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Weekend Events

Lacey Night Market: Latin Night

• 📅 Date: Friday, September 18
• 🕒 Time: 5 pm to 9 pm
• 📍 Location: The Depot - Lacey
• 🎟️ Admission: Free
• 📄 Details: Whether you’re stopping by for a quick bite, shopping local, or spending the evening with friends and family, the Lacey Night Market is your place to connect and unwind. It's fun for the whole family.  Find details here!

2nd Annual Community-Wide Harvest Festival

• 📅 Date: Saturday, September 19
• 🕒 Time: 10 am - 4 pm
• 📍 Location: Center for Spiritual Living
  3437 Libby Road NE - Olympia
• 🎟️ Tickets: Donations are welcome! 
• 📄 Details: Fall is better when we celebrate it together! This family-friendly community event filled with live music, local harvests, creative activities, outdoor fun, and opportunities to support organizations and small businesses. More details here!

Riverwalk Tour

• 📅 Date: Saturday, September 19
• 🕒 Time: 3 pm
• 📍 Location: Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls
  Tumwater
• 🎟️ Tickets: Donations are welcome! 
• 📄 Details: Experience the changing season at Brewery Park while learning about the natural history of the Deschutes River. Grant Gilmore will be your guide and share stories of water, habitat, ecology, and restoration while exploring how natural systems evolve over time. Get 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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