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.
Enjoy a spring break packed with awesome activities March 21 – April 16! Meet a vulture and an eagle owl up close. Greet bunnies and quail. Visit a Puget Sound touch tank and explore real dinosaur bones. Grate, grind and chop your way through our kitchen tool maker bench and build a collaborative town from recycled kitchen utensils. You can even silkscreen your own superhero cape. Delight your kids with daily new adventures sponsored by T-Mobile.
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below. Online reservations required.
Explore Burke Box dino fossils, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Piece together giant dino bones, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Make an egg-citing critter and learn about different types of eggs, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Learn how feathered friends and scaly creatures are connected, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Use different tools and learn to eat like a bird, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Meet Cinderella ballerinas from Studio West Dance Academy
For additional weeks of activities, please see our website.
Enjoy a spring break packed with awesome activities March 21 – April 16! Meet a vulture and an eagle owl up close. Greet bunnies and quail. Visit a Puget Sound touch tank and explore real dinosaur bones. Grate, grind and chop your way through our kitchen tool maker bench and build a collaborative town from recycled kitchen utensils. You can even silkscreen your own superhero cape. Delight your kids with daily new adventures sponsored by T-Mobile.
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below. Online reservations required.
Explore Burke Box dino fossils, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Piece together giant dino bones, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Make an egg-citing critter and learn about different types of eggs, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Learn how feathered friends and scaly creatures are connected, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Use different tools and learn to eat like a bird, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Meet Cinderella ballerinas from Studio West Dance Academy
For additional weeks of activities, please see our website.
Enjoy a spring break packed with awesome activities March 21 – April 16! Meet a vulture and an eagle owl up close. Greet bunnies and quail. Visit a Puget Sound touch tank and explore real dinosaur bones. Grate, grind and chop your way through our kitchen tool maker bench and build a collaborative town from recycled kitchen utensils. You can even silkscreen your own superhero cape. Delight your kids with daily new adventures sponsored by T-Mobile.
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below. Online reservations required.
Explore Burke Box dino fossils, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Piece together giant dino bones, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Make an egg-citing critter and learn about different types of eggs, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Learn how feathered friends and scaly creatures are connected, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Use different tools and learn to eat like a bird, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Meet Cinderella ballerinas from Studio West Dance Academy
For additional weeks of activities, please see our website.
Enjoy a spring break packed with awesome activities March 21 – April 16! Meet a vulture and an eagle owl up close. Greet bunnies and quail. Visit a Puget Sound touch tank and explore real dinosaur bones. Grate, grind and chop your way through our kitchen tool maker bench and build a collaborative town from recycled kitchen utensils. You can even silkscreen your own superhero cape. Delight your kids with daily new adventures sponsored by T-Mobile.
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below. Online reservations required.
Explore Burke Box dino fossils, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Piece together giant dino bones, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Make an egg-citing critter and learn about different types of eggs, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Learn how feathered friends and scaly creatures are connected, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Use different tools and learn to eat like a bird, April 11–16 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Meet Cinderella ballerinas from Studio West Dance Academy
For additional weeks of activities, please see our website.
We recognize the current generation’s lack of connection in businesses. We have a multigenerational work force and it’s important to connect with mentors and have a chance to network.
Rain Incubator and Space Works are teaming up for the third event in the Community Brunch Series :Spring Forward In Business.
Get a chance to support local artists, learn about growing your small business , eat from a local caterer, and get a chance to network.
Tickets through Eventbrite: $25
Tickets at the door : $30
The 2022 Virtual South Sound Business Summit
Tickets: $25 General Admission ($18 Student and Veteran)
2 Keynote Speakers and 8 Mini Sessions
(Attend only the sessions you want or attend all)
SPEAKERS WILL BE LIVE AND BE RECORDED IF YOU MISS IT.
SUMMIT WILL KICK OFF: May 4, 2022 8:00 am- 2:00 pm
All profits will be divided up by local King, Pierce, and Thurston County participating Chambers of Commerce.
For more information about the South Sound Business Summit visit: http://www.southsoundbusinesssummit.com
WHAT IS THE EVENT?: Founded in 2015, The South Sound Business Summit’s purpose is to support South King, Pierce and Thurston County business owners and C-suite managers through a forum where you can learn business, leadership and marketing from market leaders who want you to succeed.
