Seasonal & Holidays

Black Friday Shopping: 2025 Chicago-Area Mall Hours

While most shopping malls are closed on Thanksgiving Day, they'll reopen Black Friday, which this year falls on Nov. 28.

Are you braving the mall this Black Friday? Area shopping malls are primed and ready for a deluge of shoppers the Friday after Thanksgiving, which this year falls on Nov. 28. Individual store hours may vary.

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For the most part, area shopping malls will be closed on Thanksgiving, bucking a trend set in the early 21st century up until the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you’re looking for a new TV, blender, winter coat or power tools, shoppers have a lot to choose from.

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Many malls will be offering extended hours during the holiday season. So, if braving the cold at 6 a.m. Friday is your thing, or you simply enjoy the hustle and bustle of in-person shopping, here are Black Friday hours for Chicago-area malls:

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Chicago Ridge Mall, Chicago Ridge, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Oak Brook Center, Oak Brook, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Orland Square, Orland Park, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
York Town Center, Lombard, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Gurnee Mills, Gurnee, 6 a.m. 9 p.m.
Water Town Place (downtown Chicago), 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fashion Outlets of Chicago, Des Plaines, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Harlem-Irving Plaza, Norridge, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
North Riverside Park Mall, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Northbrook Court, Northbrook, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Hawthorn Mall, Vernon Hills, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fox Valley Mall, Aurora, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Southlake Mall, Merrillville, IN, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Promenade Bolingbrook, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Westfield Old Orchard Mall, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Chicago Premium Outlets, Aurora, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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