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
September – October 2024 Sep – Oct 2024
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Sep
28
Sat
Cider Swig @ Haub Field, LeMay – America’s Car Museum
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Sep 28 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cider Swig @ Haub Field, LeMay – America’s Car Museum

The 11th Annual CIDER SWIG, Washington’s largest one-day cider-centered festival RETURNS!  Come for a day of cider (and more) sippin fun, meet the makers, join in a competition or two, try award winning “curbside cuisine” by area chefs and their food trucks, and enjoy live music throughout the day!

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.

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.

**Ticket Range: $10 – $95

Ticket Link: https://gghf.info/swig

**Advance ticket holders are allowed to enter the field beginning at 11:30am. Cider Swig typically sells out about 2 weeks prior to the festival! Advance ticket purchase is highly recommended.

Proceeds benefit the Lu Winsor Environmental grants program, which has provided more than $200,000 in grants to area schools and organizations within the KGI watershed for projects focused on environmental education, land conservation, and stewardship initiatives over the past decade.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events
Oct
1
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Oct 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Oct
5
Sat
Tracks @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets
Oct 5 @ 6:00 pm
Tracks @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts

A young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog. Join us for a viewing of this 2013 adventure movie featuring Rick Smolan portrayed by Adam Driver. Then join us October 25 as Rick shares his story in person!

Watch the movie, then come back Oct 25 to hear Rick Smolan tell his story live!

 

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Categories: Education Family Events Theater Performances
Oct
8
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Oct 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Oct
15
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Oct
17
Thu
The Land has Spoken-Tales of Indigenous Horror @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts
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Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm
The Land has Spoken-Tales of Indigenous Horror @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts

The Native American canon is rife with haunting stories, curses, omens, and portents; menacing monsters, treacherous shape-shifters, and cunning tricksters. “The Land Has Spoken” brings these stories to life with tales by Native Dark Fiction writers Shane Hawk (enrolled Cheyenne-Arapaho, Hidatsa and Citizen Potawatomi descent) and Andrea L. Rogers (citizen of the Cherokee Nation). Immerse yourself in a chilling radio-style drama with stories acted by all Indigenous cast. Their haunting performances will be underscored by the spectral compositions of Chantil Dukart (T’simshian and Sugpiaq (Aluutiq)) and eerie radio-style sound effects. Prepare to journey into the dark depth of Indigenous folklore with “The Land Has Spoken”. The only question that remains is… “Will you return?”

 

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Local History Theater Performances
Oct
22
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
Oct
25
Fri
KeyBank presents All Hallows Eve: A Centerforce event @ Lakewood Elks Lodge 2388
Tickets
Oct 25 @ 5:00 pm
KeyBank presents All Hallows Eve: A Centerforce event @ Lakewood Elks Lodge 2388

Have a great fall night out at our Halloween Bash with a silent auction, wine pull, Alaska Airlines raffle and more. Costumes welcome, but not required.

Wine and beer will be available, along with some hors d’oeuvres, while you browse the silent auction and dance while the DJ spins tunes. You also can grab a bottle of wine from the wine pull and try your chance at winning 2 tickets for travel valid on Alaska Airlines!

Our goal is to raise $40,000 to support our programs that assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities find jobs, and be able to engage and participate in their communities

21 and over event.

 

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Seasonal and Holiday Events
Adventure Series: Tracks: Alone Across the Outback @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts
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Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm
Adventure Series: Tracks: Alone Across the Outback @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Rick Smolan will share the inside story of how he documented Robyn Davidson’s epic 1700-mile walk across the Australian Outback.

Word got to National Geographic magazine that a 26-year-old woman named Robyn Davidson was planning a 1700-mile walk across the Australian outback with four camels and no outside support. The magazine sent photojournalist Rick Smolan to interview her. Initially she blew him off, but he persisted and eventually earned her trust—and the invitation to join her a few times along the way.

Shot over nine months, these images would become an unforgettable National Geographic cover story and subject of the award-winning feature film TRACKS.

Rick Smolan is a New York Times bestselling author with over five million books in print. The actor Adam Driver portrayed him in the award-winning movie TRACKS, based on his National Geographic cover story about Robyn Davidson’s 1700-mile camel trek across the Australian outback. A TIME, Life, and National Geographic photographer, Rick created the “Day in the Life” book series, which featured the world’s leading photographers and combined storytelling with state-of-the-art technology.

The Good Fight: America’s Ongoing Struggle for Justice was chosen by TED as the official book club selection, and will become a TV series. Natasha’s Story, his TED talk about an 11-year-old child left to him in a dying Korean woman’s will, has been watched by over 1.4 million people.

Oprah Winfrey featured Rick’s AMERICA 24/7 book on her “Favorite Things” program and Fortune describes Smolan’s Against All Odds Productions as “One of the 25 Coolest Companies in America.” In 2023, Rick was awarded the “Ellis Island Medal of Honor” presented to individuals who “embody the spirit of American patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity.” Rick’s latest undertaking is a dramatic TV series based on famed Science fiction author Robert Heinlein’s Tunnel in the Sky, in partnership with Miles Dale, Oscar-winning producer of The Shape of Water and the producer of Guillermo del Toro’s films.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Theater Performances
Oct
29
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Tickets
Oct 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
September – October 2024 Sep – Oct 2024