Celebrate arts. Experience culture. Embrace community. Connect with creativity. Share joy!
October is Tacoma Arts Month, and to celebrate the city will be brimming with arts and cultural events, exhibits, workshops and more.
More than 50 arts events will be taking place in Downtown Tacoma throughout the month of October including many activities that are free and family-friendly!
Take this opportunity to experience something new as we celebrate Tacoma’s creative and cultural community.
Tacoma Arts Month Activities in Downtown Tacoma include:
9/28: Trenton Quiocho at Museum of Glass
10/1: 360 Exhibit at Washington State History Museum
10/1: Family Saturdays at Washington State History Museum
10/1: REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 at Washington State History Museum
10/1: Collage Creations with Tacoma Art Museum
10/5: Pearl Party at Craftopia
10/6: Tacoma Film Festival at The Grand Cinema
10/6: Free Neighborhood Night at Tacoma Art Museum
10/6: The Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels at Washington State History Museum
10/7: Monoprint Workshop for Children and Families at Children’s Museum of Tacoma
10/8: Family Saturdays at Washington State History Museum
10/8: Cooking with Jan Parker and Cookie at RAIN Urban Kitchen
10/8: Craft-N-Go Bobblehead Cat at Craftopia
10/8: Vampire Gnomes Class at Craftopia
10/8: Cityscapes Music Performance with NW Sinfonietta at The Rialto Theater
10/12: Consular Association Reception w/ Rick Steves at Tacoma Art Museum
10/12: All the Sacrifices You’ve Made / Todos Los Sacrificios Que Has Hecho: A Closing Conversation
10/12: Spooky Slime at Craftopia
10/12: Our Truths: BIPOC Voices at ALMA
10/13: Free Neighborhood Night at Tacoma Art Museum
10/13: Earrings 101 Class at Craftopia
10/14: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at Tacoma Armory
10/14: Monoprint Workshop for Children and Families at Children’s Museum of Tacoma
10/14: Fairy Jars Class at Craftopia
10/15: Family Saturdays at Washington State History Museum
10/15: Free Family Craft Night at Craftopia
10/15: Rachmaninoff & Roses by Symphony Tacoma at The Pantages
10/16: Cirque Mechanics at The Pantages
10/19: Spider Web Shawl Class at Craftopia
10/19: Tacoma School of the Arts Showcase
10/19: Tree of Life Pendants Class at Craftopia
10/20: Free Third Thursday at Washington State History Museum
10/20: Free Third Thursday at Tacoma Art Museum
10/20: Free Third Thursday at Museum of Glass
10/21: Halloween String Art Class at Craftopia
10/21: Tacoma City Ballet’s Haunted Theater
10/22: Family Saturdays at Washington State History Museum
10/22: Print Art Workshop for Children and Families at Children’s Museum of Tacoma
10/22: Slime Time at Craftopia
10/22: CaTi Plants Class at Craftopia
10/22: Earrings 101 Class at Craftopia
10/22: Haunted Jars Class at Craftopia
10/22: Tacoma City Ballet’s Haunted Theater
10/23: Tacoma City Ballet’s Haunted Theater
10/23: Darlingside at The Rialto Theater
10/26: Packing Party at Craftopia
10/26: Shrinky Dink Fun at Craftopia
10/27: Beading Happy Hour at Craftopia
10/27: Free Neighborhood Night at Tacoma Art Museum
10/28: Beaded Bobby Pin Class at Craftopia
10/28: Crochet Hooker Happy Hour at Craftopia
10/28: Tacoma City Ballet’s Haunted Theater
10/28: An Evening with Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt at The Pantages
10/29: A Night at the Movies Costume Concert w/ Tacoma Youth Symphony at The Pantages
10/29: Tacoma City Ballet’s Haunted Theater
10/29: Family Saturdays at Washington State History Museum
10/29: Walk for Reconciliation Against Racism at Tollefson Plaza
10/29: Magic Wands Class at Craftopia
10/29: CaTi Plants Class at Craftopia
10/29: Haunted Jars Class at Craftopia
10/29: Tacoma Opera’s Drunken Tenor Spooktacular at Theater on the Square
10/30: Tacoma Opera’s Drunken Tenor Spooktacular at Theater on the Square
10/30: Tacoma City Ballet’s Haunted Theater
Learn more about Tacoma Arts Month by visiting www.tacomaartsmonth.org
