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
4
Fri
Oktoberfest Northwest @ WA State Fair Events Center in Puyallup
Tickets
Oct 4 @ 12:00 pm – 11:45 pm

Washington’s Largest Munich-style Oktoberfest celebration with German Biers, brats, entertainment, games & more.
Non-stop live entertainment and German biers in two themed Festhalles: the Munich Festhalle, and the Bavarian Festhalle, plus Weiner Dog Races, Stein Dash 5K, Sports Haus, Bavarian Bier-lympics, Root Beer Garden, German food, and the Northwest’s exclusive Hammerschlagen® Tournament of Champions!

Rain or Shine – We’re Indoors!

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Tags: beer food & beverage German market Music
Oct
5
Sat
Fife Harvest Festival @ Dacca Park
Tickets
Oct 5 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm

The City of Fife Harvest Festival is a celebration of all things fall with an emphasis on free entertainment and activities for the whole family. There is free apple cider, hot dogs and corn-on-the-cob for attendees. There are a variety of free events and activities, including face painting, balloon art, a petting zoo, hay wagon rides, a bouncy house, pony rides, squash bowling, kid-friendly craft activities, an apple squeeze, live entertainment and a free parade that begins at 10:30 a.m. with all activities and events to follow. For more information, visit https://www.cityoffife.org/275/Harvest-Festival or call 253-896-8657.

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades Tags: apple squeeze free hay rides petting zoo pony rides squash bowling
Oktoberfest Northwest @ WA State Fair Events Center in Puyallup
Tickets
Oct 5 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 pm

Washington’s Largest Munich-style Oktoberfest celebration with German Biers, brats, entertainment, games & more.
Non-stop live entertainment and German biers in two themed Festhalles: the Munich Festhalle, and the Bavarian Festhalle, plus Weiner Dog Races, Stein Dash 5K, Sports Haus, Bavarian Bier-lympics, Root Beer Garden, German food, and the Northwest’s exclusive Hammerschlagen® Tournament of Champions!

Rain or Shine – We’re Indoors!

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Tags: beer food & beverage German market Music
Oct
6
Sun
Oktoberfest Northwest @ WA State Fair Events Center in Puyallup
Tickets
Oct 6 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Washington’s Largest Munich-style Oktoberfest celebration with German Biers, brats, entertainment, games & more.
Non-stop live entertainment and German biers in two themed Festhalles: the Munich Festhalle, and the Bavarian Festhalle, plus Weiner Dog Races, Stein Dash 5K, Sports Haus, Bavarian Bier-lympics, Root Beer Garden, German food, and the Northwest’s exclusive Hammerschlagen® Tournament of Champions!

Rain or Shine – We’re Indoors!

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Tags: beer food & beverage German market Music
Oct
8
Tue
Women’s Resource presents: The ONE-sheet Business Plan Workshop @ Hiddenwood West Clubhouse
Tickets
Oct 8 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Women’s Resource FEST (Female Entrepreneur Success Tuesday)
The ONE-sheet Business Plan Workshop by Rebecca Jones, MAPS Business Coaching

Evening Agenda
Social/Networking/Sponsors Moments: 5:30-6:00 pm, snacks and beverages provided.
Workshop: Starts promptly. A lot to cover — please come early enough to network and connect. We will jump directly into the 2-hour workshop at 6:00pm-8:00pm

Excerpt from “The ONE Thing” — Each standing domino represents a small amount of potential energy; the more you line up, the more potential energy you’ve accumulated. Line up enough and, with a simple flick you can start a chain reaction of surprising power. This workshop is an edited version of a full-day workshop. It will give you tools to continue working on your goals and action plan to create a one-sheet business plan.
Sponsorships available: includes table display and 2 minutes to share information about your company. Maximum 2 sponsors. Member Sponsor $25/ Non Member $35.

Our speaker: Inspiring and coaching business leaders to optimize their untapped potential, ONE THING at a time.

About: Rebecca Jones, Mastery Business Coach
Rebecca Jones focus is to maximize performance by providing exceptional support, coaching and service. Her mission is to provide a fully responsive, problem-solving environment that is ultimately financially successful for all parties.

