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Real Art Tacoma
@realarttacoma.bsky.social
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Pierce County's only All Ages Volunteer Run 501(c)(3) Music and Event Venue.
Always All Ages since 2015.
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From our owner Tom on the recent news of Seattle all ages venue Madame Lou's and Here After ran by Crocodile closing at the end of 2025.

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#madamelousseattle #hereafterseattle #seattlevenueclosing #allagesvenues #tacoma #realarttacoma
White text on black back ground reads Time to get on my soapbox here for a bit. Just seen news that more venues are closing here in the area. Sure there are outside factors that causes these things; increasing rent and a terrible economy, but it all boils down to one thing: low show attendance. We are feeling this at Real Art too; show attendance for local gigs and regional small tours are at an all time low. We have some of the lowest ticket prices for gigs in the area; as well as offering up student discounted tickets funded by the City of Tacoma…the bottom line is that’s not enough. WE NEED YOU TO COME TO SHOWS! You can’t be a part of the music scene if you only go to see the hyped bands that come to our area. People have no problem with shelling out big bucks to see their favorite artist play that hit song on an album they wrote 25 years ago…but what about those artists that are up and coming, writing new material right now? Real deal is there will be no more hyped bands if you don’t go to local gigs and hype up your local scene. The music industry has sold you a lie about the overnight celebrity or breakout artist that manifested out of thin air. The truth is your favorite artists were grinding (FOR YEARS!) in basements, garages, house shows, and small venues long before they broke into the mainstream or any other type of success that brought them any substantial notoriety. Bands like Terror, Knocked Loose, Avenged Sevenfold, Car Seat Headrest, Scowl, Sunami, Drain, Dying Wish, Turnstile, Nirvana, and Foo Fighters all started this way. Go to shows, get involved in the scene, watch every band, and buy merch. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE!
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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tinkertopia.bsky.social
Just picked up teen from Real Art Tacoma, Sota/Sami/Idea kids all did amazing at battle of the bands. What a great venue for these kids!
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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RAT FEST 2025
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Open Mic next week.
October 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
realarttacoma.bsky.social
We are looking to do interviews for our ten year anniversary and for our end of year gala! Do you have a radio show, podcast, YouTube show or other media that might be interest in chatting about Tacoma and Pierce counties only all ages non profit venue??
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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xtidbitsx.bsky.social
Nox Novacula at Real Art Tacoma.
Tacoma, WA.
March 2025.

#shootfilmstaybroke #filmisnotdead #film #analogphotography #filmphotography #photography #creatingintothevoid #embracethegrain #canonae1 #musicphotography #punkphotography #punk #punkrock #rocknroll #livemusic #goth #gothrock #noxnovacula
April 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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cellarts.bsky.social
New upload:

Serpent Speech - video 2 - April 14, 2024 - Real Art Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
Video link
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Serpent Speech - video 2 - April 14, 2024 - Real Art Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
#cellarts #serpentspeech #seattlemusic - Any photos from the show will be at https://www.instagram.com/cellarts2020/ - Visit https://linktr.ee/c.ellarts to support me and artists I work with. - If the title isn't listed, I may not know it/have forgotten - feel free to reply w/ it. - Recorded on a smartphone (raw & unedited/do not hold A/V quality against the artists).
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April 16, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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caffeneko.bsky.social
World Goth Day 2025 at Real Art Tacoma - re-cap and artist links visualculturecaffe.com/world-goth-d...
World Goth Day 2025 at Real Art Tacoma - Visual Culture Caffe
Once again, Real Art Tacoma & Layla from Gothic Curios & Licorice Chamber have brought goth bands, DJs, & vendors to help celebrate World Goth Day in Tacoma. Saturday evening May 18th Five bands and t...
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May 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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xtidbitsx.bsky.social
Crashing Forward at Real Art Tacoma.
Tacoma, WA.
March 2025.

