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Capital City 3on3 Basketball Tournament @ Oregon Trail Days

Jul 27 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Capital City 3on3 (CC3) Basketball Tournament in the Stone City of Tenino, WA powered by 90TEN Training Academy. This year, the tournament will be a key highlight of the Oregon Trail Days celebration.

The Oregon Trail Days is a time-honored tradition in Tenino, filled with festivities that celebrate the heritage and pioneer spirit of the Pacific Northwest. Participants and spectators alike can look forward to a weekend packed with exciting basketball action, local crafts like stone carving and candle making, delicious food, and family-friendly activities.
Teams of 3-4 players in divisions ranging from youth through adult will battle it out in 3v3 basketball games on outdoor half-court hoops over two exciting days!

Don’t miss the Dunk Contest at noon on Saturday! (Participation in the 3v3 tournament is not required for the dunk contest.) There is also a 3-point contest on Sunday at noon.

Register as a team by July 15 for a $125 team entry fee and upload your roster (max 4 players). Includes an event shirt!

Join us in Tenino, WA, for a memorable tournament experience that blends the thrill of 3on3 basketball with the unique charm of Oregon Trail Days. Let’s make this a historic event in the heart of our community!

Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Outdoor Recreation Sports

Shelton Art Walk @ Downtown Shelton

Jul 27 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The 2024 Shelton Art Walk highlights a week of cultural events in Shelton, WA, culminating in the Art Walk on Saturday, July 27th from 4 to 10 pm.

Experience the vibrant energy of local vendors and artists as they showcase their talents through captivating paintings, sculptures, performances, and crafts. Wander through the charming streets of downtown Shelton, where businesses will be transformed into galleries hosting these talented individuals.

In addition to the artists & performers featured at participating locations throughout the city, you can visit the Art Market on Cota Street, with 40+ participating artists, crafters, & food trucks.

Engage with artists and fellow art enthusiasts; from live music performances to hands-on art activities, there’s something for everyone to enjoy at this exciting event.

Website: https://sheltonartwalk.com/

This event is put on by the Shelton Art Walk committee, Shelton Downtown Merchants and the City of Shelton

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade

Capital City 3on3 Basketball Tournament @ Oregon Trail Days

Jul 28 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Capital City 3on3 (CC3) Basketball Tournament in the Stone City of Tenino, WA powered by 90TEN Training Academy. This year, the tournament will be a key highlight of the Oregon Trail Days celebration.

The Oregon Trail Days is a time-honored tradition in Tenino, filled with festivities that celebrate the heritage and pioneer spirit of the Pacific Northwest. Participants and spectators alike can look forward to a weekend packed with exciting basketball action, local crafts like stone carving and candle making, delicious food, and family-friendly activities.
Teams of 3-4 players in divisions ranging from youth through adult will battle it out in 3v3 basketball games on outdoor half-court hoops over two exciting days!

Don’t miss the Dunk Contest at noon on Saturday! (Participation in the 3v3 tournament is not required for the dunk contest.) There is also a 3-point contest on Sunday at noon.

Register as a team by July 15 for a $125 team entry fee and upload your roster (max 4 players). Includes an event shirt!

Join us in Tenino, WA, for a memorable tournament experience that blends the thrill of 3on3 basketball with the unique charm of Oregon Trail Days. Let’s make this a historic event in the heart of our community!

Categories: Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Outdoor Recreation Sports

Night Market at the Depot @ Lacey Depot Park

Aug 2 @ 4:00 pm

We’re excited to bring Night Market at the Depot events to our community! Join us every-other Friday, starting April 26 and running through October, at the Lacey Depot Park (5700 Lacey Blvd SE). We’ll have music, local artisans, food trucks, and lots of fun for the entire family!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Home and Garden Kids

Night Market at the Depot @ Lacey Depot Park

Aug 16 @ 4:00 pm

We’re excited to bring Night Market at the Depot events to our community! Join us every-other Friday, starting April 26 and running through October, at the Lacey Depot Park (5700 Lacey Blvd SE). We’ll have music, local artisans, food trucks, and lots of fun for the entire family!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Home and Garden Kids

Eco Fair and Art Festival @ The Lutheran Church of The Good Shepherd

Aug 17 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

The free community event is organized and run entirely by knowledgeable
volunteers. After the success of the first fair last year, this year’s event
promises to be even bigger and better.
This year the Good Shepherd congregation is transforming the
roof with 300 solar panels to provide all the church’s electricity with clean
solar energy. At noon a special celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony
will culminate several years of planning for this momentous occasion.
Rhonda Hunter and Richard Dlugo, co-leaders of the church’s Climate
Shepherds team that organizes the event, said: “After hosting our first Eco
Fair last year we received so much encouragement from the participants
and attendees that we set out to make this year’s event bigger and better.”
Our goal is to inspire our visitors and participants to make choices in
everyday life that improve the environment and help slow climate change.
For example, last year several attendees subsequently invested in solar
panels or EV cars.
With the big increase in exhibitors this year we anticipate that
participants make an even larger positive impact on the environment.
That’s why our theme is “What on Earth Can YOU Do?” This is a great
opportunity for individuals, families, and groups to explore ways to take
action that will help slow climate change, reduce their household utility
costs, and protect local ecosystems. All life, including our own, depends
on a sustainable climate.

