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
August – October 2023 Aug – Oct 2023
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Aug
11
Fri
Annual Boeing Classic 2023 @ The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Tickets
Aug 11 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am

DATE AND TIME:
Monday, August 7: 6:30 am – 2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 8: 9:00 am – 12 pm (PGA TOUR Champions Practice Round ALL DAY)
Wednesday, August 9: 7:00 am – 12:20 pm
Thursday, August 10: 7:00 am – 12:20 pm
Friday, August 11: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Saturday, August 12: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 13: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) and the Seattle Seahawks will hold the 18th annual Boeing Classic professional golf tournament on Monday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 13. The event is an opportunity for Puget Sound residents to experience professional golf and other exciting events, such as a Kids Clinic and Boeing Jet flyovers. As the primary beneficiary of the Boeing Classic, the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) at VMFH – a world leader in human immunology – uses the proceeds to advance cutting-edge research to predict, prevent, reverse and cure diseases that involve the immune system.

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Categories: Family Events Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: Boeing Classic
Port of Tacoma Book Signing @ Tacoma Historical Society
Tickets
Aug 11 @ 6:30 pm

Join Tacoma Historical Society for our August Monthly Program presented by Rod Koon, author & former communications manager for Port of Tacoma. Rod will be discussing his recent publication “Images of America: Port of Tacoma” which details the history and development of the Port of Tacoma.

Copies of Rod’s book will be available for purchase and signing during the event.

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.

RSVP on Eventbrite.

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

For questions, call (253)472-3738 or email info@tacomahistory.org
For more events related to the 150th Northern Pacific Commemoration, visit www.NP150.org.

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Categories: Author Talk
Aug
12
Sat
Annual Boeing Classic 2023 @ The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Tickets
Aug 12 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

DATE AND TIME:
Monday, August 7: 6:30 am – 2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 8: 9:00 am – 12 pm (PGA TOUR Champions Practice Round ALL DAY)
Wednesday, August 9: 7:00 am – 12:20 pm
Thursday, August 10: 7:00 am – 12:20 pm
Friday, August 11: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Saturday, August 12: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 13: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) and the Seattle Seahawks will hold the 18th annual Boeing Classic professional golf tournament on Monday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 13. The event is an opportunity for Puget Sound residents to experience professional golf and other exciting events, such as a Kids Clinic and Boeing Jet flyovers. As the primary beneficiary of the Boeing Classic, the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) at VMFH – a world leader in human immunology – uses the proceeds to advance cutting-edge research to predict, prevent, reverse and cure diseases that involve the immune system.

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Categories: Family Events Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: Boeing Classic
Aug
13
Sun
Annual Boeing Classic 2023 @ The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

DATE AND TIME:
Monday, August 7: 6:30 am – 2:00 pm
Tuesday, August 8: 9:00 am – 12 pm (PGA TOUR Champions Practice Round ALL DAY)
Wednesday, August 9: 7:00 am – 12:20 pm
Thursday, August 10: 7:00 am – 12:20 pm
Friday, August 11: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Saturday, August 12: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 13: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) and the Seattle Seahawks will hold the 18th annual Boeing Classic professional golf tournament on Monday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 13. The event is an opportunity for Puget Sound residents to experience professional golf and other exciting events, such as a Kids Clinic and Boeing Jet flyovers. As the primary beneficiary of the Boeing Classic, the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) at VMFH – a world leader in human immunology – uses the proceeds to advance cutting-edge research to predict, prevent, reverse and cure diseases that involve the immune system.

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Categories: Family Events Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: Boeing Classic
Aug
17
Thu
Olmsted Legacy @ Washington State Capital Campus
Tickets
Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us on the Washington State Capitol Campus to explore the Olmsted legacy. Historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton will dive deep into the remarkable life and career of Renaissance-man Frederick Law Olmsted, considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the United States.

Cotton will give a visual tour of masterful landscapes designed by Olmsted, with an added focus on the Pacific Northwest landscape legacy of John Charles Olmsted, Frederick’s nephew and adopted son. Historian Jennifer Ott will also present, focusing on Olmsted landscapes in Puget Sound region. Conclude with a guided tour of the Capitol Campus led by Washington State’s horticulturalist Brent Chapman.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Categories: Family Events Local Government Local History Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #olmsted
Aug
19
Sat
14th Annual Parkland Pace or Race @ Washington High School
Tickets
Aug 19 @ 8:30 am

Registration, course map, and results can be found at https://patriotcrosscountry.com/ppr

Cost – $15

Online Registration closes on August 18th at 11:59 PM
Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5

8:30 AM – Registration/Packet Pick Up Opens
9:20 AM – Registration/Packet Pick Up Closes
9:30 AM – Start of Event
10:30 AM – Start of Awards

USATF certified 5K course is flat and fast
Raffle prizes are given away at awards ceremony
Ribbons are given to top 3 in each gender and age group
Medals are given to 1st place overall male and female
All proceeds benefit Washington High School Cross Country

For More Information:
Allen Culp
253-219-5252
aculp@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: 5k Kids Run walk
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
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
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

Read more
Categories: Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: 1K Kids 5k
August – October 2023 Aug – Oct 2023