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.

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Agenda
July – August 2021 Jul – Aug 2021
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Jul
21
Wed
Workforce Summit 2.0 @ Greater Tacoma Convention Center
Tickets
Jul 21 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

The 2.0 update gives you brand new workforce solutions for today’s evolving business environment

This year’s event is bringing together new ideas and innovative employers to share tools to support a world-class workforce in our state.

Featuring fresh topics like employee mental health in the wake of the pandemic, the importance of diversity and inclusion development, new and unique career pathways employers should consider for their workforce development and the future of teleworking.
We are bringing you a full-day event filled with networking and collaboration opportunities.

Registration is now open for this live event. Attend safely in-person or virtually, or watch the on-demand video content later at a time of your choosing. Based on the state’s Phase 3 guidelines, there are a limited number of in-person tickets available. Register early to secure your spot.

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Categories: Business Networking Events Education Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Jul
22
Thu
Housing Forum @ Greater Tacoma Convention Center
Tickets
Jul 22 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Join us for an important discussion on the issue of housing availability and affordability across Washington in order to build better solutions for workforce housing in the communities where we live and work. Engage with a variety of housing industry stakeholders in order to foster action on strengthening the health of our communities and state-wide economy.

The goal of the Housing Forum is to bring together problem-solvers from across the state and political spectrum to make headway on ensuring affordable and available housing for workforce and families in all the state’s communities

The Housing Forum is ideal for community developers, government agencies, cities, ports, chambers of commerce, and organizations associated with the housing industry in the state of Washington.

Registration is now open for this live event. Attend safely in-person or virtually, or watch the on-demand video content later at a time of your choosing. Based on the state’s Phase 3 guidelines, there are a limited number of in-person tickets available. Register early to secure your spot.

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Categories: Education Home and Garden Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Jul
24
Sat
Prevail the Trail 5K! @ Orting City Park
Tickets
Jul 24 @ 9:00 am

Come one, come all…it is time to Prevail the Trail! Our Prevail the Trail 5K is the second in our Run the Fun 5K Series! Join us in-person for this 5K run that takes place on the Foothills Trail in Orting. The course starts and finishes at the Orting City Park. The Foothills Trail is paved and provides flat areas and easy slopes. The 5K course is USATF certified and chip timed. Results will be made available on our website the week after the race.

Registration fee:
$30 – ages 13 & up
$15 – youth 12 and under
Pre-Registration required by July 12, 2021.
Early Bird Discount – Register by July 1 and receive $5 off registration fee using code “PTT5”

Advanced runners – 9:00-9:20 AM
Intermediate runners – 9:25-9:55 AM
Beginner runners – 10:00-10:45 AM

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation
Jul
30
Fri
DuPont Performing Arts Walk @ State Farm Grounds
Tickets
Jul 30 @ 7:00 pm

The DuPont Performing Arts Walk is a Performing Arts event that brings dancers, musicians and actors to DuPont. Audience members will be led to different performance spaces. At each location they will see a different performance by a local arts organization. This outdoor event will take place on the Northside of the State Farm grounds facing Clock Tower Park.

Participating performing groups include Tacoma Little Theatre, Olympia Symphony and The Accidental Woodwind Trio.

Please note that this is a walking and standing event. Please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stand for the performances. There will be a limited number of chairs available for audience members who have difficulty standing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances
Jul
31
Sat
The Kinsey Collection Opening Block Party @ Tacoma Art Museum
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Jul 31 @ 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Kinsey Collection Opening Block Party @ Tacoma Art Museum

Join Tacoma Art Museum as we celebrate the opening of The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection! Be among the first to see the exhibition and take part in a one-of-a-kind Block Party. Free to all from 1pm – 8pm, this community festival will feature live music from area DJs, performances from T.U.P.A.C. and the Vision Step Team, and live art-making from Tacoma artist Perry Paints. Grab a bite to eat from one of the local food trucks and pick up a piece of art from any one of the community artists who will be selling their work in the Tacoma Art Museum Store and our events space. Free parking is available at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Tacoma Courthouse, and the Children’s Museum.

Due to the expected high attendance for this event, reservations are encouraged. To make your museum reservation, visit our website: https://tacomaartmuseum.simplybook.me/v2/ 

Visit the museum events calendar here for more information: https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/event/kinsey-collection-opening-block-party/

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Local History
DuPont Performing Arts Walk @ State Farm Grounds
Tickets
Jul 31 @ 7:00 pm

The DuPont Performing Arts Walk is a Performing Arts event that brings dancers, musicians and actors to DuPont. Audience members will be led to different performance spaces. At each location they will see a different performance by a local arts organization. This outdoor event will take place on the Northside of the State Farm grounds facing Clock Tower Park.

Participating performing groups include Tacoma Little Theatre, Olympia Symphony and The Accidental Woodwind Trio.

Please note that this is a walking and standing event. Please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stand for the performances. There will be a limited number of chairs available for audience members who have difficulty standing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances
Aug
1
Sun
DuPont Performing Arts Walk @ State Farm Grounds
Tickets
Aug 1 @ 1:00 pm

The DuPont Performing Arts Walk is a Performing Arts event that brings dancers, musicians and actors to DuPont. Audience members will be led to different performance spaces. At each location they will see a different performance by a local arts organization. This outdoor event will take place on the Northside of the State Farm grounds facing Clock Tower Park.

Participating performing groups include Tacoma Little Theatre, Olympia Symphony and The Accidental Woodwind Trio.

Please note that this is a walking and standing event. Please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stand for the performances. There will be a limited number of chairs available for audience members who have difficulty standing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances
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
Walk Me Home for FPAWS @ Point Ruston Grand Plaza
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Join us August 14, 2021 at 10:00am for the Walk Me Home for FPAWS event at the Point Ruston Grand Plaza in Tacoma, WA. Come take a walk with us along the beautiful Ruston Point Waterfront and support Foster Families in WA State.

Your support is greatly appreciated and will help cover the cost of the children who join their caregivers at the Pacific Northwest Caregivers Conference (PNWCC) at Great Wolf Lodge in November, 2021. The PNWCC is an annual, 3-day conference that brings together 250+ foster and adoptive parents, social workers, and other caregivers from WA State for training, resources, and support.

Register as a team or individual to walk in person or virtually! Create a personalized team walk page and invite family and friends to join your team or to donate. Registration is $25 and children under 12 are free.

Join us on YouTube as we stream the walk live! Thank you to our sponsor, Brennan Mayfield’s Thrivent Community for your support!

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Categories: Family Events Non-Profit Fundraising Events Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Tacoma Arts Live presents Theater Simple’s Caravan Chronicles @ Wapato Park
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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
July – August 2021 Jul – Aug 2021