Truck & Tractor DaySaturday, October 8, 12 – 3pmTruck & Tractor Day is a yearly event for people of all ages held at Fort Steilacoom Park. Enjoy pumpkin decorating, crafts, games, and a giant slingshot for pumpkin chucking! Children can climb on dozens of giant trucks and tractors and sit in the driver’s seat & honk […]

Green Tacoma Day October 8: 9 am - 12 pm Join fellow community members to give back to city parks and green spaces on Green Tacoma Day. The Green Tacoma Partnership invites people of all ages to get outside, have fun and engage in Tacoma’s natural areas. Volunteers will plant trees, remove invasive weeds, connect with […]

University Wind EnsemblePacific University’s, University Wind Ensemble directed by Dr. Edwin Powell.October 9, 3 – 4:30pm Lagerquist Concert Hall – Mary Baker Russell Music CenternPacific Lutheran University – Mary Baker Russell Music Centr: 12180 Park Ave S, Parkland ,plu.edu/music

WIGGED OUT RIDE 2022 It's that time again!! Sunday October 9th, 2022. Benefits the Wig Salons at CHI Franciscan Health The Ride will start from LeMay - America's Car Museum and heads to the Pavilion in Uptown, Gig Harbor (for about 1 hour). It will continue on through the harbor and onto to St. Anthony's […]

Tacoma Film Festival at The Grand CinemaOctober 6-13Get ready for the 17th annual Tacoma Film Festival with more than 200 independent films from around the world.Visit:  tacomafilmfestival.com for more informationThe Grand Cinema606 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma253.593.4474, grandcinema.com/

String Quartets composed by Women and People of Color in Slavonian HallTuesday October 11th, 7pmWe return to Slavonian Hall for our October event! The Auburn Symphony String Quartet will perform three pieces.This event is FREE, all are welcome.Masks are optional but recommended, especially when greeting each other.Slavonian Hall2306 N 30th St, Tacoma253.627.6878, classicaltuesdays.blogspot.com/

String Quartets composed by Women and People of Color in Slavonian Hall Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma October 11, 7:00pm  The Auburn Symphony String Quartet will perform three pieces: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor by Emilie Mayer (a prolific German composer born in 1883), String Quartet No. 2 in A minor by […]

Campfires and candlelight provide illumination for this magical evening walking tour of Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. Guests eavesdrop as more than a hundred historical interpreters bring to life the men, women, and children of the Hudson’s Bay Company. This year, guests will arrive in October of 1857. Tickets are on sale now. Advance ticket […]

October 14-15, 20226-9 pmCampfires and candlelight provide illumination for this magical evening walking tour of Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. Guests eavesdrop as more than a hundred historical interpreters bring to life the men, women, and children of the Hudson’s Bay Company. This year, guests will arrive in October of 1857.Admission: $0-$18Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, […]

LeMay – America’s Car MuseumIf Cars Could Talk – Luke Rizzuto and the World Auto TourOctober 5, 11-12pmHear about Luke Rizzuto’s driving adventures on the World Auto Tour in 2008 and 2014. After successfully recreating and completing the United States leg of the 1908 Automobile Great Race on its 100th anniversary in 2008, Luke then […]

Rachmaninoff and RosesOctober 15, 7:30pmPantages Theater, Tacomasymphonytacoma.orgJoin Symphony Tacoma for their season opener, Rachmaninoff and Roses, a program of lushly romantic works. Violinist Blake Pouliot—called “a breath of fresh air in the historically conservative world of classical music—will captivate concertgoers with his dramatically passionate style.

Puget Sound Heart and Stroke WalkOctober 15nCheney Stadium, Tacomapugetsoundheartwalk.orgnWalk with the American Heart Association on Saturday, October 15 at Cheney Stadium and help raise funds for lifesaving science. The festival opens at 7:30am, and the walk begins at 9am. Please register and donate today to fight against stroke and heart disease!