Think Big – Shop Small. Shop Downtown Belmont!

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY (November 30)

Downtown Belmont will be OPEN FOR BUSINESS for Small Business Saturday as businesses roll out the carpet with holiday merchandise, discounts, refreshments, and special promotions.

On Saturday, November 30, businesses throughout Downtown Belmont will celebrate Small Business Saturday. Created in 2010, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to visit locally owned stores to check off their shopping lists.

This annual event falls on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving – or as some know it – the recovery day after Black Friday. But as Black Friday has crept into Turkey Day,
Small Business Saturday offers more mindful shoppers a way to enjoy Thanksgiving and support the local community a few days later. Be sure to come support Belmont’s local shops and find that special little something from the best shops in Gaston County: AR Workshop, Belmont’s Drug Store, Belmont Specialty Foods, Bliss Gallery, Catawba River Outfitters, Catawba River Antique Mall, Creative Solutions, Cotton Candy Factory, DAC Embroidery, Doc’s Comics – Toys & Games, Gigi’s Boutique, Happy Dog Café, Jean’s Flowers, Jeri Lyn’s Consignment Boutique, Jolie Boutique, Meraki Interiors, Piccolo Antique Mall, South Main Cycles, Surprise Me, Tastebuds Popcorn, and William Henry Salon.

Be sure to pick up your PASSPORTS at a participating business. When you make a purchase from these participating businesses you get your PASSPORT stamped. The more stamps you receive the more opportunities you have a winning the grand shopping prize from downtown businesses valued at over $300.

ICE SKATING IN DOWNTOWN BELMONT! (Sponsored By CaroMont Health)

This year as you make your checklist of things to do during the holidays, add a trip to downtown Belmont as we debut our 40’ x 50’ skating rink in the Mill Street Parking Lot. For three days and nights you will be able to lace up this season and glide around in downtown Belmont like never before thanks to CaroMont Health! On December 5th and 6th the rink will be open from 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM and on December 7th it will be an all-day skate from 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM. Mill Street Parking Lot will be transformed into a magical holiday village with lights thanks to Creative Solutions! Along with the ice skating rink, there will be music, food, a 24’ giant slide, bounce houses, tubs of fun and more!

BELMONT CHRISTMAS VILLAGE (Sponsored by City of Belmont, CaroMont Health, and Creative Solutions)

Each holiday season, downtown Belmont lights it up and kicks it off with a night of festivities. This year, children of all ages will enjoy activities all month long including the second annual “Festival of Trees” and the inaugural ice skating rink in downtown with special lighting effects by Creative Solutions.

The mayor will host the traditional lighting of the tree on the City Hall lawn on Monday, December 2, 2019 at 6:00 PM followed by a holiday stroll down Belmont Main Street and through Stowe Park to experience the magical “Festival of Trees”. The evening will include special music, hot chocolate and treats provided by Keep Belmont Beautiful and Belmont’s Specialty Foods.

Throughout Belmont’s Christmas village you will find holiday shopping and dining, children’s activities, ice skating, giant slide, human snow globe, bounce houses, food vendors, live music, hay rides, fire pits with s’mores, holiday characters and a visit with Santa. Come enjoy a magical holiday stroll down Historic Belmont Main Street and through Stowe Park’s “Festival of Trees”.

HOLIDAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS (in Historic Downtown Belmont)

For more information, please visit http://www.cityofbelmont.org.