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December 6, 2026

Found 18 events

Find Your Calm: Gentle Yoga, Mindfulness & Connection

8:00 AM

Solstice Studio
112 Yelm Ave E Yelm, WA 98597
Yelm, WA

Connection • Community • Recovery • Mindfulness Looking for a welcoming place to slow down, connect with others, and discover healthy ways to navigate life's challenges? Yoga of 12-Step …

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! 

Historic Homes Tour

12:00 PM

Lincoln Elementary School
213 21st Ave SE
Olympia, WA

This year, the event returns to the South Capitol Neighborhood, this time on the east side of Capitol Way.

Game Day

3:00 PM

Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Ave
Olympia, WA

Play games with your friends and neighbors! The library will have a variety of games to choose from each time, including board games, card games, and games on the Nintendo Switch. You can also bring your own if you'd like!

Olympia Symphony Presents THE SNOWMAN: A Family Concert

3:00 PM

Capitol Theater
206 5th Avenue SE
Olympia, Washi

Some holiday memories begin with a song.

Chess in Olympia! East Oly Youth Chessclub Every Sunday Afternoon

4:00 PM

The Rock church
1901 7th Ave SE
Olympia, WA

Olympia Chess Club has merged into East Oly Youth Chessclub, which welcomes players of all strengths and all ages! The East Oly Youth Chessclub meets Sundays 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at “The Rock” Church centrally located in mid-Eastside …

Tara Buddhist Meditation Circle

4:00 PM

The Nalanda Institute
1620 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Tara, the Divine Mother, embodies compassion and protection from fear. Join the event to explore Tara’s 21 Qualities and Praises through gentle body movements, mudras (hand gestures), recorded music, prayer, and meditation.

Samba Olywa Practice Schedule

5:00 PM

Eagle's Hall
4th Ave
Olympia, WA

Samba Olywa is an amateur Drum and Dance band focused on Brazilian Samba.

A Sherlock Carol

7:30 PM

State Theater
202 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Moriarty is dead, to begin with. And Sherlock Holmes is a haunted man.

A Sherlock Carol

State Theater
202 4th Ave
Olympia, WA

Harlequin Productions presents A Sherlock Carol by Mark Shanahan, starring Artistic Director Aaron Lamb* as Sherlock Holmes. Gerald B. Browning will direct.

A Sherlock Carol

State Theater
202 4th Ave
Olympia, WA

Harlequin Productions presents A Sherlock Carol by Mark Shanahan, starring Artistic Director Aaron Lamb* as Sherlock Holmes. Gerald B. Browning will direct.

A Sherlock Carol

State Theater
202 4th Ave
Olympia, WA

Harlequin Productions presents A Sherlock Carol by Mark Shanahan, starring Artistic Director Aaron Lamb* as Sherlock Holmes. Gerald B. Browning will direct.

Christmastown: A Holiday Noir

Battleground Productions presents Christmastown, Wayne Rawley's hard-bitten comedy that reimagines your favorite holiday fantasy as a detective story.

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.

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!

The Gifts of the Magi

Olympia Little Theatre
1925 Miller Ave NE
Olympia, WA

It’s the middle of the Great Depression and newlyweds Della and Jim each want to make their first Christmas together special for the other.

December 6, 2026

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