Thanksgiving 202697 cities · 184 listings

Thanksgiving weekend with kids, 2026: city by city.

What to do with kids this holiday season, city by city. We check Thanksgiving parades, turkey trots with kids’ races and what’s open on Thursday on each organizer’s own page, then list them with dates, times and prices for families with kids up to age 6. 97 cities so far, 184 listings in all. Pick yours below.

Last checked . Every listing links to the organizer’s own page.

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Thanksgiving weekend in 97 cities

Each city’s page has dates, times and prices for families with kids up to age 6.

Akron–CantonOhio1AlbanyNew York3AlbuquerqueNew Mexico3AtlantaGeorgia5AugustaGeorgia2AustinTexas2
BakersfieldCalifornia1BaltimoreMaryland1Baton RougeLouisiana2BirminghamAlabama2BoiseIdaho2BostonMassachusetts1BuffaloNew York1
CharlestonSouth Carolina2CharlotteNorth Carolina2ChattanoogaTennessee1ChicagoIllinois4CincinnatiOhio1ClevelandOhio2Colorado SpringsColorado2ColumbiaSouth Carolina3ColumbusOhio3
Dallas–Fort WorthTexas2DaytonOhio1DenverColorado3Des MoinesIowa1DetroitMichigan2
El PasoTexas3
Fairfield CountyConnecticut1Fort Myers–NaplesFlorida2Fort WayneIndiana3FresnoCalifornia2
Grand RapidsMichigan1Greensboro–Winston-SalemNorth Carolina3GreenvilleSouth Carolina1
Hartford and New HavenConnecticut3HonoluluHawaii1HoustonTexas2HuntsvilleAlabama1
IndianapolisIndiana6Inland EmpireCalifornia2
JacksonvilleFlorida2
Kansas CityMissouri1KnoxvilleTennessee2
LakelandFloridaSee pageLancaster–Harrisburg–HersheyPennsylvania1Las VegasNevada2Lehigh ValleyPennsylvania1LexingtonKentucky1Little RockArkansas1Los AngelesCalifornia2LouisvilleKentucky3
MadisonWisconsin1McAllen and the Rio Grande ValleyTexas2MemphisTennessee2Miami and Fort LauderdaleFlorida2MilwaukeeWisconsin1Minneapolis–St. PaulMinnesota2
NashvilleTennessee1New OrleansLouisiana1New York CityNew York1Northwest ArkansasArkansas3
OgdenUtahSee pageOklahoma CityOklahoma3OmahaNebraska2OrlandoFlorida3
PhiladelphiaPennsylvania3PhoenixArizona2PittsburghPennsylvania1PortlandOregon2ProvidenceRhode Island1
RaleighNorth Carolina2RenoNevada2RichmondVirginia2RochesterNew York2
SacramentoCalifornia1Salt Lake CityUtah2San AntonioTexas2San DiegoCalifornia2San Francisco Bay AreaCaliforniaSee pageSarasota–BradentonFlorida2SavannahGeorgia3SeattleWashington1SpokaneWashington3St. LouisMissouri3Stockton–ModestoCalifornia2SyracuseNew York3
TampaFlorida2ToledoOhio1TucsonArizona2TulsaOklahoma1
Utah CountyUtah2
Ventura CountyCalifornia2Virginia Beach–NorfolkVirginia1
Washington, DCDistrict of Columbia3WichitaKansas2WorcesterMassachusetts1

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Each listing comes from the venue’s or organizer’s own page and links to it. If a date, time or price isn’t posted, we say so instead of guessing. How we choose and check.

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