Events on 6th is a vintage, classic venue for your wedding in Tacoma. The historic sanctuary, trendy lounge, garden courtyard, and designer-friendly reception hall are what you need for your upcoming event! Our blog is a fun way to get to know Events on 6th a little better, learn about the latest in wedding fashion and style, and find out helpful information to make your day wonderful. We are here to make your upcoming wedding or event a success!
Written by: Lesley Pollack
Melody and Andrew were married in a lovely ceremony at Events on 6th on Saturday, December 19th, 2015. Read their story and see their beautiful photos over on the Real Weddings page!
The weather was good enough they could get some beautiful photos at Point Defiance Park; of course, the weather inside Events on 6th was great too!
What a wonderful idea: a New Year's Eve wedding!
Here is Ben's update on how all the plans are going!
We are on a 30 day count down to the wedding and things are shaping up. We have finalized our catering with Gallucci’s catering. Their staff have been amazingly flexible and have accommodated all of our wishes and changes.
Flowers, drinks, wedding attire, hotel rooms, and seating arrangements have also been finalized in the last week. We are excited that many of our guests will be joining us at Hotel Murano after the wedding is over.
We only have small stuff left on our “to-do list.” Our wedding is on New Year’s Eve and the party will go into New Year's Day, so we are trying to plan fun New Year's Eve- themed activities to help ring in the New Year in the most epic way possible.
We have gathered more decorations and party favors than we know what to do with so we are now stepping back to determine what we are really going to use and where it is going to go.
Overall, we have 90% of the work complete and are just counting down the days until the big day.
Stay tuned for Ben's report after the big day.
We wish him and Kimmy a beautiful, memorable, fantastic wedding!
As I spend more time in the building, I'm finding things that could use a little extra dose of pretty. Here are my latest updates!
The new lights really sparkle!
Check out these new light fixtures down the bridal hallway! The light is so much more sparkly and bright! They look similar in style to the chandeliers in the bride's room, so I think they are perfect. Since putting these up, I've bought more for the hallway leading to the reception hall, and they will be up soon as well.
So pretty!
Also new are the sheer curtains in the Lounge, at the Fife Street Entry. I put these up on wedding days to make the room a little more intimate.
I love them!
I love how well they match the floors and the woodwork, and that they still let in some light.
So beautiful!
Both the lights and the curtains really help make the building even more beautiful for your wedding day. Enjoy!
Hooray for fun!
Monday evening, October 12th from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
What fun! Events on 6th is joining up with Scooter's Custom Catering for a wonderful wedding expo!
Come tour the gorgeous chapel, adorable bride's room, relaxing groom's den, cozy lounge, and course, the fun-filled reception hall. It's everything you need on your wedding day, all in one building. What a wonderful backdrop for your entire day!
Taste great food prepared by Scooter's Custom Catering while enjoying the DJ's tunes under the party lights. Meet all the wonderful vendors who can help you plan your wedding day. We'll have several designers, planners, photographers, officiants, ceremony musicians and more! This is a great chance to talk to vendors in a more intimate, relaxed setting. Get to know them and see if their style is perfect for you!
Take your time and meet all the great vendors! They will love to talk with you and show you how they can make your wedding day a wonderful event, filled with fantastic memories and special touches. Stay tuned for all the vendors that will be there!
If October is too far away for you, schedule a personal tour of Events on 6th now, and plan on attending the expo to meet all the vendors then!
RSVP to lesley@eventson6th.com It's free if you RSVP; $20 at the door.
Call Lesley or email for more information! lesley@eventson6th.com253.906.0448
Aren't all those wedding magazines wonderful? So many great wedding photos and romantic stories from so many different couples! Each wedding is so different and personal; what fun to read about their ideas and see their various styles shine. What a great way to get ideas for your own wedding!
Now you can get ideas from past weddings at Events on 6th! There are two beautiful stories now up in the Real Weddings section, each with lovely photos and helpful descriptions. See how Stacey and Jim integrated their first date into their wedding day, and how Jennifer and Jake sent Events on 6th back to the Great Gatsby era. Each so different and so wonderful!
There are more stories and photos to come, so check back for more great ideas for your wedding. See how Events on 6th is the perfect backdrop for your entire wedding day.
Finally! The countdown of the Top Ten most beautiful photos taken at Events on 6th has reached number One!
So in love!
This romantic photo was taken by Jessica Uhler. I love the black and white. I love their arms around each other. I love the blurry party lights. I love the way you can't really see their faces, but you can totally tell they are just beaming at each other. I love the rest of their wedding pictures. I love their engagement story. I love this photo!
Wow! What a fun look at some wonderful photos of beautiful weddings at Events on 6th. I love that every couple brings their own style into their day of celebration, and that each photographer captures so many fantastic moments. Which photo is your favorite? It was really hard to choose my top ten!
