Refuge Day: Spring Edition

Say good-bye to April showers and join Golden Bricks Events + Black Night Market for Refuge Day: Spring Edition! This FREE family-friendly event will be held at People's Park in Tacoma, WA.

Refuge Day is a seasonal event series with resources for outdoor recreation beginners, activities, outdoor-focused community organizations, healing practices, a market, DJ sets, and flash learning sessions.

If you’re unsure about making it for the full campout experience of RefugeFest, join us for Refuge Day!

Who is Refuge Day for? This is for you if you are:

- Looking to learn more outdoor recreation skills.

- Wanting to build community with folks who share similar interests.

-Appreciate family-friendly intergenerational events.

- Unable or unsure about attending RefugeFest but still want to attend one of events.

-Want to support local BIPOC business owners and makers.

- Wanting to have fun outside!

- BIPOC and allies

What can you expect at Refuge Day?

Expect to learn and connect! Attendees are welcomed to do as much or as little as they’d like- whether that’s vibing out with the DJ or practicing a new outdoor activity.

Featuring :

Workshops focused on the outdoors, healing, and creativity
Market showcasing BIPOC businesses, artists, & organizations
Activities from lawn games to artmaking
DJ set by

Stay tuned for schedule announcements.

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect with your community and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. We can't wait to see you there!

****T his event will take place rain or shine****

In partnership with Black Night Market, Braided Seeds, The Wilderness Society, and Washington Trails Association (WTA).

Info: Join Blue Cactus Press publisher and poet Chris Vega for a generative writing workshop on reclaiming personal narrative as a tool for self-actualization.

Participants will have opportunities to explore written and verbal accounts of ancestral, cultural, and land-based narratives rooted in lived experiences; practice using workshop tools to examine, name and uproot harmful biases embedded within those narratives; and draft new stories/narratives that lead to personal empowerment and self-actualization. Workshop tools include storytelling (written & verbal), drafting, intuitive inquiry, and reflection.

Info: Discover the power of connection through Collaborative Storytelling: Find Your Voice Together! This interactive workshop invites participants to create a call-and-response song while exploring the importance of lyrics and the origins of this powerful tradition. Learn how call-and-response carries messages of hope and unity as you write together to amplify a collective voice.

Info: This dynamic workshop blends elements of yoga, intuitive movement, and breathwork to help participants tap into their natural flow state. Through guided explorations of movement and breath, we’ll release stagnant energy, awaken the body’s innate wisdom, and cultivate a deeper connection to self.

Info: Join us for a vibrant marketplace under the open sky, where BIPOC small businesses, creative makers, and outdoor-focused organizations come together!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Peoples Park, 900 Martin Luther King Junior Way, Tacoma, United States