# City of Tacoma Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Tacoma's annual MLK Day gathering at the convention center: community awards, performances and a resource fair in the lobby.

Canonical URL: https://tacomairl.com/events/tacoma-mlk-celebration-2026/
Section: events
Area: Downtown
Published: 2026-10-12
Last fact check: 2026-10-12
Event status: Ended
Start date: 2026-01-19
Start time: 13:00
End time: Not confirmed
Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
Venue: Greater Tacoma Convention Center
Address: 1500 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA, 98402, US
Price: Unknown
Age policy: Not confirmed
Reservations: Not confirmed
Organizer: City of Tacoma
Organizer URL: https://tacoma.gov/news/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-celebration-returns-in-2026/

## Why go

It's the city's own MLK Day event, and it puts local people on stage. The 2026 program honored Uncle Boy Chun Fook with the Lifetime Service Award and JD Davis with the Emerging Leader Award.

## What happens

A community outreach fair opened in the convention center lobby at 11am, followed by the main program at 1pm. Kwabi Amoah-Forson hosted, with stories and performances around the 2026 theme, "Community in Service: A Path to Action."

## Good to know

The city's announcement didn't list a price. Local organizations apply ahead of time for a table at the outreach fair; in 2026 applications were due January 5.

**Next year:** it falls on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, the third Monday in January. The city usually announces details in December.

## Sources

- [City of Tacoma: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration returns in 2026 (Dec. 11, 2025)](https://tacoma.gov/news/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-celebration-returns-in-2026/)