Events on 6th is a beautiful location for your entire wedding day. It is truly a perfect backdrop for your marriage vows and happy celebration. Call for a personal tour today! Lesley: 253-906-0448
Many of the great photos taken at Events on 6th are of the building or of a wedding, but this next one in our countdown was taken at a designer's styled photoshoot. Vendors get together and work to best represent themselves so that you can get a great idea of what services they provide. That's kind of a boring technical description for what they really do, which is create magic!
This beautiful shot was captured by Liz Morrow at Liz Morrow Studios and styled by Karrie Anne Holland of Sparks Fly Events & Design. You can read more about the shoot and see more great photos at their sites: Sparks Fly & Liz Morrow.
Styled shoots show off so many talented vendors!
I love the skirt that goes on and on. I love the leather couches. I love that the dress and couches are the same color. I love her flowers. I love that the dress has long sleeves! I love that her lipstick matches the red flowers. I love this shot.
There is only one photo left in my Top Ten Photos taken at Events on 6th. What will it be? Find out next week!
We are down to #3 in my favorite photos taken at Events on 6th. It has been so fun to go through these fantastic photos and pick my favorites. What's even more fun is that since I've chosen, there have been more weddings and more great photos!
Getting married at Events on 6th is a lot of fun! With everything all in one building, you can relax and enjoy your day. Just look at this happy couple:
A Happy Couple Bursts out of the 6th Avenue Front Doors. Photo by Michael R Norton.
What fun! I love the bride's face. I love the bubbles. I love that the groom is celebrating. I love how her dress ruffles up into the air. What a great end to a wonderful day, and a great start to their marriage.
Joy!
Stay tuned for the final two of my favorite photos! See you next week!
There are so many great spaces at Events on 6th! Not only is there a chapel and reception hall all in the same building, but you also get to use the cozy lounge and outdoor garden courtyard! There are even proper dressing rooms for both the bride and groom. Decorated perfectly, you'll be able to get ready and relax before your vows in peace and comfort. They both also have natural light for some great photographs.
A beautiful bride relaxes before her walk down the aisle.
For instance, a beautiful photo like this one, taken by Ike and Tash Photography. How gorgeous is this? It's Number 4 in the countdown of the Top Ten photos taken at Events on 6th. I love the black and white. I love the light coming through the windows. I love the way her veil is illuminated. I love this shot!
Stay tuned each week as we count down to the Number 1 most beautiful shot taken at Events on 6th. Feel free to peruse all the photos on this site and on our Facebook page to make sure I've gotten the list right! Maybe your top ten favorites are different!
Events on 6th is located on 6th Avenue in Tacoma, Washington, in a beautiful old church building. It was renovated in 2010/2011 to make it perfect for weddings. When you drive up, you'll see all the beautiful stone and wonderful stained glass; it has such a great, permanent feel to it! This building will be here for your 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries! What a beautiful backdrop and statement to start out your new life with!
What a statement! Beautiful!
This gorgeous shot and number five in our countdown of great photos at Events on 6th was captured by Camille Lenee Photography. I love the rays of sunlight. I love the black and white. I love the stone and the window.
What a beautiful building!
Come back each week as we work towards the number one most beautiful photo here at Events on 6th!
Wow, we're down to #6 in our countdown of the Top Ten photos taken at Events on 6th. Of course, these are my choices; perhaps you like some others on our site better! Later in the year will be a contest where you get to choose your favorites, so stay tuned for that.
Here is #6, a beautiful shot in our chapel.
A life-changing moment in the chapel.
This beautiful moment was captured by Vannessa at Vannessa Kralovic Photography. What a lovely afternoon glow!
I love the light coming through the balcony window. I love the balance of the candlelight in the foreground. I love that you can see the guests. I love the bride's long veil.
The chapel is a beautiful place for your wedding vows; grand with the high ceilings and wonderful stained glass, but still intimate and cozy.
Come back each week to see the next wonderful photo in our countdown!
Events on 6th is a beautiful wedding and reception venue! From the stunning sanctuary to the fun reception hall, the relaxing dressing suites to the cozy lounge, this gorgeous building has it all! And just look at the architecture outside!
A romantic moment from a beautiful wedding day
This beautiful shot is by Claire Eliza. I love the black and white. I love the stone, the stained glass, and the door. I love the historic Sixth Avenue Baptist sign. I love how the couple is standing. So lovely!
The church building was built in 1924, with stone from the Wilkeson quarry. This structure is permanent, a lovely quality to have around you as you begin your marriage together. You'll be able to come by and visit on your 25th anniversary!
Visit this blog every Tuesday as I count down my favorite photos taken at Events on 6th!
