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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Sep
4
Mon
Rockin’ the Rhodies @ Lakewold Gardens
Tickets
Sep 4 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Grab a blanket or lawn chairs for one final outdoor concert of summer! Groove to the Grit City Sax Quartet whose cool sounds span from Bach and Dvo?ák to movie themes and pop rock. Their set will begin at 4 pm but come early to enjoy the gardens! Food and beverages and a special selection of rhododendron plants will be available for purchase.
Tickets: $20 General, Free for kids 12 and under

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Categories: Music Concerts
Sep
5
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Sep 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Sep
8
Fri
Port of Tacoma Bus Tour @ Fabulich Center
Tickets
Sep 8 @ 12:30 pm

Join Tacoma Historical Society and the Port of Tacoma for a bus tour of the Port of Tacoma. On the tour you will get an exclusive behind the scenes look at one of the top-ten container ports in North America! You will see HUGE cranes up close, some of the largest ships in the world, and learn about the diversity of cargo entering and leaving YOUR Port of Tacoma!

The tour will commence at the Fabulich Center at 12:30pm, with an introduction by Port of Tacoma Executive Director, Eric Johnson. We will then board the bus for a two hour tour lead by Leslie Barstow, Port of Tacoma Community Relations Manager.

SEATING IS LIMITED and registration is required. RSVP on eventbrite.com.

This program is FREE or by donation. Donations can be made through Eventbrite or in-person at the event.

For questions call or email:
(?253) 472-3738
i?nfo@tacomahistory.org

For information about other events included in the Northern Pacific 150th Commemoration, visit us at www.NP150.org.

Sponsored by Port of Tacoma.

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Categories: Local History Tags: #localhistory #tacoma #Tacoma Historical Society bus tour free History history tour local maritime museum port port of tacoma shipping tacoma history tour
Taegeukgi: Flag of Destiny @ Tacoma Historical Society
Tickets
Sep 8 @ 6:30 pm

Join Tacoma Historical Society for our September Monthly Program presented by visiting historian Sung Kyu Kim, President of the 1893 Corea Memorial Association, the Korean New World Discovery Society and the World Traditional Whale Culture Institute of South Korea. Sung Kyu Kim will be sharing the history and legacy of the Northern Pacific Monad and it’s connection to the Korean Flag.

Although Korean Flags ‘Taegeukgi’ were buried or hidden during Japanese colonization, the ‘Taegeukgi logos of the Northern Pacific Railway were running everyday, with thousands of passengers, on the American Transcontinental Railroad. The Northern Pacific logo of the Tacoma Union Station watches the Korean Peninsula over the Pacific Ocean everyday, connecting the ‘City of Destiny’ to the ‘Flag of Destiny’ in Korean history.

Historian Sung Kyu Kim splits his time between Illinois and South Korea. Mr. Kim has taken part in several research expeditions and lectures around the world. Currently, Mr. Kim is advocating for a memorial to be built at the original location of the Korean Pavilion during the 1893 Chicago Columbia Exposition.

Refreshments will be provided. Doors open at 6:00pm for exhibit viewing, talk begins at 6:30pm. This event is FREE or by donation. Donations can be made through Eventbrite or at the door.

R?SVP on Eventbrite.

This event is generously sponsored by Tacoma Creates, BNSF, the Port of Tacoma, Tacoma Public Utilities, Amtrak and Puyallup Tribe of Indians.

For questions, call (?253)472-3738 or email info@tacomahistory.org

F?or more events related to the 150th Northern Pacific Commemoration, visit www.NP150.org.

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Categories: Local History Tags: #localhistory #Northern Pacific Railroad #tacoma #Tacoma Historical Society AsianHeritage History korea korean museum speaker talk trains
Sep
9
Sat
Family Saturdays – Story Time @ Washington State History Museum
Tickets
Sep 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Included with admission, FREE for WSHS members

Explore how history connects us all during this half hour story time program designed for children ages 4–10 and their families. We’ll read Imagine, written by Juan Felipe Herrera and illustrated by Lauren Castillo. Herrera was the first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate (2015–17). After the reading, we’ll engage in a hands-on investigation of a related artifact.

This program will be conducted in English and in Spanish.

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Categories: Author Talk Tags: #family Kids
Dave Mason LIVE @ Rialto Theater
Tickets
Sep 9 @ 7:30 pm

Legendary guitarist Dave Mason performs live with his band at the Rialto Theater in Tacoma on Saturday, September 9! A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and founding member of the group Traffic, Mason has been performing for five decades and has collaborated with some of the industry’s most prolific artists like Paul McCartney, Graham Nash, and Jimi Hendrix. Visit TacomaCityTheaters.org for Tickets and more information. Box Office: 253-591-5894

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: #6thavetacoma #downtowntacoma #tacomaevent Dave Dave Mason Events in Tacoma Mason Rialto Theater Rialto Theater Tacoma Tacoma Events TacomaCityTheaters tour
Sep
12
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Sep 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Sep
19
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Sep 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Sep
23
Sat
Feminista Frequencies: Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley @ Washington State History Museum
Tickets
Sep 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Henry R. Fenbert Challenging History Lecture
Saturday, September 23, 5:30 PM– 7:00 PM
Tickets: FREE for WSHS members, $15 for non-members. Registration is required.

The second annual Henry R. Fenbert Challenging History Lecture features historian Monica De La Torre, assistant professor of media and expressive culture in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University.

De La Torre will discuss her first book, “Feminista Frequencies: Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley,” which tracks the emergence of Chicano community radio in rural farmworker communities in the 1970s. Her presentation will include a musical playlist featuring songs that illuminate the history explored in her research.

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Categories: Author Talk
Sep
26
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Sep 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
September 2023 Sep 2023