This Saturday, Nov. 21 the quiet streets of Boothbay Harbor will be bustling once again. It's the annual Early Bird sale, where discounts are everywhere starting as early as 5 a.m.

Most stores will have door prizes, and some will have more than one, such as Harbor-Tech Solutions in the Meadow Mall. They are drawing for six gift certificates: one for $100 at Boathouse Bistro, $100 for Oak Street Provisions, $100 to Hawke Motors, and three $50 gift certificates to Colby & Gale.

“We give away gift certificates for other businesses because Early Bird is all about promoting all businesses in the area,” Tom Dewey of Harbor-Tech said. “We go to the business, and ask if we can split the cost with them. Then we post the door prizes on our Facebook page and tag all the businesses, so it spreads around the web.”

Harbor-Tech Solutions will have a 20 percent off sale starting at 6 a.m., including custom photo greeting cards. Harbor-Tech Solutions also plans to have radio-controlled cars and maybe a few drones out for people to play with during the sale. According to Dewey, Harbor-Tech Solutions plans to put together a fun video promoting the sale that involves him wearing an owl costume.

“It's a bird, and I couldn't find a robin costume,” Dewey said.

Downtown at Mung Bean, everything in the store will be 25 percent off from 6 to 9 a.m. and there will be a chance to win a $100 gift certificate door prize. There will be refreshments available for customers, including cider and owner Sue Billings' “famous oatmeal cookies.”

“We are really looking forward to it,” Billings said. “All five members of (the) staff will be working, and it's always our best day of the year.”

“It's wonderful to have locals coming and supporting local businesses, and not just locals, but people who come (from away) dressed up in themes too! It's like an early morning holiday party.”

Many stores will have door prize drawings, so be sure and sign up at all the stores you stop at.

Be sure to stop by the library lawn to see Sarah Morley and Dave Parkhurst from the Boothbay Register and chat about the deals you’ve found.

Participating retailers include Oasis, Boothbay Region Greenhouses, the Cannery, Enchantments, House of Logan, Sadie Green's, Palabra Shop, Sherman's Book and Stationary Store, Smiling Cow/The Loft, Slicks's Boutique, Harbor-Tech Solutions, the Village Store, Coastal Maine Gifts, A Silver Lining, Mung Bean, Janson's Clothing, Calypso, Boothbay Harbor Framers, McSeagulls, Log Cabin Shoes, Maine Made & More of Boothbay Harbor, J. Edward Knight, First Federal Savings, Pottle Realty Group, Good N You, Mama D's Cafe, The Cutting Edge, Molly's at On Board Fabrics, Tindal and Callahan Real Estate, Sweet Bay, Coastal Maine Popcorn Co., Harbor Depot, Bath Savings Institution, Shear Artistry, Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters, Eventide Epicurean Specialties, Boothbay Register, St. Andrews Auxiliary Thrift Shop, The Hutch, East Boothbay General Store, Rick Gilde Massage, Studio 53, Coastal Car Wash/Harbor’s Choice Laundry, Maria Boord Gallery, Capers, Boothbay Harbor Embroidery, Boathouse Bistro, Sea Glass Spa, Boothbay Railway Village, Gimbel and Sons Harbor Mart, Wanser's Market/Merry Auld Tea Co., Tidepools, AE Home, Eames Hair Studio, and the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library.