Marketing Holidays Calendar: A List of Fun Days to Celebrate on Social Media and Beyond
If you’ve been on the internet lately (ahem – like right now?) then you may have noticed that it seems like there is a new holiday coming up every day that you’ve never heard of. Although you may not have heard of Talk Like a Pirate Day or National Pancake Day, many others have and they are celebrating them. These marketing holidays open up a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of trending topics and engagement with viewers. We’ve put together a list of these fun and sometimes unusual marketing holidays (along with the regular “boring” ones) so that you can mark your calendar and be ready for the upcoming year! Celebrating these holidays with a simple post on social media, while using the corresponding hashtag, can bring thousands of new eyes to your posts. You don’t want to miss out on this amazing–and fun–marketing opportunity!
This list isn’t exhaustive and all hashtags are subject to change. There are literally thousands of fun and unusual holidays out there. But this list is a great starting point. These holidays are not only a great way to market yourself on social media, but can be incorporated into any sort of campaign. For example, National Pizza Day would be a great holiday to launch a direct mail campaign around. Offer a coupon for a free slice of pizza, put #nationalpizzaday on your postcard mailer, and you’re all set!
Marketing Holidays by Date:
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January 2020
1. Wednesday, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
2. Thursday, Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
4. Saturday, National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
5. Sunday, National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
11. Saturday, Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
13. Monday, National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
13. Monday, Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
15. Wednesday, National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
16. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Monday, Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
20. Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
21. Tuesday, National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
23. Thursday, National Pie Day #PieDay
24. Friday, National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25. Saturday, Opposite Day #OppositeDay
25. Saturday, Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear
26. Sunday, Australia Day #AustraliaDay (Observed January 27)
28. Tuesday, Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
28. Tuesday, Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
February 2020
2. Sunday, Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
2. Sunday, World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
2. Sunday, Super Bowl LIV #SBLIV
4. Tuesday, World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
5. Wednesday, National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
7. Friday, National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
8. Saturday, National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
9. Sunday, National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
11. Tuesday, Inventors Day #InventorsDay
11. Tuesday, Safer Internet Day #SID2020
13. Thursday, World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
14. Friday, Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
15. Saturday, Singles Awareness Day #SinglesAwarenessDay
17. Monday, Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
17. Monday, Presidents Day #PresidentsDay
18. Tuesday, National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
20. Thursday, World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
20. Thursday, Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
21. Friday, International Mother Language Day #IMLD
25. Tuesday, National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
25. Tuesday, Mardis Gras #MardisGras
27. Thursday, National Retro Day #NationalRetroDay
March 2020
1. Sunday, National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #PeanutButterLoversDay
2. Monday, National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica & #DrSeuss
3. Tuesday, World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
4. Wednesday, National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
6. Friday, National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
6. Friday, National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
6. Friday, National Dress Day #DressDay
7. Saturday, National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
7. Saturday, National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
7. Saturday, National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
8. Sunday, International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
8. Sunday, National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
8. Sunday, Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
9. Monday, National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
10. Tuesday, National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
10. Tuesday, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
11. Wednesday, National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
12: Thursday, National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
13. Friday, World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
14. Saturday, Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
14. Saturday, Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
14. Saturday, Pi Day #PiDay
15. Sunday, World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2020
16. Monday, National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
17. Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
18. Wednesday, Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
19. Thursday, National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
20. Friday, International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
20. Friday, World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
20. Friday, First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring (some argue it is March 19, due to leap year)
21. Saturday, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay
21. Saturday, World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
22: Sunday, World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
23. Monday, National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
24. Tuesday, American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
25. Wednesday, Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
26. Thursday, National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
26. Thursday, Purple Day #PurpleDay
28. Saturday, Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
30. Monday, Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay
30. Monday, National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
31. Tuesday, World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
31. Tuesday, Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
31. Tuesday, Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
April 2020
1. Wednesday, April Fools Day #AprilFools
1. Wednesday, National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
2. Thursday, World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
3. Friday, Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
4. Saturday, Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
7. Tuesday, World Health Day #LetsTalk
10. Friday, National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
10. Friday, Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
10. Friday, Good Friday #GoodFriday
11. Saturday, National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
12. Sunday, Easter #Easter
12. Sunday, International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
15. Wednesday, National Tax Day #TaxDay
16. Thursday, National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
16. Thursday, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
16. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
16. Thursday, National High-Five Day #NH5D
17. Friday, Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
18. Saturday, National Columnists’ Day #NationalColumnistDay
20. Monday, National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
22. Wednesday, Earth Day #EarthDay2020
23. Thursday, National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
23. Thursday, World Book Day #WorldBookDay
23. Thursday, National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
24. Friday, National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
24. Friday, Arbor Day #ArborDay
25. Saturday, National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
25. Saturday, World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
29. Wednesday, International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
29. Wednesday, Denim Day #DenimDay
30. Thursday, National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
30. Thursday, National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
30. Thursday, International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May 2020
1. Friday, May Day #MayDay
1. Friday, International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
1. Friday, Space Day #SpaceDay
2. Saturday, Brothers and Sisters Day #BrothersAndSistersDay
3. Sunday, World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2020 #PressFreedom
4. Monday, Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
4. Monday, International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
5. Tuesday, Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
5. Tuesday, World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
5. Tuesday, Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
6. Wednesday, National Nurses Day #NursesDay
7. Thursday, World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
9. Saturday, Europe Day #EuropeDay
10. Sunday, Mother’s Day #MothersDay
12. Tuesday, National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
13. Wednesday, National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
15. Friday, International Day of Families #FamilyDay
15. Friday, National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
15. Friday, Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
16. Saturday, Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
17. Sunday, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2019
21. Thursday, National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
