Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
In recent years, the City of Yelm has intentionally increased its efforts to host fun, cost-friendly events for the community — and despite the summer season winding to an end, the city has no plans to decrease the amount of events it hosts as the fall season approaches.
Line Roy, the City of Yelm’s communications and recreation coordinator, told the Nisqually Valley News on Monday, Aug. 31, that residents should be on the lookout for several family-oriented events set to take place in Yelm throughout the fall season.
“We have a ton of events coming up. We are not winding down anytime soon,” Roy said. “We are going to take advantage of every last sunny day we have. We have a ton of events set for September.”
Roy first noted that the Yelm Farmers Market will continue to take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday in September. The last market of the year is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26.
She also highlighted that Get Fit Yelm will continue to host free FitCity Saturday courses for the community at Yelm City Park. Classes begin at 9:30 a.m. and the next event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 5.
Then, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and Monday, Sept. 14, the City of Yelm will host two events to continue the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
“The Stars and Stripes Revolutionary Road will be telling the story, on Sept. 9, of the American Flag from the first Fourth of July to today,” Roy said. “Then, The World’s Greatest Breakup Letter will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence on the 14th. Those are two really historically significant moments in our country’s history and I think it’s neat that we’re going to get a deep dive into both of them, especially with this being our 250th year.”
Brunch with the Beatles is also set to take place at 10:30 a.m. at Yelm City Park. Roy said attendees will have the opportunity to listen to a free, live concert by Good Day Sunshine, a Beatles tribute band.
Additionally, while the Breakfast with the Beatles concert takes place, the final Yelm Farmers Market of the season will be coinciding near Yelm City Park.
“We’re going to be celebrating everything at once, and kicking off the end of the summer with this one last outdoor concert,” Roy said. “I’m super excited for that. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Once the concert and 2026 farmers market are wrapped up, Line said that the City of Yelm will hop right into celebrating “spooky season,” and will kick off Halloween time with a “spooky terrarium workshop” event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Roy noted attendees will be able to take a terrarium bowl and plant succulents before adding different Halloween themes, such as skeletons, black cats or spiders, into their terrarium. Tickets for the event, and all City of Yelm events, can be purchased online at https://yelm.recdesk.com/Community/Program.
“We also have our Haunted Market again this year,” Roy said. “We will have vendors and food trucks out there on Oct. 22. Like last year, we had the aerialists, and they’re coming back out. We’re also adding some new, spooky vendors to the lineup. It will be a lot of fun on the stage and in the community center.”
Roy added that the final STEAM programming of the year will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Yelm City Park with the return of the Boo-Bash event.
“That is a Halloween theme. We’re going to have some goodies, some crafts, some activities and games,” Roy said. “The kids can come dressed up if they want to. That’s going to be a fun time to celebrate Halloween for the community.”
Additionally, the City of Yelm is encouraging residents to participate in Walk-tober, which takes place throughout all of October. According to Roy, residents are asked to get out into the community, walk every day and share pictures of their walk to social media to potentially earn a prize from the city. You can tag the City of Yelm Parks and Recreation Facebook page in your post to qualify.
“It’s such a labor of love,” Roy said. “I love this community and I want to be able to offer so many reasons for other people to love the community like I do. Having these events for the community to experience and the same thing that you get to experience next year, it’s neat to see how families come back year after year and share those memories as those families grow.”
