In Detroit, Thanksgiving morning belongs to Woodward Avenue and one of the country's oldest Thanksgiving parades. Then it's turkey and the Lions' traditional holiday game. Here's the whole day.
- 16 events
What’s on this season?
Holiday Market 2026 – Thanksgiving Food Shopping
Eastern Market · Detroit
Pre-Thanksgiving House: DJs Kai Alce & David AP
MotorCity Wine · Detroit
Magic Bag Presents: Thanksgiving Is Still Murder – Smiths United, Used Cars and Hynde Sight
The Magic Bag · Ferndale
The Pak & Friends Present: The 22nd Annual Nite B4 Thanksgiving Gala
Aretha's Jazz Café at Music Hall · Detroit
The Turkey Trot
Huntington Place · Detroit
Turkey Trot
Huntington Place · Detroit
Thanksgiving Family Fun Fest
The Majestic Theatre · Detroit
Detroit Turkey Trot: the costume run before the parade
Downtown Detroit (start: Griswold St. and Fort St.; finish: Atwater St. behind Huntington Place) · Detroit
America's Thanksgiving Day Parade at the Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Historical Museum · Detroit
+1 more dates
Thanksgiving at Saint John’s Resort
Saint John's Resort · Plymouth
Turkey Giveaway
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort · Mount Pleasant
Turkey Bowling
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort · Mount Pleasant
Thanksgiving Closure
Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts · Manistee
Thanksgiving Brunch
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort · Mount Pleasant
Thanksgiving Holiday Feast
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort · Mount Pleasant
How it went before
Our time machine: this season’s events from past years.
