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
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Jun
7
Sat
Register Today for the 4th Annual Fall Classic @ PLU Meadows Disc Golf Course
Tickets
Jun 7 all-day
Register Today for the 4th Annual Fall Classic @ PLU Meadows Disc Golf Course

4th Annual Fall Classic coming October 11, 2025

Online registration closes on October 8th at 11:59 PM

Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5

7:30 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Opens

8:50 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Closes

9:00 AM – Start of 1K Kids (Cost is $5 / Registrations are only accepted on the day of the event)

9:15 AM – Start of 5K

High School Cross Country races will follow this event

Course is mostly flat with some gently rolling hills on grass and dirt trails

Event shirts are available for purchase on site

1K Kids Awards:

Every kid receives a finisher ribbon

5K Awards:

Ribbons are given to top 10 in each gender as they finish 

For More Information:

Allen Culp

253-219-5252

aculp@fpschools.org

 

Jesse McNeil

253-359-6497

jmcneil@fpschools.org

This event provides funds to purchase shoes and uniforms for local youth runners, as well as provides a college scholarship for a graduating senior

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Kids Outdoor Recreation Sports
Kevan Carter Jr. Hip Hop Therapy Fun Run or Walk @ South Hill Community Park/Nathan Chapman Trail
Tickets
Jun 7 @ 8:00 am
Kevan Carter Jr. Hip Hop Therapy Fun Run or Walk @ South Hill Community Park/Nathan Chapman Trail

Hip Hop Therapy Fun Run/Walk

June 7th, Check In @ 8am, Start Time @ 9am

 

Please join us for our second annual Kevan Carter Jr.

Hip Hop Therapy Fun Run or Walk

 

Lace up your sneakers, grab your friends and family, and hit the trails for a high-energy, feel-good event that’s all about movement, music, and community! Whether you’re running, walking, dancing, or strutting your stuff, this untimed event is perfect for all ages and abilities.

 

Youth ~ $10.00

Adult ~ $20.00

 

All registered receive a t-shirt!

 

This event will be held at…


South Hill Community Park/Nathan Chapman Trail
14201 86th Avenue East
Puyallup, WA US 98373

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Kids Outdoor Recreation Sports Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Family Saturdays @ Washington State History Museum
Tickets
Jun 7 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Join us this spring for Family Saturdays! Explore how history connects us all during this hour-long storytime program designed for children ages 4 to 10 and their families.

This month’s story is Be A Maker, by Katie Howes, a book about the many things we make and how we can make a difference in the world. We’ll read the book together and participate in a maker BINGO game. Then you’ll have the chance to make an invention of your choice.

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Categories: Family Events Kids
Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival @ Point Defiance Park
Tickets
Jun 7 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Tickets are on sale now for the Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival June 7-8 at Point Defiance Park and extending into the Rose Garden, Japanese Garden and Pagoda. Visitors will enjoy a weekend surrounded by color as they tour the park’s famous gardens, meet some of the Northwest’s best known horticultural experts, create works of botanical art to take home and more.

The festival is free to attend with additional ticketed opportunities available including:

  • Guided tours of the Rose and Japanese gardens ($20)
  • Paint & Sip sessions ($50)
  • Make & Take projects ($85)
  • Made in the Shade: How to Garden on the Dark Side with Marianne Binetti
  • Terrarium Workshop with Scott McSwain
  • The Art of Pot-et-Fleur with Teresa Rao
  • Succulent Wreath with Sarah Smith

Attendees can also enjoy more than a dozen self-guided experiences through eight permanent gardens, fantastic displays created exclusively for this festival, live music and a vendor area featuring nearly 100 local artisans, businesses, farms, nurseries and food options.

Northwest gardening expert Ciscoe Morris will be returning as Saturday’s keynote speaker. Bryon Jones, Parks Tacoma’s horticulturist for the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, will appear on Sunday. The lecture series will be open to all this year with talks on:

  • Beyond the Backbone: Pacific NW Perennials for Resilient Gardens by Anna Thurston
  • The History of the Hedgerow: Wild plants as Food, Medicine, and Habitat by Madrone McCarthy and Teresa McKee of Hedgerow Herb Co.
  • Happier Houseplants by Sarah Brackman of Girl Run Farm
  • Dreamy English Gardens by Justin Henderson

Local wines and beers will be featured in the Rose Garden with tasting packages, starting at $33, available all day throughout the weekend or gather with friends after hours on Saturday for the 21+ only Happy Hour with live music. Bottles will be available for sale on site and proceeds from both bottle sales and tasting packages will directly benefit the Fort Nisqually Foundation.

Vendor applications are open now through April 30 for concessions and May 20 for retail. A 10’x10’ booth begins at $325 with discounted rates available for nonprofit and government agencies.

Find more information and to purchase tickets online at PtDefianceGardenFest.org.

