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October 23, 2026

Found 19 events

BETTER TOGETHER: Accountability Workshop

9:00 AM

OlyPages Writing Arts Studio
111 Capitol Way N, Ste 200 (upstairs)
Olympia, WA

This group meets every three weeks to set goals, cheer one another on, get input on where we feel blocked, and hopefully, feel less alone on this writing life endeavor. 


Nocturnal - Fine Art and Craft Exhibition

10:00 AM

Childhood's End Gallery
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.

Friday Alms Round with Passaddhi Vihara

11:30 AM

Olympia Farmer's Market
700 Capitol Way N
Olympia, WA

Alms Round is an ancient Buddhist tradition in which monastics receive food from the community as an expression of generosity and interdependence.

Resistance: The HeArt of the Matter

12:00 PM

The Olympia Gallery
121 State Ave. NE
Olympia, WA

Olympia Indivisible presents Resistance: The HeArt of the Matter exhibit.

Climate Future Film Festival (Chapter 2)

1:00 PM

Lacey Timberland Library
500 College Street SE
Lacey, WA

Twelve short films. Twelve perspectives on the changing climate.

Meditate with Passaddhi Vihara Monastics

5:30 PM

Soul Healing Center
1403 Garfield Ave SW
Olympia, WA

Join the event on Friday evenings for guided and silent meditation for mindfulness of the body, breathing and loving kindness, for those who are new and experienced in meditation.

FC Olympia Adult Night Leagues (Men)

6:15 PM

Olympia Indoor Soccer
Center Street SW
Olympia, WA

Welcome back to men's open for ages 15-55 on Monday nights at Oly Arena Soccer at Off Center St. in Olympia. 

FC Olympia Adult Night Leagues (Women)

6:15 PM

Olympia Indoor Soccer
Center Street SW
Olympia, WA

Welcome back to women's open for ages 15-55 on Monday nights at Oly Arena Soccer at Off Center St. in Olympia. 

Little Shop of Horrors

7:00 PM

Performing Arts Center at YHS
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.

Luna Sisters of Element (Evening Performance)

7:00 PM

Olympia Family Theater
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.

Pier Peer at Zittel's Marina

7:00 PM

Zittel's Marina
9144 Gallea St NE
Olympia, WA

Join Puget Sound Estuarium and experience for yourself the magic of exploring the estuary at night!

TRAP

7:00 PM

Capital High School Performing Arts Center
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

Jefferson Street Arts Center
412 Jefferson St SE
Olympia, WA

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

State Theater
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

State Theater
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?

TR3S

7:30 PM

Eastside Club Tavern
410 E 4th Ave
Olympia, WA

Funk/Soul/Jazz with Osama Afifi-Bass, Eugene Bien on the piano/keys and Miguel El Show on the percussion/vocals.

Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Olympia Little Theatre
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.

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.

LoveOly 2-Week Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Downtown Olympia
Washington St SE & Legion Way SE
Olympia, WA

Halloween fun kicks off early with a two-week quest!

October 23, 2026

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