24. Sunday, National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
25. Monday, National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
25. Monday, Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
28. Thursday, Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
29. Friday, Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
29. Friday, Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
31. Sunday, World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
31. Sunday, National Smile Day #NationalSmileDay
June 2020
1. Monday, Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
2. Tuesday, Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
5. Friday, World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
5. Friday, National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
6. Saturday, Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
7. Sunday, National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2020
8. Monday, World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
8. Monday, Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
14. Sunday, World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
14. Sunday, National Flip Flop Day #FlipFlopDay
14. Sunday, International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
14. Sunday, National Flag Day #FlagDay
20. Saturday, World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
20. Saturday, First Day of Summer #FirstDayOfSummer
21. Sunday, Father’s Day #FathersDay
21. Sunday, National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
21. Sunday, World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
21. Sunday, International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
25. Thursday, National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
26. Friday, Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
27. Saturday, National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
30. Tuesday, Social Media Day #SMDay
July 2020
1. Wednesday, National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
1. Wednesday, Canada Day #CanadaDay
2. Thursday, World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
4. Saturday, Independence Day (United States) #IndependenceDay
5. Sunday, National Bikini Day #NationalBikiniDay
7. Tuesday, World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
11. Saturday, Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
12. Sunday, Malala Day #MalalaDay
15. Wednesday, Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
16. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
17. Friday, World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
18. Saturday, Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
19. Sunday, National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
20. Monday, National Moon Day #NationalMoonDay
24. Friday, Summer Olympic Games Begin #SummerOlympics2020
30. Thursday, International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
31. Friday, Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
August 2020
1. Saturday, Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
2. Sunday, National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
8. Saturday, International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
9. Sunday, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
10. Monday, National Lazy Day #LazyDay
11. Tuesday, National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
12. Wednesday, International Youth Day #YouthDay
12. Wednesday, World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
13. Thursday, International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
15. Saturday, National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
16. Sunday, National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
17. Monday, National NonProfit Day #NationalNonProfitDay
19. Wednesday, World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
19. Wednesday, World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
20. Thursday, National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
26. Wednesday, National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
26. Wednesday, National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September 2020
4. Friday, National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
5. Saturday, International Day of Charity #CharityDay
6. Sunday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
7. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay
8. Tuesday, International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
11. Friday, National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
11. Friday, Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
12. Saturday, National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
12. Saturday, National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
13. Sunday, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
19. Saturday, Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
19. Saturday, Oktoberfest #Oktoberfest
21. Monday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
21. Monday, Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
21. Monday, Civic Day of Hacking #HackForChange
22. Tuesday, First Day of Fall #FirstDayofFall
22. Tuesday, Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
22. Tuesday, Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
25. Friday, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
26. Saturday, European Day of Languages #EDL2020
27. Sunday, World Tourism Day #WTD2020
28. Monday, World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
28. Monday, National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
30. Wednesday, International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October 2020
1. Thursday, International Day of Older Persons #UNDOP
1. Thursday, International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
1. Thursday, World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
2. Friday, International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
2. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
3. Saturday, National Techies Day #TechiesDay
3. Saturday, Mean Girls Day #MeanGirlsDay
4. Sunday, World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
4. Sunday, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
5. Monday, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
5. Monday, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
8. Thursday, World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
10. Saturday, World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
11. Sunday, International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
13. Tuesday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14. Wednesday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay
15. Thursday, Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
15. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
16. Friday, World Food Day #FoodDay
16. Friday, Bosses Day #BossesDay
17. Saturday, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
20. Tuesday, World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
21. Wednesday, Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
24. Saturday, United Nations Day #UNDay
24. Saturday, National Make A Difference Day #MakeaDifference
25. Sunday, Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
30. Friday, National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
30. Friday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Saturday, Halloween #Halloween
November 2020
1. Sunday, World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
1. Sunday, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
1. Sunday, National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
1. Sunday, Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
3. Tuesday, National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
4. Wednesday, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
8. Sunday, National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
8. Sunday, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
11. Wednesday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay
13. Friday, World Kindness Day #WKD
14. Saturday, World Diabetes Day #WDD
15. Sunday, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
15. Sunday, America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
16. Monday, International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
17. Tuesday, International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
17. Tuesday, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
19. Thursday, International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
20. Friday, Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
21. Saturday, World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
26. Thursday, National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
26. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
27. Friday, Black Friday #BlackFriday
27. Friday, National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
28. Saturday, Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
29. Sunday, Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
30. Monday, Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
30. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
December 2020
1. Tuesday, World AIDS Day #WAD2020
3. Thursday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
4. Friday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
4. Friday, National Sock Day #NationalSockDay
5. Saturday, World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
6. Sunday, Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
8. Tuesday, Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
10. Thursday, Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
10. Thursday, Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
11. Friday, International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
11. Friday, National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
21. Monday, Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
22. Tuesday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
24. Thursday, Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
25. Friday, Christmas Day #Christmas
26. Saturday, Kwanzaa #Kwanzaa
30. Wednesday, No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year #NoInterruptionsDay
31. Thursday, New Year’s Eve #NYE
With this comprehensive marketing holidays list, you are sure to have plenty of content ideas for the upcoming year. Follow us on our social media accounts to see what we do!
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