Lacey Parks Events

Free Family Fun!

Share the heritage and cultures of our community at the Cultural Celebration.

This year will be bigger than ever as we bring the world to you.  Enjoy music and dance presentations by local and regional performing arts groups.  Learn about various world traditions through demonstrations and displays.  Sample the flavors and art of the world with our diverse food and craft vendors. Bring the kids for hands-on crafts!  Need to step away from the event for a moment? The Sensory Recovery Area provides a quiet, low light environment with soft seating and visual aids to assist in sensory regulation. Open to visitors of all ages, the Sensory Recovery Area will benefit anyone who’s event participation is improved by having the opportunity to take some time away. It is a perfect space to regulate and then return to the event.

Resource Booths

The Lacey Cultural Celebration has booths with free kid’s activities and experiences from cultures of the world!

Kids can pick up a Passport in the lobby and “travel the world” by visiting booths, asking questions, doing activities, and turning in their passport for a prize.

Booth spaces are full for 2024. 

Vendor Booths

Shop & savor your way around the world at the Lacey Cultural Celebration!

Our vendors showcase their cultures by representing the history, traditions, and resources they value.

Join us this year for amazing vendors including these food booths:

Breakthrough Huli Huli chicken, Bulgogi Hustle, Character Cotton Candy, Cinco de Mayo Fruits & More, Egg Roll Hut, Funnel of Love, Olympic Concessions & Catering, Organic Juice Bar & Gyros, Puddin Cakz, River Ridge Band Boosters Kettle Corn, & Taqueria la Esquinita.

Performances

Experience the captivating performances at the 2024 Cultural Celebration!

Each performance is beautiful and unique. Travel the world without leaving Lacey through the dance, songs, and other performances on display at the celebration.

Unity Stage Schedule:

10:00 am – The Olympia Peace Choir
10:30 am – Olympia Indian Girls
11:00 am – Troupe Rashaad
11:30 am – AlaPadma
12:00 pm – Mak Fai Lion Dancers
12:30 pm – River Ridge Taiko Ensemble
1:00 pm – India South Sound Association
1:30 pm – Mas Uda Dancers
2:00 pm – Hula Halau ‘O Keala’akua Naniloa Mana’oakamai
2:30 pm – U.S. Martial Arts Center
3:00 pm – Haley Prendergast Irish Dancers
3:30 pm – Celtic Treble
4:00 pm – Rainier Riff
4:30 pm – South Bay Elementary Choir
5:00 pm – Olympia Highlanders Pipes & Drums
5:30 pm – Alaska Kuteeyaa Dancers

Sensory Recovery Area

Need to step away from the event for a moment? The Sensory Recovery Area provides a quiet, low light environment with soft seating and visual aids to assist in sensory regulation. Open to visitors of all ages, the Sensory Recovery Area will benefit anyone who’s event participation is improved by having the opportunity to take some time away. It is a perfect space to regulate and then return to the event.