Celebrate the joy of giving this year by shopping down the street or around the corner. Spend your holiday shopping, dining and leisure dollars locally throughout this holiday season and watch your gift multiply.
Help Alabama businesses thrive. Local stores and restaurants, which give your community flair and flavor, have already begun their holiday promotions and deals. Don’t leave them off your list.
>> Alabama Retail Association’s 2024 holiday shopping forecast
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Here are some upcoming holiday shopping events in Alabama:
Saturday, Nov. 2, to Sunday, Nov. 3: Fort Payne Main Street Holiday Open House. Local merchants are all set to make this the ultimate shopping weekend with fantastic sales and delightful refreshments all around town.
5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4: MainStreet Christmas Open House, downtown Eufaula.
Thursday, Nov. 7 to Saturday, Nov. 9: Trussville Holiday Stroll. Stroll through the holiday season with the Trussville merchants
5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7: Downtown Homewood Holiday Open House. Shop at businesses along 18th Street South, Linden Avenue and 19th Place South along with food and drink vendors on Reese Street. Santa and more at this 26th holiday open house.
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, and Saturday, Nov. 9: Downtown Gadsden Christmas Open House. Kickstart your holiday shopping at the stores and restaurants in historic downtown Gadsden.
Friday, Nov. 8, to Saturday, Nov. 9: Clanton Holiday Open House.
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9: Downtown Wetumpka Holiday Open House. Kick off the holiday season with the merchants of downtown Wetumpka!
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9: Mulberry Historic Business District Christmas Open House, midtown Montgomery. Visit unique shops for special Christmas gifts!
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9: Downtown Attalla Christmas Open House. Downtown stores come together to kick off the Christmas season.
Friday, Nov. 8, to Sunday Nov. 10: 34th Annual Cullman Area Christmas Open House. Enjoy shopping, special offers, and fun activities for the whole family, including a Gingerbread Scramble and decorated store windows all three days. Pick up a cookie box at the Cullman Area Chamber Breezeway at 10 a.m. Saturday for the 2nd Annual Cookie Crawl.
Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10: Downtown Opelika Holiday Open House: Shop sales on a variety of gift options at downtown stores, plus live holiday music playing throughout downtown.
4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14: Retail Trail, downtown Tuscaloosa. Find holiday-themed items, discounts, and much more on the streets of downtown Tuscaloosa! Grab a bingo card and get your card marked by every business you go to be entered in a giveaway of gifts donated by the merchants.
5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14: “Come Home for Christmas” Holiday Open House, downtown Ozark. Holiday discounts, refreshments, goodies and Santa Claus!
6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15: Holiday Sip & Shop, downtown Edgewood. First-time ever extended hours, discounts, plus sips while strolling the Edgewood neighborhood in Homewood.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16: Small Business Saturday in Opelika: Shop downtown retailers for deals. Live jazz music playing along the sidewalks in the morning. Shops are open normal Saturday hours.
Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.16: Christmas on Main in Oxford. Sales, promotions, horse and carriage strolls, live entertainment, movies at Simmons Park and a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, Vendors apps accepted through Nov. 5.
2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16: Deck the Heights, Cahaba Heights. Check out the Heights Holiday Arts & Craft Pop Up Shops at Heights Village starting at 10 a.m. Trolleys run 2-7 p.m., taking shoppers to Cahaba Heights businesses decked out for Christmas. The family friendly event also includes face painting, a mechanical bull, train, inflatables, food, beverages, music, Santa & more!
1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17: Alexander City Holiday Open House. Walk from store to store and get your decorating items and gift ideas along with those special items on your holiday list!
4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21: Crestline Village Holiday Open House, Mountain Brook. Retailers and restaurants open their doors for holiday events, sales and trunk shows.
4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21: Shop & Stroll, Saraland.
Friday, Nov. 22, to Sunday, Nov. 24: 38th Annual Athens-Limestone County Christmas Open House, downtown Athens.
Friday, Nov. 22: Christmas Open House on Main Street, Columbiana.
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23: Downtown Albertville Christmas Open House. Have yourself a local, little Christmas and enjoy magical carriage rides, cookies with Santa, special shopping deals from downtown merchants and fun activities for the whole family.🎄
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23: Downtown Enterprise WHOliday Open House. Downtown Enterprise kicks off its “Whoville Holidays.”
Saturday, Nov. 23: Small Business Saturday in Vestavia Hills. Make a purchase at a participating business and be entered in a drawing for four baskets filled with prizes from local businesses.
1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24: Fairhope Christmas Open House. Shops in downtown Fairhope will be open!
1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24: Historic Downtown Prattville Holiday Open House. Shopping, refreshments and a give-away basket you can enter to win.
7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28: After Dinner Dash, downtown Enterprise. Select businesses open on Thanksgiving evening.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29: Plaid Friday in downtown Gadsden and Attalla.. Wear your plaid with pride and shop local. Weaving individual threads of small businesses together creates a strong fabric that celebrates independent businesses!
Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30: Mobile’s Outdoor Holiday Market 2024, part of the Port City’s Small Business Saturday events. Find unique gifts while shopping local at Mardi Gras Park in downtown Mobile.
2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1: Downtown Auburn Holiday Open House. Downtown retailers offer specials, gift wrapping, plus sips and snacks. Holiday Market vendors set up along East Magnolia and sidewalk vendors on North College Street until 5 p.m. Tree lighting at 5 p.m. on Samford lawn.
4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2: Jingle Rails, downtown Opelika. Shop local, support small businesses and snap a photo with Santa!
5 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3: Dickens Downtown, Northport. Annual Victorian holiday celebration includes business open houses.
4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5: Christmas at Merchants Walk, Tuscaloosa. Enjoy free holiday activities, store deals, food specials and more from the tenants of Merchants Walk!
Thursday, Dec. 5: Mountain Brook Village & Lane Parke Holiday Open House. Details to come.
5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7: A Downtown Dickens Christmas. Walk around Wetumpka’s whimsical historic business district and complete your holiday shopping while enjoying scenes from “A Christmas Carol” with period costumes, photos with Father Christmas, authentic vendors, and decorated downtown businesses.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7: Shop the Blocks, downtown Florala. Start off with Pancakes with Santa then check out the downtown Florala shops, restaurants and vendors! End your night with a Christmas parade and old-fashioned Dumpling Supper!
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7: Section Place Holiday Market, Fairhope.
1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8: Christmas on the Hill, Spring Hill area of Mobile. Shopping, music, food trucks, Santa and more!
4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9: Jingle Rails, downtown Opelika. Shop local, support small businesses and snap a photo with Santa!
5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12: Prattville’s A Main Street Christmas. Shop local small business for the perfect Christmas gift and then enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides, carolers, hot chocolate and cookies, children’s make and take art projects, dancers, music and more, plus a visit from Santa!
Thursday, Dec. 12: English Village Open House. Mountain Brook. Get all of your holiday shopping done and enjoy sales & festivities!
6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13: Christmas in a Railroad Town, Opelika. Live entertainment, shopping, pictures with Santa and more!
4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16: Jingle Rails, downtown Opelika. Shop local, support small businesses and snap a photo with Santa!
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