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Thanksgiving Events in Antigo 2026
Celebrate Thanksgiving 2026 in Antigo with festive dinners, brunches, buffets, Turkey Trots, parades, family-friendly activities, Friendsgiving parties, holiday markets, volunteer opportunities, food drives, cruises, and seasonal events. Whether you're planning a traditional Thanksgiving feast or looking for unique things to do, discover the best Thanksgiving events happening in Antigo.
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On nowSun, Nov 15715 5th Ave
Stuff the pantry, Strike A Pose 📸🤎
Before you gather around the table, gather your favorite turkeys for some hilariously awkward photos that give back! Grab your family, besties, or your whole corny crew and join us at The Keepsake for department store style photos. Think cheesy smiles, q
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Mon, Nov 16Mosinee, Wisconsin
November 4-H Meeting
Join us for cupcake decorating, and a turkey scavenger hunt!
Tue, Nov 171201 N Sales Street, Merrill
Leather & Wood Earring Design
Get your hands ready, because we are hosting the ultimate Leather Earring Making Workshop—and you are invited! Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or have never picked up a pair of jewelry pliers in your life, this fun, beginner-friendly workshop is the per
Wed, Nov 18723 Deleglise Street
MomCo Friendsgiving
Come celebrate Thanksgiving with us! We will have lots of food, hang out time with fellow moms and fun activities. We hope to see you there!
Friendsgiving
Thu, Nov 194602 Barbican Ave, Schofield
Trot in for a Tour at Renaissance by Rennes - Weston
🦃 Gobble up a great opportunity to explore Assisted Living at Renaissance by Rennes – Weston! Whether you're exploring senior living options for yourself or a loved one, we invite you to stop by for our Turkey Trot in for a Tour event! Enjoy a guided to
Turkey trot
Fri, Nov 20106 West 1st Street, Merrill
Bountiful Thanksgiving Bingo
Get into the Thanksgiving spirit with a fun-filled game of Thanksgiving Bingo! Celebrate the season with festive fun, holiday-themed bingo cards, and plenty of chances to shout “BINGO!” Whether you're a seasoned player or a first-time participant, this is
Nov 20–22N11301 Kinney Lake Rd, Marion, WI, United States, Wisconsin 549503 days
Friendsgiving Feastival
🦃🍁💛Celebrate gratitude campground-style! Gather with your camping family for comfort food, cozy crafts, and heartfelt activities that focus on togetherness and thanks. It’s warm, welcoming, and the perfect way to kick off the holiday season surrounded by
Friendsgiving
Fri, Nov 20Throw Line Drinkery, Merrill
Friendsgiving 2026!
Survivor White Elephant LOD Gift Exchange Rules: 1. If you plan to participate in the Survivor White Elephant Gift Exchange bring your wrapped gift when signing-up! 2. Gifts have a maximum cost of $25! 3. When a team is eliminated from the LOD they wil
Friendsgiving
Sat, Nov 21Wildman Arts
Thanksgiving Craft Party at Wildman Arts
Join Wildman Arts for a Thanksgiving Craft Party! Stop in anytime between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM on Saturday, November 21st! FREE snacks for everyone! Fun Crafting Events Wooden Fall Ornaments- $1 each Scarecrow Crafts- $2 each Fuzzy Turkey Art- $2 each F
Sat, Nov 21310 E 2nd St, Merrill
HUNTERS WIDOW BINGO
Calling all our hunters widows… join us for a fulfilled afternoon! We will have drink specials, snacks, and our full menu is also available for purchase. Don’t forget to wear your CAMO. must be wearing camo to get entered into our prize giveaway!! We play
Sun, Nov 22Mosinee Brewing Company
Gobble & Frost: Cake Workshop - Mosinee
Design your own turkey buttercream cake! We will guide you through decorating step by step, teaching simple techniques as you decorate with simple designs. No experience needed. Sign up- The price includes 2 drinks, a f
Tue, Nov 24Auntie Rays Coffee House, Merrill
Thanksgiving Puzzle Night
Grab your team and put your puzzle skills to the test! Race against the clock for a fun night of friendly competition and prizes! 🧩✨ PUZZLE NIGHT COMPETITION AT AUNTIE RAY’S! </stron
$30.09
Tue, Nov 24First English Lutheran Church - Wausau
Thanksgiving Worship
During this Thanksgiving season, we invite you to gather as a family of faith to lift our hearts in gratitude. Join us for a special worship service featuring beautiful music from our combined church choirs and bell ensembles, along with a meaningful remi
Wed, Nov 25501 Stewart Ave, Wausau
Thanksgiving Eve Worship
🍂🦃 Join Us for Thanksgiving Eve Worship at Trinity! 🦃🍂 As we prepare to gather with family and friends for Thanksgiving, take a moment to pause and give thanks to the One from whom all blessings flow. Join us at Trinity Lutheran Church & School for T
