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Sep 10, 2026

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Weekend Events

ISM Festival

📅 Date: Friday, September 11 - Sunday, September 13
🕒 Time: 8 pm
📍 Location: Downtown Olympia at 7 venues
🎟️ Tickets: $15 and up
📄 Details: ISM Festival is a 3 day experimental music / visual / movement/ film / performance art festival, featuring over 80 performances in 7 venues across Downtown Olympia. This is a grass-roots, community focused event. Some venues are free.tickets here!
Get your tickets here!

Port Plaza Night Market

📅 Date: Saturday, September 12
🕒 Time: 4 pm to 9 pm
📍 Location: Port Plaza, 701 Columbia Street Northwest
🎟️ Admission: Free
📄 Details: Come to the water Saturday night for some good food, local vendors, live music, and one of the best sunset views in Olympia. Get all the details here!

Upcoming Events

Tumwater Falls Fest

📅 Date: Saturday, September 26
🕒 Time: 10 am - 4 pm
📍 Location: Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls, 110 Deschutes Way SW, Tumwater
🎟️ Admission: Free
📄 Details: Celebrate the arrival of fall and the return of wild salmon with live music, food, art activities, demonstrations and family-friendly attractions beside Tumwater Falls. Details here!

Nisqually Watershed Festival

📅 Date: Saturday, September 26
🕒 Time: 10 am - 4 pm
📍 Location: Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, 100 Brown Farm Road NE, Olympia
🎟️ Admission: Free
📄 Details: The 37th annual festival offers wildlife encounters, live music, science exhibits, environmental organizations, fish printing, wooden-fish painting and other hands-on family activities. Get details here!

Family Fun

Hands On Children's Museum

Downtown Olympia

🎟️ Admission: Museum admission applies - Click here for deails!
One of the best options for families with younger children. Interactive exhibits, maker spaces, outdoor play areas, and seasonal activities make it a popular weekend destination.

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Olympia Farmers Market

Olympia Farmers Market Weekend

Saturday, September 5 & Sunday, September 6

Morning through afternoon

Percival Landing & Olympia Farmers Market

🎟️ Admission: Free entry

Spend part of your weekend along Olympia’s waterfront enjoying fresh local produce, handmade crafts, live music, coffee vendors, and scenic marina views at the Olympia Farmers Market and nearby waterfront activities. Grab details here!

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Adopt a Pet

Lady Ravenwood Is Looking For A New Home!

Not every cat announces herself with fanfare — Lady Ravenwood prefers to let her quiet dignity do the talking.

This four-year-old black cat is available for adoption through the animal shelter in Olympia, WA.

At 11.6 pounds, she is shy, independent, and deeply intentional — the kind of cat who earns your heart slowly, and makes it mean something.

She would thrive best in a calm, low-traffic home where she can settle in at her own pace.

Black cats like Lady Ravenwood are often overlooked due to outdated superstitions — but they are every bit as loving and companionable as any other cat.

The adoption fee is $90, and every cat leaves already spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, dewormed, and flea-treated.

Listings refresh hourly, so if you feel a connection, act on it.

Call 360-352-2510 to confirm she is still available before visiting.