 

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Home and Garden Outdoor Recreation
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf @ Lakewood Playhouse
Tickets
Jun 7 @ 7:30 pm
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf @ Lakewood Playhouse

“…somebody/anybody, sing a black girl’s song, bring her out to know herself to know you…”
By Ntozake Shange
Directed by Michelle Matlock

Join the circle as seven women share their stories and find strength in each other’s truth, passion and humor. This fusion of poetry, dance, music and song explodes off the stage and touches the hearts and minds of all those who experience it. It’s time for joy. It’s time for sisterhood. It’s time for colored girls.

“The poems introduce the girls to other kinds of people of color, other worlds. To adventure, and kindness, and cruelty. Cruelty that we usually think we face alone, but we don’t. We discover that by sharing with each other we find strength to go on. The poems are the play’s first hint of the global misogyny that we women face.” – Ntozake Shange

“A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time

“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News

Please note: this production contains strong language, reflections on rape and abuse, and mature themes.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances
Jun
8
Sun
Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival @ Point Defiance Park
Tickets
Jun 8 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Tickets are on sale now for the Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival June 7-8 at Point Defiance Park and extending into the Rose Garden, Japanese Garden and Pagoda. Visitors will enjoy a weekend surrounded by color as they tour the park’s famous gardens, meet some of the Northwest’s best known horticultural experts, create works of botanical art to take home and more.

The festival is free to attend with additional ticketed opportunities available including:

  • Guided tours of the Rose and Japanese gardens ($20)
  • Paint & Sip sessions ($50)
  • Make & Take projects ($85)
  • Made in the Shade: How to Garden on the Dark Side with Marianne Binetti
  • Terrarium Workshop with Scott McSwain
  • The Art of Pot-et-Fleur with Teresa Rao
  • Succulent Wreath with Sarah Smith

Attendees can also enjoy more than a dozen self-guided experiences through eight permanent gardens, fantastic displays created exclusively for this festival, live music and a vendor area featuring nearly 100 local artisans, businesses, farms, nurseries and food options.

Northwest gardening expert Ciscoe Morris will be returning as Saturday’s keynote speaker. Bryon Jones, Parks Tacoma’s horticulturist for the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, will appear on Sunday. The lecture series will be open to all this year with talks on:

  • Beyond the Backbone: Pacific NW Perennials for Resilient Gardens by Anna Thurston
  • The History of the Hedgerow: Wild plants as Food, Medicine, and Habitat by Madrone McCarthy and Teresa McKee of Hedgerow Herb Co.
  • Happier Houseplants by Sarah Brackman of Girl Run Farm
  • Dreamy English Gardens by Justin Henderson

Local wines and beers will be featured in the Rose Garden with tasting packages, starting at $33, available all day throughout the weekend or gather with friends after hours on Saturday for the 21+ only Happy Hour with live music. Bottles will be available for sale on site and proceeds from both bottle sales and tasting packages will directly benefit the Fort Nisqually Foundation.

Vendor applications are open now through April 30 for concessions and May 20 for retail. A 10’x10’ booth begins at $325 with discounted rates available for nonprofit and government agencies.

Find more information and to purchase tickets online at PtDefianceGardenFest.org.

 

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Home and Garden Outdoor Recreation
Artvana paint and sip – Lovers Path @ The Redd Dog Tacoma
Tickets
Jun 8 @ 1:00 pm
Artvana paint and sip - Lovers Path @ The Redd Dog Tacoma

Come enjoy this guided painting class with Artvana!  All art supplies are included, beginner-friendly friendly and all-ages.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Kids Workshops, Classes and Lectures
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf @ Lakewood Playhouse
Tickets
Jun 8 @ 2:00 pm
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf @ Lakewood Playhouse

“…somebody/anybody, sing a black girl’s song, bring her out to know herself to know you…”
By Ntozake Shange
Directed by Michelle Matlock

Join the circle as seven women share their stories and find strength in each other’s truth, passion and humor. This fusion of poetry, dance, music and song explodes off the stage and touches the hearts and minds of all those who experience it. It’s time for joy. It’s time for sisterhood. It’s time for colored girls.

“The poems introduce the girls to other kinds of people of color, other worlds. To adventure, and kindness, and cruelty. Cruelty that we usually think we face alone, but we don’t. We discover that by sharing with each other we find strength to go on. The poems are the play’s first hint of the global misogyny that we women face.” – Ntozake Shange

“A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time

“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News

Please note: this production contains strong language, reflections on rape and abuse, and mature themes.

Read more
Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances
Artvana paint and sip – Rosy Horseshoe @ Mcmillin Farm and Brewhouse
Tickets
Jun 8 @ 3:00 pm
Artvana paint and sip - Rosy Horseshoe @ Mcmillin Farm and Brewhouse

Come enjoy this guided painting class with Artvana!  All art supplies are included, beginner-friendly friendly and all-ages.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Kids Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Jun
10
Tue
Artvana paint and sip – Kids and Family Baby Narwhal @ Dennys
Tickets
Jun 10 @ 6:00 pm
Artvana paint and sip - Kids and Family Baby Narwhal @ Dennys

Come enjoy this guided painting class with Artvana!  All art supplies are included, beginner-friendly friendly and all-ages.

Read more
Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Kids Workshops, Classes and Lectures
June 2025 Jun 2025