The Heart of Tacoma Festival

To our venue and every vendor, sponsor, staff member, performance act, and guest, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making the first ever Heart of Tacoma Festival such a phenomenal one! Here's a sneak peek!

Check out our photo gallery!

https://eygphotoscenes.pic-time.com/-heartoftacoma/gallery

This FREE fun all-ages music festival centered on healing and coming together as a community and included interactive activities such as group dance instruction, karaoke, singalong and games. We had performances, food trucks, vendors, a 38-foot canoe, and so much more!

Overview

The Heart of Tacoma Festival was a new interactive festival centered on bringing people together. Building upon the success of last year's sold-out Drive-In Concert, Tacoma Refugee Choir in partnership with Greentrike, and Tacoma Arts Live and other partners, featured music, dance and activities including a showcase of students from local schools and an interactive performance by Tacoma Refugee Choir. Attendees also had the opportunity to participate in African dance, learn a Ukrainian song, sing along with a Latin band, learn a Hawaiian dance, sing karaoke, and play games. Additional activities included over 60 vendors, food trucks, and children’s activities. The event opened with a beautiful song and story from the Tahoma Indian Center and attendees were able to take pictures in their 38-foot canoe. We later invited all guests to participate in a Love Train miniature parade that walked the 10-foot Heart of Tacoma mobile sculpture created by artist Steve LaBerge around the field.

Main Stage Program

10:00 am

Booths open

10:30 am

Opening ceremony including Land acknowledgment by Tahoma Indian Center

11:00 am

Student performances in ELO programs

12:00 pm

The Pazific (Latin Soul & Pop)

12:45 pm

The Lincoln Drumline & the Heart of Tacoma Love Train

1:00 pm

Tacoma Refugee Choir performance & singalong

2:30 pm

T.U.P.A.C. teaches African Dance

3:30 pm

Asia Pacific Cultural Center- Drums & Dance

Contest

Where in the world is the Heart of Tacoma? Make sure to follow us on social media.

From May 29th - June 1st, three photos will be posted daily.

Can you figure out the location of each?

The contest is over!

Thanks for playing and posting your

amazing pictures on social media!

Winners will be announed on social media the weekend following the festival!

RULES:

Use the links above to submit your answers (and yes, you can go back and submit answers for previous days)! Turn in your responses for all 4 days before 11:59 pm on June 1, 2022. You must submit a guess for each of the 12 picture locations posted on our social media accounts. Then, show us YOUR heart by posting a picture on social media of yourself doing something to make your world a better place (picking up trash, volunteering, etc). Caption your picture and let us know what you are doing with your heart and also use our hashtag #HeartofTacomaFestival. Your answers/photos must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on June 1, 2022. All correct answers that also post a picture outlined above with our hashtag will be entered to win. The winning names will be drawn at the festival.

#HeartofTacomaFestival

Environmental Impact

When it comes to our environment, we are DEDICATED to making the smallest footprint possible!

There are several ways that we are walking our talk!

Recycled paper for all marketing
Encouraging the use of reusable bags
Encouraging green transportation (see below)
Providing volunteers to monitor all recycling/trash stations (If you would love to volunteer for a 2 hour shift, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/wGi2qSHh98TkmbVv8)
Placing banners & signs throughout the festival as helpful reminders that each person really makes an impact!
Encouraging people to donate to Green Tacoma Partnership (Forterra) @ www.forterra.org