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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July – October 2021 Jul – Oct 2021
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Jul
21
Wed
Workforce Summit 2.0 @ Greater Tacoma Convention Center
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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
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
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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
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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
Sep
17
Fri
Park(ing) Day Livestream Hosted by Downtown on the Go @ Downtown Street
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Sep 17 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Park(ing) Day is an international activism project where people around the world repurpose parking spaces into tiny parklets. On September 17, tune in to Downtown On the Go’s (DOTG) Facebook page to listen to us discussing transit related topics with transit advocates, local officials, and others! We’ll be “taking over” a parking space in Downtown Tacoma, and hope that you will follow us as we stream the conversations live at facebook.com/downtownonthego

The parklet, sponsored by Spin and BCRA Design, will be active from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 17. Parklets around the world are available on the Park(ing) Day website’s map. The 2005 San Francisco parklet that marked the first Park(ing) day was a lawn, a 15-foot-tall tree, and a rented park bench in a parking space. In years following, Park(ing) day, an original concept by Rebar, became an international event celebrating human-use spaces.

Downtown On The Go has celebrated Park(ing) day for several years, assisting other local organizations with setting up their own parklets. Last year, we hosted a virtual Park(ing) day of online panels of local advocates. This year due to the ongoing pandemic we have instead opted to minimize public interaction and instead host advocates in a virtual space, while still physically occupying a parking space.

We encourage you to engage with us and the worldwide Park(ing) Day community by following us on social media and by using the hashtags #downtowntacoma and #parkingday. We will livestream the interviews with advocates on Facebook, and the recordings will be available after the event.

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Categories: Education Family Events Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: #downtowntacoma art speakers
Oct
22
Fri
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum
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Oct 22 @ 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
23
Sat
Boo Bash @ Hands On Children's Museum
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Oct 23 @ 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
Pumpkin Pickers Special @ Simpson Railroad
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Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The event starts with a ride aboard the Simpson Railroad trailer car around the loop over to the event grounds. This year events are located in our operations area to provide more space. There we will have a hay bale/straw maze to navigate thru -hopefully it is not haunted with loggers past. Grab a cup of hot cider to sip while you listen to not too scary short stories read by Area youth and literary groups. Don’t forget just before you get back on the trailer car for the short ride back stop at the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin to take home. While at the activities grounds keep a sharp eye out for trick or treat candy. Kids are encouraged to wear and show off their costumes.

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Categories: Family Events Non-Profit Fundraising Events Seasonal and Holiday Events
July – October 2021 Jul – Oct 2021