Hello, Olympia! It’s October. It’s fall. It’s the season for outdoor sports and fingers crossed that you don’t get rained on. (We’ve had a perfect record for sunny soccer game days, so far.) And now that the calendar has flipped over to October, we can also say it’s time for pumpkins. Check out our great list of local pumpkin patches and watch ThurstonTalk.com for more fall activities stories.
Here’s what is going on around town this weekend.
- Hit Fall Arts Walk in downtown Olympia on Friday night and throughout the day on Saturday.
- Shuck an oyster during Shelton’s Oysterfest on Saturday and Sunday.
- Drive out to Ocean Shores and take in a car show at Quinault Beach Resort & Casino.
- Take advantage of Free Friday Night at the Hands On Children’s Museum.
- Try your luck at an open mic night around Olympia.
- Enjoy live theater from Harlequin Productions throughout the weekend.
- Check out the painted chair contest at The Estate Store during Fall Arts Walk.
- Visit homes and businesses along the Thurston Solar Tour.
- Celebrate fall during Cider Sunday at Tumwater Falls Park. Homesteaders will press apples into fresh cider.
- Grab tickets to the upcoming Beatles tribute band concert.
- Plan to attend Father Ed Leahy’s upcoming lecture at Saint Martin’s University.
- Take a tour of the Sand Man tugboat throughout the weekend.
- Learn more about the salmon migrating through Olympia. Find out where the best places are to see salmon migration in this article.
- Swing by our new sister website – LewisTalk.com. It launched on Thursday. Tell your Lewis County friends to follow us on Facebook.
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
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