Get Out: Enumclaw Weekend Planner

It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll be doing this weekend.

Enumclaw Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work, outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit and new hot spots to explore.

• Where/When: Cole Street and Initial Avenue (parking lot behind the Chamber of Commerce and Arts Alive), Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Why Go: Find hundreds of plants for your home and garden and lots of garden art too. Get there early before all the choice plants are gone!
• Pricing: Free

Silver Collector Car Auction

• Where/When: Puyallup Fairgrounds, SillyVille (Enter at Purple Gate), Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Auction begins at 10 a.m.
• Why Go: Silver's Puyallup auction is a 100 car collector auction. Puyallup tends to draw cars and buyers from the west and east side of the Cascade Mountains in the Northwest. The facilities and additional customer drop-in traffic from other events going on at the Fairgrounds makes this auction lively and action-packed for buyers, sellers and spectators. This is a venue for the whole family to enjoy.
• Pricing: $7

Be the Spark Event Featuring Keynote Speaker Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu

• Where/When: Tacoma Dome, Friday, May 13 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• Why Go: As a rallying point for the Be the Spark movement, started in Tacoma as a way to build community, organizers are bringing Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu to the Tacoma Dome as one of his last U.S. public appearances. Desmond Tutu stands as an example of how one person's actions have a dramatic influence on the entire community. Come and be inspired.
• Pricing: Check event website for details.

Freighthouse Square Train Event

• Where/When: Freighthouse Square, 2501 East D Street, Tacoma, Saturday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Why Go: You won't want to miss a weekend of train-related events in Tacoma! From special tours of a modern Sounder train to excursions on a restored vintage steam engine train to model train layouts, there's something fun planned for the whole family. The event continues Sunday. Check event website for details.
• Pricing: Free

HONK! Fest West

• Where/When: Assorted locations in Seattle: Georgetown on Friday, May 13; Gasworks on Saturday, May 14; and Seattle Center on Sunday, May 15 (Check event website for specific performance schedules.)
• Why Go: HONK! Fest West is a free, three-day, community-supported music festival devoted to marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, and anything acoustic and mobile that makes a ruckus. 
• Pricing: Free

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