Upcoming Events

Summer Block Party

Sunday, July 14; 1-4 pm

Eastside Community Center

Free! Summer is here! It’s time meet up at Eastside Community Center and celebrate all that our neighborhood has to offer. This event was created as a result of community input.

Sharks and Rays

July 13-14; 9:15 am-4 pm

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Come face to face with sharks and rays in both our aquariums and watch a shark feeding. Free with admission or zoo membership.

TGA Golf Tournaments

July 13 & 14; Tacoma Senior Amateur

July 26-28; Tacoma City Amateur

Meadow Park Golf Course

Looking to golf this summer? Mark your calendars for the TGA Tournaments: the Tacoma Senior Amateur on July 13 & 14, and the Tacoma City Amateur from July 26-28, offering exciting competitions for golf enthusiasts!

Work Parties in the Rose Garden

Thursdays, July 11 & 18; 4-6 pm*

Point Defiance Park Rose Garden

Free! Join the Tacoma Rose Society on Thursdays in the Rose Garden from 4-6 pm unless weather forecast is for 80 degrees or higher than meet in the Rose Garden from 9-11 am to help with deadheading.

Knife Sharpening 101

Friday, July 12; 5-7 pm

Center at Norpoint

(Age 18+) Bring your dull knives with you and learn how to sharpen them! You will leave this class both with the knowledge on how to sharpen your knives and with sharpened knives!

Sponsored by United Healthcare

Family Fun Night

Friday, July 19; 6-9 pm

Fort Nisqually

The highlight of the evening comes with the firing of saltwater taffy from the candy cannon. Scramble across our meadow and collect as much candy as you can hold. Grab your picnic blankets and lawn chairs and travel back to 1855 for an evening of old-fashioned family fun!

Presented by TAPCO Credit Union

Owl Together Now

Saturday, July 20; 7-9 pm

Point Defiance Park

This evening event will take place at Point Defiance racing through 5-mile drive and finishing up through Point Defiance Zoo! 

Presented by Pacific Source Health Plans

Kandle Pool

Now open 7 days a week

Stewart Heights Pool

Open now until August 31

Playground and Free Meal Program

Now until August 30 at various locations

When school’s out, parks are in! Our Playground and Lunch Program provides free lunch to all youth under 18 years of age Monday-Friday. In addition, activities and games are led by staff at six sites from 10 am-3 pm. Lunch is served from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

Save the Date: Mosaic Festival

July 27-28; 12-7 pm

Wright Park

Free! The event takes place in Tacoma’s Wright Park the last weekend of July with a mix of arts and craft vendors, food vendors, and stage performances all showcasing the great people, cultures and traditions that make Tacoma the City of Destiny.