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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Agenda
Agenda
September – October 2023 Sep – Oct 2023
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Sep
9
Sat
Intro to Woodworking: Crafting Your First Birdhouse @ Foss Waterway Seaport
Tickets
Sep 9 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

In this class, run in collaboration with Toolbox Laboratories, you will learn the introductory woodworking skills necessary to construct your very own birdhouse. You will be the creative mastermind behind design elements and decoration, to create the (bird) home of your dreams!

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Education Home and Garden Workshops, Classes and Lectures
The Market on 6th Ave Craft Fair @ Salon di Stile
Tickets
Sep 9 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

The Market on 6th Ave Craft Fair – A carefully curated collection of local artists and craftsworkers showcasing their work and wares to the hip & historic 6th Ave Business District. All products are handmade or personally designed by local artists. A great way to support local small business and find that extra special gift for your friends and loved ones. Hosted by Salon di Stile at 2202 6th Ave Tacoma, WA , this craft fair takes place every other Saturday from 10AM-6PM. Upcoming Market Days are June 17, July 1, July 15, July 29, August 12, August 26, September 9, and September 23!

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Home and Garden Tags: #6thavetacoma 6th Ave craft fair local artists
Family Saturdays – Story Time @ Washington State History Museum
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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
Sep
23
Sat
The Market on 6th Ave Craft Fair @ Salon di Stile
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Sep 23 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

The Market on 6th Ave Craft Fair – A carefully curated collection of local artists and craftsworkers showcasing their work and wares to the hip & historic 6th Ave Business District. All products are handmade or personally designed by local artists. A great way to support local small business and find that extra special gift for your friends and loved ones. Hosted by Salon di Stile at 2202 6th Ave Tacoma, WA , this craft fair takes place every other Saturday from 10AM-6PM. Upcoming Market Days are June 17, July 1, July 15, July 29, August 12, August 26, September 9, and September 23!

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Home and Garden Tags: #6thavetacoma 6th Ave craft fair local artists
Cider Swig Festival @ LeMay – America’s Car Museum
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Sep 23 @ 11:30 am – 5:00 pm

CIDER SWIG, Washington’s largest one-day cider-centered festival, is BACK! Come for a day of cider (and more) sippin fun, meet the makers, join in a competition or two, enjoy great eats and live music throughout the day!

THE CIDERS RETURN FOR THE 10th ANNUAL CIDER SWIG!

Cider Swig returns with dozens of Northwest ciders to sip, live music, contests and games, and award winning “curbside cuisine” by area chefs and their food trucks!

The tasting event will showcase more than 130 Northwest ciders in addition to wine, mead, beer and other regionally crafted libations. Born out of a commitment to community and the environment, and the love for local flavor, Cider Swig connects festival goers directly with the makers. And, the?Swig’s Pop-up Bottle Shop is back, so you can take your favorites home to enjoy.

Beyond sharing cider and other local/regional crafted sips with the masses, Washington’s largest single day cider-centered festival highlights our region’s agricultural heritage, reinforces community friendships, promotes local businesses, agricultural and environmental organizations, and showcases regional talent throughout the day.

We are excited to be back LIVE and have an amazing line-up for the 10th annual Cider Swig.

COME GET YOUR SWIG ON!

Each Ticket includes: Festival tasting glass, 8 drink tickets, re-entry pass, live music and entertainment, access to food trucks, pop-up bottle shop, vendors, and all other festival activities – and an awesome time!? Additional tokens are available at the event. 21+ event.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Tags: #livemusic ciderswig food & beverage hard cider
Feminista Frequencies: Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley @ Washington State History Museum
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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
30
Sat
Tacoma Fiber Fling @ Job Carr Cabin Museum
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Sep 30 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Tacoma Fiber Fling is an all-ages event showcasing fiber arts, handicrafts, and textiles.
Wool ~ Yarn ~ Fabric ~ Textiles

Tacoma Fiber Fling
Saturday, September 30
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tacoma’s Old Town Park, 2350 N 30th St

* Meet community groups who will inspire you to learn more about fiber arts.
* Shop local makers and fiber artists who sell handmade goods.
* Enjoy live local music and try out a new craft.
* Bring your latest craft project and chat with other fiber artists in our Sit and Stitch area.

Sewing, Dyes & Prints, Quilting, Embroidery, Macrame, Knitting, Weaving, Crochet, Needle Felting, and more!
Presented by Job Carr Cabin Museum – https://www.jobcarrmuseum.org/.
Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/gnPlgFRBu

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Local History Tags: #familyevent #localhistory #tacomaevent
Free The Vote Mural Celebration @ Surge Coworking Space
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Sep 30 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The WA Voting Rights Restoration Coalition is excited to bring a lineup of mural installations across Washington to celebrate our state’s restoration of voting rights. We are organizing a celebration in Tacoma for the formerly incarcerated community to engage, register to vote, and kick off the election season. Join us for free food, music, painting, and story sharing!

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Food & Beverage Local Government Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Oct
7
Sat
Beer and Bites Dinner and Auction Benefiting South Sound CARE Foundation @ The Waterfrom Venue at Narrows Marina
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Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm

ANNUAL AUCTION BENEFITING SOUTH SOUND CARE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

Beer & Bites is October 7th! 

Beer & Bites, the annual event and auction benefitting The South Sound CARE Foundation (CARE) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 7th 2023. All proceeds from this annual event go towards expanding clinical trials and research for patients fighting cancer in the South Sound. Historically a cancer diagnosis in the South Sound meant an immediate referral to Seattle or cancer centers far beyond. Since 2008, the South Sound CARE Foundation has been expanding access to the very best care for patients in the Puget Sound region. Important trials are conducted locally, patients are living longer and they are living better lives. Beer & Bites helps fund this research and provide access to care that patients were previously unable to find locally.

Spearheaded by CARE’s Founder, Dr. Frank Senecal, and Gordon Rush, a CARE Emeritus Board Member and Founder of The Rush Companies, Beer & Bites got its start in 2013 as a way to get the local community involved in improving treatments options for a disease that has touched far too many: cancer. The 10th annual Beer & Bites fundraiser will be held at The Waterfront Venue at Narrows Marina. The generosity of the local community has allowed Beer & Bites to raise more than $7.6 million over the last 10 years to bring important research to our area and to allow cancer patients to stay close to home, surrounded by their support systems during some of the most challenging times of their life.

“Finding a better way to care for our patients and a better way to treat the cancer – whether it is surgery, immune therapy, chemo therapy, or radiation therapy—all depend upon good clinical research,” said Dr. Frank Senecal, Founder of the South Sound CARE Foundation. “Beer & Bites helps make that research possible.”

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Categories: Education Food & Beverage Health and Wellness Non-Profit Fundraising Events
Oct
14
Sat
Festival Latinx @ Tacoma Armory
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Oct 14 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Festival Latinx is an annual free community event celebrating South Sound Latinx culture! Enjoy live performances reflecting diversity of Latinx communities through music and dance. Take in beautiful visual art installations and centerpieces or shop locally with artisans for handmade goods from the mercadito. Send your taste buds on a tour with various eats from local food vendors.

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades
September – October 2023 Sep – Oct 2023