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1 2 3Jeremy McComb's Christmas Cowboy Style Tour 4Holiday Magic in PuyallupUniversity Place Christmas Tree Lighting+2 more 5Tidefest Fine Arts & Gift FestivalChristmas Regale at Fort Nisqually+5 more 6Tacoma Sunday Market: Holiday Super MarketFircrest Holiday Market & Tree Lighting+3 more 7 8Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Tacoma 9Let Your Heart Be Light at PLU 10The Santa Clause at Theatre on the Square 11Winter Glow at Lakewold GardensThe Nutcracker: Tacoma City Ballet 12Santa Runs TacomaMuseum of Glass Grand Opening+4 more 13Breakfast with Santa at Spanish BallroomJulnisse Pannekaker at Normanna Hall 14 15 16 17Tacoma Youth Chorus: Candlelight Concert 18Model Train Festival in TacomaWinter Glow at Lakewold Gardens+1 more 19Tacoma Youth Chorus: Gift of SongTacoma Lighted Boat Parade 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31Tacoma Light Trail

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Ice Lights at Sprinker Recreation Center

outdoors

Sprinker Recreation Center · Spanaway

Holiday skating at Sprinker's rink under a curtain of lights, with a 20-foot light-show tree, indoor snowfall and ice bumper cars, from November 27 to January 2.

$10 adults, $9 ages 6–17, $8 ages 62+, $5.50 ages 5 and under including skates; $5 skate rental

Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo

outdoors

4:30pm – 10:00pm · Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium · North End

More than 1.5 million lights at Point Defiance Zoo nightly Nov 27–Jan 3, except Dec 24–25. Timed tickets required.

$16–$22

Fantasy Lights at Spanaway Park

outdoors

5:30pm – 9:00pm · Spanaway Park · Spanaway

Pierce County's two-mile drive-through light show at Spanaway Park, nightly Nov 27–Jan 3, 5:30–9pm. Priced per vehicle.

$20–$30 per vehicle

Jeremy McComb's Christmas Cowboy Style Tour

music

8:00pm · Spanish Ballroom · Downtown

A western Christmas show in the Spanish Ballroom: Jeremy McComb's holiday tour stops at the Elks Temple for one all-ages night.

$25 (about $40 with tax and fees)

Holiday Magic in Puyallup

outdoors

Washington State Fair Event Center · Puyallup

Twelve days at the Puyallup fairgrounds: rides with admission, an ice rink, a holiday market, theme nights and sweets.

$25 ages 13 and up, $20 ages 3–12 online ($27.50 and $22.50 on site); Platinum $45; free for 2 and under

University Place Christmas Tree Lighting

outdoors

4:30pm – 7:30pm · Market Square · University Place

University Place lights its Market Square tree at 6pm, after Santa rolls in on a West Pierce Fire & Rescue engine.

Free

PLU Christmas Concert: Light Beyond Shadow

music

7:30pm · Lagerquist Concert Hall · Parkland

Pacific Lutheran University's Christmas concert brings Light Beyond Shadow to Lagerquist Concert Hall in Parkland, with choirs and orchestra sharing the program.

General $50; seniors 60+, alumni, military and PLU faculty/staff $45; PLU students with ID $35; children 12 and under $30

¡Navidad! con EL VEZ y Los Centuries

music

8:00pm · Spanish Ballroom · Downtown

El Vez's Christmas show, a tradition since the early '90s: Elvis jumpsuits, Chicano rock, punk satire and holiday songs in the Spanish Ballroom.

$25 (about $40 with tax and fees)

Tidefest Fine Arts & Gift Festival

markets

Gig Harbor High School · Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor High School's arts and crafts fair, with more than 100 Northwest artists selling handmade work over two days.

Christmas Regale at Fort Nisqually

art

11:00am – 4:00pm · Fort Nisqually Living History Museum · North End

Fort Nisqually's Christmas Regale in Tacoma lets children help haul the Yule Log, make ornaments and pomanders, and meet Father Christmas.

