Arts & Entertainment

Whether you’re looking to be entertained or enlightened, Gig Harbor Now covers fun and informational events taking place in the community.

Busy summer ahead as events return after Covid cancelations

May 26, 2022 | By:

From Maritime Gig to the Summer Art Festival, many events that were curtailed or canceled during Covid will return this summer.

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Harbor Happenings: Memorial Day observances

May 25, 2022 | By:

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial beginning of summer. That’s not true on your calendar. It looks like it won’t be true in your weather forecast, either. According to the National Weather Service, unofficial summer will begin with steady rain on all three days of the Memorial Day weekend. So if you’re planning to go

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Cultural arts district with taxing authority proposed for Gig Harbor area

May 24, 2022 | By:

Stephanie Lile has a proposal to boost funding for Gig Harbor’s nonprofit arts and culture organizations. Lile, executive director of the Harbor History Museum, wants to create a Peninsula Cultural Arts District. The district would correspond to the boundaries of the Peninsula School District, encompassing Gig Harbor, Fox Island and the Key Peninsula. If voters approve

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Harbor Happenings: First Bike Bash set for Saturday

May 18, 2022 | By:

The first PenMet Parks Bike Bash pedals into Sehmel Homestead Park this weekend. The event, described as a “celebration of all things cycling,” is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 21. The event is free. Planned activities include:  A bicycle rodeo skills course for kids. A “traffic garden,” which helps children

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Harbor Happenings: What’s brewing with Gig Harbor Beer Fest

May 11, 2022 | By:

It’s shaping up to be a big weekend in the Harbor.  Whether you want to look at classic boats, get your hands dirty cleaning up downtown, or just spend an afternoon sampling Northwest brews, you should be able to find something to occupy your time.  Read on for more Harbor Happenings. Gig Harbor Beer Festival

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Taste of Gig Harbor among events planned for this weekend

May 04, 2022 | By:

The Taste of Gig Harbor, a great place to sample the area’s culinary offerings as well as the biggest annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Gig Harbor, returns Saturday, May 7, at Point Fosdick Antique Airplane Hangar. The theme is “Roaring Back into the ’20s.” In addition to food, the event includes an auction

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‘Winter-ish’ Sip & Stroll returns to Harbor for first time since 2020

Apr 26, 2022 | By:

The sold-out event returns to the Gig Harbor waterfront on Saturday, adding a water taxi to help attendees get past the Harborview construction project.

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The airshow will go on, though a bit belatedly

Apr 25, 2022 | By:

Wings & Wheels, normally held on the Fourth of July weekend at Tacoma Narrows Airport, has been bumped to Aug. 27-28.

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Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup gets back in the water this weekend

Apr 19, 2022 | By:

After a two-year hiatus, the Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returns this weekend, April 23-24, to Skansie Brothers Park. The races draw hundreds of participants and spectators to the downtown waterfront, or they did before the 2020 and 2021 versions were canceled due to Covid-19. The event is a fundraiser for the Gig Harbor Canoe and

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Gig Harbor Dance Team boogies away with a state title

Apr 14, 2022 | By:

Members of the Gig Harbor High School Dance Team held hands and squeezed their eyes shut, praying, hoping. When second-place Shorewood was announced, “we started just immediately crying because we knew that the team that got second, it was an amazing team,” said Ashlyn Francisconi, Gig Harbor’s co-captain. Gut instinct told them they were about

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