Pierce County Events Calendar
This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.
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The 34th annual A Victorian Country Christmas returns to the Washington State Fair Events Center, in Puyallup, December 1-4, 2022. This holiday showcase event features a shimmering mix of holiday shopping, food, entertainment, holiday cheer in the Winter Wine Garden, photos with Santa at Santa’s Village and fun for the whole family! It’s a wonderful way to do your holiday shopping and enjoy the spirit of the season in a festive, fun setting that captures the magic and wonder of Christmas. The Singing Nativity is a daily performance not-to-be-missed. The Jubilee Theater features top local and national music and acts. Hundreds of exhibitors come together in miles of aisles selling an incredible array of handcrafted gifts, holiday décor, food, baked goods, spirits, beauty products, clothing, jewelry and much, much more produced by local makers and creators! Parking is free. For more show info visit www.AVictorianCountryChristmas.com.
Collaboration for a Cause offers an easy way for individuals and families to access resources and employment opportunities right in their own community. Organizations throughout Pierce County have partnered together to host this free event. All are welcome to attend!
Resources available at each event include:
Basic Needs
Employment
Health
Education & Training
Young Adult specific services
Learn more about Collaboration for a Cause and what to expect at an event.
https://pccetf.org/collaboration-for-a-cause/
Lakewold Gardens Prepares to Mark 2nd Annual Solstice Lights Celebration
Garden Embarks on Spectacular Display of Light, Music, and Earth Science for the Holidays
For the second time, Lakewold Gardens will play host to the vision of internationally regarded multimedia artist Sam Stubblefield and his team as the gardens’ old growth trees and wandering paths come to life with color, light, and sound. Each light display is an audiovisual response to live data about Earth’s activity received directly from NASA and NOAA in real-time, making the gardens not only a canvas of colorful light, but of ocean swells, magnetic fields, and wind currents! While many other displays will brighten up communities all over Puget Sound this season, Solstice Lights at Lakewold Gardens is the only lights spectacle bringing together light, sound, and the awesome power of Mother Nature for a truly awe-inspiring experience.
“I hope that our work at Lakewold Gardens gives every visitor a feeling of awe that one feels when we connect with the magnificence of nature,” Stubblefied says. “Bringing forward often unseen aspects of nature – from ocean currents to plasma moving through our solar system – makes for a deep and unusual immersion into natural wonder. You can smell the moss, breath the air of the garden, and be connected to the vastness of space at the same time.”
There will be three main lights displays in the gardens, each highlighting a different perspective of natural phenomena on our planet.
? At the iconic Wolf Tree clearing, light and sound will respond to activity in Earth’s magnetosphere sent from NASA and NOAA satellites.
? A second installation in Lakewold’s courtyard will react to oceanic data received from buoys floating in all of the world’s oceans.
? A third light display along the lakefront walkway will encourage wanderers to look at the world from the perspective of the cosmos.
About Lakewold Gardens: Lakewold Gardens is a botanical garden based in Lakewood, WA on the traditional lands of the Steilacoom tribe and Gravelly Lake, named Cook-al-chy by the land’s original stewards. Lakewold Gardens is a natural space where anyone can come and explore its natural beauty and peaceful atmosphere frequently hosting annual festivals, recurring community activities, fine arts programming, and educational opportunities for youth about climate change and ecological science.
The 34th annual A Victorian Country Christmas returns to the Washington State Fair Events Center, in Puyallup, December 1-4, 2022. This holiday showcase event features a shimmering mix of holiday shopping, food, entertainment, holiday cheer in the Winter Wine Garden, photos with Santa at Santa’s Village and fun for the whole family! It’s a wonderful way to do your holiday shopping and enjoy the spirit of the season in a festive, fun setting that captures the magic and wonder of Christmas. The Singing Nativity is a daily performance not-to-be-missed. The Jubilee Theater features top local and national music and acts. Hundreds of exhibitors come together in miles of aisles selling an incredible array of handcrafted gifts, holiday décor, food, baked goods, spirits, beauty products, clothing, jewelry and much, much more produced by local makers and creators! Parking is free. For more show info visit www.AVictorianCountryChristmas.com.
Lakewold Gardens Prepares to Mark 2nd Annual Solstice Lights Celebration
Garden Embarks on Spectacular Display of Light, Music, and Earth Science for the Holidays
Lakewood, WA: For the second time, Lakewold Gardens will play host to the vision of internationally-regarded multimedia artist Sam Stubblefield and his team as the gardens’ old growth trees and wandering paths come to life with color, light, and sound. Each light display is an audiovisual response to live data about Earth’s activity received directly from NASA and NOAA in real-time, making the gardens not only a canvas of colorful light, but of ocean swells, magnetic fields, and wind currents! While many other displays will brighten up communities all over Puget Sound this season, Solstice Lights at Lakewold Gardens is the only lights spectacle bringing together light, sound, and the awesome power of Mother Nature for a truly awe-inspiring experience.
