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In this Tacoma Local Minute Issue….
🌤️ Tacoma Weather Today - 69 | Partly Sunny
📆 Tacoma Area Events
🚣 A Free Tacoma Night on the Water
⚠️ Overnight I-5 Closures Start Monday
❄️ Holiday Cheer Is Headed to the Tacoma Dome
NEW: The Tacoma Local 7
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Saturday, August 15
Proctor Farmer’s Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Storytime - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM / TAM
Family STEAM Days - 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM / LeMay Car Museum
Car Show - 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM / Griots Garage
Blues Festival - 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Broadway
Stadium HS Tour - 4:00 PM / Stadium HS
Tacoma Rainiers (Cerveza Saturday) - 6:05 PM / Cheney Stadium
Interpol - 7:00 PM / Dune Peninsula
Yachtly Crew - 8:00 PM / EQC
Sunday, August 16
Hilltop Artists Residency - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Museum of Glass
Caribbean Queens Festival -11:00 - 6:00 PM / Theatre Square
Blues Festival - 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Broadway
Tacoma Rainiers (Pink At the Park) - 1:35 PM / Cheney Stadium
Vibe Bingo - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Evergreen State Brewing
Sweet Marilyn - 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM / Old Town Park
Monday, August 17
Fun Run - 6:00 PM / Fleet Feet in Proctor
Igor & The Red Elvises - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Tuesday, August 18
Bites on Broadway - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Electric Taco Tuesday - 8:00 PM / Airport Tavern
Wednesday, August 19
STEAM Night - 4:00 PM / Mottet Library
First Creek Trailhead Opening - 5:00 PM / First Creek Park
Funky Jazz - 7:00 PM / The Spar Tavern
Che Arthur - 7:00 PM / Jazzbones
Thursday, August 20
Broadway Farmers Market - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
3rd Thursday Free Museums - 3:00 PM / See link
Cruise-In - 5:30 PM / LeMay America’s Car Museum
Stankoma Aroma - 6:00 PM / New Frontier
Route 66 Big Band - 6:30 - 7:30 PM - / Franke Tobey Jones
Fowl Music - 7:30 PM / St. Luke’s Episcopal
Friday, August 21
Wee Ones Weekly - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Children’s Museum
Music Festival - 5:30 PM - Real Art Tacoma
Family Fun Night - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM / Fort Nisqually
Summer Bash - 6:30 PM / STAR Center
Beginning Line Dancing - FREE - 7:00 PM / Airport Tavern
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A Free Tacoma Night on the Water
Foss Waterway Seaport is hosting a free community night Friday, Aug. 28, with museum activities, music, touch tanks and a lantern paddle on the water.
The event begins at 7 p.m. with a lantern craft, touch tanks, music and tables from local community partners. The lantern paddle starts at 8 p.m., and the evening wraps up at 9.
Admission is completely free. Anyone who wants to join the paddle will need to bring their own equipment, and paddling is at your own risk.
Full details here.
Overnight I-5 Closures Start Monday
Drivers using I-5 through Fife should expect overnight lane closures in both directions beginning Monday, Aug. 17, as work continues on the Port of Tacoma Road Project 2A.
Northbound closures between 20th Street Drive East and Exit 137 will affect the two left lanes Aug. 17–20, then the two right lanes Aug. 24–27, with the middle lane also closing part of the night during that second stretch. Southbound closures will affect the HOV and adjacent lane Aug. 17–20, then the two right lanes Aug. 31–Sept. 3.
The closures begin around 7–7:30 p.m. and end by early morning, with all lanes reopening for daytime traffic. Exits 136, 136A and 136B will remain open throughout the work.
Holiday Cheer Is Headed to the Tacoma Dome
Tickets are now on sale for the Tacoma Holiday Festival in mid October, bringing a full dose of seasonal cheer to the Tacoma Dome.
The event promises holiday shopping, entertainment, festive treats and plenty of family-friendly fun, making it an early option for anyone already thinking ahead to the holiday season.
Tickets and additional event details are available here.
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