So many great photos! It is great fun to be here at Events on 6th watching the couples getting ready: the happy anticipation, the joyful smiles, and the wonderful celebrations. And then a few weeks later, the fantastic photos! I love to see how each photographer captures things in their own style.
Each week I'm posting one of my favorite photos in a Top Ten countdown to honor David Letterman's retirement. Weren't his Top Ten lists the best? While my list isn't as funny, it is more beautiful! Today I'm up to #8!
A bride and her father make their way towards the chapel.
This beautiful photo of a bride and her father was captured by Gabriel Van Wyhe at Van Wyhe Photography. This moment is so lovely and timeless; a father with his daughter on his arm, about to watch her begin her own new family. I love the light coming through her veil. I love the warm happy oranges of her bouquet. I love the looks on their faces. So beautiful!
Stay tuned for next week's Top Ten list photo!
I continue to go through all the many, beautiful photos taken at Events on 6th; it's really hard to pick only ten great ones! How ever did David Letterman write a great Top Ten list night after night?! I think eventually we should have a voting contest so you can pick your favorites!
Every week I'm posting another photo from my favorites; last week was #10, here is #9!
The Groom's Den; a warm, inviting place to relax.
This lovely photo of the Groom's dressing room, or as I call it, the Groom's Den, was taken by Kerry Jeanne of Kerry Jeanne Photography. She came in to do a photo shoot of the building in February and captured some great shots. I love how warm and inviting this looks; the groom and his guys can really relax in here and easily get ready for the big moment coming up. I love the rich golden colors and the cozy couches. No small dark closets for our grooms!
Check out all of Kerry Jeanne's photos of Events on 6th at her blog!
Stay tuned for the rest of the countdown; they are all great!
Like many, I enjoyed watching David Letterman. I spent many a late night after college classes laughing at his opening monologue and Top Ten lists and always thought it was cool that I lived in or near two of his 'home office' cities: Grand Rapids, MI, and Wahoo, NE. What a fun guy!
Lately, here at Events on 6th, I've been going through our many beautiful wedding and building photos. I've been updating the website, putting together photo albums, and really enjoying all the beautiful shots! All the weddings are so beautiful and different, and each photographer has a different eye and style. It's so fun to see them all!
So, to honor the retirement of David Letterman, over the next 10 weeks I'll be posting my 10 favorite photos taken at Events on 6th. At the end, there will be a beautiful Top Ten List of this beautiful Tacoma wedding venue!
So, with no further ado, I present to you: #10
A beautiful bride, about to walk down the aisle. Photo by Lesley Pollack, Events on 6th
I love this photo, if only because it was the first one I worked at Events on 6th. This was last October, and I was in training, and happened to be watching as Caitlin walked from the bride's dressing room and up the hall to meet her dad before walking down the aisle to her groom.
I love her dress. I love the sunlight coming through the stained glass. I love that you can see her dad. I love the purple linen and the personal touches on the tables. I think it's beautiful.
Since then, I've captured every bride in this moment, but this one is still my favorite.
Come back every Tuesday to see the next photo on the list!
Finding Events on 6th
My name is Ben, and I recently became engaged to the love of my life, Kimmy.
Kimmy and I met on June 17th, 2012. I remember the day because my birthday is the day before and I spent the 4 days prior backpacking; it was a pretty great birthday week. On that Sunday as I was heading home from the trail, I got a voice mail from a childhood friend saying he was coming into town with his one-year-old baby girl. Sort of to show her off. My friend’s name also happens to be Ben. Ben invited me to link up and sightsee for the day with his new family. Towards happy hour time he informs me that we are going to meet up with some of his friends from high school at a café near Pike Place market. To my surprise Kimmy was one of the friends who showed up for lunch, and by chance we were seated next to each other at the edge of the table. I used suave poetry to woo her into agreeing to see me for a second date without a crowd. Within the week we were dating, it was facebook official!
Kimmy and I have been dating for nearly three years and I knew it was time to put a ring on her. On February 2nd, 2015 I suggested to Kimmy that we take a walk around the Wapato Park near our house. It was a nice day, and the park is quite beautiful with a nice natural loop back into our neighborhood. As we were walking around the pond looking at ducks and talking, we stepped off the trail onto a grassy picnic spot. As she was looking around, I took to a knee and waited for her to turn around. SHE SAID YES!!!! We were engaged that afternoon and came up with the idea of having a New Year’s Eve wedding within the week. New Year's Eve was her idea, as all good ideas come from that half of this relationship.
