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
26
Thu
Tacoma Farmer Market – Broadway @ Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway
Oct 26 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Tacoma Farmers Market creates vibrant marketplaces where local farms, small businesses, and organizations connect directly with the community.
Shop local with us at 925 Broadway Between 9th and 11th Broadway on Thursdays May 4 – Oct. 26, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
We accept cash, credit cards, EBT/SNAP, and WIC/SFMNP

Oct
27
Fri
University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series – Euphony: An Evening of Low Brass Sounds @ Schneebeck Concert Hall
Oct 27 @ 7:30 pm

Join us for Euphony: An evening of low-brass sounds, a concert presented as part of the School of Music’s Jacobsen Series. This recital will feature a variety of Puget Sound faculty and guest artists and is being presented along with Low Brass Music Day on Saturday, Oct. 28. Mark your calendar and check back for details.

Tickets for the recital concert on Oct. 27 will be available to purchase online or at the door. The performance is free current Puget Sound and K-12 students.

Registration is required for Music Day on Saturday, Oct. 28. Visit the calendar link.

Oct
28
Sat
University of Puget Sound Low Brass Music Day @ University of Puget Sound School of Music Building
Oct 28 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

University of Puget Sound’s School of Music presents Low Brass Music Day! Join us for tuba, trombone, and euphonium activities especially designed for students up to high-school age. Save the date and check back for details coming soon!

A Night at the Movies Costume Concert @ Pantages Theater
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm
A Night at the Movies Costume Concert @ Pantages Theater

“A Night at the Movies” Costume Concert.

For this highly entertaining concert, TYSA students play music from popular movies and dress in costumes from those movies.  The audience is also invited to come in their Halloween costumes.  All five of the orchestras from TYSA will be performing, from the youngest elementary school students to the Tacoma Youth Symphony, made up of students in their final years of high school and early years of college.  The concert will feature music from The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars: A New Hope, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Coco, The Incredibles, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Get your costumes ready for an evening of fun and great music!  Tickets are on sale now!  To purchase tickets go to www.tysamusic.org.

Program sponsors for the 2023-2024 season are Weddermann Architecture, Sound Surgical Arts, and the University of Puget Sound School Of Music. Season sponsors include Tacoma Creates, the Tacoma Arts Commission, the Washington State Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts.  This concert is also a part of Tacoma Arts Month.

An Evening with Patty Griffin + Todd Snider @ Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 28 @ 7:30 pm
An Evening with Patty Griffin + Todd Snider @ Washington Center for the Performing Arts

“Patty Griffin is among the most consequential singer-songwriters of her generation, a quintessentially American artist whose wide-ranging canon incisively explores the intimate moments and universal emotions that bind us together. Over the course of two decades, the 2x GRAMMY® Award winner – and 7x nominee – has crafted a remarkable body of work in progress that prompted the New York Times to hail her for “writing cameo-carved songs that create complete emotional portraits of specific people…her songs have independent lives that continue in your head when the music ends.”

At this point in his career, Todd Snider is undeniably one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, as attested by legends like John Prine, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver and Guy Clark. But Snider is so much more than the lovable, lazy stoner yodeler he appears to be. Did you know his memoir is a best-seller, which makes him a best-selling author — let that sink in. He’s had an accomplished film career, as well. Did you know Snider’s song “Just Like Old Times” inspired the film Hard Luck Love Song which stars some people you’ve heard of? The film even includes an on-screen performance of the song by Snider during the closing credits. He also starred in the independent feature film East Nashville Tonight. First and foremost Snider remains one of America’s truly gifted storytellers. And if you’ve got tickets to see him live, boy, does he have a few songs and a few stories to share with you.”

Oct
29
Sun
Second City Chamber Series Presents ~ Concert III: Harpies, Loggers and Lutes, oh my! @ Dystopian State Brewery
Oct 29 @ 3:00 pm

Celebrate Halloween “steampunk” style at the Dystopian State Brewery featuring harpist Elizabeth Landis in a musical tribute to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death accompanied by a quartet made up of Lutes and Loggers — Oh my!
Costumes Encouraged!

University of Puget Sound Fall Festival of Choirs @ Schneebeck Concert Hall
Oct 29 @ 4:00 pm

Join us for the School of Music’s fall choral concert, featuring the Adelphian Concert Choir, Voci d’Amici, Chorale, and Dorian Singers, conducted by Steven Zopfi and Jonah Heinen.

This event is free and open to the public.

Event Location
University of Puget Sound campus, Schneebeck Concert Hall, or tune in at pugetsound.edu/schneebecklive.

Oct
31
Tue
Hey Singers! 
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

Nov
1
Wed
Collaboration for a Cause Pierce County’s Largest Job & Resource Fair @ Tacoma Dome
Nov 1 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Get ready for the largest job fair and resource fair in Pierce County! Collaboration for a Cause features more than 100 employers and resources to connect you to finding quality employment and stability. This event is open to the public and is free to attend! All are welcome!

Talk directly with employers who are hiring for open positions right now! Some employers will conduct on-the-spot interviews at the event! On-site resume prep and guidance will be available to ensure your resume is ready for distribution to employers. Pre-event Job Club sessions are also available throughout the month of October to help you prepare for interviews and upgrade your resume.

Connect to resources and services including:
Basic Needs
Employment
Education & Training
Health
Youth
Veterans
Disabilities

Learn more about the Collaboration for a Cause event series at pccetf.org/collaboration-for-a-cause

Nov
4
Sat
The Triplets of Belleville Cine-Concert @ Tacoma Armory
Nov 4 @ 3:00 pm

Animated French feature The Triplets of Belleville swept the globe in 2003, garnering dozens of awards and nominations, while capturing the hearts of admirers along the way. Experience a cinema-concert screening of the film with the composer Benoît Charest leading his eight-piece Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville in a live performance of the original score. Much of the joie de vivre of the film came from the Oscar-nominated soundtrack by Charest, which captivated audiences and transported them to the streets of 1920s Paris. Enjoy the misadventures of a kidnapped Tour de France cyclist, his would-be rescuer grandmother, and the titular trio of larger-than-life divas, all accompanied by the speakeasy sounds from a live orchestra. Ride your bike the show and meet up with fellow cyclists!