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
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Oct
20
Thu
Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival @ Tacoma Dome
Tickets
Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

The 40th annual Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival provides days of fun for the entire family. You’ll find 550 booths of handmade items, specialty foods, holiday & home decor & so much more! Local entertainment greets you as you enter the Dome. Learn secrets of the chefs during the Cooking for the Holidays culinary demonstrations and have your picture taken with Santa under the 45′ hanging Christmas tree! Pay once & return for free all 4 days! Children 13 years & under admitted free. Th – Sa 10a-7p, Su 10a-6p

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #shopping arts and crafts Christmas Event clothing cooking demos gifts Glass gourmet foods holiday decor holiday event home decor jewelry metal art wood
All Hallows’ Eve @ Lakewold Gardens
Tickets
Oct 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Explore the grounds of Lakewold Gardens during the spookiest time of year! As the days grow darker and dusk light dims, embark on a scavenger hunt for sneaky little bats hidden among the ivy and hanging branches of the garden for a chance to win sweet treasure!

Gather ’round as your Fairy Gothmother and the Scaretaker tell one spine-tingling tale after another after dusk. Learn the answers to your deepest darkest questions from a fortune teller. Participate in a West African drum circle with Awodi Drumming’s Javoen Byrd and hear folkloric stories about cats, witches, and magic! Discover mysterious scenes throughout the gardens to use as a backdrop for an otherworldly photo. And during the evening, witness The Lakewold Haunting, when Wagner House comes alive with creatures, mysterious fog, and ghoulish displays, all in celebration of All Hallows’ Eve!

Tickets now available. View the schedule, learn more about activities, and read the full story of the Lakewold Haunting at lakewoldgardens.org/all-hallows

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Categories: Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #family #Halloween allhallows holiday event seasonal
Oct
21
Fri
Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival @ Tacoma Dome
Tickets
Oct 21 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

The 40th annual Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival provides days of fun for the entire family. You’ll find 550 booths of handmade items, specialty foods, holiday & home decor & so much more! Local entertainment greets you as you enter the Dome. Learn secrets of the chefs during the Cooking for the Holidays culinary demonstrations and have your picture taken with Santa under the 45′ hanging Christmas tree! Pay once & return for free all 4 days! Children 13 years & under admitted free. Th – Sa 10a-7p, Su 10a-6p

Read more
Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #shopping arts and crafts Christmas Event clothing cooking demos gifts Glass gourmet foods holiday decor holiday event home decor jewelry metal art wood
All Hallows’ Eve @ Lakewold Gardens
Tickets
Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Explore the grounds of Lakewold Gardens during the spookiest time of year! As the days grow darker and dusk light dims, embark on a scavenger hunt for sneaky little bats hidden among the ivy and hanging branches of the garden for a chance to win sweet treasure!

Gather ’round as your Fairy Gothmother and the Scaretaker tell one spine-tingling tale after another after dusk. Learn the answers to your deepest darkest questions from a fortune teller. Participate in a West African drum circle with Awodi Drumming’s Javoen Byrd and hear folkloric stories about cats, witches, and magic! Discover mysterious scenes throughout the gardens to use as a backdrop for an otherworldly photo. And during the evening, witness The Lakewold Haunting, when Wagner House comes alive with creatures, mysterious fog, and ghoulish displays, all in celebration of All Hallows’ Eve!

Tickets now available. View the schedule, learn more about activities, and read the full story of the Lakewold Haunting at lakewoldgardens.org/all-hallows

Read more
Categories: Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #family #Halloween allhallows holiday event seasonal
Oct
22
Sat
Boo Bash! @ Hands On Children's Museum
Tickets
Oct 22 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Dress up in your favorite costumes and bring your little ghosts, dinos, superheroes, and princesses to the Hands On Children’s Museum for a spooktacular good time. Enjoy Halloween-inspired fun and exciting activities without the fright.

Boo Bash Activities:
Special event activities operate 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Activities vary depending on the day of the week and may be added at any time. See the online event calendar for dates and times. Online reservations recommended.
• Navigate the spooky straw bale trail
• Explore skeletons galore in the bone bonanza room
• Decorate a mini pumpkin
• Find long-lost gold and gems at the ghostly gold mine
• Discover the science of food fungi and microscopic decomposers at moldy marvels
• Make a mini ghost & fly it through the Airways Maze
• Pound golf tees into pumpkins
• Celebrate bats in the Art Studio with your own unique design
• Build a haunted house and add it to the spooky town
• Make a ghost puppet
• Press, grind, and smash seeds and grain
• Go on a scavenger hunt
• Silkscreen a treat bag (for an additional fee)
• Join the costume dance party

Weekends Only:
• Press apples into cider
• Watch exciting demos by Dr. Science

Sensory-Friendly Boo Bash:
Special Boo Bash activities for families of children with sensory sensitivities will be available October 23 & 30 during our normal Sensory Friendly Hour (9-10 a.m.). A sensory friendly room is also available Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. during Boo Bash.

