Arts Walk
Downtown Olympia (12pm-6pm)
Too many events to list here - check website for full schedule

Exhibit: Creature Comforts
Childhood’s End Gallery (10am-6pm)
Animal-themed art by a wide array of artists

Make: Rope Baskets
Tipsy Whale (4pm)
With Nauti Mermaid Designs

Needle-Felting Activity
Arbutus Folk School (12pm-4pm)
Free activity for ArtsWalk

NOTAFLOF: Three Decades of Olympia Show Posters
Community Print (12pm-4pm)
With Olympia Music History Project

Procession of the Microbes
WET Science Center (10am-4pm)
Learn about microbes & design a luminary lantern

Queerotica Art Exhibit
Altitude 15 (10am-5pm)
Live performances from 3pm-5pm

Sewing Club
Lacey Timberland Library (2pm)

Artisan Market
Cup of Swords (11am-5pm)

Cornhole
Three Magnets (12pm-8pm)
Pre-order 2 drinks to reserve a time slot. Weather permitting.

Free Pool
Nisqually Bar & Grill

Karaoke
2 Mile (8pm)
Characters Corner (8pm)
The Clipper (9pm)
Hannah’s (8pm)
Hops on the Hill (8:30pm)
Le Voyeur (8pm)
Sampan (9pm)
The Viking (9pm)

Make: Rope Baskets
Tipsy Whale (4pm)
With Nauti Mermaid Designs

Open Mic
Traditions (7pm) - Musical Theater

Pub Sing
Three Magnets (3pm-5pm)
Sing songs everyone knows and loves

Wine Tastings
Oly Wines (10am-7pm)
5 wines for $10

The Wine Loft (12pm-9pm)
6 wines for $10

Food & Drink
Brewery City Pizza (11am-3pm)
$10 for soup, salad, bread & soda

Wicked Pies (11am-3pm)
$8 for any slice + Caesar salad

Freebies
Cafe Elite (5pm-close)
Free cookie or Tsunami drink w/ purchase of drink/food combo

Olympia Food Co-op
Free piece of fruit for kids 12 & under

Olympia Food Co-op
Free store (“Goodwill But No Prices”) - click link for hours & info

Pianos
Clinton Music House (10am-3pm)
Retirement sale: Pianos for half off or more

Weed
Bud Commander
20% off for seniors/10% off for veterans

Green Lady Marijuana
30% off Redbird products + 20% off joint packs over $6

Olympia Weed Company
20% off pre-rolls

This category is incredibly difficult to keep current. My thanks to those of you who have sent notes helping with corrections.

All Day
Boulevard Tavern - $4 seltzers
O’Blarney’s - $2 off Irish whiskeys
Skep & Skein

12pm - 3pm
Legends Arcade Bar

2pm - 4pm
Legends Arcade Bar
Octapas

2pm-5pm
Coffee Pub NW
El Charro
El Sarape

2pm - 6pm
Farrelli’s
Hops on the Hill

3pm - 4:30pm
Chelsea Farms

3pm - 5pm
Bastard Pies
Casa Mia
The Nocturnal Hound
Well 80

3pm - 5:30pm
Budd Bay Cafe

3pm - 6pm
Brewery City Pizza
The Brick
Equal Latin
Nicole’s Bar
Ricardo’s Kitchen
The Spar

3pm - 7pm
Hannah’s

3:30pm - 5:30pm
Cynara

4pm - 5pm
Valentina’s

4pm - 5:30pm
1889 Prime Steakhouse
Iron Rabbit

4pm - 6pm
Le Voyeur

4pm - 7pm
4th Avenue Tavern
The Brotherhood
Skep & Skein

8pm - Close
Coffee Pub NW

9pm - Close
El Charro
El Sarape
Farrelli’s
The Ram

10pm - Close
O’Blarney’s
The Spar

Art of Empowerment Event
SafePlace Olympia (10am doors)
SafePlace is accepting all mediums of art to display in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month along with a free screening of The Hunting Ground

Artisan Market
Cup of Swords (11am-5pm)

Arts Walk
Downtown Olympia (12pm-6pm)
Too many events to list here - check website for full schedule

Dark Craft Market
The Mortuary (12pm-6pm)
DM @shelleestrong or @postersolympia for address

