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November 2026

Amelia Island events in November: Election Day, Thanksgiving and the tree lightings

Election Day on the 3rd, the Right Whale Festival at Main Beach, the pétanque open on the downtown waterfront, and Thanksgiving week, with the Turkey Trot, the dinners and the Christmas tree lightings.

December is next: Dickens on Centre, the Christmas parade and New Year’s Eve.

Main Beach at sunset, surf running up the sand and a driftwood log left by the tide Main Beach at sunset, surf running up the sand and a driftwood log left by the tide
Main Beach at sunset · November 29, 2025

November dates to plan around

  1. Tue3

    Election Day

    Polls are open 7 AM to 7 PM, and you vote only at your assigned precinct. A mail ballot has to reach a ballot intake station by 7 PM. The voting page

  2. Sat & Sun7&8

    Right Whale Festival

    10 AM to 6 PM Saturday and 10 AM to 3 PM Sunday, free, at Main Beach Park, 32 North Fletcher Avenue. The festival’s site

  3. Fri to Sun13to15

    Amelia Island Open pétanque tournament

    An international tournament on the downtown waterfront, 123 South Front Street, listed 8 AM to 7 PM, with food vendors and a beer and wine tent. The city’s listing

  4. Thu26

    The Thanksgiving Turkey Trot

    The Turkey Trot 5K starts at 8 AM at Racquet Park, Omni Amelia Island Resort, 102 Racquet Park Drive.

  5. Fri27

    Downtown Christmas tree lighting

    4 to 6 PM at Amelia River Waterfront Park, with live performances and Santa. Earlier that day, 8 AM to 4 PM, the Black Friday Pajama Party is on South 3rd Street between Centre and Ash.

Voting on November 3

Early voting ends Saturday, October 31. On the 3rd you vote at your own precinct, not at an early voting site. Look up your precinct and sample ballot on the voting page, and follow the county’s count there on election night.

Thanksgiving week

Wed, Nov 25

  • 5:30 PMAnnual Ritz-Carlton Christmas Tree LightingThe Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, until 6:30 PM, $25

Thu, Nov 26

  • 8 AMTurkey Trot 5KRacquet Park, Omni Amelia Island Resort, until 9:30 AM
  • 10 AMThanksgiving Brunch at FloraBelleFloraBelle
  • 11 AMThanksgiving Grand FeastThe Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
  • 5 PMThanksgiving Dinner at SaltSalt Restaurant

Fri, Nov 27

  • 8 AMAnnual Black Friday Pajama PartySouth 3rd Street between Centre and Ash, until 4 PM
  • 4 PMDowntown Annual Christmas Tree LightingAmelia River Waterfront Park, until 6 PM
  • 5:30 PMHoliday Lights CelebrationThe Shops at Omni Amelia Island, until 8 PM
Hosting a Thanksgiving meal or a holiday event? Post it on the events board, free. Approved posts show here the next morning and in Amelia’s answers.

The rest of November

Every event in November

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Events are gathered each morning from four public calendars (the island tourism calendar, the Nassau County Public Library’s, the City of Fernandina Beach’s and Nassau County’s) and from approved posts on the events board. The Election Day, festival and Thanksgiving week dates were checked against those calendars, and the organizer’s own page where there is one, on October 26, 2026; the voting times come from the Nassau County Supervisor of Elections. Times change, so check the event’s own page before you drive.

The morning, by email

The 6 AM rundown

What is on, at 6 AM, each one a door back to the page. The weekend edition goes through the weekend day by day.

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