“I hope that our work at Lakewold Gardens gives every visitor a feeling of awe that one feels when we connect with the magnificence of nature,” Stubblefied says. “Bringing forward often unseen aspects of nature – from ocean currents to plasma moving through our solar system – makes for a deep and unusual immersion into natural wonder. You can smell the moss, breath the air of the garden, and be connected to the vastness of space at the same time.”
There will be three main lights displays in the gardens, each highlighting a different perspective of natural phenomena on our planet.
? At the iconic Wolf Tree clearing, light and sound will respond to activity in Earth’s magnetosphere sent from NASA and NOAA satellites.
? A second installation in Lakewold’s courtyard will react to oceanic data received from buoys floating in all of the world’s oceans.
? A third light display along the lakefront walkway will encourage wanderers to look at the world from the perspective of the cosmos.
About Lakewold Gardens: Lakewold Gardens is a botanical garden based in Lakewood, WA on the traditional lands of the Steilacoom tribe and Gravelly Lake, named Cook-al-chy by the land’s original stewards. Lakewold Gardens is a natural space where anyone can come and explore its natural beauty and peaceful atmosphere frequently hosting annual festivals, recurring community activities, fine arts programming, and educational opportunities for youth about climate change and ecological science.
Take a break from all the baking, the shopping, the endless rolls of wrapping paper, and join us for a FREE and unforgettable Christmas experience complete with dinner, activities, games, music, and more! Dress in your favorite Christmas gear and invite a friend!
Jingle Jam Schedule
5:30-6:15pm Dinner served, games and photo booth
6:30pm Jingle Jam experience
7:15pm Dessert, games, and pictures with Santa
Seattle’s holiday tradition is back with glitter, lights and carols! Deck the Halls with more fa-la-la than ever. Come out for nostalgia, hilarity, a Christmas Conga and an unforgettable sing-along.Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F005D26E6E33841
The 34th annual A Victorian Country Christmas returns to the Washington State Fair Events Center, in Puyallup, December 1-4, 2022. This holiday showcase event features a shimmering mix of holiday shopping, food, entertainment, holiday cheer in the Winter Wine Garden, photos with Santa at Santa’s Village and fun for the whole family! It’s a wonderful way to do your holiday shopping and enjoy the spirit of the season in a festive, fun setting that captures the magic and wonder of Christmas. The Singing Nativity is a daily performance not-to-be-missed. The Jubilee Theater features top local and national music and acts. Hundreds of exhibitors come together in miles of aisles selling an incredible array of handcrafted gifts, holiday décor, food, baked goods, spirits, beauty products, clothing, jewelry and much, much more produced by local makers and creators! Parking is free. For more show info visit www.AVictorianCountryChristmas.com.
Celebrate the holiday season with Rain Or Shine Market, which facilitates an inclusive, welcoming space for BIPOC creative vendors with mentoring, free equipment sharing, and scholarships. Shop over 40 local artists and makers, make wreaths for L’Arche Farm, and come take photos with our BIPOC Santa. Join us from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday and Sunday, December 3rd and 4th, 2022.
Lakewold Gardens Prepares to Mark 2nd Annual Solstice Lights Celebration
Garden Embarks on Spectacular Display of Light, Music, and Earth Science for the Holidays
Lakewood, WA: For the second time, Lakewold Gardens will play host to the vision of internationally-regarded multimedia artist Sam Stubblefield and his team as the gardens’ old growth trees and wandering paths come to life with color, light, and sound. Each light display is an audiovisual response to live data about Earth’s activity received directly from NASA and NOAA in real-time, making the gardens not only a canvas of colorful light, but of ocean swells, magnetic fields, and wind currents! While many other displays will brighten up communities all over Puget Sound this season, Solstice Lights at Lakewold Gardens is the only lights spectacle bringing together light, sound, and the awesome power of Mother Nature for a truly awe-inspiring experience.
“I hope that our work at Lakewold Gardens gives every visitor a feeling of awe that one feels when we connect with the magnificence of nature,” Stubblefied says. “Bringing forward often unseen aspects of nature – from ocean currents to plasma moving through our solar system – makes for a deep and unusual immersion into natural wonder. You can smell the moss, breath the air of the garden, and be connected to the vastness of space at the same time.”
There will be three main lights displays in the gardens, each highlighting a different perspective of natural phenomena on our planet.
? At the iconic Wolf Tree clearing, light and sound will respond to activity in Earth’s magnetosphere sent from NASA and NOAA satellites.
? A second installation in Lakewold’s courtyard will react to oceanic data received from buoys floating in all of the world’s oceans.
? A third light display along the lakefront walkway will encourage wanderers to look at the world from the perspective of the cosmos.
About Lakewold Gardens: Lakewold Gardens is a botanical garden based in Lakewood, WA on the traditional lands of the Steilacoom tribe and Gravelly Lake, named Cook-al-chy by the land’s original stewards. Lakewold Gardens is a natural space where anyone can come and explore its natural beauty and peaceful atmosphere frequently hosting annual festivals, recurring community activities, fine arts programming, and educational opportunities for youth about climate change and ecological science.