Independent Book Store Day
Browsers (11am-7pm)
Stamp your passport for South Sound Book Crawl, search for a golden ticket, purchase homemade treats from cookbook Sweet Tooth, enter a raffle, receive a mystery book or a free Browsers tote with a purchase

Pizza Klatch Fundraiser
Olympia Ballroom (6pm)
Dinner from Nineveh + cabaret-style drag performance by Brassy Aire

Procession of the Species
Downtown Olympia (4:30pm)

Pop-Up Market
Olympia Ballroom (11am -5pm)

Queerotica
Altitude 15 (10am-5pm)
“Silly Sexy Saturday” featuring Tea, Tassels & Tastings w/ live performances & kink tastings starting at 3pm

The Hunting Ground
SafePlace Olympia (10am doors)
Free documentary screening along with art exhibit

Encanto
The Washington Center (7pm)
Sing-a-long

Local Only 2025
Capitol Theater (7pm)
Curated selection of short films from local filmmakers around the Sound. Free admission.

Live Music & DJ
Coffee Pub NW (7pm)
Artist TBD

The Cove (8pm)
Point of Sail: A Tribute to Yacht Rock

Cryptatropa (9pm)
Vintersea, Blighted Eye, Primordial Atrocity

Cup of Swords (7pm)
Captain Matt the Shantyman

Decay (7pm)
Problems, Lustur, The Now!, Kick Fu Squad

Ilk Lodge (8pm)
Generifus

La Gitana (6pm)
Live jazz TBD

The Leaning Maple (12pm)
Vince Brown

McCoy’s (9pm)
Circle Twerks, Lungduster, The Graceland Five

Mossy Bottom Records
1pm: The Bump
3pm: Space Whales
6pm: The Hinges

Oly Farmers Market (11am-2pm)
Curlew’s Call

Pig Bar (8pm)
HellaGurl, Nikko and the Night Shift, Hogue & Moore Band

Rhythms (8pm)
Nevaeh Dyson, Eel Sallad

Wild Child (6pm)
Shoegaze vs. Punk Rock: Spacer, Finnish Postcard, Thee Deception, Storm Boy

Club Dancing
Beat Drop Kitchen (6pm)
Black light glow party w/ DJ Aikibo

Contra Dance
South Bay Grange (7pm-10pm)
Riffraff w/ Elizabeth Bretschneider calling. Lesson for new dancers at 7pm

Noches Tropicales
Ramirez Tumwater (9pm)
Cumbia, salsa, bachata, merengue & more - free intro lesson for first half hour

Armored Combat
Cup of Swords (3pm-5pm)
Watch Olympia Onslaught battle live

Azúcar: A Latine Cabaret Experience
K.J. Minnaert Center (7:30pm)
Featuring international headliner Goddess Egypt Blaque Knyle

Bonsai Showcase
Underhill Plants (3pm-7pm)
See award-winning bonsai trees

Book-Signing & Storytime
Browsers (11am)
Children’s book illustrator Amy Schimler-Safford hosts

Casting Call: SPSCC Student Film
Student filmmaker looking to cast 4 roles. Request submission info by sending a note via the contact tab above. Deadline: May 5

French Wine Dinner
Bayview Cooking School (6pm
“There’s No Place Like Rhone”

Games
Lacey Senior Center (6pm)
Jedi Bingo w/ Elizabeth Lord

Mystic Game Shop (6pm)
Board Games for Bored Gays

Kayak & Paddleboard Rentals
Boston Harbor Marina
Weather permitting - call for reservation

Musical Theater Open Mic
Traditions (7pm)
Bring your sheet music for live pianist Troy Fisher

Procession of the Microbes
WET Science Center (10am-4pm)
Learn about microbes & design a luminary lantern

Queerotica
Altitude 15 (10am-5pm)
“Silly Sexy Saturday” featuring Tea, Tassels & Tastings w/ live performances & kink tastings starting at 3pm

Science Comedy Show: Doktor Kaboom!
The Washington Center (10:30am)

Tarot Readings
Radiance (12pm-5pm)
With Eve Brown

Theater
Harlequin Productions (7:30pm)
Romeo & Juliet

Workshops
Kindred Moon (12pm-4:30pm)
Medicine Making Intensive: The Circulatory System

Watson’s Greenhouse (11am)
Gardening for Hummingbirds