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.

Oct
24
Thu
Tacoma Farmers Market-Broadway @ Broadway
Oct 24 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tacoma Farmers Market-Broadway @ Broadway

Tacoma Farmers Market creates vibrant marketplaces where local farms, small businesses, and organizations connect directly with the community.
Broadway on Thursdays May 2 – Oct. 31, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
We accept cash, credit cards, EBT/SNAP and WIC/SFMNP
Free Family Friendly Event

Oct
25
Fri
KeyBank presents All Hallows Eve: A Centerforce event @ Lakewood Elks Lodge 2388
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.

 

Adventure Series: Tracks: Alone Across the Outback @ The Washington Center for the Performing Arts
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.

Oct
26
Sat
Halloween on the Hill @ Tacoma Community House
Oct 26 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Halloween on the Hill @ Tacoma Community House
Join Tacoma Community House, The REACH Center, Tacoma Housing Authority, Hilltop Business Association, Pierce Transit, Community Health Plan of WA, and KeyBank as we host Halloween on the Hill!
This FREE trunk or treat event will take place on 10/26 from 3PM-6PM. You will start at Tacoma Community House and continue along MLK, Jr. Way for more trick or treat fun at participating businesses. Maps will be provided.
This is an all ages event where community members, businesses, and community resources come together for a safe & fun afternoon.
More details to be shared soon!!
Costumes Encouraged
Friendly, Leashed Dogs Are Welcome
Rain or Shine
INTERESTED IN DECORATING YOUR CAR OR A BOOTH AND HANDING OUT CANDY OR DONATING CANDY?
PLEASE CONTACT AMANDA AT: AMAYER@TACOMACOMMUNITYHOUSE.ORG
Oct
31
Thu
Tacoma Farmers Market-Broadway @ Broadway
Oct 31 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tacoma Farmers Market-Broadway @ Broadway

Tacoma Farmers Market creates vibrant marketplaces where local farms, small businesses, and organizations connect directly with the community.
Broadway on Thursdays May 2 – Oct. 31, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
We accept cash, credit cards, EBT/SNAP and WIC/SFMNP
Free Family Friendly Event

Nov
9
Sat
Bazaar @ Trinity Lutheran Church
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Viking Days @ Normanna Hall
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Viking Days @ Normanna Hall

THE VIKINGS ARE COMING! We are happy to present our 2nd annual Viking Days.   You’ll find Vikings, crafts, gifts, music, dancing, meatballs etc…! Did anyone say meatball sundaes? Aquavit, mead, wine & spirits tastings.  Full lineup to be shared later.  All Veterans enjoy a free food punch card on Sunday for your services.  Show your ID.  Two floors of fun for the whole family!

Nov
10
Sun
Viking Days @ Normanna Hall
Nov 10 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Viking Days @ Normanna Hall

THE VIKINGS ARE COMING! We are happy to present our 2nd annual Viking Days.   You’ll find Vikings, crafts, gifts, music, dancing, meatballs etc…! Did anyone say meatball sundaes? Aquavit, mead, wine & spirits tastings.  Full lineup to be shared later.  All Veterans enjoy a free food punch card on Sunday for your services.  Show your ID.  Two floors of fun for the whole family!

Nov
23
Sat
Hawaiian Holiday Concert! @ Auburn Performing Arts Center
Nov 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Hawaiian Holiday Concert! @ Auburn Performing Arts Center

Celebrate the season in the spirit of aloha! All proceeds from the evening will benefit the
programs and activities of Moku`aina A Wakinekona Hawaiian Civic Club, dedicated to
preserving Hawaiian culture and supporting the local community.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy the warmth and joy of Hawaiian traditions. Get your
tickets today

Nov
30
Sat
Festival of Trees – Public Days @ University of Puget Sound, Tennis Pavilion
Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Festival of Trees - Public Days @ University of Puget Sound, Tennis Pavilion

Join the kickoff to the South Sound’s happiest holiday celebration in support of MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. This year’s Festival of Trees theme, Magic Lives Here, will ring in 38 years of championing world-class pediatric health care. Set against a backdrop of over 25 beautifully decorated trees, the whole family will enjoy a festive wonderland complete with kids’ activities, a gift shop and visits with Santa. Donation of new stuffed animals, Play-Doh or Matchbox cars for Mary Bridge Children’s patients encouraged.

Questions for Festival staff may be sent to events@multicare.org.