2020 Calendar of Social Media and Tentpole Holidays

Touching on silly social media holidays to major tentpole holidays are easy wins for your digital marketing, social media, email marketing, and more. We have compiled a robust calendar of these events and the dates that they will occur in 2020! Be sure to bookmark this page for reference throughout the year

January 2020

Monthly Observances

• National Blood Donor Month
• National Thank You Month
• National Hobby Month
• National Tea Month
• Girl Scout Cookie Season Begins

Weekly Observances

• January 14-20 – Hunt For Happiness Week
• January 15-19 – Sugar Awareness Week
• January 22-26 – Clean Out Your Inbox Week
• January 22-26 – National School Choice Week
• January 28-February 2 – Meat Week

January 1. New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay

January 2. Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay

January 4. National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay

January 5. Golden Globe Awards #GoldenGlobes

January 9. Bubble Bath Day #BubbleBathDay

January 14. Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay

January 15. Hat Day #HatDay

January 16. Get To Know Your Customers Day

January 18. Winnie The Poo Day #WinnieThePooDay

January 20. Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay

January 20. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay

January 20. Blue Monday, Jr. Day #BlueMonday

January 23. National Pie Day #PieDay

January 24. National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay

January 25. Year Of The Rat #YearOfTheRat

January 28. Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware

January 31. Backwards Day #BackwardsDay

January 31. Hot Chocolate Day #HotChocolateDay

February 2020

Monthly Observances

• Black History Month
• American Heart Month
• National Heart Month
• National Weddings Month
• National Cherry Month

Weekly Observances

• February 1-7 Eating Disorder Awareness Week
• February 6-13 – New York Fashion Week
• February 10-16 – Freelance Writers Appreciation Week
• February 13-19 – International Flirting Week
• February 14-21 – Condom Week
• February 14-20 – Random Acts of Kindness Week
• February 14-18 – London Fashion Week
• February 18-24 – Milan Fashion Week
• February 24-March 4 – Paris Fashion Week

February 1.  Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day #IceCreamForBreakfastDay

February 1.  Bubblegum Day #BubblegumDay

February 2. Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay

February 2. Super Bowl LIII #SBLIII

February 4. World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay

February 5. National Singing Day #SingingDay

February 5. World Nutella Day

February 5. National Weather Persons Day

February 7. Wear Red Day #WearRed

February 6. Chopsticks Day #ChopsticksDay

February 9. Oscars Ceremony

February 9. National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay

February 11. Make A Friend Day #MakeAFriendDay

February 14. Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay

February 17. Random Acts Of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

February 17. Presidents Day #PresidentsDay

February 18. Drink Wine Day #DrinkWineDay

February 20. Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay

February 21. Sticky Bun Day #StickyBunDay

February 22. Be Humble Day #BeHumbleDay

February 22. Be Humble Day #BeHumbleDay

February 22. Be Humble Day #BeHumbleDay

February 24. 91st Academy Awards #AcademyAwards

February 26. Pistachio Day #PistachioDay

February 27. No Brainer Day #NoBrainerDay

March 2020

Monthly Observances

• Women’s History Month
• Nutrition Month
• Peanut Month
• Music in Our Schools Month
• Craft Month
• Irish Heritage Month
• American Red Cross Month
• March for Meals
• The Great American Cleanup

Weekly Observances

• March 23-28 – National Sleep Awareness Week
• March 12-17 – Girl Scout Week
• March 12-17 – Campfire Birthday Week
• March 26-31 – National Cleaning Week

March 2. Peanut Butter Lovers Day #ILovePeanutButter #PeanutButterLover

March 2. Old Stuff Day #OldStuffDay

March 3. World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay

March 4. Grammar Day #GrammarDay

March 6. National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay

March 7. National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay

March 8. International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange

March 8. Daylight Saving Time begins #DaylightSaving

March 10. Pack Your Lunch Day #PackYourLunchDay

March 12. Girl Scouts Day #GirlScoutsDay

March 14.Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay

March 15. World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2020

March 16. Freedom Of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay

March 17. St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay

March 18. Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay

March 19. Spring Equinox -First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring #SpringEquinox

