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.

Agenda
Agenda
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Oct
14
Sat
Festival Latinx @ Tacoma Armory
Tickets
Oct 14 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Festival Latinx is an annual free community event celebrating South Sound Latinx culture! Enjoy live performances reflecting diversity of Latinx communities through music and dance. Take in beautiful visual art installations and centerpieces or shop locally with artisans for handmade goods from the mercadito. Send your taste buds on a tour with various eats from local food vendors.

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades
Oct
15
Sun
Craftopia: Hooker Happy Hour meet up @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 15 @ 1:00 pm

This one is just for my crocheters!  Come and hang out once a month with other like-minded hook-wielding individuals and let’s get our crochet on!
Light refreshments will be provided (sorry, no actual alcohol. Bit early in the day for that!)
RSVP’s appreciated but not required. Can’t make it? We also offer a zoom link on our website: www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Arts and craft
Oct
19
Thu
Craftopia: Bead & Mingle meet up @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm

Calling all lovers of beads! Come hang out the fourth Thursday of every month from 5-7pm with other like-minded lover of the bling. Bring your latest beading project for some good conversation, light refreshments, and maybe even a little progress.
RSVPs not required but are appreciated. www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Workshop: How Does a Place Get a Name? @ Washington State History Museum
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Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Join Indigenous educator Owen Oliver (Quinault/Isleta Pueblo) to explore how a place gets a name and what the names of specific locations can teach us about values held by communities. Participants will consider how we can use place names to enhance community connections and build strategies to engage with Tribes to revitalize place names.

This workshop is free and open to the public. Teachers who attend the workshop will be eligible for clock hours toward continuing education requirements.

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Categories: Education Local History Tags: education
Oct
20
Fri
Canyon Terrace Fall Craft and Gift Sale @ Canyon Terrace Estates Clubhouse
Tickets
Oct 20 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

A GREAT CRAFT SALE OPPORTUNITY
OCTOBER 20 AND 21, 2023
Put this on your calendar. Join us for the
CANYON TERRACE ESTATES
28TH ANNUAL FALL CRAFT AND GIFT SALE
In the Clubhouse at 9314 Canyon Road East,
Summit Neighborhood, Puyallup
(1/2 mile north of Hwy 512/Canyon Road Exit)
Friday, October 20, 9 AM to 5 PM
Saturday, October 21, 9 AM to 5 PM

BROWSE THE ONE-OF-A-KIND WORKS OF TALENTED ARTISANS
A huge variety of unique handicrafts, fabric arts, specialty soaps, candles, fragrances, jewelry, hats, and novel, creative art and food treat specialties. Christmas and fall season décor and gifts – a new surprise around every corner. Special finds you won’t see at the mall, or big-box stores, or Amazon
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
No Admission Charge, Free Parking

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Categories: Seasonal and Holiday Events
Craftopia: Crescent Moon Wall Hanging class @ Craftopia
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Oct 20 @ 5:00 pm

Create your own unique Crescent Moon Wall/Door Hanging. Learn how to form and wrap your moon from a traditional wreath frame. Choose from a variety of yarns and twines as your base, and add a variety of beads, buttons, flowers and/or other embellishments to make your perfect décor. Recommended for ages 10+. Under 12 requires parental supervision.
$15 per person. Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
All Hallows’ Eve: Eerie Enchantments: Poe’s Garden of Shadows @ Lakewold Gardens
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Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

All Hallows’ Eve: Eerie Enchantments: Poe’s Garden of Shadows

Fridays – Sundays October 20 – 29, 6-9pm

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-hallows-eve-eerie-enchantments-poes-garden-of-shadows-tickets-718606349937

Get into the Halloween spirit at Lakewold Gardens with scary-fun activities for all ages . . . if you dare! Witness the elusive Gravelly Lake Monster’s nightly appearance; search for ravens in the garden scavenger hunt; heed the words of Edgar Allen Poe as actors present short dramatizations of some of his most spine-tingling tales (Fridays & Saturdays only); enjoy a haunting candlelight concert or a classic monster movie; make a fun or frightening origami bats; shop for spooktacular seasonal keepsakes in the gift shop; and more!

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Categories: Seasonal and Holiday Events
Oct
21
Sat
Canyon Terrace Fall Craft and Gift Sale @ Canyon Terrace Estates Clubhouse
Tickets
Oct 21 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

A GREAT CRAFT SALE OPPORTUNITY
OCTOBER 20 AND 21, 2023
Put this on your calendar. Join us for the
CANYON TERRACE ESTATES
28TH ANNUAL FALL CRAFT AND GIFT SALE
In the Clubhouse at 9314 Canyon Road East,
Summit Neighborhood, Puyallup
(1/2 mile north of Hwy 512/Canyon Road Exit)
Friday, October 20, 9 AM to 5 PM
Saturday, October 21, 9 AM to 5 PM

BROWSE THE ONE-OF-A-KIND WORKS OF TALENTED ARTISANS
A huge variety of unique handicrafts, fabric arts, specialty soaps, candles, fragrances, jewelry, hats, and novel, creative art and food treat specialties. Christmas and fall season décor and gifts – a new surprise around every corner. Special finds you won’t see at the mall, or big-box stores, or Amazon
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
No Admission Charge, Free Parking

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Categories: Seasonal and Holiday Events
City of Destiny Festival @ Foss Waterway Seaport Museum
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Oct 21 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Join THS at the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum for a free public festival commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Northern Pacific Railway arriving in Tacoma.

Join us for a celebration of Tacoma’s diverse history! This year’s festival commemorates the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad to Tacoma and focuses on those in and coming to Tacoma were affected by that change.

RSVP Here: https://tacomahistory.ludus.com/show_page.php?show_id=200442347

This event is free to the public and will feature hands-on activities, performances, exhibits, heritage & cultural organizations, vendors, and food trucks! Plus, the Northwest Room Community Archives will be capturing oral histories, so plan to share your stories about Tacoma and the train! We can’t wait to see you there!

This event is generously sponsored by BNSF, Amtrak, Port of Tacoma, KeyBank, Tacoma Public Utilities, and Puyallup Tribe of Indians.

For questions and information on other events visit www.tacomahistory.org or www.np150.org. Or call us at (253)472-3738.

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Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parades Local History Tags: #livinghistory #localhistory #Northern Pacific Railroad #tacoma #Tacoma Historical Society Culture festival Foss Waterway Seaport free hands-on model trains museum Performance trains
Craftopia: Spiderweb Earrings class @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 21 @ 12:00 pm

Weave your own web of spidery goodness with this cute spiderweb earring class! Recommended for ages 14+
$20 per person. Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts Jewelry making
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