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Small Business Saturday

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Small Business Saturday is an annual, nationwide movement to celebrate small and local businesses. The event always falls on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when the holiday shopping season begins. Unlike Black Friday, which focuses on deep discounts at big box stores, Small Business Saturday emphasizes shopping locally, investing in our local communities, and celebrating the unique gifts and experiences provided by our neighboring entrepreneurs. We hope you’ll join the nationwide movement to shop local, all while finding unique and memorable gifts for your loved ones!

How Can You Participate?

  • Attend the Small Business Saturday Kickoff at 9:30 AM in the Port Orchard Marketplace (715 Bay Street) and collect your Bay Street Bucks

  • Explore the vibrant and eclectic shops and restaurants in downtown Port Orchard and spend your Bay Street Bucks at participating businesses

  • Earn raffle tickets as you shop and enter to win one of our Bay Street Baskets

  • Enjoy the festive merriment of Downtown! Be sure to check out the live music, card making, and so much more!

What are Bay Street Bucks?

Thanks to a generous donation from the Port Orchard Rotary, we’re giving out $10 Bay Street Bucks to the first 50 people to attend the kick off event. These bucks work just like cash at any of the participating businesses on Small Business Saturday! So be sure to come early and get your bucks and then spend it as you shop your way through downtown Port Orchard!

Below is a list of businesses where Bay Street Bucks can be redeemed:

    • Damn Fine Pizza

    • Peninsula BevCo

    • La Palapa Mexican Grill

    • Irene’s Photos & Design

    • The Candy Shoppe

    • C-Side Records

    • Sinclair Inlet Book Co

    • Tea Alchemy & Gilded Exchange

    • Gigi’s Emporium

    • Gathered

    • Josephine’s

    • The Mercantile

    • Carter and Company

    • Good Stuff Grocery

    • Twisted & Beautiful Permanent Jewelry

    • Salmonberry Books

    • Create It! Woodworks

    • Gazebo Florist & Gifts

    • The Brick House Bar and Grill

    • Evergreen Artistry

    • Conifer & Crow

    • Sidney Art Gallery and Museum 

    • Dude’s Donuts

Events of the day

  • Kick off

    9:30 AM | Port Orchard Marketplace
    Attend to hear from local speakers about shopping locally! The first 50 people receive $10 in Bay Street Bucks!

  • Stuff the bag event

    7-11 AM | Gig’s Emporium
    Pre-registration for event is required. Check their Facebook & website for more info!

  • Friends of the library book sale

    10 AM - 4 PM | Port Orchard Library
    Click here for more information.

  • Santa photos

    11 AM - 2 PM | Gathered

  • Snowflake making

    Mercantile in Josephine’s
    Happening throughout the day

  • Activities & hot cider

    Port Orchard Marketplace
    Letter writing, live music, and hot cider
    Happening throughout the day

  • activities & hot chocolate

    The Brand
    Gift wrapping, hot chocolate, and vendor market
    Happening throughout the day

  • Letters to Santa

    Brick Ally
    Happening throughout the day

  • Meet the grinch

    The Candy Shoppe
    Happening throughout the day

  • 9:30 AM - 6 PM

    Downtown Waterfront
    Sidney Parkway, Port Orchard, WA
    Cross Streets: Sidney Ave + Bay St

  • Directions from the Freeway Hwy 16 (East + West):
    - Exit at the Old Clifton Rd/Tremont St exit.

    Turn right off of the exit. Follow Tremont St through the roundabouts, staying in the left lane.

    Turn left at the light onto Port Orchard Blvd.

    Turn right onto Bay Street. *Turn towards the water on Frederick Ave, Sidney Ave, or Harrison Ave to access the main parking areas. Street parking is also available.

    Additional directions from Hood Canal (into Gorst via the waterfront):

    Take Hwy 3 South to Hwy 16 East. (If you miss this exit, follow the directions above).

    Take the SR166 Exit (left lane).

    Follow the road along the water into downtown Port Orchard.

  • $2/per ride

    Kitsap Transit is our local transit service and operates foot ferry routes to and from Port Orchard + Bremerton.

    Every 30 minutes foot ferries leave Bremerton and make their way across Sinclair Inlet to our beautiful downtown.

    On the Bremerton side, the foot ferry terminal and the Washington State Ferry (WSF) terminal are located side by side, making it easy for travelers to journey from Seattle to Port Orchard without a vehicle.

    Forms of payment accepted are cash or Orca Card. No advanced ticket purchase is required.

    Riding over from Seattle? You’ll find the Seattle > Bremerton ferry schedule on the Washington State DOT site.

  • 2 hr and 4 hr street parking is open and available all day and there is no time limit after 5PM. Look at our parking map to note the closest street parking options. If Bay Street is full head up the hill one block, as there are several parking spots available within walking distance.

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