The Pacific Northwest Market Brings 60+ Makers

If you like your shopping with a water view, the Pacific Northwest Market is back at Point Ruston on Saturday, August 8, from 2 to 7 PM.

Held at Ruston Grand Plaza on the Tacoma waterfront, the market brings together 60-plus local makers and artists showcasing Pacific Northwest-inspired goods. There's local food, free family-friendly activities, and one of the best settings in the county, the Ruston waterfront with Commencement Bay right there.

The market is produced by Everwild Events, an organizer whose stated mission is empowering women-owned businesses through one-of-a-kind street markets. That's the throughline here: you're not just browsing, you're putting money directly into local small businesses, many of them women-owned and independently run.

The 2026 season has run every couple of weeks, earlier dates included June 13 and 27, July 11 and 25, and continues after August 8 with dates on August 22 and September 12.

A planning tip: August 8 is a double-market Saturday. The Pacific Northwest Market runs 2–7 PM at Ruston, and the Tacoma Night Market opens 5–10 PM at 54th & Washington. You could hit the waterfront in the afternoon and the Night Market in the evening.

Real estate note: Point Ruston is one of the clearest examples in the South Sound of what waterfront redevelopment can do, a former Superfund smelter site turned into one of the most walkable, most desirable stretches in Tacoma. Markets like this are both a symptom and a driver of that: they bring people to the water, and the crowds justify the next round of investment. If you're watching Ruston and the north Tacoma waterfront, weekends like this are the tell.