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.

Sep
26
Thu
Dammed to Extinction Film Screening @ The Grand Cinema
Sep 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us for this important film that tells the story of orca scientists, local citizens, tribal members, and others who have been working to protect orca by restoring the salmon they depend on.

Tickets are donation based and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dammed-to-extinction-film-screening-tickets-68363556237

Please register a “ticket” for each person in your group so that we can have an accurate count of attendees.

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Donations are greatly appreciated as the help support expenses of this screening as well as enable us to bring the film to more people!

6:00 Doors open
6:30 Film screening
7:30 Post-screening discussion

For centuries, three unique pods of killer whales have thrived off the coast of Washington, spending summers in the interior waters of the Salish Sea, feasting on chinook salmon. For the past 50 years, these orcas’ presence has thrilled and fascinated people–biologists, tourists, and unsuspecting boaters and fishermen. But chinook salmon are in trouble–with less than one percent of their historic abundance in the Pacific Northwest. The beloved local orca whales’ fate has followed the salmon. Dams have been the main culprit behind salmons’ demise. A broad and growing coalition of scientists, economists, conservationists, and citizens say removing the worst fish killing dams is the best chance we have to bring abundant runs of salmon and the orca that rely on them.

The timing of this film – and its urgent call to action – could not be better. Northwest salmon and Southern Resident orcas need our help today. Citizens regionally and nationally are calling for bold leadership and urgent action. Northwest elected officials have begun to step up and advocate for some big changes to restore our salmon, protect our orcas and invest in our communities. Restoring the lower Snake River and its chinook salmon populations by removing its four costly and out-dated dams is our biggest river/salmon restoration opportunity on anywhere on the West Coast.

Learn more and view a preview at www.dammedtoextinction.com

Co-sponsored by Sierra Club, Earth Justice, Orca Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, and The Point Defiance American Association of Zoo Keepers.

Sep
28
Sat
Nisqually Watershed Festival @ Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Sep 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The 30th Annual Nisqually Watershed Festival is an annual celebration of nature featuring art, discovery, music and family fun. The Festival includes live performances, displays from local organizations, walking tours, the Insect Extravaganza, a salmon barbecue and other great coffee and food options. Watch a salmon dissection, listen to traditional stories, learn about raptors, bears, and bugs, tour the Refuge trails or Nisqually Nearshore, make a salmon lifecycle keychain and other crafts, and bring a t-shirt to make a fish print with a Nisqually salmon!

Entrance is free all day! Festival parking will be at River Ridge High School, 350 River Ridge Drive, Lacey, with a shuttle to the Refuge running every 15 minutes.

Oct
3
Thu
Tacoma Fall RV Show @ Tacoma Dome
Oct 3 @ 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Make 2019 the year you hit the road in style and comfort! The Tacoma Fall RV Show presented by BECU is the season’s best show with 14 dealers and hundreds of RV’s filling every available bit of space inside and outside the Tacoma Dome. Get a jump on the savings with special financing rates from BECU, fresh inventory and show-only specials. The show runs October 3rd – 6th, 2019 at the Tacoma Dome. You’ll save with our $2 discount coupon available online at www.TacomaFallRVshow.com. They’ll all be here, motorhomes, travel trailers of all sizes and descriptions, fifth wheels, toy haulers, campers, pop-up tent trailers, tear drop trailers and more! Mark your calendars, start your travel plans early with a new RV and let the good times roll!

Oct
4
Fri
Tacoma Fall RV Show @ Tacoma Dome
Oct 4 @ 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Make 2019 the year you hit the road in style and comfort! The Tacoma Fall RV Show presented by BECU is the season’s best show with 14 dealers and hundreds of RV’s filling every available bit of space inside and outside the Tacoma Dome. Get a jump on the savings with special financing rates from BECU, fresh inventory and show-only specials. The show runs October 3rd – 6th, 2019 at the Tacoma Dome. You’ll save with our $2 discount coupon available online at www.TacomaFallRVshow.com. They’ll all be here, motorhomes, travel trailers of all sizes and descriptions, fifth wheels, toy haulers, campers, pop-up tent trailers, tear drop trailers and more! Mark your calendars, start your travel plans early with a new RV and let the good times roll!

Oktoberfest Northwest @ WA State Fair Events Center in Puyallup
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!

Oct
5
Sat
The 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit for South Sound Women in Business @ RAIN Incubator
Oct 5 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

The 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit for South Sound Women in Business is Oct 5, 9-4 in downtown Tacoma! Topics include financial sustainability, environmental
equity, greening your purchases, branding your sustainable business, building community, and more! Tickets are sliding scale and all levels of registration include coffee + keynotes + breakout sessions + vegan/gluten free lunch + more! This
event is open to anyone who identifies as a woman or nobinary person.

Registration, volunteer and financial aid: https://www.allisonbishins.com/register/conference

For more information on speakers and details, check out:
https://www.facebook.com/events/779801159089734/

Questions? Email allisonbishins@gmail.com

Fife Harvest Festival @ Dacca Park
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.

Oktoberfest Northwest @ WA State Fair Events Center in Puyallup
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!

Tacoma Fall RV Show @ Tacoma Dome
Oct 5 @ 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Make 2019 the year you hit the road in style and comfort! The Tacoma Fall RV Show presented by BECU is the season’s best show with 14 dealers and hundreds of RV’s filling every available bit of space inside and outside the Tacoma Dome. Get a jump on the savings with special financing rates from BECU, fresh inventory and show-only specials. The show runs October 3rd – 6th, 2019 at the Tacoma Dome. You’ll save with our $2 discount coupon available online at www.TacomaFallRVshow.com. They’ll all be here, motorhomes, travel trailers of all sizes and descriptions, fifth wheels, toy haulers, campers, pop-up tent trailers, tear drop trailers and more! Mark your calendars, start your travel plans early with a new RV and let the good times roll!

Oct
6
Sun
Oktoberfest Northwest @ WA State Fair Events Center in Puyallup
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!