Black Friday is Nov. 27 and Small Business Saturday Nov. 28. Free downtown parking, the Christmas Market at the Grand Bohemian Lodge and Haywood Mall hours.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. This page is updated each year at the same address. Store hours come from each shopping center’s own site and parking from the City of Greenville’s Holiday Happenings page. We do not list prices or deals. City questions: Greenville Cares, 864-232-2273.

Black Friday is Nov. 27, 2026, and Small Business Saturday is Nov. 28. In Greenville the weekend is split between Haywood Mall and the independent shops downtown, in the West End and along Augusta Road, and the city makes parking free to help the second group. The holiday markets start the week before Thanksgiving.

Shopping weekend at a glance

  • Friday, Nov. 20: Greenville Christmas Market opens, Grand Bohemian Lodge
  • Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27: all city-owned garages free
  • Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28-29: Small Business Saturday; free parking in city lots and on Main Street
  • Dec. 4-6: Holiday at Peace market, Graham Plaza
  • Saturday, Dec. 12: TD Saturday Market Holiday Edition

Free parking downtown

The city’s holiday gift to shoppers is free parking. All city-owned garages are free on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, and the city lots and on-street spaces are free on Small Business Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28-29, according to its Holiday Happenings page. The list:

  • North Laurens Street Garage
  • West Washington Garage
  • Broad Street Garage
  • Richardson Street Garage
  • West End Parking Lot and South Main Parking Lot
  • More than 900 on-street spaces, where time limits still apply

Privately owned decks still charge. The city also makes its garages free on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2027. A map of the decks is on the city’s garages and lots page.

Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday falls on Nov. 28. Downtown Main Street, the West End and the shops along Augusta Road and in McDaniel Village are where most of Greenville’s independent retailers are. In the city’s 2025 Small Business Saturday story, Augusta Road shop owners said the weekend is among the most important of their year. Shops set their own hours that weekend; check each store’s website or social media before you go.

The free Greenville trolley runs along Main Street and is the easy way between the West End and North Main; routes and times are on our getting around guide.

Haywood Mall

Haywood Mall, at 700 Haywood Road, is Greenville’s large indoor mall. It had not posted 2026 Thanksgiving or Black Friday hours by Oct. 16. Its regular hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the mall’s hours page. Department stores and some restaurants keep their own hours. We will add the holiday hours when the mall publishes them.

Holiday markets

Greenville Christmas Market. The European-style market fills the Grand Bohemian Lodge, 44 E. Camperdown Way beside Falls Park, from Nov. 20 to Dec. 27, 2026, with local vendors, live music, holiday food and drinks, and photos with Santa, according to the market’s website. Hours vary by day, mostly 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with earlier closings on Sundays and some weekdays, and it is closed Christmas Day. Santa is there from 4 to 6 p.m. on set dates, starting Black Friday, Nov. 27, and Saturday, Nov. 28.

Holiday at Peace. A small holiday market of food and craft vendors, with musicians, sets up on Graham Plaza outside the Peace Center’s concert hall from Dec. 4 to 6, the city’s event calendar says.

TD Saturday Market Holiday Edition. The farmers market comes back for one winter morning, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at Main Street and McBee Avenue, with seasonal produce, honey, juices, handmade crafts and holiday baskets, according to the market’s Holiday Edition page. The Grinch poses for photos from 9 a.m.; bring your own camera. Main Street closes around the market that morning; the city posts the times on its event calendar. Market office: 864-298-9416.

Window Wonderland. Downtown merchants decorate their windows each December, and shoppers vote for a favorite through Dec. 19 on the city’s interactive holiday map, which the city says is coming in December 2026.

What this means for you

  • Downtown is the free-parking option: garages Thursday and Friday, lots and Main Street Saturday and Sunday.
  • Haywood Mall’s holiday hours are not out yet; we will add them.
  • The Christmas Market opens a week before Thanksgiving.

More guides: Thanksgiving in Greenville, holiday lights and Christmas events and the Christmas parade and tree lighting.

Frequently asked questions

When is Small Business Saturday 2026?

Saturday, Nov. 28, 2026, the day after Black Friday. Parking is free that day and Sunday in Greenville’s West End lots, the Main Street lot and along Main Street.

Is parking free downtown on Black Friday in Greenville?

Yes. The city makes parking free in all city-owned garages on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday: North Laurens Street, West Washington, Broad Street and Richardson Street.

What are Haywood Mall’s Black Friday hours?

Haywood Mall had not posted its 2026 holiday hours by Oct. 16. Its regular hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

When is the Greenville Christmas Market?

Nov. 20 to Dec. 27, 2026, at the Grand Bohemian Lodge, 44 E. Camperdown Way, with vendors, live music and photos with Santa on set dates. It is closed Christmas Day.