This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
As a thank you for their service and sacrifices, military families get ½ price admission May 24 – 27. Join us for painting & pinwheels in the Art Studio as well! Sponsored By Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Join Sticklin Funeral Chapel as they celebrate Dia de los Muertos on Saturday, November 2nd, from 2-5pm. There will be food, kids activities, and “Coco” the movie. Bring a photo of your loved one to place at our alter.
Climb aboard the Imagination Express for train-themed fun December 20th through January 4th! Young engineers can go full steam ahead with hands-on engineering, art, and dream building. Each stop brings brand-new adventures. Go full STEAM ahead in the MakeSpace, get crafty in Art Studio Junction, and visit the Tinker Toyland at East Bay Depot. From crafty conductors to future inventors, everyone’s ticket includes imagination and discovery!
• Craft heartfelt, handmade gifts for loved ones
• Explore how trains move people, goods, and ideas
• Meet costumed characters, The Grinch & Cindy Lou Who (Dec. 20)
• Meet unicorns with PNW Unicorns (Dec. 27)
We close at 3 pm on Christmas Eve
Closed on Christmas
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2026 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Downtown Olympia Waterfront
The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay.
Festival attendees will enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands-on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, there are over 300 things to do and see.
Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft (Bob Peck’s mini tugs featured at the large pavilion at Percival Landing Park), tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, and dancing pirates just to name a few.
Visit www.harbordays.com for the full schedule of events and more information.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2026 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Downtown Olympia Waterfront
The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay.
Festival attendees will enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands-on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, there are over 300 things to do and see.
Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft (Bob Peck’s mini tugs featured at the large pavilion at Percival Landing Park), tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, and dancing pirates just to name a few.
Visit www.harbordays.com for the full schedule of events and more information.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2026 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Downtown Olympia Waterfront
The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay.
Festival attendees will enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands-on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, there are over 300 things to do and see.
Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft (Bob Peck’s mini tugs featured at the large pavilion at Percival Landing Park), tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, and dancing pirates just to name a few.
Visit www.harbordays.com for the full schedule of events and more information.