Price TBD

Gig Harbor Tree Lighting at Skansie Brothers Park

outdoors

4:30pm – 6:30pm · Skansie Brothers Park · Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor's Christmas tree lighting returns to Skansie Brothers Park on the downtown waterfront, part of the Holidays in the Harbor season.

Free

Puyallup Christmas Tree Lighting

outdoors

6:30pm – 7:30pm · Pioneer Park · Puyallup

Puyallup lights its tree at Pioneer Park on the same day as the downtown holiday market and lighted Santa parade.

Free

Luchadora! at Lakewood Playhouse

art

7:30pm · Lakewood Playhouse · Lakewood

Alvaro Saar Rios's family-friendly play about a 1960s Texas teen who secretly trains to take her father's place in a lucha libre championship.

$12–$16

WinterFest at the University of Puget Sound

music

7:30pm · Kilworth Memorial Chapel, University of Puget Sound · North End

The Adelphian Concert Choir and Voci d'Amici perform music and poetry from many traditions in Kilworth Memorial Chapel. Saturday 7:30pm, with a Sunday matinee.

$15; seniors, military and Puget Sound faculty and staff $10; students $5

Live at the Eleanor: Jazz Therapy, This Christmas

music

8:00pm · Tacoma Armory, Eleanor Roosevelt Room · Downtown

Jazz Therapy plays a Christmas set in the Eleanor Roosevelt Room inside the Tacoma Armory.

$24.54 including online fees

Tacoma Sunday Market: Holiday Super Market

markets

11:00am · Tacoma Armory · Downtown

Por Vida NW's Tacoma Sunday Market fills the Armory for its biggest market of the year: vintage, independent makers and a toy drive for Tacoma Rescue Mission.

Free

Fircrest Holiday Market & Tree Lighting

markets

12:00pm – 8:00pm · Roy H. Murphy Community Center · Fircrest

Fircrest's holiday kickoff: makers market, 6pm tree lighting at Alice Peers Park, Santa photos at the community center.

Free

Symphony Tacoma Holiday Favorites at the Pantages

music

2:30pm – 4:30pm · Pantages Theater · Downtown

Symphony Tacoma's Christmas concert at the Pantages pairs holiday standards and movie music with Symphony Tacoma Voices and Tacoma Youth Chorus.

From $25

Birth and Rebirth: Medieval Women's Choir in Tacoma

music

3:00pm – 4:30pm · Christ Episcopal Church · Stadium

A Christmas and turn-of-the-year program of seasonal music from across Europe and England, sung at Christ Episcopal Church.

$44.52

South Sound Blues Association Holiday Party

music

5:30pm · Spanish Ballroom · Downtown

The blues society's annual December party in the Spanish Ballroom, with Ben Rice and the PDX Hustle and Mark Dufresne with Billy Stapleton.

$14.99, about $22 with tax and fees; $10 for South Sound Blues Association members

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Tacoma

outdoors

6:00pm – 9:30pm · Tacoma Armory · Downtown

The touring Banff mountain film festival's Tacoma night, hosted by The Mountaineers' Tacoma Branch at the Tacoma Armory.

Price TBD

Let Your Heart Be Light at PLU

music

7:30pm – 9:00pm · Lagerquist Concert Hall · Parkland

PLU's University Singers, Knights Chorus and PLU Ringers share one Christmas program in Lagerquist Concert Hall.

$8–$16

The Santa Clause at Theatre on the Square

art

7:00pm · Theatre on the Square · Downtown

A holiday-night screening of The Santa Clause, with a Santa look-alike contest, at Tacoma's Theatre on the Square.

All-in tickets: child $15; senior/military $16.26; standard $17.47

Winter Glow at Lakewold Gardens

art

5:00pm – 9:00pm · Lakewold Gardens · Lakewood

Lakewold Gardens lights its grounds Friday to Sunday, December 11–13, 5–9pm, with hot cocoa or cider inside the decorated Wagner House. A second weekend follows December 18–20.

Price TBD

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