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:

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  • 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
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May
16
Fri
Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Cascade Challenge @ Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course
May 16 all-day
Disc Golf Pro Tour's Cascade Challenge @ Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course

Get ready for an unforgettable weekend at the Cascade Challenge, May 16–18, 2025, at the stunning Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course in Shelton, Washington! Whether you’re a seasoned disc golfer or just looking for a unique, family-friendly event, this tournament promises thrilling competition, beautiful scenery, and fun for all ages. Watch the world’s best disc golfers battle it out on one of the most scenic courses in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy food trucks, local vendors, live music, and chances to try disc golf for yourself. With forested fairways and high-level action, it’s the perfect blend of sport and nature. Grab your spectator pass today and experience the energy, excitement, and community of professional disc golf up close. You don’t need to be a pro to enjoy the pros—come be part of the Cascade Challenge!

May
17
Sat
Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Cascade Challenge @ Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course
May 17 all-day
Disc Golf Pro Tour's Cascade Challenge @ Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course

Get ready for an unforgettable weekend at the Cascade Challenge, May 16–18, 2025, at the stunning Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course in Shelton, Washington! Whether you’re a seasoned disc golfer or just looking for a unique, family-friendly event, this tournament promises thrilling competition, beautiful scenery, and fun for all ages. Watch the world’s best disc golfers battle it out on one of the most scenic courses in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy food trucks, local vendors, live music, and chances to try disc golf for yourself. With forested fairways and high-level action, it’s the perfect blend of sport and nature. Grab your spectator pass today and experience the energy, excitement, and community of professional disc golf up close. You don’t need to be a pro to enjoy the pros—come be part of the Cascade Challenge!

A Down-purr of Knowledge featuring Kitten Lady, Hannah Shaw @ Hotel Murano Bicentennial Pavillion
May 17 @ 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
A Down-purr of Knowledge featuring Kitten Lady, Hannah Shaw @ Hotel Murano Bicentennial Pavillion

Join us for a fun and informative day at Hotel Murano for our two workshops wtih Kitten Lady Hannah Shaw! The day kicks off with Community Cats (10:00 AM), includes a midday break with exciting exhibitors, and concludes with Saving Kittens (1:30 PM). An exclusive photo opportunity with Hannah is available as an add-on, and will take place immedidately following the Saving Kittens worskhop (around 3:30 PM).

Whether you’re a seasoned kitten rescuer or a cat lover looking to expand your knowledge, this event is purrfect for you! Don’t miss this opportunity to spend a day with fellow feline enthusiasts and help raise funds for The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. Reserve your tickets today!”

Lacey Spring Fun Fair @ Saint Martin’s University
May 17 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Lacey Spring Fun Fair @ Saint Martin’s University

Enjoy 2 days of free rides, kids’ world activities and live entertainment plus shop from over 70 artisan and commercial vendors and food vendors!  Don’t miss the S.T.E.A.M. Fair on Saturday and Car Show on Sunday.  Free parking and admission. For over 35 years families have enjoyed this springtime tradition.

Old Town Craft & Music Fest @ Tacoma's Old Town Park
May 17 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Old Town Craft & Music Fest @ Tacoma's Old Town Park

Featuring a wide variety of heritage crafts and live local music, with fun for the whole family.

Old Fashioned Fest @ Simple Goodness Soda Shop
May 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Old Fashioned Fest @ Simple Goodness Soda Shop

Our annual tasting event celebrating one of the oldest and best cocktails in history: the Old Fashioned. Come taste Old Fashioned cocktails featuring  local distilleries, bitters and syrups companies in a PNW tasting festival flavor explosion at the Simple Goodness Soda Shop

Old Fashioned Fest @ Simple Goodness Soda Shop
May 17 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Old Fashioned Fest @ Simple Goodness Soda Shop

