Ocean Fest is coming - get ready for circus, lanterns, art, music, science, eco-booths, food trucks and SO. MUCH. MORE. | | | | View this email in your browser | | | | | | | | | | | OCEAN FEST is COMING! | | | | | | | | | | | Lanterns, Beach, Festival! Tacoma Ocean Fest returns to the Foss Waterway Seaport June 2-4, 2023 and beyond! Incredible art, music, dance, film, poetry, science and water fun bring our community together to celebrate the ocean, learn about its threats and get inspired to protect it. Free, family-friendly ocean fun!Lantern Paddle for Species: 7-10pm June 2 Beach Clean-Up: 10am-12pm June 3 Festival: 10am-5pm June 4PLUS: Marine Biologist Beachwalks 11am-12pm June 17-18, Swan Creek Cleanup 10am-12pm June 24. | | | | FESTIVAL INFO | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lantern Paddle for Species A magical evening to kick off Ocean Fest weekend! From 7-11pm Friday June 2 we'll have music, circus, lantern-making and festival sneak-peeks inside the Foss Waterway Seaport, then at dusk you can launch your paddle or bring your lantern to the dock and watch.  | | | | | PADDLE INFO | | | | | | | Beach Clean-Up Join Ocean Fest and South South Surfrider to clean up a beach! As part of Ocean Fest month, we’ll be picking up trash at Les Davis Pier beach to protect ocean animals. Make a trash whale mural, vibe to Hawaiian musicians...and have a blast! Free, all ages. 10am-12pm Sat June 3. | | | | | CLEANUP INFO | | | | | | | Lead festival artist River Meschi Announcing…our lead artist for Ocean Fest 2023 – River Meschi! A mixed-media Tacoma painter and installation artist with Mexican, Indian and Slavic influences, River brings mesmerizing digital prints, a sculpture and floor sand painting to tell stories connecting all waters. See and hear her June 4 at the festival. | | | | | EXPLORE THE ART | | | | | | | Music, Dance, Circus An incredibly diverse array of music, dance and circus channelling the ocean from West Africa to Chamorro, from Mexico to Morrocco and Mongolia. Inside the Foss Waterway Seaport 10am-5pm Sunday June 4. | | | | | EXPLORE MUSIC & DANCE | | | | | | | | CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Love the ocean? Love Ocean Fest? Then come volunteer! We're looking for greeters, art helpers, puppet carriers, tent lifters and many more fun jobs on June 3 & 4. Give back to your favorite festival and have a blast! | | | | VOLUNTEER | | | | | | | | | | Guess who's coming back to Ocean Fest? Miho & Diego world percussion duo! Watch our 2022 video to get inspired for June 4. | | | | | | | | Tacoma Ocean Fest is a free festival held on World Ocean Day weekend on Tacoma's waterfront.  We lift up diverse voices and bring our community together with arts, sciences and water fun to celebrate the ocean, learn about its threats and get inspired to protect it. CELEBRATE | LEARN | PROTECT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Copyright © 2023 Tacoma Ocean Fest, All rights reserved. You're on this list because you gave your email at an Ocean Fest event. You'll get sneak peeks and fun details about the festival. We promise not to spam you! If you do want to unsubscribe, just let us know. But we'll miss you. Our mailing address is: Tacoma Ocean Fest705 Dock StTacoma, WA 98402 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. | | | | -- Rosemary Ponnekanti, director(she/her/hers) Tacoma Ocean FestJune 2-4, 2023 Lantern Paddle | Beach Cleanup | Festivalplus a whole month of ocean love and events...tacomaoceanfest.org Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Celebrate | Learn | ProtectI acknowledge the land I sit and occupy today as the  traditional home of the Puyallup, Duwamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, and Suquamish tribal nations.  Without them I would not have access to this working, teaching, and learning environment.  I take the opportunity to thank the original caretakers of this land who are still here.