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
July – October 2024 Jul – Oct 2024
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Jul
19
Fri
Family Fun Night @ Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
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Jul 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Family Fun Night @ Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

Enjoy summer at the Fort with the whole family. Bring a picnic dinner to enjoy in the shade of the locus trees. Kids of all ages enjoy 19th century games, music, and the firing of the candy cannon!

Earn prizes for competing in classic competitions like a plate and cup race, sack race, and three legged race. Save room for a scoop (or maybe two) of old-fashioned ice cream. Grab your picnic blankets and lawn chairs and travel back to 1855 for an evening of family fun!

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Local History Outdoor Recreation
Jul
24
Wed
SeaCamp: Crabs @ Foss Waterway Seaport
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Jul 24 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
SeaCamp: Crabs @ Foss Waterway Seaport

Discover where history meets science with exciting, hands-on learning activities. On July 24th, campers will get up close and personal with some of our native crabs, learn to identify different species, and what is affecting their populations. $35 per child, ages 7-10.

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Categories: Education Kids
Aug
7
Wed
SeaCamp: Plankton @ Foss Waterway Seaport
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Aug 7 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
SeaCamp: Plankton @ Foss Waterway Seaport

Discover where history meets science with exciting, hands-on learning activities. On August 7th, campers will catch microscopic creatures and view how the tiniest life forms makes an enormous impact on the planet! The will use real scientific tools to discover life in the Salish Sea. $35 per child, ages 10-13.

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Categories: Education Kids
Aug
10
Sat
ALL.IN Pacific Northwest 2024 @ Eastside Community Center
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Aug 10 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
ALL.IN Pacific Northwest 2024 @ Eastside Community Center

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound is partnering up with Starbucks to host this community event for ALL families. Starbucks is planning our third ALL IN Pacific Northwest event focused on back-to-school resource distribution. Connecting families and youth to their community and the resources they need to thrive. We will provide family support resources and giveaways including food, beverages and back-to-school supplies. We are inviting you to join us for a fun gathering of local organizations committed to being ALL IN for our community.

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Aug
21
Wed
SeaCamp: Whales (Ages 7-13) @ Foss Waterway Seaport
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Aug 21 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
SeaCamp: Whales (Ages 7-13) @ Foss Waterway Seaport

Discover where history meets science with exciting, hands-on learning activities. On August 21st, campers can learn all about the wonderful life of whales; from what they eat to how they hear. Play games to learn more about these animals. Includes interaction with real bones! $35 per child, ages 7-13.

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Categories: Education Kids
Aug
29
Thu
Animal Encounters @ Hands On Children's Museum
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Aug 29 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Animal Encounters @ Hands On Children's Museum

Get up close to local farm animals from Animal Encounters!

Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can meet and greet farm animals up close and learn neat facts about them. Each one lives in a loving, lifetime home, ensuring they are happy, healthy, gentle, and ready to meet you!

Come make memories and forge new friendships with furry friends.

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Categories: Education Kids
Sep
26
Thu
Eating for Cancer Prevention: Cutting Through the Fads and Finding Healthy Solutions @ MidCounty senior Center
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Sep 26 @ 10:00 am
Eating for Cancer Prevention: Cutting Through the Fads and Finding Healthy Solutions @ MidCounty senior Center

Find out which foods and nutrients can influence cancer risk and how to debunk popular diet myths. Enhance your current eating habits or find reliable information to help you live a healthier life.

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Categories: Family Events Food & Beverage Health and Wellness Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Oct
5
Sat
Tracks @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts
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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
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
25
Fri
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
July – October 2024 Jul – Oct 2024