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Tacoma Arts Month Events Calendar

Looking for arts and culture in Tacoma? All year round? Start here.

 

This public calendar connects you with arts, culture, heritage, and science events happening across Tacoma year-round. Find performances, exhibitions, workshops, festivals, markets, film screenings, literary events, family programs, and more presented by local artists, organizations, businesses, community members, and the City of Tacoma.

The Tacoma Arts Month Events Calendar is free to use, free to list, and open to everyone

Using This Calendar

To find events that match your interests or needs, search by date, use the Search button, or filter listings using the “Organizers” or “Tags” options.

Event listings are provided by the event organizers; please confirm all information directly with the presenting organization before attending.

This calendar is a public resource maintained by the City of Tacoma’s Arts and Cultural Vitality Division. The City maintains the right to reject event listings that do not meet the published criteria of the calendar, or discontinue calendar service all together. The City is not responsible for the accuracy of event information listed on the calendar.

Step 1

Complete the event submission form. Start by clicking on the ‘Add Event’ button directly above the calendar on this webpage. Follow these directions to provide your event name, date, time, location, brief description, image, and any relevant accessibility information.

If your event is recurring, submit the event as a single entry and use the recurring event option in the submission form to indicate the frequency and date range. Do not submit the same event multiple times.

If your organization is funded through Tacoma Creates and you have entered your event on the Tacoma Creates event calendar, you do not need to renter your event information on this calendar. All events on the Tacoma Creates events calendar automatically feed into this calendar.

Step 2

All submissions are reviewed by staff within 2 to 3 business days. You will receive a notification when your event is approved or if it does not meet eligibility criteria.

Step 3

Once your listing is live, you can update it at any time. If your event changes or is canceled, please update your listing so community members have accurate information.

3 Event Support staff smile at visitors during Kaleidoscope, the opening celebration to Tacoma Arts Month in 2025.

25 Years of Tacoma Arts Month

Since 2001, Tacoma Arts Month has brought artists, neighbors, and communities together every October. This year we celebrate 25 years of creativity, connection, and culture rooted in every corner of Tacoma.

ʔuk’ʷədiitəb ʔuhigʷətəb čəɫ txʷəl tiiɫ ʔa čəɫ ʔal tə swatxʷixʷtxʷəd ʔə tiiɫ puyaləpabš dxʷəsɫaɫlils gʷəl ʔutxʷəlšucidəbs həlgʷəʔ.

We gratefully acknowledge that we rest on the traditional lands of the Puyallup People where they make their home and speak the Lushootseed language.

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