Black Friday – US

The next Black Friday is on Friday, November 27, 2026 – in 73 days.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, known for big retail discounts both in stores and online. In the United States it's an observance, which means plenty of people mark it but nobody gets the day off work or school.

When is it? Black Friday falls on the 4th Thursday of November plus 1 day. Because the rule points at a weekday rather than a fixed date, it moves every year, which is exactly why the table below is worth a bookmark. Next time round is Friday, November 27, 2026, 73 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Black Friday on a Friday. In eleven of those it sits next to a weekend, turning it into a three-day break. Those are the years to book early. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Nothing closes. Shops, offices, schools and transport all run as normal, because this is a day people mark rather than a day they get off. That said, restaurants, florists and retailers often build around it, so booking ahead is sensible if you're planning to go out. In 2026 it falls in November, which also holds Daylight Saving Time ends on the 1st, Election Day on the 3rd, Veterans Day on the 11th and Thanksgiving Day on the 26th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Black Friday for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Every date here is worked out from the official rule rather than copied off a list, so the later years are as reliable as this one. If a date looks wrong for your region, please say so. Regional holiday rules do change, and we'd rather fix the rule than leave it.

Black Friday dates 2026–2036