Arts & Entertainment

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

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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Vandals deface Gig Harbor artist’s mural of support for Ukraine

Apr 07, 2022 | By:

A local artist’s gesture of support for the people of Ukraine — a mural of a sunflower set against the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag — was vandalized Wednesday night. The mural is on a wall outside Devoted Kiss café on North Harborview Drive and was painted by Hillarie Isackson, whose art studio

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Schedules set for Summer Sounds, Friday Movie Night

Mar 29, 2022 | By:

The popular Summer Sounds at Skansie concert series will return starting June 28, the city of Gig Harbor announced this week. In addition to setting the schedule for the 10-week concert series, the city announced that the Friday Night Movie Series will move to Sehmel Homestead Park, in partnership with PenMet Parks. The first movie

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Food and friendships grow at Wilkinson Farm community garden

Mar 22, 2022 | By:

The arrival of spring also heralds the arrival of gardening season. For gardeners who don’t have food-growing space at home, the community garden at Wilkinson Farm Park can be a godsend. The community garden includes 46 raised bed spaces that can be rented for $60 each per year. Each bed is 4-feet wide by 24-feet

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Gig Harbor Arts Commission awards grants to local groups

Mar 18, 2022 | By:

Ten local organizations have been awarded Creative Endeavor Grants by the Gig Harbor Arts Commission for projects ranging from band concerts to craft workshops to poetry readings. This year’s awards totaled $30,000 and will be approved by the City Council on March 28. Earning the grants were: Peninsula Hands on Art, a program that creates

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