Celebrating Thanksgiving in Kansas City
2022 Edition
From turkey bowling to crafts, 5ks to lighting ceremonies, and shopping to museums there are many wonderful ways to make Thanksgiving memories in KC.
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Turkey Napkin Holders
These cute little turkeys are quick and easy, and, as an added bonus, you can choose to personalize these turkeys for your Thanksgiving Day guests!
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Holiday Light & Magic
Welcome to Holiday Light and Magic! Though these are the same elves that bring you 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 in downtown, it’s a WHOLE DIFFERENT type of drive-thru Christmas Lights experience.
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Winter Magic: KC's Premiere Holiday Light Show
Come one, come all, to Winter Magic – the most fantastic mile of drive-thru 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 this side of the North Pole! Those magic little elves are on the move this year! They’ve taken 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲
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GloWild at the Kansas City Zoo
See the Kansas City Zoo in a whole new light this fall with a new, completely unique and immersive nighttime experience, GloWild. This lantern festival will be the largest of its kind in the Midwest.
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Handprint Turkeys
Adorable and FUN to make. Create one for each child or make a larger bowl with several kid’s handprints for the tail. Don’t need a bowl, turn your pinch pot over and make a turkey figure to use as a centerpiece on your Thanksgiving table.
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Little Acorns: Talkin' Turkey
It’s turkey time! Wild turkey, that is! From the way they talk, to the way they walk, turkeys are an unusual bird. Join us and learn how wild turkeys are of the most interesting birds in Missouri.
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Evergy Festival of Lights at Powell Gardens
Showing through 1/8/2023, Evergy Festival of Lights at Powell Gardens, more than 20 miles of lights turn Kansas City’s botanical garden into a winter wonderland. Enjoy a breath of fresh air during a hectic holiday season!
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Turkey Bowling
You read that right…bowling with skates on ice!! Test out your bowling skills on our frozen bowling lanes. $8 admission, $2 skate rental, $5 admission if you bring in a canned good.
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Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Come by Turner Recreation Commission on Sunday, November 20, 2022, from 4PM-6PM for a FREE Thanksgiving meal. This is a drive-thru/pick-up as well as sit-down event. Where: Turner Recreation Commission's Lower Parking Lot and Gym When: Sunday, ...
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Christmas in the Sky
Kick off your holiday season with Jackson County Parks + Rec at 99.7 The Point on the beach at Longview Lake.
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Ward Parkway Turkey Day 5k
Kick off your Thanksgiving Day celebration with a great morning run. All will receive a long sleeve race shirt and a pumpkin pie!
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Parkville Turkey Trail Trot 5K & 2mile walk
The Annual Parkville Turkey Trot 5K / 2mile walk promotes a family-friendly health and fitness event. A great event to start or continue a family holiday tradition. All proceeds go to support English Landing Park, the Parkville Nature Sanctuary, ...
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Gillham Road GobbleTrot
12th annual Thanksgiving Day 5K, the "Gillham Road GobbleTrot". It will be the same feel-good, family-friendly, holiday-fun 5K run/walk enjoyed by thousands for more than a decade, and it still benefits the Pilgrim Center.
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93rd Evergy Plaza Lighting Ceremony
The Evergy Plaza Lighting Ceremony returns on Thursday, Nov. 24, celebrating 93 years as a beloved holiday tradition in the community.
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Santa's Arrival at Crown Center
Santa Claus arrives in a horse-drawn carriage to kick off the holiday season. Join Santa as he makes his way to Santa's Gingerbread Station, where he resides through December 24.
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Black Friday Shopping at Legends
Legends Outlets will open at 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 25, for all-day shopping, holiday fun, savings, and more at its nearly 75 leading designer and brand-name stores. The center will also give away $2,000 in Legends Outlets gift cards on Friday.
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Harvesters Food Donation Drive
Donate nonperishable goods to Harvesters and receive Buy One, Get One admission to the Museum and Memorial.
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1860s Living History: Day After Thanksgiving at Mahaffie
Bring your family and friends to experience Living History: 1860s Style!
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
The animated classic will come to life on The Coterie stage - and a *live jazz trio* will play the original Vince Guaraldi arrangements! Join Charlie Brown on a memorable journey as he tries to direct the school Christmas pageant.
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Holiday Reflections
Showing thru 1/2/2023, Union Station expands and adds to its magical “Holiday Reflections” walk-thru holiday village. This spectacular themed experience fills Union Station’s massive Grand Plaza and features sky-reaching lights and more.