March 20. Proposal Day #ProposalDay

March 21. World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay

March 23. Puppy Day #PuppyDay

March 28. Weed Appreciation Day

March 31. World Back Up Day #WorldBackupDay

April 2020

Monthly Observances

• Earth Month
• National Volunteer Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• Keep America Beautiful Month
• National Garden Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• National Poetry Month

Weekly Observances

• April 15-22 – National Volunteer Week
• April 16-22- Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week
• April 23-29 – Administrative Professionals Week
• April 22-28 – Every Kid Healthy Week
• April 22-28 – National Princess Week

April 1. April Fools Day #AprilFools

April 2. World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD

April 3. National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay

April 4. Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson

April 10. National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay

April 11. National Pet Day #NationalPetDay

April 16. National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay

April 18. National High-Five Day #NH5D

April 19. Good Friday #GoodFriday

April 20. National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay

April 21. Easter #HappyEaster

April 22. Earth Day #EarthDay2019

April 24. Denim Day #DenimDay

April 25. World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood

April 26.  Arbor Day #ArborDay

April 28. Pay It Forward Day #PayItForward

April 29. International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay

April 30. National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay

May 2020

Monthly Observances

• ALS Awareness
• Asthma Awareness
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• Clean Air Month
• Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
• National Barbecue Month
• National Bike Month
• National Hamburger Month
• National Salad Month
• National Photograph Month
• Gifts from the Garden Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Military Family Appreciation Month

Weekly Observances

• Food Allergy Awareness Week (second full week of May)
• April 30-May 4 – National Tourism Week
• April 30-May 4 – Drinking Water Week
• April 30-May 4 – National Pet Week
• May 7-11 – Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 6- 12 – Nurse’s Week

May 1. May Day #MayDay

May 2. World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay

May 3. Space Day #SpaceDay

May 4. Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou

May 5. Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo

May 6. National Nurses Day #NursesDay

May 7. Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher

May 10. Mother’s Day #MothersDay

May 12. National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay

May 13. Mother’s Day #MothersDay

May 15. International Day of Families #FamilyDay

May 17.National Bike to Work Day #BTWD

May 21. National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay

May 24. National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay

May 25.  Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW

May 28. Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay

May 29. Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay

May 31. World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco

June 2020

Monthly Observances

• Men’s Health Month
• National Safety Month
• Acne Awareness Month
• LGBTQ Pride Month
• National Adopt a Cat Month
• Aquarium Month
• Candy Month

Weekly Observances

• June 4-10 – Pet Appreciation Week
• June 12-18 – Men’s Health Week

June 1. National Say Something Nice Day #SaySomethingNice

June 1. International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay

June 2. National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2019

June 3. Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay

June 5. World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay

June 5. National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay

June 6. Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay

June 7. National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay

June 8. Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay

June 14. World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood

June 16. Father’s Day #FathersDay

June 20. First Day of Summer #SummerSolstice

June 20.  World Refugee Day #WithRefugees

June 21.  National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay

June 21. Father’s Day #FathersDay

June 27. National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay

June 30. Social Media Day #SMDay

July 2020

Monthly Observances

• Ice Cream Month
• National Grilling Month
• National Picnic Month
• National Independent Retailer Month
• National Blueberry Month

Weekly Observances

• July 15-21 – Capture the Sunset Week
• July 16-22 – Independent Retailers Week

July 1. National Postal Worker Day  #NationalPostalWorkerDay

July 2. World UFO Day #WorldUFODay

July 4. Independence Day (United States)

July 7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay

July 11. Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay

July 12. Malala Day #MalalaDay

July 15. Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay

July 17. World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay

July 18. Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay

July 26. Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay

July 30. International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

August 2020

Monthly Observances

• Back to School Month
• National Golf Month
• National Breastfeeding Month
• Family Fun Month
• Peach Month

