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.

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May
29
Sat
Simpson Railroad “Caboose Hop” @ Simpson Railroad
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May 29 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Memorial Day weekend May 29th – 30th – 31st will be the first time the Simpson Railroad will be offering locomotive pulled rides. Our “Caboose Hop” will be around the 2.25 mile loop aboard historic 40 year old caboose #201. The 201 and it’s two sisters were the last commercially produced in the United States, marking an end of an era. Scheduled to operate is locomotive #1200 built in May of 1956 making her 65 years old and is still going strong. Caboose 201 was built in June 1981. These two pieces of our museum collection have always been in logging service and represent 105 years of collective history that the Peninsular Railway & Lumbermen’s Museum is dedicated to preserving. So come out and take a ride with the us aboard logging railroad history.

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Categories: Family Events Local History Tags: Train Ride
May
30
Sun
Simpson Railroad “Caboose Hop” @ Simpson Railroad
Tickets
May 30 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Memorial Day weekend May 29th – 30th – 31st will be the first time the Simpson Railroad will be offering locomotive pulled rides. Our “Caboose Hop” will be around the 2.25 mile loop aboard historic 40 year old caboose #201. The 201 and it’s two sisters were the last commercially produced in the United States, marking an end of an era. Scheduled to operate is locomotive #1200 built in May of 1956 making her 65 years old and is still going strong. Caboose 201 was built in June 1981. These two pieces of our museum collection have always been in logging service and represent 105 years of collective history that the Peninsular Railway & Lumbermen’s Museum is dedicated to preserving. So come out and take a ride with the us aboard logging railroad history.

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Categories: Family Events Local History Tags: Train Ride
May
31
Mon
Simpson Railroad “Caboose Hop” @ Simpson Railroad
Tickets
May 31 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Memorial Day weekend May 29th – 30th – 31st will be the first time the Simpson Railroad will be offering locomotive pulled rides. Our “Caboose Hop” will be around the 2.25 mile loop aboard historic 40 year old caboose #201. The 201 and it’s two sisters were the last commercially produced in the United States, marking an end of an era. Scheduled to operate is locomotive #1200 built in May of 1956 making her 65 years old and is still going strong. Caboose 201 was built in June 1981. These two pieces of our museum collection have always been in logging service and represent 105 years of collective history that the Peninsular Railway & Lumbermen’s Museum is dedicated to preserving. So come out and take a ride with the us aboard logging railroad history.

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Categories: Family Events Local History Tags: Train Ride
Jun
10
Thu
Fort from Home: Puget Sound Treaty War Panel @ Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
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Jun 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Join us as we continue the conversation. The Puget Sound Treaty War Panel series resumes on Thursday, June 10th, 2021. The conversation will focus on the era leading up to, and include, the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty.

The Puget Sound Treaty War (1855-1866) was the result of contested terms of the Medicine Creek Treaty, negotiated by Governor Isaac Stevens. The treaty, the first of several consecutive treaties negotiated by Stevens in quick succession, sought the relocation of local tribes to reservations in exchange for cash payments and the preservation of hunting and fishing rights. The treaty became a catalyst for the conflict.

The Treaty War remains central to Puget Sound history. This free program brings together a panel of historians to discuss the experiences and effects of these events. With representatives from Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island, Steilacoom Tribes, as well as Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, the panel offers a new dialogue among diverse communities impacted by the War and its aftermath.
Panelists include:
• Brandon Reynon, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Puyallup Tribe
• Danny Marshall, Chairperson, Steilacoom Indian Tribe
• Jerry Eckrom, Historian, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
• Margaret Henry, Oral Historian, Squaxin Island Tribe
• Nettsie Bullchild, Nisqually Tribe Archives/Tribal Historic Preservation Office Director, Nisqually Tribe
• Warren KingGeorge, Historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
This panel will be moderated by Jennifer Ott, Assistant Director, HistoryLink.org.
A link to join will be sent to ticket holders the day of the event.

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Categories: Local History
Jun
12
Sat
Craft Saturdays at Job Carr Cabin Museum: Butterfly Suncatcher @ Job Carr Cabin Museum
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Jun 12 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Job Carr Cabin Museum is offering socially-distanced Craft Saturdays! Take-home craft kits include all the materials and instructions needed for a fun at-home activity.

June 12, Butterfly Suncatcher – Children can use the materials provided in this take-home craft kit to create a butterfly suncatcher.

