



November is the season of turkey, pie and Thanksgiving. We’re sure thankful for all the events happening this month in Utah Valley, so grab your calendar and mark it for these November festivities.
Events

Thanksgiving Point’s annual Luminaria opens it’s gates November 22 and will continue to glow until January 4.
Dia de Los Muertos
- When: Nov. 1 from 4–10 p.m.
- Where: Shops at Riverwoods
- Cost: FREE
- Site: Facebook
Annual Tree Lighting and Concert
- When: Nov. 16 from 2–6 p.m.
- Where: Outlets at Traverse Mountain
- Cost: FREE
- Site: outletsattraversemountain.com
Lighting of Riverwoods
- When: Nov. 15 from 5:30–9 p.m.
- Where: Shops at Riverwoods
- Cost: FREE
- Site: shopsatriverwoods.com
Luminaria
- When: Nov. 22 – Jan. 4
- Where: Thanksgiving Point
- Cost: $17–$149
- Site: thanksgivingpoint.org
Santa’s Grand Arrival
- When: Nov. 29 at 9:30 a.m.
- Where: University Place
- Cost: FREE
- Site: universityplaceorem.com
Spanish Fork Festival of Lights
- When: Nov. 28 – Jan. 1 from 6 p.m.–10 p.m.
- Where: Canyon View Park in Spanish Fork
- Cost: $8 per car; $22 per large passenger van; $30 per bus
- Site: spanishfork.org
Pond Town Christmas
- When: Nov. 23 – Jan. 1 from 5:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: Salem
- Cost: FREE
- Site: salemcity.org
North Pole Express
- When: Nov. 23 – Dec. 23
- Where: Heber Valley Railroad
- Cost: Varies
- Site: hebervalleyrr.org
Lite Brite Night
- When: Nov. 21 at 6–8 p.m.
- Where: University Place
- Cost: FREE
- Site: universityplaceorem.com
A Very Dickens Dinner
- When: Nov. 30
- Where: Thanksgiving Point
- Cost: $39
- Site: thanksgivingpoint.org
Christmas Gift and Craft Show
- When: Nov. 29–30
- Where: Spanish Fork Fairgrounds
- Cost: Free
- Site: christmasgiftandcraftshow.com
Winter Lights Parade
- When: Nov. 30
- Where: Spanish Fork Main Street
- Cost: Free
- Site: spanishfork-chamber.com
Santa Party
- When: Nov. 26
- Where: Mountain Point Medical Center
- Cost: Free
- Site: facebook.com
Theater

The Hale Center Theater in Orem presents “Thoroughly Modern Millie” from September 27 to November 23. Photo credit: Facebook.
“Thoroughly Modern Millie”
- When: Sept. 27– Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. with matinee at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on select days
- Where: Hale Center Theater Orem
- Cost: $25–27 for adults; $19–$21 for children
- Site: haletheater.org
“Elf The Musical”
- When: Nov. 29 – Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
- Where: SCERA
- Cost: $14 for adults; $12 for children
- Site: scera.org
“A Christmas Carol”
- When: Nov. 30– Dec. 23
- Where: Hale Center Theater Orem
- Cost: $24–$29
- Site: haletheater.org
Music
A Night of Broadway: Salute to Disney
- When: Nov. 7–9 at 7 p.m.
- Where: SCERA
- Cost: $12 for adults; $10 for children/seniors
- Site: scera.org
BYU Vocal Point
- When: Nov. 9–10 at 7:30 p.m.
- Where: Covey Center for the Arts
- Cost: $13 for students; $15 general admission
- Site: coveycenter.org
Celebration of Veterans
- When: Nov. 9 at 10 a.m.
- Where: SCERA
- Cost: FREE
- Site: scera.org
“Higher Love!”
- When: Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
- Where: SCERA
- Cost: FREE
- Site: scera.org
Light Up Christmas
- When: Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
- Where: Covey Center for the Arts
- Cost: $12–$18
- Site: coveycenter.org
Dance
Barlow Arts is bringing “The Nutcracker to the Covey Center in Provo (Facebook: Barlow Arts Conservatory)
Gypsy Tapestry
- When: Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
- Where: Covey Center for the Arts
- Cost: $4 for children; $6 for adults
- Site: coveycenter.org
Barlow Arts: “The Nutcracker”
- When: Nov. 13–17 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Saturday at 2 p.m.)
- Where: Covey Center for the Arts
- Cost: $12.50–$20
- Site: coveycenter.org
Color and Light
- When: Nov. 16, 22, 23
- Where: Woodbury Art Museum, Orem
- Cost: FREE
- Site: wasatchcontemporary.com
Races
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- Nov. 9: The Blizzard 5K (Vineyard)
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- Nov. 28: Thankful 13 (Lehi)
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- Nov. 28: AF Turkey Trot (American Fork)
- Nov. 28: Earn Your Turkey Race (Orem)
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