Wed, Nov 25137801 County Road FF, Merrill
Thanksgiving Eve Supper and Worship Service
Join us on Wednesday, November 25, for our Soup and Sandwich Supper and our Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service! The meal will be served from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM and we will have a worship service at 6:30 PM. We are located at 137801 County Road FF, Merrill,
Wed, Nov 25Throw Line Drinkery, Merrill
Thanksgiving Eve Free Dinner & Luck of The Draw
Join us for our Annual Free Dinner & Luck of The Draw! Dinner will be ready at 5:30pm, and Sign-ups for the 7pm LOD will start at 6:30pm! This is an event we host annually to say Thank You for supporting us throughout each year! $20 Entry Fee ($5/pla
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Wed, Nov 25243219 Berlin Ln, Wausau
Thanksgiving Service
November 25th @ St Paul's Lutheran Enjoy some refreshments before the service. Worship at 6:30 pm
Wed, Nov 25Mark’s Bar Elderon, WI, Eland
PACKERS and DJ Derrick
Pre-Thanksgiving fun with Derrick! 🎤💃🏻🕺🏻 And the Packers are on!! Game starts at 7pm 🏈🏈
Live music
Wed, Nov 25408 N. 3rd Street, Wausau
Feast For Your Ears: Moonbadger + Rugg
A tasty meal for your cranium's cornucopia. Bring your family from out of town to catch two of the most exciting original acts in the state. Moonbadger and Rugg are gracing the Faraway Place stage this Thanksgiving Eve for a night to remember. FREE ADMISS
Dinner & brunch
Nov 25–26N2472 County Road K, Merrill, WI2 days
Cheap Hawaiian Cigarettes
Kick off Thanksgiving weekend the right way!!! Listen to 80's, 90's and 2000's alt
Nov 25–26Pregame Pub Wausau2 days
Karaoke-dokey SPECIAL NIGHT
PreGame Pub is proud to present Karaoke-dokey with our old host BUSKA!!! This will be a special night for us since we are closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving!!! He will be on the mic starting at 9:00PM get your songs picked out and come to have a blast w
Thu, Nov 26409 4th Street Suite 1, Mosinee
Turkey Trot 5K run/walk
ANNUAL TURKEY TROT 5K RUN/WALK Start your Thanksgiving morning with family, movement, and giving back! ❤️ Join us for our annual 5K Turkey Run/Walk, starting right in front of Brightside Nutrition. This is NOT a timed race — it’s all about getting outs
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Thu, Nov 26Greenheck Turner Community Center, Schofield
GTCC - FREE Zumba Thanksgiving on the Turf!!
🦃🔥 THANKSGIVING ZUMBA PARTY! 🔥🦃 Ohhhh, you KNOW we’re doing it again!! 🎉💃 Every year, you bring the ENERGY, the smiles, and the absolute BEST vibes… and this year we’re taking it back to the TURF for another morning of dancing, sweating, laughing, and g
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Thu, Nov 26Rhinelander High School
2026 Rhinelander Turkey Trot
RHINELANDER TURKEY TROT 5K With help from Jayme and Andy Wyss, the Rhinelander High School Key Club students are excited to bring back the Rhinelander Turkey Trot this Thanksgiving! Join us for a fun Thanksgiving morning 5K starting and finishing at Rhi
Turkey trotFamily friendly
Thu, Nov 26Post Lake Improvement Association - PLIA, Elcho
Post Lake 5K Turkey Trot for The Elcho Food Pantry
5K Turkey Trot to benefit the Elcho Food Pantry starting at the PLIA Building. Wear your bright clothing please! Route will go west on Hwy K to Clear Lake Road, south to Circle Drive, west down Circle Drive (north entrance) to the Turkey on Circle Dri
Turkey trot
Thu, Nov 26Zion Lutheran Church - Wausau, Wisconsin
Thanksgiving Day Service
Our gratitude to God centers in the cross of Christ for the great blessings of forgiveness and salvation. We offer heartfelt thanks for these blessings as well as for God’s providential care of all his creation every day of our lives and every season of
Thu, Nov 26101 N Genesee St, Wittenberg
Thanksgiving on us !!!!
Join us for a FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER! 🥘 🍂🍁 Our Thanksgiving meal will include : . Cup of soup or salad • Turkey & stuffing • Mashed potatoes with gravy • Vegetable & cranberries • Dinner roll & butter ・Dessert FREE coffee, too! . Dine in or
Dinner & brunch
Thu, Nov 26135737 State Hwy 29, Marathon
Thanksgiving Day Buffet at Rib River
Thanksgiving Day Buffet! 🍗🥧🍂 Come join us for our Thanksgiving Day Buffet! Serving Lunch from 11:00am-1:00pm. Reservations required! Menu Coming Soon! Adults: $23.99 6-12 Years: $15.99 3-6 Years: $11.99 Under 3: Free Pay at the door. Call (715) 443-206
Dinner & brunch
Fri, Nov 27208 Clark St., Hatley
After Thanksgiving Party with Brecke
The in-laws and family have gone home. Come celebrate at the Hangout with Chad Brecke!
