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.

Agenda
Agenda
July – September 2021 Jul – Sep 2021
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Jul
24
Sat
Prevail the Trail 5K! @ Orting City Park
Tickets
Jul 24 @ 9:00 am

Come one, come all…it is time to Prevail the Trail! Our Prevail the Trail 5K is the second in our Run the Fun 5K Series! Join us in-person for this 5K run that takes place on the Foothills Trail in Orting. The course starts and finishes at the Orting City Park. The Foothills Trail is paved and provides flat areas and easy slopes. The 5K course is USATF certified and chip timed. Results will be made available on our website the week after the race.

Registration fee:
$30 – ages 13 & up
$15 – youth 12 and under
Pre-Registration required by July 12, 2021.
Early Bird Discount – Register by July 1 and receive $5 off registration fee using code “PTT5”

Advanced runners – 9:00-9:20 AM
Intermediate runners – 9:25-9:55 AM
Beginner runners – 10:00-10:45 AM

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation
Aug
13
Fri
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Aug
14
Sat
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 10:00 am – 9:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Walk Me Home for FPAWS @ Point Ruston Grand Plaza
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Join us August 14, 2021 at 10:00am for the Walk Me Home for FPAWS event at the Point Ruston Grand Plaza in Tacoma, WA. Come take a walk with us along the beautiful Ruston Point Waterfront and support Foster Families in WA State.

Your support is greatly appreciated and will help cover the cost of the children who join their caregivers at the Pacific Northwest Caregivers Conference (PNWCC) at Great Wolf Lodge in November, 2021. The PNWCC is an annual, 3-day conference that brings together 250+ foster and adoptive parents, social workers, and other caregivers from WA State for training, resources, and support.

Register as a team or individual to walk in person or virtually! Create a personalized team walk page and invite family and friends to join your team or to donate. Registration is $25 and children under 12 are free.

Join us on YouTube as we stream the walk live! Thank you to our sponsor, Brennan Mayfield’s Thrivent Community for your support!

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Categories: Family Events Non-Profit Fundraising Events Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
August Battle of the Bows @ Franklin Park
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 1:00 pm

Tacoma Battle Games: Battle of the Bows is a fun outdoor activity for youths and adults in which two groups engage in mock archery combat using padded tipped arrows. The goal is to work as a team to eliminate your opponents with team tactics and skills in archery. (all skill levels are invited, you can only get better if you practice!)

All players must be 14 years old or older and must be mature enough mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally to play on the war field. All players 14 to 17 must have a legal guardian present at the game at all times by either playing or watching from the sidelines.
Feel free to bring chairs, shade, and snacks!

First time playing? Join us at 12:30 pm for an orientation and a mini-training session before the games start at 1:00 pm!

Have questions check out our website
www.tacomabattlegames.com

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Categories: Family Events Outdoor Recreation Sports
Aug
15
Sun
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 15 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Sep
4
Sat
Point Ruston Presents Summer Blast @ Dune Peninsula and Point Ruston
Tickets
Sep 4 @ 12:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Point Ruston Presents Summer Blast @ Dune Peninsula and Point Ruston

Tacoma Summer Blast

Fireworks & Entertainment

September 4, 2021

Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, food, entertainment and crafts vendors, culminating in a fireworks display over Commencement Bay.

Activities will kick off at noon on Saturday at both Dune Peninsula and Point Ruston with a selection of vendors from the popular Tacoma Night Market.

Ruston Way will remain open to vehicle traffic, and restaurants and other businesses may remain open during the event.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Kids Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation
Sep
11
Sat
Tacoma Water Lantern Festival @ Spanaway Lake Park
Tickets
Sep 11 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Water Lantern Festival is back!

Tacoma Water Lantern Festival is coming up on September 11, 2021!

Voted #1 Best Cultural Festival by USA TODAY!

Water Lantern Festival is a floating lantern event that is all about connections. Magical nights in cities across the U.S. include food, games, activities, vendors, music and the beauty of thousands of lanterns adorned with letters of love, hope and dreams reflected upon the water.

As the sun begins to set on the evening sky, the Water Lantern Festival begins to shine with the launch of the lanterns onto the water as we Light The Water together. Watch your unique lantern drift out into the water as it joins other lanterns carrying hope, love, happiness, healing, peace, and connection. It’s a night that you’ll never forget.

Tickets are selling fast!

Visit www.WaterLanternFestival.com for more details.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Kids Outdoor Recreation Tags: Creative Datenight Foodtrucks Savory Sweets Unique WaterLanternFestival
Sep
17
Fri
Park(ing) Day Livestream Hosted by Downtown on the Go @ Downtown Street
Tickets
Sep 17 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Park(ing) Day is an international activism project where people around the world repurpose parking spaces into tiny parklets. On September 17, tune in to Downtown On the Go’s (DOTG) Facebook page to listen to us discussing transit related topics with transit advocates, local officials, and others! We’ll be “taking over” a parking space in Downtown Tacoma, and hope that you will follow us as we stream the conversations live at facebook.com/downtownonthego

The parklet, sponsored by Spin and BCRA Design, will be active from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 17. Parklets around the world are available on the Park(ing) Day website’s map. The 2005 San Francisco parklet that marked the first Park(ing) day was a lawn, a 15-foot-tall tree, and a rented park bench in a parking space. In years following, Park(ing) day, an original concept by Rebar, became an international event celebrating human-use spaces.

Downtown On The Go has celebrated Park(ing) day for several years, assisting other local organizations with setting up their own parklets. Last year, we hosted a virtual Park(ing) day of online panels of local advocates. This year due to the ongoing pandemic we have instead opted to minimize public interaction and instead host advocates in a virtual space, while still physically occupying a parking space.

We encourage you to engage with us and the worldwide Park(ing) Day community by following us on social media and by using the hashtags #downtowntacoma and #parkingday. We will livestream the interviews with advocates on Facebook, and the recordings will be available after the event.

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Categories: Education Family Events Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: #downtowntacoma art speakers
July – September 2021 Jul – Sep 2021