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Thanksgiving Events in Central Point 2026
Celebrate Thanksgiving 2026 in Central Point 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 Central Point.
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All Thanksgiving events in Central Point 2026
Sat, Nov 14Williams Grange
BEAUTY WAY SHOW
CLAN DYKEN is once again coming to bless us in Williams and gather supplies for the Thanksgiving run to Navajo land. Enjoy dinner, Lively Music by Clan Dyken and Windsong Martin and friends, the CORN DANCE and a yummy locally sourced dinner. Bring donatio
Dinner & brunchVolunteer
Sat, Nov 141690 SW Allen Creek Rd, Grants Pass
Bob Rogers Memorial Scavenger Hunt
This event memorializes past long-time club member Bob Rogers with a fun scavenger hunt that ends with a POTLUCK gathering at Sam Brown Campground. Open to the public and all vehicle types! This is a fun family-friendly event.๐งธ๐๐ Bring your food donations
VolunteerFamily friendly
Sat, Nov 14215 Ringuette St, Grants Pass
Cranberry Time! Unexpected & Delicious Ways to use Cranberries
In this class, you will make a jar of low-sugar Christmas jam to enjoy over the holidays, along with a jar of fermented cranberry relish to take home and watch bubble into a delicious, healthy condiment to serve at your Thanksgiving meal. We will be demo
Sat, Nov 14Osteria La Briccola, Ashland
Friendsgiving Dinner Out: La Briccola
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Dinner & brunchFriendsgiving
Mon, Nov 161241 W 8th Medford
Thanksgiving Feast
Come celebrate Thanksgiving with us as we prepare a meal for our young parents. We are so grateful that we get to spend this time blessing these young families in our community. Feel free to join, volunteer, bring a meal or donate to the event. ๐ฆ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ Mo
Dinner & brunchVolunteer
Mon, Nov 1621 Peninger Rd
FriendsGiving BINGO! at the Expo!
Talk turkey to meโฆ B-I-N-G-O style! ๐ฆ โฐ Doors open at 5 p.m. - Bingo starts at 6 p.m. We will play 1๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ games/sheets per night. ๐ฝ๏ธ Hot Food Vendor will be announced soon. ๐ Concessions and adult beverages for purchase! We're getting stuffed on good f
FriendsgivingVolunteer
Wed, Nov 18138 SW L St, Grants Pass
Thanksgiving No Bake Treat Making
We will be making a delicious mess and the kids will be taking home some fun treats! Nov. 18th at 3:30, cost is $20.
Family friendly
Fri, Nov 20805 N. 5th St., Jacksonville
Friendsgiving Celebration at Pioneer Village
Join Pioneer Village Independent and Assisted Living for our Friendsgiving Celebration! 805 N 5th St. | Jacksonville, OR Friday, November 20 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Start the holiday season off right at our Friendsgiving Celebration! Enjoy an array of Fa
Friendsgiving
Fri, Nov 2071Five City - Grants Pass
Thanksgiving family dinner
๐๐งก YOU'RE INVITED! ๐งก๐ Join us for a special Thanksgiving Family Dinner at Grants Pass 71Five! ๐ฆ Bring the whole family and come enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving meal, great fellowship, and a time to celebrate all we have to be thankful for! ๐ Friday, Nov
Dinner & brunch
Sat, Nov 21269 W Harbeck Rd, Grants Pass
Rogue Valley Young Marines Thanksgiving Dinner Fundraiser
๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ROGUE VALLEY, ARE YOU READY TO GIVE THANKS AND GIVE BACK?! ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝ ROGUE VALLEY YOUNG MARINES THANKSGIVING DINNER FUNDRAISER! ๏ฟฝ This Thanksgiving season, weโre bringing our community together for an incredible cause โ SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
Dinner & brunch
Sat, Nov 21Launch Pad 218 SW G St, Grants Pass, OR 97526
Thanks for Cookies
Come decorate cookies for you Thanksgiving table. Learn how to decorate with royal icing where happy accidents are easily fixed...or we just eat them. If 6 cookies are enough, you can purchase take home kits. Ages 10+. Tickets required register at ht
Sat, Nov 21Black Bear Diner (Medford, OR)
DASO Thanksgiving @ Black Bear Diner
IMPORTANT NOTICE: DASO Thanksgiving will be at Black Bear Diner. We will NOT be able to pay for food or special catering. This will be a Thanksgiving of friends and family in the Deaf Community. The REASON is that we WILL provide FREE PIZZA and sevetal
Sat, Nov 21Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR, United States, Oregon 97526
Relay The Turkey
Flyer soon Caller: Dean Black Cuer: Rikki Lobato
Sun, Nov 22Matcha Boba House, Ashland
THANKSGIVING COOKIE CLASS
๐ฆ๐๐ FROSTING FEAST COOKIE CLASS Want to learn sugar cookies? ๐ This could be the start of โpumpkinโ big! ๐ Feast your eye-cing on my Frosting Feast Sugar Cookie Decorating Class โ โ Itโs pumpkin spice and everything icing. Sign up on my website. VE
Dinner & brunch
Sun, Nov 22311 N Bartlett St, Medford
Community Friendsgiving
Community Friendsgiving at Collective Vibe Studio ๐ค Sunday, November 22 ยท 2:00โ5:00 PM Potluck style โ bring a dish to share, and we'll take care of dessert, drinks & activities. $5 per person โ Venmo @collectivevibe_pnw to save your spot. Only 15 spo
Friendsgiving
Sun, Nov 22Local Vines Wine Bar
Femme Fatale at Local Vines
๐ท๐ถ Come kick off Thanksgiving week with Femme Fatale at the cozy Local Vines Wine Bar in Central Point! Join us Sunday, November 22nd, from 3โ5 PM for an afternoon of live music, delicious wine, and good company. The perfect way to unwind before the holi
Live music
Sun, Nov 22North Valley High School, Grants Pass, OR 97526, United States, Merlin
Annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner A Friendsgiving to Remember Come share a Thanksgiving meal with your neighbors in the North Valley! Whether youโre coming with family, bringing a friend, or joining us on your own, weโd love to have you at the table
Dinner & brunchFriendsgiving
Wed, Nov 25Hawthorne Park, Medford
12th Step Street Recovery 4th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at Hawthorne Park
Join us on Wednesday November 25th as we come together and share Thanksgiving Dinner with our community. Volunteers needed and donations greatly appreciated. 541.890.9227
Dinner & brunchVolunteer
Wed, Nov 25Talent Club
Collin and COrtet w/ Friends pre-ThanksFriendsgiving, LionsCowboys, Indiginous PeoplesTurkey Day Par
Collin and Quartet is the stripped down Raw version of Collin's supergroup Collin and Company conprised of........ Collin Braley (Vibes, Keys, Moog, Vocals) Will Lowry (Guitar, Vocals) Larry Coble (Bass, Vocals) Micheal O'Donnell (Drums) Playing mostly
Friendsgiving
Thu, Nov 261000 Redwood Ave, Grants Pass
13th annual Turkey Trot
This year promises to be the biggest year yet! Whether youโre aiming for a personal best in the 5K or taking a relaxed morning stroll in the 2-Mile Fun Run, the Grants Pass Family YMCA Turkey Trot welcomes runners, walkers, and strollers of all ages and
Turkey trotFamily friendly
Thu, Nov 26Ashland Community Center/Pioneer Hall
Ashland Community Thanksgiving
Have you noticed how vibrant the leaves are right now? Itโs a kaleidoscope of color, and weโre so lucky to be here. For the 11th year, the Community Peace Meal will go on! Weโre so pleased to tell you that the location of the Thanksgiving community meal t
Volunteer
Thu, Nov 26212 E Main St, Ashland
LARKS Thanksgiving Dinner
Gather around the table at LARKS or in the elegant Crystal Room at the historic Ashland Springs Hotel. Executive Chef Franco Console brings together seasonal ingredients, beautiful holiday flavors, and refined touches in a three-course prix fixe, with a c
Dinner & brunch
Thu, Nov 261701 W Main St, Medford
Thanksgiving Dinner
Join us for Thanksgiving Dinner! We want to share a meal with our community, for which we are very grateful. Dinner will be served at 2:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at West Main Church of Christ. Everyone is welcome. To help us prepare, please let us kno
Dinner & brunch
Thu, Nov 26Lithia Park, Ashland
Thanksgiving Day Firepit, Candle Stroll & Dessert for all Solos & Families
A simple Thanksgiving Day space for solos and families will be available in Lithia Park Thursday, November 26 from 3-6 p.m. and will feature a wood fire, candle stroll, hot cider and pumpkin tarts. Held near 389 Granite Street in Ash
Free
Thu, Nov 26The Evergreen Ballroom
Friendsgiving Dance
๐We are thankful for the Evergreen Ballroom, and we want to celebrate with all dance friends!๐ Large mix of music styles will be played, song requests will be accepted! Time: 6-9pm Cost $5
Friendsgiving
Nov 28โ29Talent Elementary School2 days
Talent Holiday Market
The Talent Holiday Market is back! Once again taking place during Thanksgiving weekend on November 28 and 29 (Saturday and Sunday) at Talent Elementary School (307 Wagner Creek Rd). Saturday, November 28, 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday, November 29, 10 am - 3
Market
Sun, Nov 29Candela Dance Studio, Grants Pass
Thanksgiving special: FREE Turn Up class with Mo!
Candela is offering a FREE Turn Up Dance Fitness class with Mo on Thanksgiving weekend! Join her at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29 for a 1-hour Turn Up class. WHAT IS TURN UP?: Turn Up is a hip hop-based, dance fitness & HIIT (high intensity interval tr
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Thanksgiving table decor and hosting essentials
From the thermometer that saves the turkey to the tablecloth, the kidsโ table and a hat for the Turkey Trot. Check delivery dates before you order.
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Thanksgiving events near Central Point
Turkey trots, dinners and parades in the towns nearby
Nov 27โ28The Columbia Hotel, Ashland2 days
Black Light Friday | A Holiday UV Reactive Dance Party
$12.51
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 familyโs 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.
- 1846โ63Sarah Josepha Hale, the magazine editor who wrote โMary Had a Little Lambโ, 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 โ a year older than the Boston Marathon.
- 1924Macyโs 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.
- 1939โ41Franklin Roosevelt moves the day a week earlier to lengthen the shopping season. People call it โFranksgivingโ, 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 Central Point: frequently asked questions
When are Thanksgiving events in Central Point in 2026?
Thanksgiving events in Central Point run from Nov 14 to Nov 29, 2026: 30 events.
What is on in Central Point on Thanksgiving Day?
8 events are listed for Thursday, November 26, including 13th annual Turkey Trot, Southern Oregon Runners Turkey Trot Run and Turkey Trot Fun Run at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Where can I have Thanksgiving dinner in Central Point?
10 dinners, brunches and buffets are listed, including BEAUTY WAY SHOW at Williams Grange, Friendsgiving Dinner Out: La Briccola at Osteria La Briccola and Thanksgiving Feast. Tables go early for the holiday, so book ahead where you can.
Are there turkey trots in Central Point?
Yes: 13th annual Turkey Trot (Thu, Nov 26), Southern Oregon Runners Turkey Trot Run (Thu, Nov 26) and Turkey Trot Fun Run at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Thu, Nov 26).
Where can I volunteer this Thanksgiving in Central Point?
Thanksgiving Feast, 12th Step Street Recovery 4th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at Hawthorne Park and Southern Oregon Runners Turkey Trot Run are looking for helping hands.
Are there free Thanksgiving events in Central Point?
Yes: 2 of the 30 listed are free, including Turkey Trot Fun Run at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Thanksgiving Day Firepit, Candle Stroll & Dessert for all Solos & Families at Lithia Park.
What are the best Thanksgiving events in Central Point?
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Merry Market & Christmas Faire at Rogue X 901 Rossanley Dr, Medford, OR (Nov 27โ28), Southern Oregon Runners Turkey Trot Run (Thu, Nov 26) and Turkey Trot Fun Run at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Thu, Nov 26).
Are there Thanksgiving events near Central Point?
Yes: 5 more events are listed within reach, in Medford, Klamath Falls, Roseburg and Ashland.
When is Thanksgiving 2026?
In the United States, Thursday, November 26, 2026 โ 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.