South Sound Community Orchestra Spring Concert
Join South Sound Community Orchestra for our 2023 Sprint Concert. Featuring works by Brahms, Dvorak, Vivaldi, our very own Jeremy Hagquist, and more! Admission is free.
Olympia Opera Theatre Premier Concert!
Olympia Opera Theatre Washington’s newest opera company located in the heart of Olympia Washington. It is our mission to bring opera and music theater to nontraditional spaces, allowing the audience to be fully immersed in the story and characters’ experiences. Our premier concert features some of western Washington’s finest singers, […]
5th Annual Olympia Witches March
The 5th annual Olympia Witches March Social Justice Protestival has a day packed full of diverse presenters, ceremony, song, dance, workshops, and entertainment for you to enjoy including; Belladonna Laveau Archpriestess of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church, poetry from Robert Lashley, Tela Rose, The Never-ending Tea Bucket, Prism, South Sound Street […]
Father’s Day Weekend SSAG Artisan Market June 18, 2022
Join us at Capital Mall in Olympia, WA for our Father’s Day weekend artisan market in the Grand Courtyard by the food court! Featuring local small business artists, authors, craftsmen, and creators. Come support your local small businesses and pick up some one of a kind merchandise. This local pop-up […]
Trick-or-Read Drive Thru
Join Big Brothers Big Sisters and the South Sound Reading Foundation for our 2nd annual Trick-or-Read Drive Thru at our Olympia office. This is a completely FREE event for all community families–you do not need to be a part of the BBBS program! Youth will get a book, candy, and […]
Celebrating Seniors
On Saturday, October 16, from 11:00 am to noon, we invite you to join us for a special virtual event, dedicated to celebrating and expressing appreciation for the seniors in our lives. This is our largest event of the season, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to honor the elders in our community. […]
Governor’s Arts Award for Terry Shaw
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Choir director, composer, and teacher Terry Shaw has won a Governor’s Arts Award, to be presented Nov. 14. Shaw was named a Young Arts Leader, an award that recognizes his contributions to the arts and impact on the community. Shaw, who teaches wrestling and […]
Welcome to Fall Arts Walk 2017
OLY ARTS is very happy to be the print-media sponsor for Olympia’s Fall Arts Walk 2017. In 2017, Fall Arts Walk and Procession takes place on these days: Arts Walk – Friday Oct 6 (5 p.m. – 10 p.m.) Arts Walk – Saturday Oct 7 (noon – 5 p.m.) Jazz […]
In Defense of the Arts
by Ned Hayes, publisher and Christian Carvajal, managing editor of OLY ARTS “The arts…are essential to the prosperity of the state and to the ornament and happiness of human life. They have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.” —George Washington We stand […]
Capital City Pride
by Ned Hayes for OLY ARTS Capital City Pride Festival is June 15-17 in downtown Olympia, offering family-friendly events, live music throughout the weekend, a parade and a city-wide community gathering in celebration of gay, lesbian and transgender identity and solidarity. “The way that you respond to hate crimes is […]