#shootfilmstaybroke #filmisnotdead #film #analogphotography #filmphotography #photography #creatingintothevoid #embracethegrain #fullframe #canonae1 #musicphotography #punkphotography #punk #punkrock #rocknroll #livemusic #hardcore
April 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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xtidbitsx.bsky.social
Crashing Forward at Real Art Tacoma.
Tacoma, Washington.
March 2025.
Canon AE-1.

#shootfilmstaybroke #filmisnotdead #film #analogphotography #filmphotography #photography #creatingintothevoid #embracethegrain #fullframe #canonae1 #musicphotography #punkphotography #punk #punkrock #hardcore
April 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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travisvogt.bsky.social
Midwife, Kowloon Walled City and Ragana at Real Art Tacoma last night
April 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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We are updating our sound and light equipment! We would love your help! www.gofundme.com/f/we-upgrade...
Donate to WE UPGRADED OUR SOUND EQUIPMENT!, organized by Tom Long
After 10 years of being an All Ages Music Venue here in South Tacoma, we have decided it’s t… Tom Long needs your support for WE UPGRADED OUR SOUND EQUIPMENT!
www.gofundme.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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thejono.bsky.social
Tomorrow, May 17, #TacomaWA celebrates #WorldGothDay at Real Art Tacoma & The Church Cantina on #SouthTacomaWay!
Grab tickets for @licoricechamber.bsky.social, autumn, the glow, Neurogeist, & Tethys live + enjoy DJing by @kritikalvirgo.bsky.social, Owen, & Wrain Havoc at @realarttacoma.bsky.social
Black edges fading to purple make up the background of the flyer. Imposed atop the background are a mirrored image of roses with thorns and buds in red. In red impact font the flyer reads: WORLD GOTH DAY Imprinted over this in smaller white letters is: A CELEBRATION OF THE GOTHIC SUBCULTURE Below this sits the date of the event in white impact flanked by two bats on each side: SATURDAY MAY 17, 2025 Central to the flyer is the following line in white: LIVE BANDS + DJS + VENDORS 5:30PM - 1:30AM $20 ADV $30 DOS A series of five squares runs left to right spaced equally in line. Each square features a picture for the associated act. autumn is first on the left; the background of the square is brilliant white with three people wearing basic black clothing stand together in the foreground. Licorice Chamber is next and is mostly blue toned with smoke hanging in the air and the silhouette of the singer visible in the haze. Tethys is next and is a black background with a person central to the image playing a spring with drumsticks. The glow is next and is magenta hued and features three people in front of a red/magenta curtain with various instruments. Neurogeist is the rightmost square and appears to be a long exposure photo of neon lights resulting in blurs and tracers. Immediately below the bands reads: DJS OWEN + KRITICAL VIRGO + WRAIN HAVOC The names are in red while DJS and + are white. Beneath this is: ART BY PAINTUBY DELONE & COLORFACTORYON PLUS TAROT BY BETH THE WITCH TAROT READING LLC Two lines sit below this, printed in white: REAL ART TACOMA 5412 SOUTH TACOMA WAY, TACOMA, WA 98409 DOORS AT 5:30 6:00PM-11:30PM LIVE MUSIC 11:30PM-1:30AM GOTH DANCE PARTY At the bottom left of the flyer sits a bat with the words ALL AGES beneath it. Immediately next to the bat is the logo for Real Art Tacoma. In the center bottom is the logo for Gothic Curios. To the bottom right is the logo for The Church Cantina. Next to this is a bat above the words 21+ BAR
May 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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kritikalvirgo.bsky.social
A good turnout at real art Tacoma for artist Market @laylareyna.bsky.social @mystrphox.bsky.social @paintbydelone.bsky.social and others thanks again Layla and @realarttacoma.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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lucianblackdeath.bsky.social
Making sure folks don't shop for locally made crafts in absolute silence today with @gothiccurios.bsky.social and Real Art Tacoma. I'll be here til 4. Swing by for lunch and a bevvy and be sure to say hello! #dj #tacoma #postpunk #gothrock #synthpop #industrialmusic #punkrock #blackmetal #etcetcetc
March 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Another announcement I have my DJ set at world goth day 😄
March 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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cellarts.bsky.social
new footage upload

