Sutter Creek Events
Sutter Creek Plaid Friday
November 28th 2025
Black Friday is out and Plaid Friday is in! The merchants of historic Sutter Creek invite you to spend Friday, November 28, 2024 with them. Toss on a plaid scarf, wear a plaid shirt, hat, or whatever you have that is plaid and you will receive discounts and specials throughout town. You will have a ton of fun participating in this wonderful tradition.
Stroll beautiful Main Street and spend a relaxing day shopping in Sutter Creek’s wonderful boutiques with some of the most unique and one of-a-kind gifts for your Christmas list. Each store is a small business, with hand-picked items that you won’t find in the malls. You will be welcomed and given personalized customer service.
You can also treat yourself to some of Amador County’s finest wines in Sutter Creek’s many Wine Tasting Rooms and bring home some wine for gifts too! Make a weekend trip of it and stay at one Sutter Creek’s fine B&B’s or handsome hotels and experience another relaxing day in Sutter Creek. Make it your new Holiday traditions that you will enjoy and your family will remember for years to come.
Visit Sutter Creek for Plaid Friday, this November 28th! Then join us on the 29th for Small Business Saturday!
Where did Plaid Friday originate?
The holiday season sometimes arrives with a frenetic pace. At the dawn of the holiday season, there seems to be so much to fit into a relatively short period of time, including planning celebrations and shopping. The rush often begins the Friday after Thanksgiving on a day called Black Friday.
Plaid Friday was born out of a recognition that the frenzied nature of Black Friday may not be for everyone. The event was created in Oakland, California, to transform holiday shopping for family and friends into a more connected, pleasurable activity than Black Friday. Plaid Friday promotes the diversity and creativity of local and independent businesses. On Plaid Friday, customers are urged to shop locally and enjoy choosing gifts in a more leisurely fashion.
According to event organizers, the name ‘Plaid Friday’ was chosen from the idea of weaving individual threads of small businesses together to create a strong fabric that celebrates independent businesses. While Plaid Friday may have originated in California, it has now spread to local towns across the country. Plaid Friday precedes Small Business Saturday, meaning holiday shoppers can turn their two-day, post-Thanksgiving shopping excursions into 48 hours of opportunities to support small businesses.