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Saturday, October 24

Black Cat Spooktacular

9:00 AM

3707 Steamboat Loop NW
Olympia, WA

Please come and enjoy Local Vendors, Spooky Gifts and Treats!

Boo Bash

10:00 AM

414 Jefferson St. NE
Olympia, WA

Celebrate fall with a bounty of family-friendly thrills and treats at Boo Bash, Oct. 24–31. Enjoy Halloween-inspired delights without the fright! Activities vary depending on the day of the week. Join the costume parade, press cider, watch …

Indian Creek Work Party

10:00 AM

1600 Eastside St SE
Olympia, WA

Come lend a hand, meet fellow community members, and make a difference in Olympia’s natural spaces!

Nocturnal - Fine Art and Craft Exhibition

10:00 AM

222 4th Ave. West
Olympia, WA

Inspired by the world that emerges after the light fades, Childhood’s End Gallery presents “Nocturnal” featuring new paintings by Liza Brenner and Jonathan Happ, alongside mixed media sculpture by Loralin Toney.

Olympia Haunted Hustle 5K Fun Run!

10:00 AM

109 Legion Way SW
Olympia, WA

Get ready to revive an old Olympia tradition and celebrate Halloween the Pacific Northwest way!

Wolves in the Wild

10:00 AM

500 Adams Street NE
Olympia, WA

Did wolves restore Yellowstone? Can they limit disease?

FC Olympia Indoor Youth Leagues (Ages 10-13)

12:00 PM

Center Street SW
Olympia, WA

Join the league for ages 10-13. There will be a warm-up, skill drill and games! The event is six (6) weeks.

Women Who Step Up, Not Aside with Trillium-239

2:00 PM

500 College Street SE
Lacey, WA

In this event—part music performance and part talk—acoustic music trio Trillium-239 shares songs and stories of trail-breaking women like Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman, Malala Yousafzai, Annie Oakley, and others.

Luna Sisters of Element (Afternoon Performance)

3:00 PM

612 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Beginning Oct. 16, Olympia Family Theater presents The Luna Sisters of Element, a new play by Olivia Salazar de Breaux and Katherine Trahan.

SoundCore Exchange: Poetry Workshops

4:30 PM

309 State Ave. NE Olympia, WA 98501
Olympia, Washi

Express your unique estuary experiences through poems and creative literature under the guidance of professional poets!

Spanish Conversation Circle / Círculo de Conversación en Español

4:30 PM

500 College Street SE
Lacey, WA

Join a welcoming and informal space where Spanish speakers and Spanish learners can come together to connect, practice, and build community.

Airbound Arts Halloween Aerial Show

7:00 PM
Join a bewitching, otherworldly Halloween-themed aerial and circus show at Airbound Arts on October 24!

Edda Glass Sings Bossa Nova with Guitarist Max Hatt

7:00 PM

300 5th Ave SW
Olympia, WA

Edda Glass and guitarist Max Hatt bring their “elegantly funky” sensibility to the tropical urban folk music that took AM radio by storm in the 1960s—and whose influence continues to run deep worldwide.

Little Shop of Horrors

7:00 PM

1315 W Yelm Ave
Yelm, WA

Little Shop of Horrors is a darkly comedic sci‑fi musical recommended for ages 12+. It includes abuse themes, drug use, profanity, suggestive dialogue, comic horror violence, a man‑eating plant, and strobe‑light effects.

TRAP

7:00 PM

2707 Conger Ave NW
Olympia, WA

241 bodies. 1 auditorium. The doors were wide open; why didn’t they walk out? Find the answer for yourself in Capital Theatre’s chilling show TRAP!

A Spirited Manor

7:30 PM

412 Jefferson St SE
Olympia, Washi

Theater Artists Olympia invites you to enjoy the spooky season with their latest production of A Spirited Manor by award-winning author Kate Danley.

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

7:30 PM

202 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece has stood as a timeless pillar of the American stage.

Sanctuary City

7:30 PM

202 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City asks the question: In a nation built on the promise of opportunity, how do we determine who benefits?

The Mistaken at the Pig Bar

8:00 PM

619 Legion Way SE
Olympia, WA

The cozy confines of the Pig Bar await the return of The Mistaken, Olympia's finest musical gumbo.

Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

1925 Miller Ave NE
Olympia, WA

Comedic genius Ken Ludwig transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. Sherlock Holmes is on the case.

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