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Dundee’s holiday stretch: a Turkey Trot, Small Business Saturday and Lights on Dundee
Between Thanksgiving morning and Dec. 3, Dundee packs a 5K, a shop-local Saturday and a night of Santa photos and $5 slices into one week.
Dundee does the holidays on foot. Over one week, the neighborhood around 50th and Underwood hosts a Thanksgiving run, a shop-local Saturday and its biggest night of the year.
Thanksgiving morning: the Turkey Trot. The Dundee Memorial Park Association’s 5K run or 2.5-mile walk starts at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26, at Memorial Park. Entry is five cans of food or a money donation for Food Bank for the Heartland, and costumes are welcome.
Saturday, Nov. 28: Small Business Saturday. Dundee’s shops are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A few have posted offers: eCreamery adds a free pint to a four-pint gift collection, One Tree Yoga sells a 10-class pack for $100, and Albany and Avers pours complimentary drinks during a vintage pop-up.
Thursday, Dec. 3: Lights on Dundee. From 5 to 8 p.m., Santa and Mrs. Claus pose for photos by the Dundee mural (they move inside Dundee Bank if it is below 40 degrees) and local students sing carols. The food deals are the draw: $5 slices, truffle fries and cold brew at Pitch, three street tacos for $10 at Bomb Taco, $4 hot cider at TakeRoot Farm Stop and happy hour all night at Lola’s.
Bring a donation. Several Dundee shops trade a small freebie for a donation that night: curry fries at Amsterdam for diapers, pasta at Avoli for canned food, a drink at Cork and Bottle for Toys for Tots, and popcorn at Film Streams for the food bank.
Every item here comes from the Dundee merchants’ own events page. Our calendar and OmahaOffers listings link back to it.