Boo Bash is proudly sponsored by Hanson Subaru.
Activities are sponsored by Young Spines, Trader Joe’s, ThurstonTalk, Rutledge Family Farm, and DoubleTree by Hilton.

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #family #Halloween children hands on children's museum kid friendly Kids seasonal
Pumpkin Pickers Special @ Simpson Railroad
Tickets
Oct 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Come on out to the Simpson Railroad and take a ride this Halloween. During that ride you can get off at the pumpkin patch and visit our haunted house, kids can get there face painted and don’t forget to pick out a pumpkin to take home and much more. More exciting and fun filled than last year. Simpsonrailroad.org for all the details.

Read more
Categories: Family Events Seasonal and Holiday Events
Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival @ Tacoma Dome
Tickets
Oct 22 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

The 40th annual Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival provides days of fun for the entire family. You’ll find 550 booths of handmade items, specialty foods, holiday & home decor & so much more! Local entertainment greets you as you enter the Dome. Learn secrets of the chefs during the Cooking for the Holidays culinary demonstrations and have your picture taken with Santa under the 45′ hanging Christmas tree! Pay once & return for free all 4 days! Children 13 years & under admitted free. Th – Sa 10a-7p, Su 10a-6p

Read more
Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #shopping arts and crafts Christmas Event clothing cooking demos gifts Glass gourmet foods holiday decor holiday event home decor jewelry metal art wood
All Hallows’ Eve @ Lakewold Gardens
Tickets
Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Explore the grounds of Lakewold Gardens during the spookiest time of year! As the days grow darker and dusk light dims, embark on a scavenger hunt for sneaky little bats hidden among the ivy and hanging branches of the garden for a chance to win sweet treasure!

Gather ’round as your Fairy Gothmother and the Scaretaker tell one spine-tingling tale after another after dusk. Learn the answers to your deepest darkest questions from a fortune teller. Participate in a West African drum circle with Awodi Drumming’s Javoen Byrd and hear folkloric stories about cats, witches, and magic! Discover mysterious scenes throughout the gardens to use as a backdrop for an otherworldly photo. And during the evening, witness The Lakewold Haunting, when Wagner House comes alive with creatures, mysterious fog, and ghoulish displays, all in celebration of All Hallows’ Eve!

Tickets now available. View the schedule, learn more about activities, and read the full story of the Lakewold Haunting at lakewoldgardens.org/all-hallows

Read more
Categories: Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #family #Halloween allhallows holiday event seasonal
Oct
23
Sun
Boo Bash! @ Hands On Children’s Museum
Tickets
Oct 23 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Dress up in your favorite costumes and bring your little ghosts, dinos, superheroes, and princesses to the Hands On Children’s Museum for a spooktacular good time. Enjoy Halloween-inspired fun and exciting activities without the fright.

Boo Bash Activities
Special event activities operate 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Activities vary depending on the day of the week and may be added at any time. See the online event calendar for dates and times. Online reservations recommended.
• Navigate the spooky straw bale trail
• Explore skeletons galore in the bone bonanza room
• Decorate a mini pumpkin
• Find long-lost gold and gems at the ghostly gold mine
• Discover the science of food fungi and microscopic decomposers at moldy marvels
• Make a mini ghost & fly it through the Airways Maze
• Pound golf tees into pumpkins
• Celebrate bats in the Art Studio with your own unique design
• Build a haunted house and add it to the spooky town
• Make a ghost puppet
• Press, grind, and smash seeds and grain
• Go on a scavenger hunt
• Silkscreen a treat bag (for an additional fee)
• Join the costume dance party

Weekends Only
• Press apples into cider
• Watch exciting demos by Dr. Science

Sensory-Friendly Boo Bash
Special Boo Bash activities for families of children with sensory sensitivities will be available October 23 & 30 during our normal Sensory Friendly Hour (9-10 a.m.). A sensory friendly room is also available Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. during Boo Bash.

Boo Bash is proudly sponsored by Hanson Subaru.
Activities are sponsored by Young Spines, Trader Joe’s, ThurstonTalk, Rutledge Family Farm, and DoubleTree by Hilton.

Read more
Categories: Education Family Events Kids Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #Halloween children education family entertainment family event hands on children's museum Kids seasonal
Pumpkin Pickers Special @ Simpson Railroad
Tickets
Oct 23 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Come on out to the Simpson Railroad and take a ride this Halloween. During that ride you can get off at the pumpkin patch and visit our haunted house, kids can get there face painted and don’t forget to pick out a pumpkin to take home and much more. More exciting and fun filled than last year. Simpsonrailroad.org for all the details.

Read more
Categories: Family Events Seasonal and Holiday Events
October 2022 Oct 2022