WHY DOES THIS EVENT EXIST?: We believe that the local business community needs a place to learn from other business owner’s success and failures, marketing techniques and other ways to grow and expand your business. We do this to give back, not to make a profit, so that everyone can succeed in business.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?: Business owners, managers and entrepreneurs looking to make the most of their business, employees and profitability. Businesses with large or small revenue should attend; the topics help all businesses regardless of size.
Speaker Lineup
Lisa Bridge- CEO Ben Bridge Jeweler ** Evolution Not Revolution**
T’Wana Nobles- Tacoma Urban League, WA State Senator and seen on Undercover Billionaire **Billion Dollar Business Mindset**
8 Mini Sessions
Is your Business Popular? Jason Yormark- Socialistics
Find the Profits in your Business- Rebecca Howell, Custom Bookkeeping & Accounting
Smart Sales Simplified- Mark Winter, Winsource Group
How to get started with E Commerce- Elizabeth Paulsen- Cascade E-Commerce
Date your leads, Marry your customers- Ramon Ray- Small Business Growth Expert
Key things to know about starting a business- Jeff Freedman- South Sound SCORE
Do you have any exit plan? William Manzanares- Willtalksbiz.com
What is your Business Worth? Terry Lammers- Innovative Business Advisors
Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors
Paul T Long- Trusted Business Lender for the South Sound
Timberland Bank
South Sound Business Magazine
Our Local Chamber of Commerce Sponsors
Tumwater Chamber of Commerce
Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce
Tacoma Pierce County Chamber
Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber
Thurston County Chamber
Lacey South Sound Chamber
Speaker Sponsor
South Sound SCORE
Funds contributed toward this event are not tax deductible. This is a crowdfunded event and is not run by any business or entity.
The Puyallup Area Aging in Community Committee and Pierce County Human Services are pleased to announce that the free Aging EXPO 2022 will be held on Saturday, May 7 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at Pierce College Puyallup in the Pierce College Center Building, in celebration of May as Older Americans Month. No matter our age, we can make our mark, sharing our gifts of longevity. And, we are never too old, or too young, to learn about the new realities of aging. Those of all ages will find encouragement and information on aging with enthusiasm at this dynamic event.
Featured keynote speakers include Ciscoe Morris followed by a book signing and Brain Trainer Linda Terry. Educational breakout sessions will focus on a wide variety of topics.
Participants may attend in-person or virtually by Zoom. Register at www.pierceadrc.org.
June is Orca Action Month in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. This month-long celebration brings together researchers, advocates, and orca lovers, providing a community to celebrate the magnificent Southern Resident orcas, and raise awareness of the threats they are facing. Join the Orca Salmon Alliance for a virtual Orca Month Kick-off from 3:00 to 5:00 on June 5th. The Orca Month theme for 2022 is Stream to Sea: Celebrating the Orca-Salmon connection. Through a mix of videos and presentations you will learn about rivers and streams that are important to the survival of Southern Resident orcas and what you can do to protect them. Some watch parties are available. For more information on Orca Month and a full calendar of events, visit www.orcamonth.com.
Join us live or on-demand for an inspiring conversation with one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers exploring inequality today.
Children’s Alliance is excited to welcome Heather McGhee as the featured guest for this year’s Voices for Children event. A renowned expert on the American economy, Heather is the author of the best-selling book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
Heather, along with Children’s Alliance Executive Director, Dr. Stephan Blanford, will discuss the devastating true cost of racism—not just for people of color, but for everyone. They will also explore ideas on how to dismantle racism and build a better shared future for our kids.
Enjoy a 19th century cooking contest and presentations on “farm to table” topics. Discover farm to table, 19th century style, at Plough to Plate!
Throughout the day guests can tour the heritage kitchen garden and poultry house, orchard, and grain patch and learn how these relate to the agricultural history of the Fort. Kids can participate in an egg and spoon race, a common entertainment in the 19th century. There’s a pancake race for the adults, a traditional British amusement involving a relay while flipping pancakes in a frying pan. The day’s highlight is the cooking competition with our period chefs trying their hardest to impress the judges with flavor and presentation to win the coveted “Golden Skillet” and “Golden Mold” awards.
Fort Nisqually Living History Museum Members receive complementary admission. Check in at the gate! More information about Fort membership can be found at fortnisqually.org.