Seagate's Thanksgiving Weekend Comes Five Days Early, Starting at Anchor Park

At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 21, the registration tables open at Anchor Park, 340 S Ocean Blvd. That's a short trip up South Ocean Boulevard from Seagate. An hour later the 40th Annual Delray Beach Turkey Trot 5K starts on the oceanfront. By 9 a.m. the GreenMarket is open at Old School Square. At 1:30 p.m., a U.S. Billie Jean King Cup team with Coco Gauff and Madison Keys among its nominees is scheduled to take the court at the Delray Beach Tennis Center on West Atlantic Avenue.

The Turkey Trot isn't on Thanksgiving Day. This year Delray's holiday traditions, its winter market and a major international tennis event all fall on the Saturday before. If you live in Seagate, your first stop that morning is just up the road. Thanksgiving itself falls on November 26.

The 40th Turkey Trot Starts at 7:30 on a Saturday

The organizer, Victory Sports Management, lists the race for Saturday, November 21, 2026, starting and finishing at Anchor Park. The Downtown Delray Beach events listing gives the same date and describes the course as a 5K "along the beautiful Delray Beach oceanfront." The 2026 route map hasn't been published, so check the race page before you plan your drive out of the neighborhood.

Here is the race-morning schedule from the organizer:

The race is a single 5K, open to runners and walkers, with timed and untimed entries. On RunSignup, timed entry costs $39.50 and untimed costs $34.50. Prices go up after 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, November 20. That's the night before the race, so registering early only saves money if you do it before Friday ends.

Every registered runner gets a personalized bib, an event shirt and a custom finisher medal for the 40th anniversary. You can skip the race-morning line by picking up your packet early:

1. Wednesday, November 18, 9 a.m. to noon at City of Delray Beach Parks & Recreation, 50 NW 1st Ave.
2. Thursday, November 19, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Fleet Feet Delray Beach, 1705 S Federal Highway, Suite A5.

The Thursday pickup on South Federal Highway is the evening option, open until 6:30 p.m.

The Anchor Park Meter Starts at 8, Mid-Race

The race starts at 7:30. The City of Delray Beach lists Anchor Park's lot at $2 an hour, enforced from 8 a.m. to dusk. If you park there at 6:30, enforcement begins halfway through the race, and the awards run until 8:45. If you plan to walk on to breakfast or head downtown afterward, keep paying for the spot or come back for the car.

The city's annual Beach Parking Permit costs $90 plus tax. It covers the Anchor Park, Sandoway Park, Ingraham Park, Orange Grove and Atlantic Dunes North and South lots with no meter fees. It doesn't cover street parking on Ocean Boulevard/SR A1A or the Gleason Street Lot. Sales for the new permit year opened October 1, 2026, for anyone who isn't renewing. The city no longer issues a decal. The permit is linked to your license plate. You can buy one in person at the Park Delray Beach office, 95 NE 1st Ave., on the ground floor of the Old School Square Garage by the north elevator. That garage is at the same campus as the GreenMarket, which is your next stop of the morning.

Sea turtle nesting season runs from March 1 through October 31, according to the city, so race weekend falls after it ends. During the season, the city's sea turtle page asks beachgoers to move portable items to the foot of the dune at night and keep the beach dark.

Breakfast Within a Block of the Finish Line

The closest post-race breakfast is on South Ocean Boulevard, just north of Anchor Park.

• Pura Vida Miami, 6 S Ocean Blvd. It opens at 7 a.m. on Saturdays and serves breakfast and coffee all day. It's already open while runners are warming up, so supporters have somewhere to wait.
• Caffe Luna Rosa, 34 S Ocean Blvd. The Downtown Delray Beach directory lists it for breakfast, lunch and brunch. Call ahead for Saturday hours.
• Beach Market Café, 10 N Ocean Blvd, at Opal Grand. It's listed for breakfast, brunch, coffee and café fare. Call ahead for hours here too.

All three are close to the ocean end of Atlantic Avenue, which is where the rest of the day heads.

Old School Square Fills Up by Nine

The awards end at 8:45. The Delray Winter GreenMarket opens at 9 a.m. at the Old School Square campus and runs until 2 p.m. November 21 falls in the market's fifth week of its 31st winter season, which runs every Saturday from October 24, 2026, through May 22, 2027. The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency started the market in 1996. It now has more than 60 food vendors selling produce, just-picked citrus, eggs, artisan cheese, baked goods, cut flowers and plants.

Two more events share that morning, according to the Downtown Delray Beach calendar:

• Southern Handcraft Society 33rd Annual Art & Craft Show, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Old School Square. It's on the same campus and has the same hours as the GreenMarket.
• Historic Walking Tour of Atlantic Ave, 10 a.m. to noon, listed under the Delray Beach Historical Society.

The walking tour ends at noon, which leaves an hour and a half before the first tennis match on West Atlantic. Here is a realistic route for the day: the 5K at the beach at 7:30, breakfast on Ocean Boulevard, the market and craft tables at Old School Square, the history tour along the avenue, and lunch somewhere on the way to the tennis center.

Courtside at 1:30 on West Atlantic

On the afternoon of November 21, the United States plays Hungary in a Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Playoff at the Delray Beach Tennis Center, 201 W. Atlantic Ave. The USTA announced the U.S. squad on October 21, 2026. The nominees are Coco Gauff, world No. 5 in singles; Madison Keys, the 2025 Australian Open champion; Ann Li; Taylor Townsend, world No. 2 in doubles; and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.

The stakes are high. The playoff is a best-of-five series, and the winner returns to the Qualifying pool with a chance to compete for the 2027 Billie Jean King Cup title. U.S. captain Lindsay Davenport told the USTA the tie is "incredibly important" for getting back into title contention, and added that "certainly Coco always wants to win on her home turf."

How the weekend runs, per the USTA:

A two-day package costs $50 on Ticketmaster, compared with $70 for two single-day tickets. The first country to win three matches takes the tie. If either team clinches in the third or fourth match, Sunday's schedule may be shortened. That means Saturday has a guaranteed full slate of top-player singles, while Sunday might end early. If you're only going one day, Saturday is the safer pick. Tennis Channel is carrying the matches in the U.S. if you'd rather watch from home after a morning on Ocean Boulevard.

Sunday Brings More Tennis, and the Next Big Date Is December 1

Sunday, November 22, has the second day of the playoff at 1:30 p.m. Thanksgiving week is lighter. The Downtown Delray Beach calendar lists a Full Moon Yoga & Wellness Market at Old School Square on Tuesday, November 24, from 5 to 9 p.m. The next major date in town is Delray's 100-foot Christmas Tree Lighting and Yuletide Street Fair on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m., with the lighting at 7 p.m. The city says the tree goes up in mid-October, so it's already standing at Old School Square on race weekend. You'll walk past it at the GreenMarket about ten days before it's lit.

For Seagate, the season's first big day is Saturday the 21st, starting with the 7:30 a.m. race at Anchor Park.

If you're thinking of selling your Seagate home this winter, the season's calendar affects your timing as much as the market does. The Creegan Team plans listing campaigns around the dates that fill Ocean Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue, from the timing of photography to the marketing launch. Request a complimentary seller consultation, and we'll map your listing against the winter season ahead.