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
August – November 2021 Aug – Nov 2021
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Aug
13
Fri
Smokus Pocus: a 420 Magic Show @ Tacoma Arts Community Center
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 8:00 pm

After a year of quarantine, it’s time for cannabis enthusiasts to do something fun!
This THC induced extravaganza is packed with tricks so trippy that you’ll be asking “what the f—?!” Caricatures will come to life, phones will vanish and reappear in impossible places, minds will be read, and both the stoned and sober will love the high that is Smokus Pocus.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: comedy date night magic nighlife Performance
Aug
14
Sat
Tacoma Arts Live presents Theater Simple’s Caravan Chronicles @ Wapato Park
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 2:00 pm

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning theater simple has built a reputation for producing ensemble-based innovative and “impossible” theatrical experiences. Whether in a theater, in a park, ‘out of the ‘box,’ or around the world, they create works that surprise and inspire with imagination, vision and moxie.

Caravan Chronicles is an intimate interactive public art event, disguised as a family reunion, set in and around a vintage trailer. Audience members become part of the ‘family’ at a semi-traditional (and highly idiosyncratic) family reunion, contributing to the family lore with story-plates, memories and haiku of their own. As the installation continues, the stories (and plates) accumulate and the family becomes richer and more connected.

Interactive games will be available before performances beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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Categories: Family Events Theater Performances Tags: #tacoma children family free tacoma arts live Theater Theater Simple
Aug
15
Sun
Tacoma Arts Live presents Theater Simple’s Caravan Chronicles @ Stewart Heights Park
Tickets
Aug 15 @ 2:00 pm

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning theater simple has built a reputation for producing ensemble-based innovative and “impossible” theatrical experiences. Whether in a theater, in a park, ‘out of the ‘box,’ or around the world, they create works that surprise and inspire with imagination, vision and moxie.

Caravan Chronicles is an intimate interactive public art event, disguised as a family reunion, set in and around a vintage trailer. Audience members become part of the ‘family’ at a semi-traditional (and highly idiosyncratic) family reunion, contributing to the family lore with story-plates, memories and haiku of their own. As the installation continues, the stories (and plates) accumulate and the family becomes richer and more connected.

Interactive games will be available before performances beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Theater Performances Tags: #tacoma children families free tacoma arts live Theater Simple
Oct
20
Wed
First Class Comedy @ Airport Tavern
Tickets
Oct 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Comedians from the Northwest and all over the country come to Airport Tavern to make you laugh!

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Categories: Theater Performances Tags: comedy Comedy Night first class comedy Stand-up comedy
Oct
27
Wed
First Class Comedy @ Airport Tavern
Tickets
Oct 27 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Comedians from the Northwest and all over the country come to Airport Tavern to make you laugh!

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Categories: Theater Performances Tags: comedy Comedy Night first class comedy Stand-up comedy
Oct
29
Fri
“Life is a Dream” Theatre Performance at the University of Puget Sound @ Norton Clapp Theatre at the University of Puget Sound
Tickets
Oct 29 @ 7:30 pm

The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma is presenting their fall mainstage show, Life is a Dream. Twelve student performers will play multiple roles. Audience members must be 13+ years old. Tickets can be purchased online at www.tickets.pugetsound.edu.

In Nilo Cruz’s sublime translation of Calderón de la Barca’s classic Life is a Dream, the question of whether life is a dream or an illusion takes on a renewed relevance and urgency. Astrological omens predict that if King Basilio’s son Segismundo is crowned, he will become a horrible tyrant who will bring destruction to his kingdom. Basilio imprisons Segismundo for life, but decades later decides to let his son prove his ability to defy the stars. Allowed to rule the palace, Segismundo wreaks bloody vengeance on the kingdom, confirming the prediction of the stars, and the prince is returned to his prison.

