It's time again for Ethnic Fest, an annual event that's brought Pierce County's diversity together in celebration since 1986. Some of the best festival feeding you'll find - sorry Taste of Tacoma - Ethnic Fest also packs visual arts, performing arts, dance, crafts and fun into two days of multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-adjective-for-awesome action. Sealing the deal: Ethnic Fest is free.

[Wright Park, noon to 7 p.m. 501 S. I St., Tacoma, metroparks.org]