Weekly Observances

• August 6-12 – National Farmers’ Market Week
• August 13-19 – National Motorcycle Week
• August 13-19 – Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week

August 1. Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay

August 2. National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay

August 8. International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay

August 9. National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay

August 10. National Lazy Day #LazyDay

August 11. National Sons and Daughters Day  #SonsAndDaughtersDay

August 12. International Youth Day #YouthDay

August 13. International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay

August 15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay

August 16. National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay

August 19. World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay

August 20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay

August 26. National Dog Day #NationalDogDay

August 26. National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay

September 2020

Monthly Observances

• Wilderness Month
• National Preparedness Month
• National Food Safety Education Month
• Fruit and Veggies—More Matters Month
• National Yoga Awareness Month
• Whole Grains Month
• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Little League Month
• Better Breakfast Month

Weekly Observances

• September 9-15 – National Suicide Prevention Week
• September 18-24 – Pollution Prevention Week
• September 17-23 – National Indoor Plant Week
• September 24-30 – National Dog Week

September 2. Labor Day #LaborDay

September 4. National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay

September 5. International Day of Charity #CharityDay

September 6. Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay

September 8. International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay

September 11. National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day

September 12. National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay

September 13. Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye

September 19. Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay

September 21. International Day of Peace #PeaceDay

September 22. Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay

September 23. First Day of Fall

September 25. National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay

September 26. European Day of Languages #EDL2019

September 27. World Tourism Day #WTD2019

September 28. World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay

September 30. International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October 2020

Monthly Observances

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• AIDS Awareness Month
• Bully Prevention Month
• Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
• Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• Financial Planning Month
• National Pizza Month
• Allergy Appreciation Month

Weekly Observances

• October 1-7 – Great Books Week
• October 1-7 – National Work From Home Week
• October 15-21 – Mediation Week
• October 15-21 – National Business Women’s Week
• October 22-28 – National Red Ribbon Week

October 1. World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay

October 2. International Day of Nonviolence  #InternationalDayOfNonviolence

October 3.  National Techies Day #TechiesDay

October 4. World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay

October 5. World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay

October 7. World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay

October 10. World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay

October 11. International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl

October 13. National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay

October 14. National Dessert Day #DessertDay

October 15. Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay

October 16. World Food Day #FoodDay

October 17. International Day for Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty

October 20. World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay

October 21. Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay

October 24.  United Nations Day #UNDay

October 25. Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay

October 30. Checklist Day #ChecklistDay

October 31. Halloween #Halloween

November 2020

Monthly Observances

• Movember
• National Healthy Skin Month
• Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
• National Adoption Month
• National Gratitude Month
• Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month
• National Diabetes Awareness Month

Weekly Observances

• November 13-19 – World Kindness Week
• November 13-17 – American Education Week

November 1.  World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay

November 3.National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay

November 4. National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay

November 8. National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay

November 11. Veterans Day #VeteransDay

November 13. World Kindness Day #WKD

November 14. World Diabetes Day #WDD

November 15. America Recycles Day #BeRecycled

November 16. International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay

November 17. International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay

November 19. International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay

November 20. Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay

November 21. World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay

November 26. National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay

November 28. Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving

November 29. Black Friday #BlackFriday

November 30. Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

December 2020

Monthly Observances

• National Human Rights Month
• Operation Santa Paws
• Bingo Month

Weekly Observances

• December 2-10 – Chanukah
• December 26-January 1 – Kwanzaa

December 1. World AIDS Day #WAD2019

December 2. Cyber Monday #CyberMonday

December 3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities  #IDPWD

December 4. National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay

December 5. World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay

December 6. Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay

December 8. Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day  #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay

December 10. Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay

December 11. International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay

December 13. National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay

December 21. First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice

December 24. Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve

December 25. Christmas Day #ChristmasDay

December 26. Boxing Day #BoxingDay

December 30. No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year

#NoInterruptionsDay

December 31. New Year’s Eve #NYE