All audience members must wear masks indoors on campus but proof of vaccination will not be requested. Non-campus community members will be asked to provide contact information. Student actors will not be required to wear masks during the performance.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: college performance Performance Performing Arts Theater theatre theatre arts university of puget sound
Oct
30
Sat
“Life is a Dream” Theatre Performance at the University of Puget Sound @ Norton Clapp Theatre at the University of Puget Sound
Tickets
Oct 30 @ 7:30 pm

The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma is presenting their fall mainstage show, Life is a Dream. Twelve student performers will play multiple roles. Audience members must be 13+ years old. Tickets can be purchased online at www.tickets.pugetsound.edu.

In Nilo Cruz’s sublime translation of Calderón de la Barca’s classic Life is a Dream, the question of whether life is a dream or an illusion takes on a renewed relevance and urgency. Astrological omens predict that if King Basilio’s son Segismundo is crowned, he will become a horrible tyrant who will bring destruction to his kingdom. Basilio imprisons Segismundo for life, but decades later decides to let his son prove his ability to defy the stars. Allowed to rule the palace, Segismundo wreaks bloody vengeance on the kingdom, confirming the prediction of the stars, and the prince is returned to his prison.

All audience members must wear masks indoors on campus but proof of vaccination will not be requested. Non-campus community members will be asked to provide contact information. Student actors will not be required to wear masks during the performance.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: college performance Performance Performing Arts theatre theatre arts university of puget sound
Nov
4
Thu
Tacoma Arts Live presents Tribes: A Play by Nina Raine @ Theatre on the Square
Tickets
Nov 4 @ 7:30 pm

We inherit our first tribe, the family. Our tribe speaks their own language, both literally and emotionally. Billy was born deaf into a hearing family, but raised to fit into the hearing world. Her parents and siblings fiercely cling to their funny, quirky, and politically incorrect world-views, but, Billy has adapted brilliantly to her family’s unconventional ways. And yet they’ve never bothered to return the favor. It’s not until she meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that she finally understands what it means to be understood, to be seen, to be honored. Comic twists mix with charged emotions in a play that universally speaks to all of us. Each show will be ASL interpreted. For complete performance information, visit website.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: #tacoma Drama play tacoma arts live theatre Theatre on the Square
“Life is a Dream” Theatre Performance at the University of Puget Sound @ Norton Clapp Theatre at the University of Puget Sound
Tickets
Nov 4 @ 7:30 pm

The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma is presenting their fall mainstage show, Life is a Dream. Twelve student performers will play multiple roles. Audience members must be 13+ years old. Tickets can be purchased online at www.tickets.pugetsound.edu.

In Nilo Cruz’s sublime translation of Calderón de la Barca’s classic Life is a Dream, the question of whether life is a dream or an illusion takes on a renewed relevance and urgency. Astrological omens predict that if King Basilio’s son Segismundo is crowned, he will become a horrible tyrant who will bring destruction to his kingdom. Basilio imprisons Segismundo for life, but decades later decides to let his son prove his ability to defy the stars. Allowed to rule the palace, Segismundo wreaks bloody vengeance on the kingdom, confirming the prediction of the stars, and the prince is returned to his prison.

All audience members must wear masks indoors on campus but proof of vaccination will not be requested. Non-campus community members will be asked to provide contact information. Student actors will not be required to wear masks during the performance.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: college performance Performance Performing Arts theatre theatre arts university of puget sound
Nov
5
Fri
Tacoma Arts Live presents Tribes: A Play by Nina Raine @ Theatre on the Square
Tickets
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm

We inherit our first tribe, the family. Our tribe speaks their own language, both literally and emotionally. Billy was born deaf into a hearing family, but raised to fit into the hearing world. Her parents and siblings fiercely cling to their funny, quirky, and politically incorrect world-views, but, Billy has adapted brilliantly to her family’s unconventional ways. And yet they’ve never bothered to return the favor. It’s not until she meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that she finally understands what it means to be understood, to be seen, to be honored. Comic twists mix with charged emotions in a play that universally speaks to all of us. Each show will be ASL interpreted. For complete performance information, visit website.

Read more
Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: #tacoma Drama play tacoma arts live theatre Theatre on the Square
August – November 2021 Aug – Nov 2021