We haven’t found a 2026 Thanksgiving parade in Salt Lake City with posted details yet. In all we found two Thanksgiving-weekend outings in and around Salt Lake City: one turkey trot with a kids’ race and one Black Friday weekend pick. We also list two places and whether they’re open on Thanksgiving Day.
Thursday to Sunday
Everything below, laid out by day. Tap any outing to jump to its details.
Nothing posted yet
Thursday morning
Start time, route and what to know with a stroller, from the organizer’s page.
We check the organizers every week. The 2 outings below are confirmed on their official pages.
Run it off
Kids’ races, family walks and stroller rules, from each race’s own page.
Thanksgiving Point · 2912 Executive Pkwy, Lehi, UT 84043
For kids: Half-mile Kids Run along the Jordan River Trail
With littles: Billed as Utah's largest turkey trot.
Thanksgiving Day
Holiday hours from each place’s own page. Worth a quick check that morning.
Friday to Sunday
Tree lightings, light-display openings, farm days and other easy outings Friday through Sunday.
The Grand America Hotel · Salt Lake City, UT
With littles: Santa visits opening this weekend. With Santa and Mrs. Claus. The hotel’s overnight package is sold out too.
More to come.Tree lightings and holiday openings often post closer to the holiday. We add them every Thursday.Get the Friday emailKeep planning
Good questions
We haven’t found 2026 details for a Thanksgiving parade in Salt Lake City yet. We check again every Thursday and add it as soon as the organizer posts it.
Runtastic THANKFUL Turkey Trot: Thu, Nov 26, 2026. Half-mile Kids Run along the Jordan River Trail.
Closed on Thanksgiving: Natural History Museum of Utah and Red Butte Garden. Check the venue page the morning of, since holiday hours can change.
Breakfast with Santa at The Grand America. Dates and times are on each card.
Each listing comes from the venue’s or organizer’s own page and links to it. We only list a date, time or price when that page shows it, and anything we can’t confirm stays off. These were last checked Oct 18, 2026, and we recheck them every Thursday through Thanksgiving week. How we choose and check.
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