When Is Black Friday 2026? Friday, November 27 — Three Weeks From Today, With Cyber Monday on November 30

The question is short, and this week it is one of the most-searched in the country: 'when is black friday 2026' stood at No. 2 on the Trending Soup snapshot of Google Trends in the United States, updated November 6 at 06:23 UTC and read by this desk overnight. The answer: Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, which is Thursday, November 26. Cyber Monday follows on Monday, November 30, per the Rakuten holiday guide read this run.

The season behind the date is large. Adobe's holiday forecast, issued September 28 and cited in the planning checklist read this run, projects $12.9 billion in online sales on Black Friday itself and $15.1 billion on Cyber Monday. The same forecast's best-day guidance is the part a planner can use: Thanksgiving for sporting goods, Black Friday for televisions, toys, apparel, appliances and furniture, and Cyber Monday for electronics and computers.

For Dallas–Fort Worth, the honest local angle is time, not hype: there are three weeks between this Friday and Black Friday, which is the window the checklist sources themselves recommend for writing a gift-by-gift list, recording today's prices so a 'sale' price can be checked against them, and confirming return terms before paying. This desk has verified the dates and the forecast; it has not verified any individual North Texas retailer's hours or deals, and it does not print them until it has. A follow-up file will carry confirmed local sale information only when retailers publish it.