We haven’t found a 2026 Thanksgiving parade in Tulsa with posted details yet. In all we found six Thanksgiving-weekend outings in and around Tulsa: one turkey trot with a kids’ race and five Black Friday weekend picks. 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 6 outings below are confirmed on their official pages.
Run it off
Kids’ races, family walks and stroller rules, from each race’s own page.
Near the BOK Center · Downtown Tulsa
For kids: Untimed 1-mile Fun Run and Walk
With littles: A Black Friday tradition downtown.
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.
Tulsa Botanic Garden · Tulsa, OK
With littles: Light display opening this weekend. S'mores fire pits, Santa nightly through Dec 23, winter characters Dec 26–30. Loaner wheelchairs; accessible paths noted on page.
Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve · Bartlesville area, OK
With littles: Light display opening this weekend. 750,000+ lights; museum, animal barn, wagon ride; cookies and cocoa for sale.
Arvest Winterfest (downtown Tulsa) · Downtown Tulsa, OK
With littles: Light display opening this weekend.
Tulsa Botanic Garden, Stanford Family Liberty Garden · Tulsa, OK
With littles: Santa visits opening this weekend. Santa with his sleigh; bring a camera for free photos.
Woolaroc Museum · Bartlesville area, OK
With littles: Santa visits opening this weekend. Santa at the museum every event evening.
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 Tulsa yet. We check again every Thursday and add it as soon as the organizer posts it.
Fleet Feet Turkey Trot: Fri, Nov 27, 2026. Untimed 1-mile Fun Run and Walk.
Closed on Thanksgiving: Oklahoma Aquarium and Philbrook Museum of Art. Check the venue page the morning of, since holiday hours can change.
Botanic Garden of Lights, Woolaroc's Wonderland of Lights, Arvest Winterfest, Santa at Botanic Garden of Lights and Santa at Woolaroc's Wonderland of Lights. 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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