6-Pack of Things To Do in Tacoma March 9-15 2026
March in Tacoma behaves like a friendly neighborhood fever dream — monks quietly pouring centuries of brewing wisdom into your Tuesday glass, hedgerow berries staging a cider rebellion along orchard fence lines, Yakima hop farmers high-fiving Hawaiian fruit stands, teenagers overthrowing Victorian repression with electric guitars, ska horns ricocheting through the Armory like joyful confetti, and a circle of Northwest songwriters reminding everyone that sometimes the best thing a city can do is gather in a room, raise a glass, tune a guitar, and see what small miracle of community happens next.
Hedgerow Cider Flight at Peaks & Pints | Monday, March 9
Orchards like to pretend they’re orderly places — apples lined up like choir members, branches politely pruned — but wander far enough toward the fence line and the hedgerow takes over, where elderberries brood, blackberries swagger, and currants hide like wine-dark secrets. That unruly border inspires Peaks & Pints’ Hedgerow Cider Flight, a five-pour ramble through the fruitier edges of the Pacific Northwest. Whitewood begins with elderberry, lemon, and honey drifting together like sunlight through tangled branches; Lost Giants deepens the elderberry mood; Incline splashes in juicy blackberry trail dust; Finnriver’s black currant adds shadow and depth; and Pinball’s Dry AF snaps the palate back to crisp apple clarity. Less a tasting than a stroll along the orchard’s wilder edge where cultivated fruit meets berry-stained adventure. Hedgerow cider flight, Peaks & Pints, all day, North 26th Street, Proctor District, Tacoma
Trappist Tuesday at Peaks & Pints | Tuesday, March 10
Every so often the modern beer circus steps aside and lets the monks run the show. That’s the mood as Peaks & Pints joins Merchant du Vin for Trappist Tuesday, a midweek pilgrimage to brewing’s quieter corners. Two rare monastery-born pours lead the evening: England’s contemplative Tynt Meadow from Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, glowing mahogany with cocoa-spiced calm, alongside Rochefort’s luminous Triple Extra, a golden Belgian classic humming with pear, honeyed malt, and just enough monastic mischief to keep things lively. Together they anchor a special Trappist flight that feels less like a tasting and more like a brief time warp to stone abbeys where patience matters and bells mark the hour. Trappist Tuesday contemplative pours, 6–8 p.m., Peaks & Pints, North 26th Street, Proctor District, Tacoma
Bale Breaker × Maui Brewing Frenz Party | Friday, March 13
Some collaborations feel transactional; this one feels like someone hit play on The Rembrandts and the brewers ran laughing toward the fountain. Peaks & Pints hosts the Tacoma debut of Bale Breaker’s newest Frenz Series release, brewed with Maui Brewing, a Frenz tropical IPA where Yakima hop fields shake hands with Hawaiian fruit stands. Pilsner malt and flaked rice lay a breezy runway while Citra, Krush, and Dolcita launch waves of pineapple, guava, mango, and bright citrus into the glass. Farm meets island, harvest meets beach breeze — a beer that tastes suspiciously like a vacation that started in a Yakima hop field and ended somewhere near a Pacific sunset. Frenz IPA Release Party and island-hopped cheer, 5–8 p.m., Peaks & Pints, North 26th Street, Proctor District, Tacoma, no cover
Spring Awakening at Tacoma Little Theatre | March 6–29
Teenagers have always been trouble for tidy societies, which is why Spring Awakening still crackles with dangerous electricity more than a century after it first rattled polite theatergoers. Tacoma Little Theatre brings the Tony-winning rock musical to life with its restless pulse intact, dropping audiences into a rigid 1890s German town where curiosity is punished, questions are silenced, and young hearts refuse to obey adult rulebooks. Wendla seeks answers, Melchior insists on thinking for himself, Moritz buckles beneath impossible expectations, and the story surges from fragile innocence to raw rebellion with guitars humming beneath the emotion. Equal parts coming-of-age confession and full-throated protest song, the show reminds us that youth has always known something grown-ups prefer to ignore: truth only gets louder the longer it’s suppressed. Spring Awakening rock musical staged Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., running March 6–29 at Tacoma Little Theatre, North I Street, Tacoma, tickets $5–$32
Live at the Eleanor with Green Room Band | Friday, March 13
Some music politely asks for your attention. Ska and reggae take a more persuasive route — something closer to a rhythmic shoulder grab guiding you gently but firmly toward the dance floor. That’s the promise when Green Room Band lands in Tacoma Armory’s Roosevelt Room for Tacoma Arts Live’s Live at the Eleanor series, delivering a bright swirl of horn-driven ska bounce and deep reggae sway designed to shake loose the week’s accumulated nonsense. Drawing inspiration from Rebelution, Stick Figure, Slightly Stoopid, Sublime, and the timeless swagger of The Specials and The Skatalites, the group blends sunny grooves with original songs drifting between island pulse and Pacific Northwest jam-room warmth. The room becomes less a concert hall than a collective exhale — bass lines rolling through the floorboards, horns punching joyful holes in the air, and a crowd remembering that dancing remains one of humanity’s most reliable coping strategies. Ska and reggae live music, doors 7 p.m., show 8–10 p.m., Tacoma Armory Roosevelt Room, 1001 S Yakima Ave., Tacoma, tickets $20 plus fees
Evan Purcell and The Big Hello at the Eleanor | Saturday, March 14
Some songs arrive polished and distant; others wander in like old friends carrying a guitar and a story that’s been traded across years of late-night conversations. That’s the energy when Tacoma songwriter Evan Purcell takes the Roosevelt Room stage with The Big Hello. The band gathers a circle of Northwest lifers: longtime friend Doug Mackey on guitar and vocals adding textured atmospherics, Dave Dickerson holding the low end with seasoned bass lines, and veteran drummer David Hudson steering the rhythm with decades of Puget Sound groove. Together they wrap Purcell’s bittersweet Americana songs in harmonies and road-tested musicianship drawn from dive bars, old folk records, and dimly lit songwriting circles. Opening troubadour Tony Winters sets the tone with melancholy-laced storytelling before the full band settles into a set where melodies glow warm and the lyrics follow you home. Americana storytelling and Northwest folk soul, doors 7 p.m., music 8 p.m., Tacoma Armory Roosevelt Room, 1001 Yakima Ave., Tacoma, tickets $23.75
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