Black Friday 2026 Starts Today: The Calendar From Target to Cyber Monday

The dates that are live now

According to 9to5Toys’ Nov. 4 schedule roundup, Home Depot’s Black Friday Savings Event runs Nov. 5 to 25, and Target’s Early Black Friday sale starts Nov. 5. Best Buy’s Early Black Friday Deals and doorbusters follow on Nov. 6. PlayStation Store’s digital-games sale already opened Nov. 4.

TODAY.com, updated Nov. 4, confirms the big anchors: Black Friday itself falls on Friday, Nov. 27, 2026; Cyber Monday is Nov. 30. Target’s early event is a three-day window from Nov. 5 through 7, with more weekly drops afterward. Walmart’s early Black Friday Deals run Nov. 12 to 15, with a second wave Nov. 23 through 29, and Cyber Monday Deals from Nov. 30 at 12:01 a.m. ET through Dec. 2.

How the rest of November stacks

The 9to5Toys calendar continues: Walmart early wave Nov. 12–15; Sam’s Club Countdown Nov. 15–25; Best Buy’s main Black Friday push Nov. 19–28; LEGO Insiders Weekend Nov. 21–22; Walmart’s main Black Friday Deals Nov. 23–29; Sam’s Club Black Friday Nov. 26–29; Costco’s Black Friday sale callout starting Nov. 26; LEGO Black Friday Nov. 27–30; Home Depot doorbusters Nov. 27; Best Buy Cyber Monday Nov. 29–30; Walmart Cyber Monday Nov. 30–Dec. 2; Home Depot Cyber Monday from Nov. 30. Amazon had not made an official Black Friday start public as of that roundup; 9to5Toys flagged Nov. 19 as the widely expected open.

Costco’s wave system

Slickdeals’ Costco guide (updated for this season) is clearer than a single “Black Friday” stamp: overlapping windows from Oct. 30 through Nov. 30, with a first wave through Nov. 15, a larger second wave Nov. 16–30, Thanksgiving online-only deals on Nov. 26, a weekend wave Nov. 27–30, and Cyber Monday online deals Nov. 30. Warehouses are closed Thanksgiving; Costco.com stays open. The practical rule: the date printed on the item you want is the date that matters.

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A sane shopping checklist

• Today–Friday: check Target Early Black Friday and Home Depot’s Nov. 5–25 savings list before you buy the same item next week at a louder headline.
• Write the Nov. 12 Walmart early window and the Nov. 19 Best Buy main window on the same note as Thanksgiving travel.
• For Costco, match the SKU to its wave; do not assume every ad line is live on Nov. 5.
• Keep dollar comparisons in a notes app — Apex cards break on raw dollar-digit title tricks, and your brain does too when every homepage screams a number.

Sources

1. 9to5Toys: Black Friday 2026 sale schedule — key dates (Nov. 4, 2026)
2. TODAY.com: When is Black Friday 2026 — announced sales and early deals (updated Nov. 4, 2026)
3. Slickdeals: Everything you need to know about Costco’s Black Friday deals

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