Summer in the Pacific Northwest is a great time to get out and enjoy a concert, festival, farmers market or a community signature event. You can check out a sample of the over 240 events in the area between June and September 2026 below. Yelm Prairie Days Yelm’s signature summer celebration, Prairie Days, is one of the longest-running community festivals in Thurston … [Read more...] about Your Guide to Summer Around the South Sound
Arts & Entertainment
TACOMA LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS
BEDROOM FARCE Tacoma, WA- Tacoma Little Theatre closes out its 107th season with the uproariously funny, Bedroom Farce, written by Alan Ayckbourn. This hilarious comedy will play July 10-July 26, 2026. In this raucous 1975 comedy, Ayckbourn brilliantly blends farce and claustrophobia, confining the drama to three bedrooms over one endless Saturday night. … [Read more...] about TACOMA LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS
TACOMA LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS
SOTTO VOCE Tacoma Little Theatre welcomes Sotto Voce, by the Pulitzer Prize winning Nilo Cruz, to its stage. This lyrical and haunting exploration of memory, love, and the echoes of history will play from June 5-June 21, 2026. Saquiel, a young Cuban man obsessed with the M.S. St. Louis—a ship of Jewish refugees turned away from American shores in 1939—seeks out … [Read more...] about TACOMA LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS
Insert Coin Olympia – Award-Winning Arcade with Food and Fun for All Ages
When you imagine an action-packed arcade with a mixture of nostalgic games adults love and a plethora of games for kids, you have a good start with Insert Coin Olympia. Owners Keli and Dan Coleman have expanded that concept to include excellent food, a full bar for the over 21-crowd, axe throwing, an ice cream parlor, family activities and party spaces. There’s even pizza and a … [Read more...] about Insert Coin Olympia – Award-Winning Arcade with Food and Fun for All Ages
The Little Theatre Presents: The Mountaintop
THE MOUNTAINTOP Tacoma, WA- Tacoma Little Theatre continues its 2025-2026 Season with Katori Hall’s Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop. This production is an intimate reimagining that weaves historical fact with surrealist fantasy to show us Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s final night in Memphis’s Lorraine Motel. After delivering his famous “I've Been to the Mountaintop” … [Read more...] about The Little Theatre Presents: The Mountaintop