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TODAY - Monday, September 7 - LABOR DAY
End of Summer Blast - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM / PDZA
Buffalo Soldiers Museum Festival & Softball Tournament - 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Cheney Stadium
FUNNY 4 FOOD Open Mic - 7:00 PM - Tacoma Comedy Club
Tuesday, September 8
Bites on Broadway - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Drop-In Pickleball - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM / Center at Norpoint
Wednesday, September 9
Open Mic - 7:00 PM - Tacoma Comedy Club
Magic Sword - 8:00 PM - Spanish Ballroom
Thursday, September 10
Broadway Farmers Market - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Cruise In - 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM / LeMay America’s Car Museum
Dance Workshop - 6:00 PM / TAM
Tower of Power - 7:00 PM / EQC
Friday, September 11
Tots on the Trail - 10:00 AM / Point Defiance
Kathy Griffin - 7:00 PM / Pantages
Mike Epps - 8:00 PM & 10:45 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Saturday, September 12
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Bird Habitat Restoration - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / Titlow Park
Punk Walk & Roll 5K - 11:00 AM - Wright Park
Harvest Home - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Fort Nisqually
Moon Festival - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Chinese Reconciliation Park
Book Launch - 2:00 PM / King’s Books
Anne Wilson - 7:00 PM / Pantages
Cody Johnson - 7:30 PM - Tacoma Dome
Sunday, September 13
Bird Walk - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Wapato Park
Gothic Curios Artist Market - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Real Art Tacoma
Meet the Artists - 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM / Proctor Art Gallery
Open Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
Poetry in the Park - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Point Defiance Park
Cheri Hardman - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
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Tuesday, September 8
📱High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Tennis
Tacoma Rainiers (T-Town Tuesday) - 12:05 PM - Cheney Stadium
Wednesday, September 9
📱High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis
TCC vs Pierce (Women’s Soccer - 2:00 PM / TCC
TCC vs South Puget Sound (Men’s Soccer) - 4:15 PM / TCC
Tacoma Rainiers (Craft Brew Wednesday) - 6:05 PM - Cheney Stadium
Thursday, September 10
📱High School Sports Events - Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo
UPS vs Azusa Pacific (Women’s Soccer) - 4:30 PM / UPS East Field
PLU vs Wheaton (Women’s Soccer - 4:30 PM / PLU East Field
Tacoma Rainiers (First Responders Night) - 7:05 PM - Cheney Stadium
Friday, September 11
📱High School Sports Events - Football, Volleyball, Tennis
Tacoma Rainiers (Friday Fireworks) - 7:05 PM - Cheney Stadium
Saturday, September 12
📱 High School Sports Events - Soccer
TCC vs Lower Columbia (Women’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / TCC
PLU vs UMHB (Football)- 12:00 PM / Sparks Stadium
UPS vs Lewis-Clark Valley (Football) - 1:00 PM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs Azusa Pacific (Women’s Soccer)
TCC vs Pierce (Men’s Soccer) - 2:15 PM / TCC
UPS vs Wheaton College - 2:45 PM / UPS East Field
Tacoma Rainiers - 6:05 PM - Cheney Stadium
Sunday, September 13
Tacoma Rainiers - 1:35 PM - Cheney Stadium
Coffee, Knives and Refills: South 11th Is Throwing a Block Party
Coffee, kitchen knives and refillable shampoo might sound like an unlikely combination, but three independent businesses have transformed a small stretch of South 11th Street into one of downtown Tacoma’s most interesting new retail clusters.
On September 19, Civic Roasters, Hive Provisions + Refillery and Tacoma Knife Sharpening & Mercantile will close part of Fawcett Avenue for a shared grand-opening block party. All three are Spaceworks alumni—and each gives Tacomans a very different reason to explore this previously quiet corner of downtown.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
A Tacoma 5K Is Racing Against the Most Famous Four Notes in Music
Beethoven has been dead for nearly two centuries, but Tacoma runners will soon have an opportunity to race him. Symphony Tacoma’s Beat Beethoven 5K challenges participants to complete a loop through Wright Park before Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony reaches its final note.
The music gives runners approximately 30 minutes to cover 3.1 miles—and anyone who wins the race against Beethoven earns more than bragging rights. Walkers and casual runners are welcome too, making this part road race, part outdoor concert and one of Tacoma’s most unusual September events.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Tacoma’s City Council Is Leaving City Hall—and Heading South
Star Center
South Tacoma residents will not have to make the usual trip downtown to speak with the full Tacoma City Council later this month. The mayor and council members are bringing an official business meeting—and its Community Forum—to STAR Center on September 30.
The change gives neighborhood residents a rare opportunity to raise concerns about city services and policies closer to home. It is more than an informal listening session: the council will conduct official business before opening the floor to broader community input.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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