Our annual tasting event celebrating one of the oldest and best cocktails in history: the Old Fashioned. Come taste Old Fashioned cocktails featuring  local distilleries, bitters and syrups companies in a PNW tasting festival flavor explosion at the Simple Goodness Soda Shop

May
18
Sun
Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Cascade Challenge @ Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course
May 18 all-day
Disc Golf Pro Tour's Cascade Challenge @ Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course

Get ready for an unforgettable weekend at the Cascade Challenge, May 16–18, 2025, at the stunning Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course in Shelton, Washington! Whether you’re a seasoned disc golfer or just looking for a unique, family-friendly event, this tournament promises thrilling competition, beautiful scenery, and fun for all ages. Watch the world’s best disc golfers battle it out on one of the most scenic courses in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy food trucks, local vendors, live music, and chances to try disc golf for yourself. With forested fairways and high-level action, it’s the perfect blend of sport and nature. Grab your spectator pass today and experience the energy, excitement, and community of professional disc golf up close. You don’t need to be a pro to enjoy the pros—come be part of the Cascade Challenge!

Lacey Spring Fun Fair @ Saint Martin’s University
May 18 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Lacey Spring Fun Fair @ Saint Martin’s University

Enjoy 2 days of free rides, kids’ world activities and live entertainment plus shop from over 70 artisan and commercial vendors and food vendors!  Don’t miss the S.T.E.A.M. Fair on Saturday and Car Show on Sunday.  Free parking and admission. For over 35 years families have enjoyed this springtime tradition.

Magic, Power, and New Beginnings! @ Rialto Theater
May 18 @ 4:00 pm
Magic, Power, and New Beginnings! @ Rialto Theater

On Sunday, May 18, the Tacoma Youth Symphony will present
“Magic, Power, and New Beginnings.”   New beginnings can be as subtle as a whisper or as loud as a symphony orchestra. In this final concert of the season, the Tacoma Youth Symphony will explore the magic and power of new beginnings. This concert is dedicated to the memory of TYSA Founder, Virginia Morrison.

The Tacoma Youth Symphony will be collaborating with the Tacoma Youth Chorus on three works. The concert will open with two pieces by Rollo Dilworth. I Dream a World is based on a poem by Langston Hughes in which Hughes envisions a world where all will know peace and freedom. When Dreams Take Flight is based on the poem Dreams by Paul Laurence Dunbar, who explores the power of dreams, their fleeting nature, and the obstacles that can keep them from being fulfilled. The concert will conclude with Ruth Moody’s One Voice, a moving testament to the power of unity and a call to come together.

Eighteen-year-old student soloist, Leah Everling, will join the Tacoma Youth Symphony for a performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1. Ms. Everling is a senior at Gig Harbor High School. Currently a member of the Tacoma Youth Symphony, Leah has been a member of TYSA since 2017. She will be performing the first movement of the Concerto that Shostakovch composed for his former student, Mstislay Rostropovich. Composed in 1959, Rostropovich first performed the Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Leningrad Philharmonic.

Stravinsky’s magical Firebird Suite (1919) will also be performed. Igor Stravinsky was virtually unknown in 1909 when Serge Diaghilev, the director of the Ballets Russes, approached him to compose music for a ballet based on the Firebird. The ballet comes from a Russian fairy tale in which Prince Ivan captures the magical Firebird and then agrees to release her if she will give him one of her feathers. After releasing the bird, the Prince meets thirteen princesses who are held captive by the evil sorcerer, Kastchei. With the help of the Firebird, Prince Ivan battles Kashchei and his monsters, freeing the princesses. The ballet premiered on June 25, 1910, and the young composer became an instant celebrity. He went on to create three suites from the music from the ballet and over the course of his lifetime, he conducted music from the Firebird more than one thousand times.

Tickets are on sale now! To purchase tickets go to www.tysamusic.org.

Season sponsors are the Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma Creates, the Washington State Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Program supporters are ArtsFund, Sound Surgical Arts, the University of Puget Sound School of Music, and Weddermann Architecture.