What’s Open or Closed in Honolulu for Thanksgiving Day
Here’s your guide to which Honolulu City and County services will be available or suspended in observance of Thanksgiving on Nov. 28, 2024.
AVAILABLE SERVICES
- Emergency ambulance, fire, lifeguard, medical examiner and police services will be available.
- TheBus will operate on a state holiday schedule. Visit thebus.org for routes and other information.
- Skyline will operate on a holiday schedule, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit honolulu.gov/skyline for rider information.
- Parks, botanical gardens and the Honolulu Zoo will be open.
- The Ala Wai, ‘Ewa Villages, Pali, Ted Makalena and West Loch golf courses will be open from 7 to 11 a.m. for 18-hole play and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for 9-hole play. Kahuku Golf Course will be open from 8 a.m. to noon for 9-hole play. Visit golf.honolulu.gov for revised play information.
- Refuse will be collected. Transfer stations, convenience centers, H-POWER and the Waimānalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill will be open. Find more info at envhonolulu.org.
CLOSED OR CANCELED SERVICES
- The Neal S. Blaisdell Center box office will be closed.
- The People’s Open Markets will not be held.
- All satellite city halls and driver licensing centers will be closed.
- All public libraries will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29.
TRAFFIC AND PARKING REGULATIONS
- On-street parking will be free, excluding the meters on Kalākaua Avenue along Queen Kapi‘olani Park, metered parking lots and other streets. See the full list here.
- Traffic lanes will not be coned for contraflow.