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View MoreFree vocal workshops coming to downtown Olympia in August
Masterworks Choral Ensemble is hosting two free drop-in vocal workshops called "Open Sing" on Tuesday, August 4, and Tuesday, August 11, at First United Methodist Church of Olympia, led by Artistic Director Ben Luedcke.
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View MoreLegends Arcade opens nine-hole indoor mini golf course in downtown Olympia
Legends Arcade at 109 State Ave. NE in downtown Olympia soft-opened a nine-hole indoor mini golf course on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, expanding the three-year-old business to about 8,000 square feet of games, food, drinks, and putting.
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View More14 new sculptures line Percival Landing, and one is drawing the most attention
Fourteen new sculptures are on display along Olympia's Percival Landing waterfront as part of the 2026 Percival Plinth Project, with Portland artist Christine Rose's "Liberty Wept" generating the most local attention; ranked-choice public voting for the People's Prize closes at midnight Friday, July 31.
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View MoreTumwater's free Screen on the Green movie series returns July 17 with three summer dates
Tumwater Parks & Recreation's free Screen on the Green outdoor movie series runs three Fridays this summer — July 17, July 24, and August 7 — at parks across the city, with pre-movie activities and Kona Ice at each screening.
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View More60 pairs of great blue herons are nesting steps from the Olympia Farmers Market
A colony of 60 pairs of great blue herons is raising chicks in the pines next to the Olympia Farmers Market in downtown Olympia, and WDFW biologist Allison Anholt says mid-July through mid-August is the best window to watch before nesting season ends.
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View MoreOlympia beekeeper Heather Wood releases children's book on vanishing pollinators
Olympia's Heather Wood, founder of the 12-year-old Urban Evergreen Bee Sanctuary, has released a children's book called "The Case of the Vanishing Buzz" that teaches kids ages 8 to 11 about pollinator conservation through a mystery story.
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View MoreHarlequin brings the night that changed rock 'n' roll to downtown Olympia
Harlequin Productions is staging the Tony-nominated "Million Dollar Quartet" at the State Theater in downtown Olympia through Sunday, July 26, with a local cast of four recreating the legendary 1956 Sun Records jam session.
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View MoreFree 'Punk Power' night brings J. Graves, The Proffits to Sylvester Park on July 15
The Olympia Downtown Alliance's free Music in the Park series brings its "Punk Power" night to Sylvester Park on Wednesday, July 15, with Portland dance-punk act J. Graves opening at 6 p.m. and Olympia surf-punk band The Proffits headlining at 7 p.m.
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View MoreMusic in the Park kicks off 45th season Wednesday at Sylvester Park
Downtown Olympia's free Music in the Park concert series opens its 45th season Wednesday, July 8, at Sylvester Park with Samba Olywa, Voices of the Sound, and the American Legion Band performing from 6 to 8 p.m.
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View MoreSummer concert lineup starts July 11 at Tumwater Falls' brewery park
The Olympia Tumwater Foundation launches "Evenings at the Falls," a free four-date summer concert series at Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls starting Saturday, July 11, with live music, local food, and a beer garden.
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View MoreFree Shakespeare and puppet shows hit South Sound parks this July
Animal Fire Theatre opens a free outdoor production of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at Wonderwood Park in Lacey on Friday, July 3, while String & Shadow Puppet Theater brings Night at the Grand Opera to Decatur Woods Park in Olympia starting Friday, July 24.
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View More113-acre Henderson Inlet property to be Olympia's newest nature preserve
Capitol Land Trust has launched its "Connecting to the Land Campaign" to open the 113-acre Inspiring Kids Preserve on Henderson Inlet in Olympia to the public for the first time, funding trails, gathering spaces, and educational programs at the shoreline property.
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