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

Our editors will review and post within a few business days.

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
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
Sep
23
Sat
The Market on 6th Ave Craft Fair @ Salon di Stile
Tickets
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
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
24
Sun
Self-Defense and Empowerment Workshop @ Tacoma Aikikai Dojo
Tickets
Sep 24 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join Tacoma Aikikai for a one-day introduction to Embodied Empowerment and Self-Defense in a space welcoming all women-identified, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming folks.

Our philosophy is that we all have something to teach and learn about tapping into our internal power. Hone awareness, set boundaries, and learn verbal, emotional, and aikido-based physical skills to defuse, deflect, and evade vulnerable situations.

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Categories: Health and Wellness
Sep
30
Sat
Free The Vote Mural Celebration @ Surge Coworking Space
Tickets
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
2nd Annual Fall Classic @ PLU Meadows Disc Golf Course
Tickets
Oct 7 @ 7:30 am

Online registration closes on October 4th at 11:59 PM
Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5

7:30 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Opens
8:50 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Closes
9:00 AM – Start of 1K Kids (Cost is $5 / Registrations are only accepted on the day of the event)
9:15 AM – Start of 5K
High School Cross Country races will follow this event

Course is mostly flat with some gently rolling hills on grass and dirt trails
Event shirts are available for purchase on site

1K Kids Awards:
Every kid receives a prize

5K Awards:
Ribbons are given to top 10 in each gender as they finish

For More Information:
Allen Culp
253-219-5252
aculp@fpschools.org

Jesse McNeil
253-359-6497
jmcneil@fpschools.org

This event provides funds to purchase shoes and uniforms for local youth runners, as well as provides a college scholarship for a graduating senior

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Categories: Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: 1K Kids 5k
Beer and Bites Dinner and Auction Benefiting South Sound CARE Foundation @ The Waterfrom Venue at Narrows Marina
Tickets
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
HopeSparks Lighting the Way Dinner and Auction @ Marriott Tacoma Downtown
Tickets
Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm

You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual HopeSparks Lighting the Way Dinner and Auction Fundraiser!

We’d love for you to join us as we envision the future together and celebrate our accomplishments.

Ticket price includes: Reception with silent auction and appetizers, delicious dinner with complimentary wine, opportunities to engage in games – including a dessert dash, and a chance to bid on incredible live auction items.

Tickets are $150 per person or $1,500 for a reserved table of 10 guests.

This is a dressy casual, 21 and over event

All event proceeds go to HopeSparks programs that directly benefit children and families who have experienced trauma, adversity, and  overwhelming life challenges.

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Categories: Non-Profit Fundraising Events
September – October 2023 Sep – Oct 2023