Sun, Nov 29Greenheck Turner Community Center, Schofield
Open Turf, Soccer ONLY
We've secured some Turf Time for players looking to shake off the Turkey from Thanksgiving! Date: November 29 Time: 4-6pm Cost: $5/player (credit card only, pay at field) Location: GTCC Fields 3 & 4 Brush up on your skills, bring your 4v4 team to w
Thanksgiving table decor and hosting essentials
From the thermometer that saves the turkey to the tablecloth, the kids’ table and a hat for the Turkey Trot. Check delivery dates before you order.
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Thanksgiving events near Antigo
Turkey trots, dinners and parades in the towns nearby
Wed, Nov 253400 Innovation Drive, Plover
Pancake Turkey Social | PM Session
Nov 25–26Cheers Too, Coleman2 days
The Bad Mother Truckers @ Cheers Too, Coleman, WI
Thu, Nov 26N2541 County Road K, Waupaca, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54981
FREE Thanksgiving Meal — All Are Welcome!
Thu, Nov 263200 Plover Rd
Community Thanksgiving Meal
Since 1621
The history of Thanksgiving
It began with a harvest. In the autumn of 1621, the Plymouth colonists and their Wampanoag neighbours shared three days of food in a good year. Nobody called it Thanksgiving then. It took two more centuries, a determined editor and a president in the middle of a war to turn it into the day we know: a Thursday in November for family, food and being grateful.
Most of what fills the day now came later. The parade, the football, the morning Turkey Trot and the long table of sides were added by one generation after another, which is why every family’s Thanksgiving looks a little different.
- 1621After their first harvest, the Plymouth colonists hold three days of feasting. Massasoit arrives with about 90 Wampanoag men, who bring five deer.
- 1789George Washington proclaims the first national day of thanksgiving, for Thursday, 26 November.
- 1846–63Sarah Josepha Hale, the magazine editor who wrote “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, writes to five presidents asking for one national day.
- 1863In the middle of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln makes the last Thursday of November a national Thanksgiving. It has been kept every year since.
- 1896Buffalo runs its first YMCA Turkey Trot, now the oldest footrace held every year in North America — a year older than the Boston Marathon.
- 1924Macy’s holds its first parade in New York, with animals from the Central Park Zoo. The giant balloons arrive in 1927.
- 1934The Detroit Lions play on Thanksgiving for the first time, and football becomes part of the afternoon.
- 1939–41Franklin Roosevelt moves the day a week earlier to lengthen the shopping season. People call it “Franksgiving”, so Congress fixes it for good: the fourth Thursday of November.
- 1957Canada settles on the second Monday of October for its own Thanksgiving, which goes back to 1578.
- 1989George H. W. Bush gives the first formal presidential turkey pardon, now a White House tradition.
Thanksgiving in Antigo: frequently asked questions
When are Thanksgiving events in Antigo in 2026?
Thanksgiving events in Antigo run from Nov 15 to Nov 29, 2026: 33 events.
What is on in Antigo on Thanksgiving Day?
10 events are listed for Thursday, November 26, including FREE ZUMBA on the Turf- Thanksgiving morning, Turkey Trot - Shawano, WI and Turkey Trot 5K run/walk.
Where can I have Thanksgiving dinner in Antigo?
5 dinners, brunches and buffets are listed, including Thanksgiving Eve Free Dinner & Luck of The Draw at Throw Line Drinkery, Feast For Your Ears: Moonbadger + Rugg and Thanksgiving on us !!!!. Tables go early for the holiday, so book ahead where you can.
Are there turkey trots in Antigo?
Yes: Trot in for a Tour at Renaissance by Rennes - Weston (Thu, Nov 19), Turkey Trot - Shawano, WI (Thu, Nov 26) and Turkey Trot 5K run/walk (Thu, Nov 26).
Where can I volunteer this Thanksgiving in Antigo?
FREE ZUMBA on the Turf- Thanksgiving morning and Turkey Trot 5K run/walk are looking for helping hands.
What are the best Thanksgiving events in Antigo?
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Thanksgiving Buffet @ Homestead on 52 (Thu, Nov 26), FREE ZUMBA on the Turf- Thanksgiving morning (Thu, Nov 26) and Turkey Trot - Shawano, WI (Thu, Nov 26).
Are there Thanksgiving events near Antigo?
Yes: 7 more events are listed within reach, in Waupaca, Plover, Coleman and Wisconsin Rapids and more.
When is Thanksgiving 2026?
In the United States, Thursday, November 26, 2026 — always the fourth Thursday of November. Canada celebrates earlier, on Monday, October 12, the second Monday of October.
What is Friendsgiving?
A Thanksgiving meal shared with friends rather than family, usually on a day near the holiday. Many restaurants and bars host Friendsgiving dinners and parties, so you can skip the cooking.
Do I need to book Thanksgiving dinner in advance?
Yes, as early as you can. Restaurants serving a Thanksgiving menu often fill up a week or more ahead, and many offer a set menu at fixed seatings on the day.