Arts & Entertainment

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

Community Currents mural brings some big fish to Harborview Drive

Oct 22, 2025 | By:

The Community Currents mural consists of wooden fish decorated by community members and local institutions after Chalk the Harbor.

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Harbor Happenings | More than Pink walk raises money to fight breast cancer

Oct 21, 2025 | By:

Other events this weekend include Rattle Dem Bones, a Harbor Winds concert and more.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Aeroplanes and dental drool

Oct 20, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

When was the first aeroplane built on the Peninsula, and by whom?

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Cultural access proposal allows city voters to decide on tax to support nonprofits

Oct 20, 2025 | By:

The Cultural Access proposition would increase the sales tax by 0.1% to support arts, science and history organizations.

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Harbor Happenings | Witches hit the water on Saturday

Oct 14, 2025 | By:

The annual Witches Brew paddle through the harbor takes place on Saturday, Oct. 18. Paddlers in stand-up paddle boards and kayaks will meet at the public boat launch on Randal Street at 2 p.m. (You can also launch from anywhere in the harbor and meet up at the Randal Street launch). A cauldron at the

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Film Festival packs ’em in again

Oct 08, 2025 | By:

Top awards at the 2025 Gig Harbor Film Festival went to Best Director John Gray for “A Guest in My Country” and Best Actor Bella Zoe Martinez for “Once More, Like Rain Man.”

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Gig Harbor artist Mardie Rees marries life’s bitter and sweet in her sculptures

Oct 07, 2025 | By:

Mardie Rees of Gig Harbor, who created sculptures at St. Anthony Hospital and Skansie Park, unveils a new work in Enumclaw.

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Harbor Happenings | Learn some Buried History at upcoming cemetery tours

Oct 07, 2025 | By:

The tours are the next two Sundays at Artondale Cemetery.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Grave matters of life, death and debt

Oct 06, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

John Giblin’s grave isn’t lost after all. Neither is that of John Farragut (or Farrague?), but the man buried there is owed some money.

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New welcome sign adds some color to city’s front door

Oct 03, 2025 | By:

The welcome sign on Pioneer Way near the westbound Highway 16 offramp was paid for by the Tallman family and the Rotary Club of Gig Harbor.

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