Categories: Education Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Volunteer and Community Enrichment

30th Anniversary Rainier Bluegrass Festival! @ Wilkowski Park

Aug 23 @ 3:00 pm

The festival starts on Friday the 23^rd of August with an open mic at 3:00 pm, followed by good old pick ‘in and jamming sessions.

On Saturday the 24^th we have two great shows from 2:30 to 5:00 pm and 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Bands include Roosevelt Road, Asher and Friends, Lewis County Pickers, Wolf Mountain, Band of Friends and Free Range. And of course, more pick ‘in and jamming sessions to follow!

Come back on Sunday the 25th and enjoy a Gospel jam at 9:30 am.

Don’t forget to check out the food vendors (Jerk Juicy BBQ, Franks Burgers, Galloping Grounds Coffee, Riley Ice Cream, Kona Ice) and our famous corn on the cob!!

All events are FREE and family friendly!!

For more information check out the website: https://www.rainierpickinparty.com/index.html

All events are located in Wilkowski Park, located on Rochester St E in Rainier WA.

We hope to see y’all there!!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Kids Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation

30th Anniversary Rainier Bluegrass Festival! @ Wilkowski Park

Aug 24 @ 2:30 pm

The festival starts on Friday the 23^rd of August with an open mic at 3:00 pm, followed by good old pick ‘in and jamming sessions.

On Saturday the 24^th we have two great shows from 2:30 to 5:00 pm and 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Bands include Roosevelt Road, Asher and Friends, Lewis County Pickers, Wolf Mountain, Band of Friends and Free Range. And of course, more pick ‘in and jamming sessions to follow!

Come back on Sunday the 25th and enjoy a Gospel jam at 9:30 am.

Don’t forget to check out the food vendors (Jerk Juicy BBQ, Franks Burgers, Galloping Grounds Coffee, Riley Ice Cream, Kona Ice) and our famous corn on the cob!!

All events are FREE and family friendly!!

For more information check out the website: https://www.rainierpickinparty.com/index.html

All events are located in Wilkowski Park, located on Rochester St E in Rainier WA.

We hope to see y’all there!!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Kids Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation

30th Anniversary Rainier Bluegrass Festival! @ Wilkowski Park

Aug 25 @ 9:30 am

The festival starts on Friday the 23^rd of August with an open mic at 3:00 pm, followed by good old pick ‘in and jamming sessions.

On Saturday the 24^th we have two great shows from 2:30 to 5:00 pm and 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Bands include Roosevelt Road, Asher and Friends, Lewis County Pickers, Wolf Mountain, Band of Friends and Free Range. And of course, more pick ‘in and jamming sessions to follow!

Come back on Sunday the 25th and enjoy a Gospel jam at 9:30 am.

Don’t forget to check out the food vendors (Jerk Juicy BBQ, Franks Burgers, Galloping Grounds Coffee, Riley Ice Cream, Kona Ice) and our famous corn on the cob!!

All events are FREE and family friendly!!

For more information check out the website: https://www.rainierpickinparty.com/index.html

All events are located in Wilkowski Park, located on Rochester St E in Rainier WA.

We hope to see y’all there!!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Kids Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation

Preview of Drone Maritime Light Show @ Westbay of Budd Inlet

Aug 29 @ 9:30 pm

Best drone show viewing is from the East or West and will appear distorted as you move North or South. Recommended viewing areas include Percival Landing Boardwalk near the park, the Port Plaza and the Westbay Park north end of Westbay Drive. Olympia Harbor Days Community Radio Partner KXXO MIXX 96.1 will broadcast compatible music which will be projected from both festival stages and aired live so folks at home can listen.

The show is hosted by the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association, a local nonprofit and host of Olympia Harbor Days and sponsored by Squaxin Island Tribe, Capital, Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric, and Olympia and Thurston Count Lodging Tax Grants.

Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Kids Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events

Night Market at the Depot @ Lacey Depot Park

Aug 30 @ 4:00 pm

We’re excited to bring Night Market at the Depot events to our community! Join us every-other Friday, starting April 26 and running through October, at the Lacey Depot Park (5700 Lacey Blvd SE). We’ll have music, local artisans, food trucks, and lots of fun for the entire family!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Home and Garden Kids

Olympia Harbor Days @ Percival Landing Park

Aug 30 @ 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay. Visitors to the event may also find tall ships, steamships, other historic vessels of twentieth century commerce, tribal canoes, and current recreational small watercraft. Harbor crises and sailings on Budd Bay are also offered.

On land, festival attendees enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, here are over 300 things to do and see.

Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft, tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, a LEGO Harbor Build, and dancing pirates just to name a few. The location at Percival Landing is a well-known Pacific Northwest maritime landmark located in downtown Olympia, the WA state Capitol, and is the southern-most tip of the Puget Sound, a destination for many who travel by boat. Hotels, shops, gallery’s, a children’s museum, restaurants, and bars featuring locally brewed beers, wines and distillery products are all within walking distance of the event. For more to do before or after your festival visit go to www.experienceolympia.com.

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Kids Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events

Drone Maritime Light Show @ Westbay of Budd Inlet

Aug 30 @ 9:30 pm

Best drone show viewing is from the East or West and will appear distorted as you move North or South. Recommended viewing areas include Percival Landing Boardwalk near the park, the Port Plaza and the Westbay Park north end of Westbay Drive. Olympia Harbor Days Community Radio Partner KXXO MIXX 96.1 will broadcast compatible music which will be projected from both festival stages and aired live so folks at home can listen.

The show is hosted by the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association, a local nonprofit and host of Olympia Harbor Days and sponsored by Squaxin Island Tribe, Capital, Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric, and Olympia and Thurston Count Lodging Tax Grants.

Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Kids Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events

Olympia Harbor Days @ Percival Landing Park

Aug 31 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay. Visitors to the event may also find tall ships, steamships, other historic vessels of twentieth century commerce, tribal canoes, and current recreational small watercraft. Harbor crises and sailings on Budd Bay are also offered.

On land, festival attendees enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, here are over 300 things to do and see.

Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft, tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, a LEGO Harbor Build, and dancing pirates just to name a few. The location at Percival Landing is a well-known Pacific Northwest maritime landmark located in downtown Olympia, the WA state Capitol, and is the southern-most tip of the Puget Sound, a destination for many who travel by boat. Hotels, shops, gallery’s, a children’s museum, restaurants, and bars featuring locally brewed beers, wines and distillery products are all within walking distance of the event. For more to do before or after your festival visit go to www.experienceolympia.com.

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Kids Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events

Olympia Harbor Days @ Percival Landing Park

Sep 1 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay. Visitors to the event may also find tall ships, steamships, other historic vessels of twentieth century commerce, tribal canoes, and current recreational small watercraft. Harbor crises and sailings on Budd Bay are also offered.

On land, festival attendees enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, here are over 300 things to do and see.

Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft, tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, a LEGO Harbor Build, and dancing pirates just to name a few. The location at Percival Landing is a well-known Pacific Northwest maritime landmark located in downtown Olympia, the WA state Capitol, and is the southern-most tip of the Puget Sound, a destination for many who travel by boat. Hotels, shops, gallery’s, a children’s museum, restaurants, and bars featuring locally brewed beers, wines and distillery products are all within walking distance of the event. For more to do before or after your festival visit go to www.experienceolympia.com.

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Kids Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events

Night Market at the Depot @ Lacey Depot Park

Sep 13 @ 4:00 pm

We’re excited to bring Night Market at the Depot events to our community! Join us every-other Friday, starting April 26 and running through October, at the Lacey Depot Park (5700 Lacey Blvd SE). We’ll have music, local artisans, food trucks, and lots of fun for the entire family!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Home and Garden Kids

5th Annual Mermaid Festival @ Thurston County Fairgrounds

Sep 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Vendors, Food, Crafts, Pageants, Face Painting and lots more!

Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Kids

5th Annual Mermaid Pageant @ Thurston County Fairgrounds

Sep 14 @ 1:00 pm

Email: ladonnashea@icloud.com for application

Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Kids

Night Market at the Depot @ Lacey Depot Park

Sep 27 @ 4:00 pm

We’re excited to bring Night Market at the Depot events to our community! Join us every-other Friday, starting April 26 and running through October, at the Lacey Depot Park (5700 Lacey Blvd SE). We’ll have music, local artisans, food trucks, and lots of fun for the entire family!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Home and Garden Kids

Night Market at the Depot @ Lacey Depot Park

Oct 11 @ 4:00 pm

We’re excited to bring Night Market at the Depot events to our community! Join us every-other Friday, starting April 26 and running through October, at the Lacey Depot Park (5700 Lacey Blvd SE). We’ll have music, local artisans, food trucks, and lots of fun for the entire family!

Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parade Food & Beverage Home and Garden Kids

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