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Categories: Business Networking Events Tags: businesswomen Empowering women women; businesswomen; networking; empower; sisterhood
Oct
9
Wed
Stewardship Work Party at Mount Rainier Gateway Preserve @ Mount Rainier Gateway Preserve
Tickets
Oct 9 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

We will be removing invasive Himalayan blackberry from our Mount Rainier Gateway Protected Area. Himalayan blackberry is a nasty invasive that can quickly out-compete native vegetation and prevent it from growing. It’s important that we work to control the blackberry so our forests can thrive!
We will be working rain or shine, so please dress for the weather.
We will provide tools including gloves, coffee, water, and snacks.
We will be meeting at Ashford County Park. Please follow the Registration link and register to receive our exact meeting location and driving directions.

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Categories: Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: community conservation service stewardship volunteer volunteering
Oct
12
Sat
Harvest Day in Tehaleh @ Tehaleh
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Oct 12 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Named “Best of the South Sound,” Tehaleh’s Harvest Day returns for its 7th year with carnival rides, trail runs, face painting, a beer and wine garden, a vendor village and a dual zip line allowing two guests to race each other 30 feet in the air. Guests can celebrate autumn’s bounty with fall foliage and sips and snacks of the season at the food truck rodeo. This year also brings Tehaleh’s first-ever Fall Tour of Homes, where home shoppers can tour 30+ quick move-in, resale, and model homes on the same day and see why Tehaleh is Washington’s best-selling new-home community.

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Kids Tags: family event festival kid friendly real estate
Oct
16
Wed
Ocean5 Cereal Challenge for World Food Day @ Ocean5
Tickets
Oct 16 @ 3:00 pm

On Oct 16, BRING IN ONE BOX OF CEREAL, GET A FREE LASER GAME at Ocean5! (Limit 1 free game per person). All boxes will be donated to GH FISH Food Bank.

Did you know that 11% or over 800 million people go hungry every day? And did you know there is an entire day dedicated to tackling world hunger?

World Food Day is celebrated annually on October 16th around the world. It’s a day to come together to declare a commitment to end worldwide hunger from our lifetime.

The Ocean5 and Table 47 team invite you to join us to support families in our own community. At Gig Harbor’s FISH Food Bank (http://www.ghpfish.org/), CEREAL is one of their most needed items in October. So, let’s collect as many as we can together!

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: laser tag worldfoodday
Oct
19
Sat
Free Community Shred Event @ O Bee Credit Union Fern Hill
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Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Free Community Shred Event
O Bee hosts a free community shred event on Saturday October 19th from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Open to the public – limit 2 grocery sized bags per person. Protect yourself fraud and identity theft by shredding sensitive documents on-site with LeMay Mobile Shredding.

Date:
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Time:
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location:
O Bee Fern Hill Branch
8002 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, WA 98408

For more info visit: www.obee.com/events

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Categories: Health and Wellness Home and Garden Tags: free shredding shred shredding event
Stream Cleanup: Protect and Restore Clover Creek Creek, Salmon Are Orca Food!
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Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Creeks are vital to the health of salmon breeding which provides a critical food source for the Orcas.The Chambers Clover Watershed Council invites you to join us to improve water quality for our community – salmon and Orcas included! We will pick up trash along Clover Creek in Lakewood. The creek has a low water level this fall and a variety of trash needs to be removed. Join us for an hour or longer! We will provide trash bags, some gloves, snacks, and directions. Please: Dress for the weather! Wear boots/waders for the muddy or low water creek bottom; Bring garden or work gloves; Bring water to drink.We will meet at the end of 47th Avenue SW in Lakewood (map below). The parking area will be marked with orange cones.

From Lakewood west of IH5, proceed south down Bridgeport Way toward JBLM.
When you reach Pacific Hwy, turn left onto Pacific Highway.
Proceed past Denny’s for about 1/2 mile.
Turn right onto 47th Avenue SW. There is a Ford dealership at this corner.
Drive 1/2 mile to the end of 47th where it dead ends at Clover Creek. Look for orange cones and parking.

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Categories: Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
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