Fri, Nov 206:30 AM
Main Street Bank Fantasy in Lights Parade
Downtown Wheeling
Thanksgiving Events in Woodsfield 2026
Celebrate Thanksgiving 2026 in Woodsfield 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 Woodsfield.
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On nowSun, Nov 15725 Sandhill Road, Marietta
Church Thanksgiving Meal
Join us after worship for a Thanksgiving Pot Luck Meal with our church family! All are welcome! A sign up sheet is available in the narthex to sign up (mostly so we don't end up with 14 of the same casserole!)
Fri, Nov 20615 Fifth Street, Marietta
Toddler Time
On Fridays at 10 am, children aged 1 to 3 and their caregivers are invited to Toddler Time at the Marietta Branch Library. September 11 - Library, 18 - Buses, 25 - Owls & Bats, October 2 - Fall Leaves, 9 - Monsters, 16 - Pumpkins, 23 - Spiders, 30 - H
Family friendly
Fri, Nov 20615 Fifth Street, Marietta
Cupcake Liner Turkey
On Friday, November 20, between 11:30 am and 1 pm, use cupcake liners to make a Thanksgiving turkey. No registration required. Available while supplies last. This will require use of scissors for cutting. Open to all ages, and no registration is required.
Family friendly
Fri, Nov 2088 14th St., Wheeling
Beginner Needle-Felted Pumpkin Workshop
Open Now/ Seats limited: Needle- Felted Pumpkin It is the perfect time to cozy up and create this adorable needle-felted pumpkin in this beginner-friendly workshop! Instructor Ryan will guide participants as they learn the art of needle felting by creat
Fri, Nov 20211 Washington Street, Saint Marys
Friendsgiving
Bring a covered dish and a beverage. Let's give Thanks and spend an evening with food, fun and friends!! Please RSVP.
Friendsgiving
Fri, Nov 20Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre & Cinema, Wheeling
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Dinner & a Movie
Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a beloved Thanksgiving holiday movie classic with a lot of laughs! Buckle up! Neal Page just wants to get home for Thanksgiving… but the universe has other plans. A rerouted flight, a blizzard, and one overly chatty sh
Dinner & brunch
Sat, Nov 2144 Lumberjack Ln, Pine Grove
FFA Friendsgiving
Our Pine Grove FFA Chapter will be hosting a Friendsgiving on November 21st at 4 PM. Join us for an evening of food, games, and fun! Anyone is welcome.
Friendsgiving
Sat, Nov 21Marietta Moose Lodge #1823
🍂🦃 Marietta Moose 🫎 🇺🇸
🚨 Members and or their guests come on out for a pre- Thanksgiving 🦃party with live music from The Hard 2 Tell Band 🎸
Live music
Sun, Nov 22121 Maple Ln, Sistersville
Free Thanksgiving Dinner
Please come out and enjoy a FREE Thanksgiving Dinner! Would anyone like to donate please private message us! We look forward to this again this year!
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Sun, Nov 22203 Neely Ave, West Union
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Free Thanksgiving Dinner for the community. If you need food or just need company or some place to go, come enjoy.
Dinner & brunch
Sun, Nov 22Lowell United Methodist Church
Church Family Thanksgiving Meal & Auction
Please join us for a fun time of fellowship and food. After the meal we'll auction off items donated to raise funds for outreach.
Volunteer
Sun, Nov 22St. Michael Parish - Wheeling, "Almost Heaven" West Virginia
Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner
All young adults are invited to our Thanksgiving Potluck dinner! We will meet on November 22 at 6:00pm in the St Michael Angelus Center. Please bring your favorite covered dish to share.
Dinner & brunch
Sun, Nov 22New Martinsville United Methodist Church
Community Thanksgiving Service
Please save the date. Details to come.
Tue, Nov 24Lowell United Methodist Church
Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service
Our ecumenical church family will gather for a service of prayer, singing, the reading of scripture, and gratefulness. The ecumenical church family & community consists of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, St. John's Evangelical Church, Highland Ridg
Tue, Nov 24The First State Capitol Building, Wheeling
Critter Chat: Solace House by Will Maclean
Note that we're meeting on a *Tuesday* for November, knowing the day before Thanksgiving might be extra busy for folks. This is a new release (coming out October 13), so get those library holds going now. This is our 50th read together! Join us at Midg
Wed, Nov 25Buckeye Trail High School, Lore City
Thanksgiving Throwdown *WARzone*
*WARzone Event* **LIMITED TO 200 WRESTLERS—REGISTER EARLY** Location: Buckeye Trail High School, 65555 Wintergreen Rd, Lore City, OH 43755 This tournament is open to any wrestler from age 5 - junior high. The app will automatically pair you up for the m
Wed, Nov 25Ban Johnson Field House, Marietta
Marietta College Men's Basketball Youth Day (Visit with Santa!)
