Did you feel like the weather patterns were shifting this week? That nighttime cold that seeps into your bones was upon me last night. I lamented to another mom about the chills while we picked up our daughters from basketball practice. “It just gets inside you,” she agreed. It’s tempting to just snuggle up under a blanket this weekend. But, with so many interesting and diverse activities happening around Olympia, you may want to get out and try just one thing from our list.
Here’s what is going on around Olympia this weekend. Enjoy!
- Hit a holiday bazaar. The first ones are showing up on our calendar. Find all the holiday bazaars here.
- Pick a movie during the Olympia Film Festival, happening throughout the weekend.
- Step out on Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail on Saturday or Sunday.
- Get insight during the Business Leadership Lecture Series at Saint Martin’s University on Friday at 4:00 p.m.
- Enjoy free family fun at Free Friday Night at the Hands On Children’s Museum beginning at 5:00 p.m.
- Catch live folk music when Yodelady and Tattered Dress perform at the Lacey Timberland Library on Friday at 7:00 p.m. Live music is also on stage on Friday night at The Washington Center and Forza.
- Cheer on your favorite high school football team as they head into state playoffs this weekend.
- Watch cyclocross racers loop during the Deschutes River CX around Pioneer Park on Saturday morning.
- Run or walk to support the PARC Foundation during Saturday’s Puddle Jump race.
- Visit the Gull Harbor Art and Craft Show on Saturday and Sunday.
- Support Relay for Life during a bowling fundraiser at Tumwater Lanes on Saturday afternoon.
- Listen to author Bill Lindstrom discuss the stories around local villain, John Tornow, on Saturday at Orca Books.
- Take in a Beethoven piano concert at First United Methodist Church on Saturday evening.
- Watch the Golden Dragon Acrobats perform at The Washington Center on Saturday night. Tickets can be purchased here.
- Catch a vaudeville show at The Midnight Sun Performance Space throughout the weekend.
- Visit the holiday craft and farm fair at Eastside Urban Farm and Garden Center.
- Support a local business with your wreath purchase from Lynch Creek Farm.
- Cheer for the cast of The CHEW when they are in town to help Saint Martin’s University raise scholarship funds.
- Take off on a family adventure this fall… without ever leaving Thurston County. Read our story here.
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
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