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.

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Dec
1
Thu
Solstice Lights Celebration @ Lakewold Gardens
Tickets
Dec 1 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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.

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Categories: Family Events Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: Holiday Lakewood Holiday Tacoma
Dec
2
Fri
University of Puget Sound Organ at Noon Series @ Kilworth Memorial Chapel
Tickets
Dec 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

A French Christmas – Music by Louis-Claude Daquin, César Franck, Marcel Dupré, and others, performed by Wyatt Smith, American concert organist.

American concert organist Wyatt Smith, a native of Rapid City, South Dakota, performs with “nuance, polish, and personality” (Michael Barone, APM Pipedreams). He maintains an active concert schedule, performing throughout the United States and Europe, and his performances have been heard on American Public Media’s Pipedreams.

Smith received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the University of Washington; his Master of Music degree from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Dakota. He serves as the associate director of music at Epiphany Parish of Seattle; director of the Epiphany Music Academy; and affiliate artist in organ and harpsichord at the University of Puget Sound.

Event Location
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, or tune in at PUGETSOUND.EDU/SCHNEEBECKLIVE.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: concert Organ university of puget sound
A CHRISTMAS STORY @ Tacoma Little Theatre
Tickets
Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm

A TLT audience favorite returns, Leg Lamp and all!

Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940’s follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved movie are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a leg lamp; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: christmas Christmas Event tacoma little theatre Theater theatre theatre arts
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble and Concert Band @ Schneebeck Concert Hall
Tickets
Dec 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us for the Puget Sound Wind Ensemble and Concert Band performance, conducted by Minna Stelzner ’16.

Event Location
Schneebeck Concert Hall, or tune in at PUGETSOUND.EDU/SCHNEEBECKLIVE.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: concert band university of puget sound wind ensemble
Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Fa La La La-Liday @ Pantages Theater
Tickets
Dec 2 @ 8:00 pm

A Pacific Northwest 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.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: holiday concert
Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Fa-la-la-liday @ Pantages Theater
Tickets
Dec 2 @ 8:00 pm

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

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: #downtowntacoma #pantagestheater #seattlemenschorus #SMC #tacoma #tacomawa TacomaCityTheaters
Dec
3
Sat
Rain or Shine Market @ L'Arche Farm
Tickets
Dec 3 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

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.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Food & Beverage Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #shopsmallbusiness Christmas market Holiday crafts holiday event market
A CHRISTMAS STORY @ Tacoma Little Theatre
Tickets
Dec 3 @ 7:30 pm

A TLT audience favorite returns, Leg Lamp and all!

Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940’s follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved movie are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a leg lamp; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: christmas Christmas Event tacoma little theatre Theater theatre theatre arts
University of Puget Sound Winterfest I: A Celebration of Music and Poetry @ Kilworth Memorial Chapel
Tickets
Dec 3 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Enjoy the much-loved Adelphian Concert Choir and Voci d’Amici presenting a performance of music and poetry from many traditions, cultures, and lands conducted by Steven Zopfi and narrated by Rev. David Wright ’96.

Join us for these scheduled WinterFest performances:

Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m.
Tickets required: $10 general public; $5 for senior citizens, military, and Puget Sound campus members.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: adelphian concert choir university of puget sound voci d'amici
Dec
4
Sun
Rain or Shine Market @ L'Arche Farm
Tickets
Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

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.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Food & Beverage Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #shopsmallbusiness Christmas market Holiday crafts holiday event market
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