We began looking for wedding venues that were available for New Year's Eve. We looked at about 10 different venues in Seattle and nearly settled on a place in the University District near Husky stadium. Before signing on a venue in Seattle we thought we would check out what Tacoma had to offer; after all I live in Tacoma. I googled some venues as well as had some recommendations from friends. Events on 6th was a venue that I found online and was impressed with the castle-like chapel and the location; after all we’re getting married on New Year's Eve! After touring Events on 6th, Kimmy and I agreed that it belonged on the top of our list. Over the course of the next two weeks we negotiated with Lesley on terms of renting the space. We wanted extra time because we need to use the venue for pictures and have the place until 1 a.m. Lesley accommodated all of our requests and we felt that Events on 6th was the perfect place for us to tie the knot and start our lives as one.
We’re looking forward to our wedding this upcoming New Year’s Eve and Events on 6th is definitely a part of the magic!
The beautiful, castle-like chapel, perfect for Ben & Kimmy's New Year's Eve wedding!
The Tacoma Wedding Expo at Events on 6th is coming soon! RSVP and mark your calendar for Thursday evening, April 16th from 5-7:30.
Jonz Catering is hosting this event and will be serving great food for you to taste and enjoy.
Tour Events on 6th: the stunning Gothic Revival chapel, posh bride's dressing room, relaxing groom's den, cozy mid-century lounge, outdoor garden courtyard, and the fun-filled reception hall make this venue ideal for your wedding day.
Visit with our many vendors! They are intent on making your day as special, relaxing, and memory-filled as possible. They are here to help!
Vendor list is up! Check them out and plan on meeting them at the expo.
See you there!
Can you plan a wedding in just two months? One? Yes you can! Our chapel and reception area are beautiful and fun just as they are; don't worry about too many decorations! We also have caterers and planners ready and willing to make your wedding day go perfectly.
Are you ready to be married? Events on 6th has several upcoming dates, now a special price for you!
We have a few unbooked Saturdays coming up; if you can plan quickly, you'll get a deal.
Dates available are May 2 and 16, and June 6, 13 and 27.
Call now to book! 253-906-0448
What fun! Events on 6th is joining up with Jonz Catering for a tasting and mini wedding expo!
Visit Events on 6th Thursday evening, April 16th, from 5-7:30pm for the most fun expo you've ever been to!
Come tour the gorgeous chapel, adorable bride's room, relaxing groom's den, cozy lounge, and course, the fun-filled reception hall. It's everything you need on your wedding day, all in one building, and with no switching one room into another.
Taste great food prepared by Jonz Catering while enjoying the DJ's tunes under the party lights. Meet all the wonderful vendors who can help you plan your wedding day. We'll have several designers, planners, photographers, officiants and more!
RSVP to events@jonzcatering.com It's free if you RSVP; $20 at the door.
Call or email for more information! Lesley@eventson6th.com 253.906.0448 or events@jonzcatering.com 253.274.0443
Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 at Events on 6th
Serena contacted me through our Here Comes the Guide online listing, asking to meet, view the venue, and offer her services to our couples. Of course I agreed! I have been meaning to make a list of officiants to put on our vendor list, and Serena is giving me the impetus. She is an ordained minister who has only recently moved to the Tacoma area. She is in the Stadium district, which is just down the street from Events on 6th. You know she won’t be late! :)
It was really great to meet Serena and get to know her. Here is my interview with her. Enjoy!
How do you view a couple’s wedding day?
It is one of the most important days of their lives. My desire and goal is to design a ceremony personalized specifically for them. Often there are children who will be part of the new family being created and I love to offer ways to include them in the ceremony. (Guests attending memorial services and weddings I officiate often tell me that this is the ‘best memorial service/wedding I’ve ever been to.’)
What do you enjoy about your work?
I really enjoy officiating at weddings. I love working with the couples, getting to know them, and helping them create a ceremony that is truly designed for their personalities and lifestyles. Officiating at weddings (and memorial services) is an opportunity to use my creative gifts and share a very important time with people. It is my pleasure to officiate at religious or non-religious ceremonies for opposite or same-sex couples.
What happens when a couple decides to meet you?
First we meet to get to know each other, and talk about what they desire included in their ceremony. Based on that conversation I prepare a draft of the ceremony, and we get together again to finalize our plans. It is always helpful to get together for a rehearsal the day before the Wedding. And I am available to assist as needed during the days leading up to the wedding.
What led you to the ministry?
Following my divorce 30 years ago, I began attending a Presbyterian Church in Southern California, where I was living at the time. Soon I was involved in leadership at that church, which resulted in the congregation sending me to Seminary for additional theological education. One thing followed another, and almost before I could blink I found myself graduating with my Master of Divinity degree and being called to serve the church as an Ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament. In that role I have been very thankful for the years I spent working with people in the Business World, as that experience combined with the theological education provided much-needed skills for a Solo Pastor.
That’s it! If you need an officiant for your wedding, email Serena at: revssathome@comcast.net to make arrangements to meet!
Stay tuned for more interviews with vendors.
