IN THE BLACK: Blackout Oakland on Black Friday is a holiday shopping and community festival to help keep independent local businesses in the black.
WHAT
This is an opportunity to boycott large corporations and still find fantastic gifts. We have it all: downtown stores, vendors, pop-up shops, restaurants and local food vendors plus art, live performances, and a fantastic roster of local DJs and...
[read more] IN THE BLACK: Blackout Oakland on Black Friday is a holiday shopping and community festival to help keep independent local businesses in the black.
WHAT
This is an opportunity to boycott large corporations and still find fantastic gifts. We have it all: downtown stores, vendors, pop-up shops, restaurants and local food vendors plus art, live performances, and a fantastic roster of local DJs and musicians will be participating in the festivities.
WHY
By supporting our locally owned shops and restaurants we shape our city, our world. The Occupy movement is committed to ending the strangle-hold big finance has on our community, choosing where your dollars go is what it takes to make that happen.
Now it’s more important than ever given recent decreased business, theft and vandalism suffered by local shopkeepers, the more dramatic examples of which including smashed windows at stores such as Oakollectiv, Tully’s, Dryclean Time and art stolen from Refa Senay at the Cathedral Building. They stood in solidarity during the strike. Now it’s time to support them.
PARTICIPATE
Come out and support sustainable local economy in protest against the corporate takeover of our country and our lives.
Have a business? We encourage all downtown businesses to join in and host an event or activity.
Take back the holiday season, enjoy good food and music, be kind, be peaceful, shop for family and friends by spending our money where our hearts are with the wonderful folks who bring us joy here at home. Come out and celebrate. Come out and hella love Oakland!
DOWNTOWN LOCAL STORES *
Best Musical Instrument Co Inc
Betti Ono (formerly SMSHBX)
Bibliomania
Diva's Closet
Endgame
Entrez! Open House
Exhale Salon & Body
Feelmore 510
Hidden Treasures/A Travel Moment
Hill's Shoes
House of Music
icamera
Jon's Music
Joyce Gordon Gallery
Makin Endz Meet
Mr. K's Fine Men's Clothing
Oaklandish
Octollectiv
Omiiroo Gallery
Popup Hood: Crown Nine, Manifesto Bikes, Marion and Rose's Workshop, Piper and John General Goodsm, Sticks & Stones Gallery, Turtle & Hare
Rocsil's
Swan's Market Place
The Hat Guys
Urban Stitch
VENDORS
30 Local Retail Vendors plus food from Taste of Africa, Grease Box, Hibiscus, and Hills Cooking
DJs
Angela
Cali
Cecil
Dedan
DJ Leydis
Fflood
Henroc
Lady Ryan
Michelle Matos
Nina Sol
Oliver
Soulprofess
Victor
PERFORMERS
Aima the Dreamer
Capoeira Mandinga
Excentrix
Gin Finite
Good Morning
Green for All G4G Mobil Unit
Jennifer Johns
Kev Choice
Multiple Organisms
Sun Ru
Sticks
Turf Dancers
Sponsors:
Green For All
Open Music Soundsystem
Oliver Orzal, David White & Assoc
ABOUT US
We are a small group of local residents and community members, not an organization or company, volunteering our time and talents as a labor of love for our community.
COMMUNITY PAGE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackout-OaklandGeneral-Shop/223896907677895
*We were unable to connect with all of the local downtown shops . If we missed you, we apologize. If you are interested in participating please post a comment and we will get back to you.