Join us on "Turkey Eve" (Wednesday, November 25) for men's basketball Youth Day at Marietta College. It's a great way to experience high-level college sports with the whole family: - Free 3' x 5' flags for the first 100 kids ages 14 and under - NEW: Mee
Family friendly
Wed, Nov 25222 29th street, Wheeling
The Trainjumpers Thanksgiving Eve With Special Guest Corner 3
The Trainjumpers Thanksgiving Eve tradition is back with special guest Corner 3. Showtime starts at 8PM, $10 Cover at the door. Come kick off the holidays with us at the bottom of 29th Street Hill, Silver Rail Bar & Grill.
Wed, Nov 25336 National Rd, Wheeling
Thanksgiving Eve
🔥 THANKSGIVING EVE IS ABOUT TO GET WILD! 🔥 🏠 WELCOME HOME PARTY at Generations! 🍻 Old friends, cold drinks, and one BIG night in Fulton! 🎧 DJ DANER takes over at 10 PM! 📅 Wednesday, November 25 Everybody’s coming home. You know where the party is! 🔥🍻
Live music
Thu, Nov 26Caldwell, Ohio
Turkey Trot
🦃🐾 WALK WITH THANKS — TURKEY TROT WALK 🐾🦃 Start Thanksgiving morning with grateful hearts, happy paws, and a little movement! ❤️ Join us for a fun, family-friendly walk as we give thanks to Jesus for our blessings, our community, and the ability to move
Turkey trotFamily friendly
Thu, Nov 26Woodsfield City Park
Community Turkey Trot
Lace up, bring your holiday spirit, and join us for a fun Turkey Trot where everyone is welcome! Kick off your Thanksgiving morning with a little movement, community, and giving back! Join us for a fun, low
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Thu, Nov 26Wheeling University
Wheeling Turkey Trot 5K 2026
Join us on Thanksgiving Day at the Alma Grace McDonough Center on the campus of Wheeling University. 8:30 AM Children's Fun Run 9:00 AM - 5K Run and Walk Register by November 15th to be guaranteed a Turkey Trot Long Sleeve Tshirt! Register here: http
Turkey trotFamily friendly
Thu, Nov 26The Great Guernsey Trail, Cambridge
St Benedict School 11th Annual - Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk
Join us for our 11th annual St. Benedict School Turkey Trot Run/Walk. More details coming soon!
Turkey trot
Thu, Nov 26400 Walnut St, Martins Ferry
FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER
Our annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner. Come visit and eat and spend some of your holiday with us
Dinner & brunch
Fri, Nov 27175 Front St, Marietta
Sunrise Cinema - Planes, Trains & Automobiles
As part of Record Store Day: BLACK FRIDAY join us for our very first SUNRISE CINEMA featuring the best Thanksgiving movie of all time PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES! This feature is free and open to the public. The film is rated R simply for some naughty
Sat, Nov 2889 Marie Street, West Union
Tease Me 2nd Annual Small Business Saturday
Shop several local vendors! Contribute to the food drive and get a picture with Santa!!!
Volunteer
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 Woodsfield
Turkey trots, dinners and parades in the towns nearby
Thu, Nov 19Tomlinson Run State Park, New Cumberland
Chaffin Luhana 2026 Turkey Giveaway - New Cumberland, WV
Free
Wed, Nov 25The Barn-Zanesville
Thanksgiving Eve: The Biggest Party of the Year!!
Thu, Nov 26Grace Church, 516 Shinnick St, Zanesville, OH 43701
Race for Grace 2026
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 Woodsfield: frequently asked questions
When are Thanksgiving events in Woodsfield in 2026?
Thanksgiving events in Woodsfield run from Nov 15 to Nov 28, 2026: 29 events.
What is on in Woodsfield on Thanksgiving Day?
6 events are listed for Thursday, November 26, including 18th Annual Turkey Trot at Grand Vue Park, Turkey Trot at Caldwell, Ohio and Community Turkey Trot at Woodsfield City Park.
Where can I have Thanksgiving dinner in Woodsfield?
6 dinners, brunches and buffets are listed, including Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Dinner & a Movie at Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre & Cinema, Free Thanksgiving Dinner and Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Tables go early for the holiday, so book ahead where you can.
Are there turkey trots in Woodsfield?
Yes: 18th Annual Turkey Trot at Grand Vue Park (Thu, Nov 26), Turkey Trot at Caldwell, Ohio (Thu, Nov 26) and Community Turkey Trot at Woodsfield City Park (Thu, Nov 26).
Where can I volunteer this Thanksgiving in Woodsfield?
Community Turkey Trot at Woodsfield City Park and Tease Me 2nd Annual Small Business Saturday are looking for helping hands.
Are there free Thanksgiving events in Woodsfield?
Yes: 1 of the 29 listed is free, including Community Turkey Trot at Woodsfield City Park.
What are the best Thanksgiving events in Woodsfield?
The most popular on AllEvents right now are Main Street Bank Fantasy in Lights Parade at Downtown Wheeling (Fri, Nov 20), 18th Annual Turkey Trot at Grand Vue Park (Thu, Nov 26) and Nailers Hockey - Wrestling Night and Thanksgiving Eve at WesBanco Arena (Wed, Nov 25).
Are there Thanksgiving events near Woodsfield?
Yes: 5 more events are listed within reach, in New Cumberland, Zanesville, Clarksburg and Athens.
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.