Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift FestivalOctober 26 – 29, Thur-Sat 10am – 7pm, Sun 10am-6pmKick-off your holiday shopping with vendors, entertainment and food. See, hear and feel the Holidays in October. Enjoy a cooking stage where Tacoma’s top chefs prepare perfect holiday meals, visit with Santa and shop for unique gifts.Tacoma Dome2727 E D St, […]

Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes MysteryOctober 12 – 29Directed by Liam Sanchez and Trish MulliganGet your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! Comedic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure.Western Washington Center for the Arts521 Bay […]

Blake Shelton Honky Tonk Tour Tickets on Sale October 27Blake Shelton with special guests Dustin Lynch and Emily Ann RobertsMarch 15This year on his headlining arena tour, country music superstar Blake Shelton brought out the bar stools and the big hits… and the party was just getting started! The second leg of Shelton’s Back to […]

Adventure Series: Into the Canyon:  Between River and Rim Documentary FilmOctober 27, 7pmJoin adventure writer Kevin Fedarko on an epic quest, on foot, through the entire length of the Grand Canyon—not “rim to rim” as has been tackled by many—but 750 miles “end to end.” Hiking over 100 days, Kevin and photographer/filmmaker Pete McBride traversed […]

Jacobsen Professional Artists SeriesEuphony: An evening of low brass soundsOctober 27, 7:30pmUniversity of Puget Sound Schneebeck Hall1500 N Warner St., Tacoma253.879.3741 | pugetsound.edu/events

Pier PeerOctober 27, 7:30 – 9pm8+Pier Peer is a nighttime adventure to peer into the sound to discover hundreds of mysterious marine life forms drawn to the underwater lights.Point Defiance Marina5912 Waterfront Dr, Tacomametroparkstacoma.org 

Every Brilliant ThingOctober 13 – 28Directed by Aaron Lamb. Featuring local artist Eleise Moore.Every Brilliant Thing is a one-of-a-kind storytelling experience blending comedy with improv to tell the story of an adult learning to grapple with their own experiences of love, loss, and finding a new way forward, one brilliant thing at a time.Kenneth J. […]

EmmaOctober 6 – 29Adapted by Michael BloomWritten by Jane AustenDirected by Angela BaylerEmma Woodhouse, the self-titled “matchmaker of Highbury,” is completely uninterested in marriage for herself…but has big plans for everyone else.CenterStage Theatre3200 SW Dash Pt Rd, Federal Wat253.661.1444, centerstagetheatre.com 

Fright Fest at Wild Waves Theme & Water ParkOctober 6 – 29, Fridays 6 – 11pm, Saturday & Sunday 6 – 10pm Washington’s largest combination theme and water park will unearth its annual Fright Fest Halloween festival Friday, Oct. 6 with new scares. Guests will encounter a brand-new scare zone, and one of their favorite haunts […]

The Lightning Thief:  The Percy Jackson MusicalOctober 6 – 29Set to an original rock score, the Lightning Thief will entertain all. As a son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson has newly discovered powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and is on a quest to find Zeus’ lightning bolt to prevent a war between the […]

  Kotadama Converse InstallationOctober 6 – November 3Opening Reception, October 6, 6 – 7:30pmNishiki Sugawara-Beda’s installation, Kotodama Converse, is a lightweight paper and script sculptural installation with accompanying small sumi paintings on wood. The installation provides a blank canvas that serves as an invitation for the viewer to complete the work, bringing their own emotional state, words, […]

17th Annual:  A Night at the Movies Costume ConcertOctober 28, 7pmAs part of Tacoma Arts Month, this highly entertaining concert by the Tacoma Youth Symphony Orchestra students play music from popular movies and dress in costumes from those movies.  The audience is also invited to come in their Halloween costumes.  The concert will feature music […]