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Things to do in Merrillville

2,443 events in the next 30 days, from the Merrillville events calendar.

Thursday, November 2620 events

  1. All day

    2026 Lake County Hometown Flying Turkey Market

    Lake County Fairgrounds – Crown Point

  2. 7 a.m.11 a.m.

    Fast Track to Logistics Top Jobs Training

    WorkOne GaryFree

    Classes & Talks

  3. 8 a.m.

    26th Annual Turkey Trot - Portage Township YMCA

    3100 Willowcreek Road$0+

    Community

  4. 8 a.m.9:30 a.m.

    Crete Community Runners Association 4th Annual 2026 Turkey Trot 5k Run/Walk

    1550 S Sangamon StFreeFamily

    Sports

  5. 8 a.m.

    Flying Turkey 5K/2K Run/Walk

    Lake Co. Fairgrounds$25+

    Sports

  6. 8 a.m.9:30 a.m.

    The Gobbler Classic 5K Run/Walk

    100 81st Ave$35+

    Sports

  7. 9 a.m.11 a.m.

    Highland Parks & Recreation's 51st Annual Pumpkin Plod

    2450 Lincoln Street$25+

    Sports

  8. 9 a.m.11 a.m.

    Thornton Turkey Trot

    183rd and Cottage Grove Ave$15+

    Sports

  9. 9 a.m.10 p.m.

    Thanksgiving Day Service

    First Christian Reformed Church

    Festivals & Holidays

  10. 10:30 a.m.12 p.m.

    Pinochle Club

    Crete Township Community Center

    Community

  11. 1 p.m.2 p.m.

    Getting Started | WIOA

    American Job Center at Prairie State College

    Classes & Talks

  12. 3 p.m.

    HIV/STI Screening with Howard Brown Health

    South Shore Branch, Chicago Public LibraryFree

    Arts & Culture

  13. 3:30 p.m.

    Robotics & Coding Workshop

    Whitney M. Young, Jr. Branch, Chicago Public LibraryFree

    Classes & Talks

  14. 4 p.m.5 p.m.

    All Ages LEGO© Club

    Schneider Branch LibraryFamily

    Family & Kids

  15. 4 p.m.7:30 p.m.

    Youth Dance Classes with Indiana Ballet Theater – Thursdays

    Valpo Creates CenterFamily

    Classes & Talks

  16. 4:30 p.m.8 p.m.

    K-5 Basketball League

    The Connection Center

  17. 6 p.m.

    Culinary Arts

    Three20 RecoveryFree

    Health & Wellness

  18. 7 p.m.9 p.m.

    BINGO @ Off Square Brewing

    Off Square Brewing

    Food & Drink

  19. 8 p.m.11 p.m.

    Rocky Horror Thanksgiving!

    Avenue 912 Event Center$15.66+

    Festivals & Holidays

  20. 9 p.m.

    Rocky Horror Thanksgiving

    Avenue 912 Event Center

    Festivals & Holidays

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