Holidays are a wonderful time to focus on new and exciting marketing strategies. Many holidays may be relevant to your brand.
Below is a list of national US holidays, global awareness days recognized worldwide, and unofficial celebration days. There may be holidays that are specific to your brand, so make sure to do your own additional research, but these are a great start.
Some holidays have the same specific date, while others fall on a specific day, and so will have changing dates. This list is updated for 2019.
2019 Holidays:
January
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 16 – National Religious Freedom Day
January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 22- National Hugging Day
January 28- Data Privacy Day
February
February 2 – Groundhog Day
February 3 – Superbowl Sunday
February 4 – World Cancer Day
February 5- Chinese New Year
February 5- Safer Internet Day
February 9- Inventors Day
February 13 – World Radio Day
February 14- Valentine’s Day
February 18- President’s Day
February 20- World Day of Social Justice
February 20- Love Your Pet Day
March
March 1- National Employee Appreciation Day
March 3 – World Wildlife Day
March 5- Mardi Gras
March 8- International Women’s Day
March 8- National Proofreading Day
March 14- National Pie Day
March 17- St Patrick’s Day
March 20- International Day of Happiness
March 20- First Day of Spring
March 21- World Poetry Day
March 22- World Water Day
March 23- National Puppy Day
March 30- National I Am in Control Day
April
April 1- April Fool’s Day
April 2- World Autism Awareness Day
April 7- World Health Day
April 14- Palm Sunday
April 15- Tax Filing Deadline
April 16- National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
April 19- Good Friday
April 21- Easter Sunday
April 22- Earth Day
April 24- National Administrative Professionals Day
April 25- World Malaria Day
April 30- International Jazz Day
April 30- National Hairstylist Appreciation Day
May
May 1- May Day
May 1- National Loyalty Day
May 3- World Press Freedom Day
May 4- Star Wars Day
May 5- Cinco de Mayo
May 5- Ramadan Begins
May 5- International Day of Prayer
May 9- World Password Day
May 12- Mother’s Day
May 15- International Day of Families
May 27- Memorial Day
June
June 1- National Donut Day
June 4- Ramadan Ends
June 5- World Environment Day
June 8- World Oceans Day
June 14- Flag Day
June 16- Father’s Day
June 20- World Refugee Day
June 21- International Day of Yoga
June 21- First day of Summer
June 28- National Insurance Awareness Day
June 29- National Camera Day
June 30- Social Media Day
July
July 1- Canada day
July 2- World UFO Day
July 4- Independence Day
July 6- National Fried Chicken Day
July 8- National Video Game Day
July 11- World Population Day
July 13- National French Fry Day
July 14- Bastille Day
July 17- World Emoji Day
July 22- National Parent’s Day
July 26- National System Administrator Appreciation Day
July 30- International Day of Friendship
August
August 4- International Day of Friendship
August 10- National Bowling Day
August 10- National Garage Sale Day
August 12- International Youth Day
August 19- World Humanitarian Day
August 26- International Dog Day
September
September 02- Labor Day
September 5- International Bacon Day
September 7- National Beer Lover’s Day,
September 8- International Literacy Day
September 09- Grandparents Day
September 19- International Talk Like a Pirate day
September 22- First Day of Fall
September 22- Car Free day
September 27- World Tourism Day
September 29- International Coffee Day
October
October 5- World Teacher’s Day
October 16- World Food Day
October 16- Bosses Day
October 29- National Cat Day
October 31- Halloween
November
November 2- Day of the Dead
November 11- Veteran’s Day
November 28- Thanksgiving
November 29- Black Friday
November 30- Small Business Saturday
December
December 1- World Aids Day
December 2- Cyber Monday
December 3- Giving Tuesday
December 10- Human Rights Day-
December 20- National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
December 21- First Day of Winter
December 24- Christmas Eve
December 25- Christmas
December 26- Boxing Day
December 31- New Year’s Eve
Each business and brand has a unique target audience and unique holidays that their audience might care about. For example, a local coffee company might want to post on National Coffee day while a nursing home might want to make a special announcement about World Grandparents Day and a technology based company might be excited about Data Privacy Day. Whatever your target market, there are holidays that your company should know, and post about. Contact us know for a customized list of holidays that might be pertinent to your brand.
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