booths on-site 10-3pm.
To Buy Tickets, More Info or Questions:
www.lemaymarymount.org | events@lemaymarymount.org | 253.272.2336

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Categories: Everyday Family Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: Lemay
Jun
14
Fri
LeMay Motorcycle Days @ Lemay Collections at Marymount
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Jun 14 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

If you love two-wheeler beauties as much as vintage four-wheel vehicles, you are in luck! Beginning on Father’s Day weekend, Marymount Motorcycle Week features an indoor display of more than 200 vintage and specialty motorcycles, an AHRMA-sanctioned vintage motorcycle trials course on Saturday, an outdoor cruise-in, a Motorcycle Soccer exhibition game, and a special performance by the Seattle Cossacks Stunt Drill Team, as well as a display from the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling. The heavy-hitter all-stars of motorcycle history like BMW, BSA, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Triumph, Yamaha, and more will be highlighted during this special week for automotive and motorcycle enthusiasts.
General Admission: $15/person, FREE Admission to Foundation Members. Food booths on-site 10-3pm.
To Buy Tickets, More Info or Questions:
www.lemaymarymount.org | events@lemaymarymount.org | 253.272.2336

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Categories: Everyday Family Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: Lemay
June 2019 Jun 2019