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November 21, 2026

Found 22 events

Creative Market: Crafted for Christmas

9:00 AM

Yelm Community Center
301 2nd St Se
Yelm, WA

Get a head start on your holiday shopping at Creative Market: Crafted for Christmas, a festive vendor market celebrating the creativity and talent of local artists and makers.

Swede Hall Holiday Bazaar

9:00 AM

Swede Hall
18543 Albany St SW
Rochester, WA

Get a start on your Holiday shopping. The Swede Hall Holiday Bazaar has 32+ booths filled with a large variety of handcrafted items from talented crafters.

Oly Ecosystems Planting Party at West Bay Woods

10:00 AM

Dickinson Ave NW Trailhead
1319 Dickinson Ave NW
Olympia, WA

Help protect the region’s future by joining a tree and understory planting work party at West Bay Woods.

OlyEcosystems Tree Planting in West Bay Woods

10:00 AM

West Bay Woods
1319 Dickinson Avenue NW
Olympia, WA

Olympia Ecosystems will be planting native trees to fill in where volunteers cleared out all the ivy. T

Paint What's on Your Heart

10:00 AM

The Edge
412 Jefferson St SE, Jefferson St Arts Center
Olympia, WA

Join the Painting/Art Workshop with Madelyn Schwartz, Artist & former Deputy Coroner.

Tankful for Toilets

10:00 AM

WET Science Center
500 Adams Street NE
Olympia, www

There’s a lot to be grateful for this season of thanks, but one can be especially tankful for toilets!

Arts Olympia Holiday Show

12:00 PM

The Olympia Art Gallery
121 State Street NE
Olympia, WA

Come enjoy and purchase handcrafted items from Arts Olympia artists at The Olympia Art Gallery in downtown Olympia.

Call with Santa

12:00 PM

Women's Empowerment Center
415 Olympia Ave NE
Olympia, WA

A Magical Call From Santa! Make the holiday season extra special with a 5-minute personalized phone call from Santa! 

Holiday Gift Gallery

12:00 PM

119 Washington Street NE
Olympia, WA

Celebrate the season at the Holiday Gift Gallery, a welcoming showcase of locally made art and one-of-a-kind handmade gifts from Olympia-area artists.

Oral History in the Classroom: Explore Possibilities for Classroom Learning

1:00 PM

Reeves Middle School
2200 Quince St NE
Olympia, WA

Join Window Seat for an afternoon of listening and reflection on the possibilities of oral history as a tool for learning.

Zine Club

1:00 PM

Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Ave
Olympia, WA

Come and meet other people who read/make zines in this intergenerational library zine club!

Chair Yoga & Qigong with Helen Griffin

2:00 PM

Lacey Timberland Library
500 College Street SE
Lacey, WA

Join Helen Griffin for breathing, grounding, & strengthening. Now featuring qigong, a gentle practice of slow, flowing movements and breath to promote calm, balance, and inner energy. No …

SoundCore Exchange: Poetry Workshops

4:30 PM

Puget Sound Estuarium
309 State Ave. NE Olympia, WA 98501
Olympia, WA

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

The Rosarium: La Befana & Italian Holiday Magick

6:00 PM

The Rosarium
408 Washington St SE
Olympia, WA

This immersive workshop explores the folklore, traditions and magical symbolism surrounding this cherished winter figure.

Airbound Arts Aerial Showcase

7:00 PM

Airbound Arts
312 columbia St
Olympia, WA

The event has dazzling aerialists, the occasional clowns, live musicians and more!

Come From Away

7:00 PM

Timberline High School Theatre
6120 Mullen Rd SE
Lacey, WA

Timberline High School Theatre is proud to present its 2026 Fall musical, Come From Away. Come From Away tells the inspiring story of the town of Gander, Newfoundland where 38 planes were diverted on September 11, 2001.

Clybourne Park

7:30 PM

SPSCC, KJM Center for the Arts
2011 Mottman Road, SW, Bldg. 21
Olympia, WA

Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 classic A Raisin in the Sun, the two-act play explores race, real estate, and community change in the same Chicago home fifty years apart.

Pigs on the Wing: Beyond Pompeii

8:00 PM

Capitol Theater
206 5th Avenue SE
Olympia, WA

Pigs on the Wing turns 20 this year and continues the celebration with a very special live performance inspired by Pink Floyd’s iconic 1972 concert film, ‘Live at Pompeii’, plus a full second set of classic hits and fan favorites.

CSMoFA: Indigenous Takeover at TCMOFA Celebrates “Temporal”

Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts (TCMOFA)
120 Olympia Ave NE
Olympia, WA

This multi-media event opens on October 2 for Fall Arts Walk, at the Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts (TCMOFA) and serves as a radical act of reclamation for Indigenous stories and arts.

Less Turkey, More Trot

Marksman St SW
Olympia, WA

Come out to Mima Falls Trailhead in Capitol Forest to run or hike a 5.5-mile, 13-mile, or 20-mile loop any time the week of Thanksgiving

OCC Winter Makers' Markets Series

Oly Creative Coop
112 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Come shop from a variety of small businesses, artists, designers and makers, all handmade.

Oly on Ice

Isthmus Park
529 4th Ave W
Olympia, WA

Oly on Ice is returning to downtown Olympia for the 2026–27 season, Nov. 20, 2026–Jan. 18, 2027!

November 21, 2026

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