Fauvism (live; video 2) - April 14, 2024 - Real Art Tacoma, Tacoma WA
Video link
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Fauvism (live; video 2) - April 14, 2024 - Real Art Tacoma, Tacoma WA
YouTube video by Black Angeles
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March 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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suzzallo.bsky.social
3 album release shows in May (Tacoma, Bellingham, Seattle)! Tickets on sale now! linktr.ee/suzzallo

Fri 5/9 - Tacoma, WA at Real Art Tacoma
with The High Beams

Sat 5/10 - Bellingham, WA at The Shakedown
with The High Beams & Old Town Scouts

Sat 5/17 - Seattle, WA at Madame Lou's
with Tinsley
March 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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@realarttacoma.bsky.social artist spotlight 3/9/2025
March 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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kritikalvirgo.bsky.social
I give a big thanks to @licoricechamber.bsky.social /Layla and @realarttacoma.bsky.social for having me DJ today for this awesome market event and an opportunity to perform I'm looking forward to working with you all again 😀
March 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
realarttacoma.bsky.social
Big for local bands for merch!
tinkertopia.bsky.social Commander RR @tinkertopia.bsky.social · Mar 6
NEW ARRIVAL: A modern cricut machine WITH supplies and all the weeding tools ! Make your own stickers/stencils/tshirts/etc ! Normally we get the old ones you gotta jailbreak, but this one is plug and play bro!
March 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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If you enjoyed our zine making workshop yesterday here's another opportunity!
railryder.bsky.social Railryder @railryder.bsky.social · Mar 6
Sharing for any interested #Tacoma peeps! Zine workshop on Sat, March 8, 12-4 pm at Main Library downtown. WA state zine contest is coming up!

From #tpl: "We'll provide crafting materials for #zine making, free photo copying and postage to send your zines to the Washington State Library."
Poster for the 10th annual Washington State Zine Contest and a zine making workshop being held on March 8 at Tacoma Public Library. Image is a drawing that includes orca whales swimming beneath a tree-covered island. Submission due date for state zine contest is listed below the image, which is March 28, 2025. Sponsors of the state contest are listed with their logos: #washingtoncenterforthebook , #kingcountylibrary , #seattlepubliclibrary , #timberlandregionallibrary, and Washington Secretary of State's office. Sponsors of the zine workshop at Tacoma Public Library include: #write253 , #tacomatoollibrary , #toolboxlaboratory , and the #remakery.
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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gothiccurios.bsky.social
This Sunday at @realarttacoma.bsky.social join us for the first market of the season.

Real Art Tacoma Artist Market - Spring Series
March 9th from 11am-4pm
Free + All Ages

Vendors and DJ
March 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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evesblackheart.bsky.social
Hey Tacoma! Come celebrate Women's History month with us at Real Art Tacoma on March 8. Eleven bands and one DJ Ghastlycrumb Tiny.
Doors at 3pm. Tickets $25.
ALL AGES
#womenshistory #womeninmusic #musicfestival #allagesshow #allages #deathrock #goth #punk
February 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
realarttacoma.bsky.social
our Tacoma creates grant covers about 100 student tickets a month currently as this program is growing we see more HS students than the grant covers. Help us to continue to cover HS Student tickets with your donation of $10 or more to add to our tickets reserves!
Black and white Image of teens waiting in line in front of music venue. With Top text: get the kid a ticket. Bottom text: our Tacoma creates grant only covers about 100 student tickets a month currently* as this program is growing we see more high school students than the grant covers. Help us to continue to cover HS Student tickets with your donation of $10 or more to add to our tickets reserves! * As this program grows we will be able to ask for more money of the grant in the future. QR code to PayPal donations and real art Tacoma logo.
February 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM