Thu, Nov 268:30 AM
OBX 2026 TURKEY TROT
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Thanksgiving Events in Kill Devil Hills 2026
Celebrate Thanksgiving 2026 in Kill Devil Hills 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 Kill Devil Hills.
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On nowSat, Nov 14104 Sir Walter Raleigh Street, Manteo
Sweater Weather Saturday~A Day of Giving
🍁November 14th is your time to help us give back to our local community! We have adopted two families that with your help, we will be helping out this Thanksgiving! 🛍️The boutique will be stocked with cozy sweaters! We will have a FREE Hot Chocolate Bar
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On nowSat, Nov 141725 City Center Blvd, Elizabeth City
Thanksgiving Family Mini Session
🍁📸 THANKSGIVING IS ALMOST HERE! 🦃🍂 With family members traveling into town for the holiday, why not take advantage of everyone being together and capture some beautiful family portraits? 🍁 Saturday, November 14, 2026 ⏰ 3 PM – 8 PM 💰 Only $175 per sess
On nowSat, Nov 14Showtime Elite NC East, Elizabeth City
Thanksgiving Potluck 2026
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our families! We always look forward to celebrating the holidays with our village. If you’re new to our holiday meetings, here’s how it works: it’s a potluck! Each family brings a side dish or dessert, and we’ll provide a roa
Sat, Nov 21244 Williams Dr
Surviving the Holidays - sponsored by DivorceCare
🎄 SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS After Separation or Divorce 📅 WHEN: November 21st 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 WHERE: Liberty Christian Fellowship 244 Williams Drive K*ll Devil Hills, NC The holiday season can bring unexpected challenges when you're navigating
Sat, Nov 21Stardust, Elizabeth City
Mom & Me Friendsgiving
Mom & Me Friendsgiving at Stardust! Twinning, share Thanksgiving dinner, and decorating hand mirrors for each other. Nov 21. When was the last time you and your daughter got dressed up together and made
$102.45Dinner & brunchFriendsgiving
Sun, Nov 22318 S Hughes Blvd, Elizabeth City
Harbor of Hope Thanksgiving Donation Dropoff
**Help Us Make Thanksgiving Special for Families in Our Community!** Thanksgiving is a time to come together, be thankful for what we have, and lend a helping hand to those who need it. Harbor of Hope is hosting a **Thanksgiving Dinner Donation Drive**
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Sun, Nov 22100 E Driftwood St, Nags Head
Community Thanksgiving Service & Dinner
Join us for a special Community Thanksgiving Dinner following our Sunday morning worship service!
Dinner & brunch
Sun, Nov 22121 Forbes Road, Jarvisburg
Thanksgiving Fellowship Meal
All Are Invited! For this fellowship meal, the food ministry is providing Turkey, Ham, green beans, and mashed potatoes. They are asking for these sides... Hot dishes: Beans, Potatoes, Mac and Cheese, others Cold Dishes: Coleslaw, Pasta Salad, Devile
Wed, Nov 25Rodanthe/Waves/Salvo Community Bldg
Thanksgiving Pie & Bake Sale
November 25 from 10-Noon (or sold out!) and stock up for your holiday table. Whether you're looking for dessert, breakfast for holiday guests, or a special treat to enjoy over the Thanksgiving weekend, there's something for everyone. Doors Open at 10
Wed, Nov 25Outer Banks Brewing Station
Tipsy Turkey Beer Mile
Tipsy Turkey 1 Mile Adult Beverage Run Limit 100 participants 11 AM Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Drink, Run, Drink, Run, Drink, Run, Drink, Run, Party Join the Brewing Station crew for a Thanksgiving themed beer mile. Backyard party, chip timing and T-s
Wed, Nov 25Tooley’s Tavern at The Boathouse, Elizabeth City
JHMG @ The Boathouse/Tooley's Tavern Thanksgiving Eve
Got the crew back in town? Turn that thing right on up with The James Henry Morgan Gang @ The Boathouse
Wed, Nov 25Seven Sounds Brewing Company, Elizabeth City
DJB @ Seven Sounds
Mark your calendar and bring a hefty appetite because it's just a matter of time before The Daniel Jordan Band serves up a Five Star pre-Thanksgiving show that you'll be digesting all year long.
Thu, Nov 26407 McArthur Drive, Elizabeth City
Thanksgiving Buffet
� YES, WILDFLOWER IS OPEN ON THANKSGIVING DAY! � We've been getting LOTS of calls and messages asking, so let's make it official! Join us Thursday, November 26th, from 11AM–7PM for a Thanksgiving Day buffet filled with all your holiday favorites! THANK
Dinner & brunch
Thu, Nov 26The Local OBX, Corolla
Thanksgiving Dinner
I Hope to see all y’all on Thanksgiving! Great food, football on the TVs, beer on draft and stocked bar.
Dinner & brunch
Thu, Nov 26121 Forbes Road, Jarvisburg
A Currituck Thanksgiving (Meal Outreach)
Each year during Thanksgiving, JCC hosts and partners with other Christians in the area to give out hot meals to those in need. This outreach is a collective effort by Christians and Churches in Lower Currituck to provide a hot meal, free clothes, and pra
Fri, Nov 27Seven Sounds Brewing Company, Elizabeth City
REDLINE’S POST THANKSGIVING ROCK OUT!
GOBBLE TILL YOU WOBBLE… THEN ROCK WITH REDLINE! Y'all, Thanksgiving might be over, but the party is just getting started! The turkey's been carved, the stuffing's been stuffed, and the cranberry sauce is still sitting on the table because nobody wanted
Sat, Nov 28Seven Sounds Brewing Company, Elizabeth City
Eric Dunlow @ Seven sounds full band
Ecity. Gobble gobble 🦃🍻 We’re coming back to one of my favorite venues Seven Sounds Brewing Company and we can’t wait to see y’all. Do what yall do best and pack the place for us, yall be safe and have a happy thanksgiving🤘🏻🔥
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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Instant-read thermometerThe one tool between a dry bird and a juicy oneShop on Amazon - Host
Roasting pan with rackLifts the turkey so it browns all overShop on Amazon - Host
Food warming matEvery side still warm when the last guest sitsShop on Amazon - Guest
Casserole carrierFor the dish you promised to bring, 9×13Shop on Amazon - Table
Thanksgiving tableclothAutumn leaves for the long tableShop on Amazon - Table
Cheesecloth table runnerSoft and gathered, this year’s table lookShop on Amazon - Table
Gratitude conversation cardsSomething to talk about besides the gameShop on Amazon - Kids
Coloring tableclothKeeps the kids’ table busy till pieShop on Amazon - Friendsgiving
Plates and napkins setFor Friendsgiving, and no washing upShop on Amazon - Run
Turkey hatRun the Turkey Trot dressed for dinnerShop on Amazon
Thanksgiving events near Kill Devil Hills
Turkey trots, dinners and parades in the towns nearby
Thu, Nov 265641 Indian River Rd, Virginia Beach
Thanksgiving Day
Thu, Nov 26Mom’s Kitchen, Virginia Beach
Thanksgiving Day Buffet at Mom’s Kitchen
$39.19Dinner & brunch
Nov 26–29363 Independence Blvd, Virginia Beach4 days
Grand Opening Weekend at Uptown Virginia Beach (North)!
Nov 27–291000 19th St, Virginia Beach3 days
45th Annual Virginia Beach Christmas Market
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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 Kill Devil Hills: frequently asked questions
When are Thanksgiving events in Kill Devil Hills in 2026?
Thanksgiving events in Kill Devil Hills run from Nov 14 to Nov 28, 2026: 20 events.
What is on in Kill Devil Hills on Thanksgiving Day?
5 events are listed for Thursday, November 26, including Wild Turkey Thanksgiving Day 5k in Corolla at Whalehead in Historic Corolla, OBX 2026 TURKEY TROT at Southern Shores Town Hall and Thanksgiving Buffet.
Where can I have Thanksgiving dinner in Kill Devil Hills?
5 dinners, brunches and buffets are listed, including Mom & Me Friendsgiving at Stardust, Harbor of Hope Thanksgiving Donation Dropoff and Community Thanksgiving Service & Dinner. Tables go early for the holiday, so book ahead where you can.
Are there turkey trots in Kill Devil Hills?
Yes: Wild Turkey Thanksgiving Day 5k in Corolla at Whalehead in Historic Corolla (Thu, Nov 26), OBX 2026 TURKEY TROT at Southern Shores Town Hall (Thu, Nov 26) and 15th Annual Turkey Trot at Elizabeth City WaterFront Park. (Sat, Nov 28).
What are the best Thanksgiving events in Kill Devil Hills?
The most popular on AllEvents right now are OBX 2026 TURKEY TROT at Southern Shores Town Hall (Thu, Nov 26), 15th Annual Turkey Trot at Elizabeth City WaterFront Park. (Sat, Nov 28) and Wild Turkey Thanksgiving Day 5k in Corolla at Whalehead in Historic Corolla (Thu, Nov 26).
Are there Thanksgiving events near Kill Devil Hills?
Yes: 6 more events are listed within reach, in Virginia Beach.
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.