Pick up a free craft kits from the Museum’s front porch, 11am – 1pm, while supplies last, at Job Carr Cabin Museum, 2350 N 30th St, Tacoma, WA 98403

Please use social distancing etiquette when you pick up your craft kit.
Instructional videos will also be posted on the Museum’s YouTube channel.

These Craft Saturday events are designed to meet state and local public health guidelines.
– All visitors must wear face coverings.
– Please maintain at least six feet distance from other museum visitors.
– Visitors will not be able to enter the museum building.

Thank you to Gray Lumber and TacomaCreates for supporting these museum events. Donations gratefully accepted. #TacomaCreates #UpliftTacoma

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Categories: Family Events Kids Local History
Book Launch Party for the new book ” Better Than I Deserve” – The Life & Times of Cowboy Artist Fred Oldfield @ Fred Oldfield Center
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Jun 12 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Enjoy the Silver Sage Radio Players sharing excerpts from the book for the first time and meet the Author, Joella Oldfield!
Premier cowboy artist Fred Oldfield captured the weariness, the steadfastness, the strength and the humor of the cowboy, the mountain man, and the other characters as the old west struggled to become the new west. Now the whole story is available in a breathtaking new book, Better Than I Deserve, with more than 175 color pages and over 100 color photos of his paintings.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Author Talk Local History Tags: #tacomaartslive art arthistory booklaunch books cowboy cowboyart westernart
Book Launch Party for the new book ” Better Than I Deserve” – The Life & Times of Cowboy Artist Fred Oldfield @ Fred Oldfield Center
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Jun 12 @ 4:00 pm

Enjoy the Silver Sage Radio Players sharing excerpts from the book for the first time and meet the Author, Joella Oldfield!

Premier cowboy artist Fred Oldfield captured the weariness, the steadfastness, the strength and the humor of the cowboy, the mountain man, and the other characters as the old west struggled to become the new west. Now the whole story is available in a breathtaking new book, Better Than I Deserve, with more than 175 color pages and over 100 color photos of his paintings.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Author Talk Local History Tags: #tacomaartslive art arthistory book booklaunch bookrelease
Jun
17
Thu
Fort from Home Nightcap: Medical Treatments and Remedies in the 19th Century @ Fort Nisqually
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Jun 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Victorian medicine was a unique mix of old beliefs and scientific discovery. Dr. Tolmie, Fort Nisqually’s Chief Factor and a practicing Doctor, joined his contemporaries in applying both approaches in his treatments and remedies.

Join Fort Nisqually Curator, Caitlin, for Fort from Home Nightcap: Medical Treatments and Remedies of the 19th Century.

This month’s suggested adult beverage is, of course, a Bloody Mary

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Categories: Local History Tags: #livinghistory
Jun
26
Sat
Fort from Home Victorian Cooking: Let’s Get Saucy @ Fort Nisqually
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Jun 26 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Fort from Home Victorian Cooking is a monthly series that resents demonstrations of historical recipes, presents historical food research, and provides tips on how to adapt Victorian cooking to a modern kitchen.
This month, Fort Interpreter Lawrence, aka Thornhill, will share his top receipts for Victorian era sauces.
Bring your kitchen queries: Questions are encouraged throughout the session (via text chat)!

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Categories: Local History Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #livinghistory
Jul
31
Sat
The Kinsey Collection Opening Block Party @ Tacoma Art Museum
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Jul 31 @ 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Kinsey Collection Opening Block Party @ Tacoma Art Museum

Join Tacoma Art Museum as we celebrate the opening of The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection! Be among the first to see the exhibition and take part in a one-of-a-kind Block Party. Free to all from 1pm – 8pm, this community festival will feature live music from area DJs, performances from T.U.P.A.C. and the Vision Step Team, and live art-making from Tacoma artist Perry Paints. Grab a bite to eat from one of the local food trucks and pick up a piece of art from any one of the community artists who will be selling their work in the Tacoma Art Museum Store and our events space. Free parking is available at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Tacoma Courthouse, and the Children’s Museum.

Due to the expected high attendance for this event, reservations are encouraged. To make your museum reservation, visit our website: https://tacomaartmuseum.simplybook.me/v2/ 

Visit the museum events calendar here for more information: https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/event/kinsey-collection-opening-block-party/

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Local History
May – July 2021 May – Jul 2021