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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Oct
29
Fri
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Oct 29 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum

Dress up the family and bring your little superheroes, princesses, and monsters to the Hands On Children’s Museum for a spooktacular good time. Enjoy Halloween-inspired fun and exciting activities without the fright at Boo Bash, October 22-31. Navigate a straw bale maze, explore a black-light cavern, design a scarecrow family, go on a scavenger hunt, decorate mini pumpkins, watch Dr. Science demos, join the costume parade, and more! Hands On is the premier children’s museum in the PNW. Explore 150 interactive exhibits and a half-acre outdoor play space where kids can ride trikes, sluice for treasure, captain a vintage schooner, climb a giant boulder, and go up the lighthouse lookout.

Sensory-friendly Boo Bash activities will be offered during our regular Sensory Friendly Hour, October 24 & 31 at 9 am.

Online reservations required for museum admission. Special event activities vary depending on the days of the week and visitation levels, please see the events calendar for updated information. Activities may be added at any time.

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events
Oct
30
Sat
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Oct 30 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum

Dress up the family and bring your little superheroes, princesses, and monsters to the Hands On Children’s Museum for a spooktacular good time. Enjoy Halloween-inspired fun and exciting activities without the fright at Boo Bash, October 22-31. Navigate a straw bale maze, explore a black-light cavern, design a scarecrow family, go on a scavenger hunt, decorate mini pumpkins, watch Dr. Science demos, join the costume parade, and more! Hands On is the premier children’s museum in the PNW. Explore 150 interactive exhibits and a half-acre outdoor play space where kids can ride trikes, sluice for treasure, captain a vintage schooner, climb a giant boulder, and go up the lighthouse lookout.

Sensory-friendly Boo Bash activities will be offered during our regular Sensory Friendly Hour, October 24 & 31 at 9 am.

Online reservations required for museum admission. Special event activities vary depending on the days of the week and visitation levels, please see the events calendar for updated information. Activities may be added at any time.

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events
Halloween on the Hill @ Begins at Tacoma Community House
Tickets
Oct 30 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Halloween on the Hill @ Begins at Tacoma Community House

In partnership with Tacoma Housing Authority, Hilltop Business Association, Hilltop Action Coalition, and Downtown on the Go, Tacoma Community House invites the community to Halloween on the Hill!

Saturday, October 30th from 3pm – 6pm
Walk – Thru Trunk or Treat
Masks and Distancing Required
Costumes Encouraged
Rain or Shine

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO DECORATE TRUNKS/BOOTHS AND HAND OUT TREATS AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS TO DONATE TREATS!

Please email: amayer@tacomacommunityhouse.org to register your trunk/booth and/or to donate treats to the event.

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Categories: Family Events Kids Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Oct
31
Sun
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Oct 31 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum

Dress up the family and bring your little superheroes, princesses, and monsters to the Hands On Children’s Museum for a spooktacular good time. Enjoy Halloween-inspired fun and exciting activities without the fright at Boo Bash, October 22-31. Navigate a straw bale maze, explore a black-light cavern, design a scarecrow family, go on a scavenger hunt, decorate mini pumpkins, watch Dr. Science demos, join the costume parade, and more! Hands On is the premier children’s museum in the PNW. Explore 150 interactive exhibits and a half-acre outdoor play space where kids can ride trikes, sluice for treasure, captain a vintage schooner, climb a giant boulder, and go up the lighthouse lookout.

Sensory-friendly Boo Bash activities will be offered during our regular Sensory Friendly Hour, October 24 & 31 at 9 am.

Online reservations required for museum admission. Special event activities vary depending on the days of the week and visitation levels, please see the events calendar for updated information. Activities may be added at any time.

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events
Nov
5
Fri
First Friday Night @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Nov 5 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Pay just $1 to play on the first Friday night of the month! Free for members.

Activities include:
*Patchwork Potholders & Woven Wonders Gift Making
*Fungus Among Us
*Letters to Veterans
*Turkey Building Challenge
*Tree of Thankful Thoughts
*Art Cards
*Drawing & Coloring
*3D Sculptures with Recycled Materials

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Tags: children family family friendly hands on children's museum kid friendly
Tacoma Arts Live presents David Sedaris @ The Pantages Theater
Tickets
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is the master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers addressing the human condition. Calypso, his latest collection of essays, is a New York Times best-seller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The audiobook of Calypso has been nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album category.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Author Talk Tags: #tacoma Author David Sedaris Pantages Theater reading tacoma arts live
Nov
6
Sat
Meet The Nutcracker Ballerinas @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Nov 6 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Meet and get your photos taken with The Nutcracker ballerinas from Ballet Northwest.

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Categories: Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: family family friendly hands on children's museum holiday events kid friendly the nutcracker
Nov
11
Thu
1/2 Price Admission for Military Families @ Hands On Children's Museum
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Nov 11 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Military families get 1/2 price admission on Veterans Day.

Activities include:
*PlayWise: Outside Inside: Natural Materials Collage
*Letters to Veterans
*Silkscreen Gift Making
*Frogs & Bogs
*Crazy Cranberry Construction
*Turkey Building Challenge
*Art Cards
*Drawing & Coloring
*Tree of Thankful Thoughts
*3D Sculptures with Recycled Materials
*Hula Hoops

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Tags: children family family friendly hands on children's museum kid friendly military veteran's day
Nov
13
Sat
Meet The Nutcracker Ballerinas @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Nov 13 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Meet and get your photos taken with The Nutcracker ballerinas from Ballet Northwest.

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Categories: Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: family family friendly hands on children's museum holiday events kid friendly the nutcracker
Nov
20
Sat
Meet The Nutcracker Ballerinas @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Nov 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Meet and get your photos taken with The Nutcracker ballerinas from Ballet Northwest.

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Categories: Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: family family friendly hands on children's museum holiday events kid friendly the nutcracker
October – November 2021 Oct – Nov 2021