Black Friday & holiday deal calendar

34 days until Black Friday. Every sale date we can confirm, what happened last year, and the deals Dale says to wait on.

Sale calendar

Thu, Oct 29Lowe's: Black Friday deals begin Four weeks of deals. MyLowe's Rewards members get extra discounts. source
Thu, Oct 29Home Depot: Holiday savings begin Runs through the season. source
Sun, Nov 1–Thu, Dec 24Target: Deal of the Day A new deal every day. source
Thu, Nov 5–Sat, Nov 7Target: Early Black Friday deals source
Mon, Nov 16Lowe's: 12 Days of Deals source
Thu, Nov 26Thanksgiving Many stores are closed; lots of deals still run online. source
Fri, Nov 27Black Friday source
Fri, Nov 27Lowe's: Black Friday Doorbusters Rewards members get online access a day early. Stores closed on Thanksgiving. source
Sat, Nov 28Small Business Saturday source
Mon, Nov 30Cyber Monday Adobe expects it to be the biggest online shopping day of the year. source
Thu, Dec 3–Thu, Dec 24Lowe's: December Deal Drops source
Fri, Dec 4Hanukkah begins At sundown. Ends at sundown Dec 12. source
Thu, Dec 24Christmas Eve source
Fri, Dec 25Christmas Day source

Only dates that stores have announced. Stores still to announce are listed below with last year's dates.

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Walmart: Not announced yet. Last year it ran two Black Friday events: Nov 14–16 and Nov 25–30, with Walmart+ members getting in the evening before each. source
Best Buy: Not announced yet. Last year its Black Friday sale started Nov 20, a week early, and ran through Nov 29. Stores were closed on Thanksgiving. source
Amazon: Not announced yet. Last year Black Friday Week started Nov 20 and ran through Cyber Monday, Dec 1. source
Target: Black Friday week isn't announced yet. Last year it ran Nov 23–29, then an online Cyber Monday sale Nov 30–Dec 1. source
Costco: Not announced yet. Last year deals came in waves from Oct 31 to Dec 1, with the Black Friday wave Nov 28–Dec 1. source
Best day by category, per Adobe's 2026 forecast: electronics and computers on Cyber Monday; TVs, toys, clothes, appliances and furniture on Black Friday; sporting goods on Thanksgiving. source
Last year's biggest online discounts (Adobe): electronics 31%, toys 28%, clothes 25%, computers 23%, TVs 22% off. source
After Cyber Week last year, discounts shrank but deals kept going into early December (toys about 23% off, computers 20%). source