When planning content it’s always best to have key holidays marked in your calendar.
Some dates can provide a great opportunity for a promotion or piece of content.
We’re all aware of some popular dates – Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or May 4th as Star Wars Day.
But what about the more obscure holidays? There are a ton of ‘holidays’ every month that could be providing your brand with a great piece of content.
Not only do these dates provide some content inspiration, but they also let your brand engage with trending hashtags and allows you to showcase your lighter side as a brand.
We’ve made a list of weird holidays to celebrate on social media. These should help you find content during the quiet 2023 months.
January
January 1
New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
National Hangover Day #NationalHangoverDay
January 2
Swiss Cheese Day #SwissCheeseDay
January 8
English Toffee Day #EnglishToffeeDay
English toffee is more than deserving of its own little holiday! Feed your sweet tooth with some English toffee!
January 10
Shop for Travel Day #ShopForTravelDay
January 18th
Gourmet Coffee Day #GourmetCoffeeDay
January 27
National Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay
January 29
National Puzzle Day #PuzzleDay
Host a puzzle party and solve puzzles with family and friends. Send out invites in the form of a crossword, decorate the venue with puzzles and serve a Rubik Cube-shaped cake
February
February 2
Optimist Day #OptimistDay
It’s a great day to look on the bright side of life with a glass-half-full attitude!
February 5
World Nutella Day #NutellaDay
February 8
Opera Day #OperaDay
February 11
National Latte Day #NationalLateDay
February 14
Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
Make sure you spread the love this Valentine’s Day.
February 21
Pancake Day #PancakeDay
February 27
No Brainer Day #NoBrainerDay
It’s a total no-brainer.
February 28
National Public Sleeping Day #PublicSleepingDay
Catch some Zs.
March
March 1
National Barista Day #BaristaDay
Froth’s up!
March 6
Labour Day (AUS) #LabourDay
March 8
International Women’s Day #BreakTheBias
The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is ‘Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender equal future’. This theme is based on the United Nations 67th Commission on the Status of Women priority theme ‘Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls’.
March 14
Pi Day #PiDay #InternationalDayofMathematics
March 21
National Crunchy Taco Day #TacoDay
Who doesn’t like tacos?
March 27
International Scribble Day #ScribbleDay
March 29
Mermaid Day #MermaidDay
April
April 1
National DIY Day #DIYDay
It’s a great day to get your hands dirty.
April 7
Good Friday #GoodFriday
April 10
Easter Sunday #Easter
April 10
Easter Monday #EasterMonday
April 11
National Pet Day
Show your pets even more love!
April 21
World Creativity and Innovation Day
April 25
ANZAC Day #ANZACDay #ANZACDay2022
April 30
Honesty Day #HonestyDay
Honesty is the best policy.
May
May 4
Star Wars Day
May 5
National Space Day #SpaceDay
May 8
No Socks Day #NoSocksDay
Let those little piggies breathe!
May 14
Mother’s Day (AUS) #MothersDay
May 21
International Tea Day #TeaDay
Pop the kettle on.
May 27
Sunscreen Day #SunscreenDay
Slip, slop, slap!
May 29
National Biscuit Day #BiscuitDay
June
June 3
World Cider Day #CiderDay
June 5
Western Australia Day #WADay
June 8
World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 13
International Axe Throwing Day #AxeThrowingDay
Throw axes responsibly.
June 14
World Blood Donor Day
Go get a free cookie!
June 24
Swim a Lap Day
Cool off!
June 27
International Pineapple Day #PineappleDay
June 30
National Camera Day #CameraDay
Say cheese!
July
June 1
International Joke Day #JokeDay
Knock, Knock…
June 2
National I Forgot Day
Put this one in your calendar.
July 9
Fashion Day #FashionDay
July 16
World Snake Day #SnakeDay
July 21
National Junk Food Day #JunkFoodDay
July 24
Tequila Day #TequilaDay
June 25
Carousel Day #CarouselDay
June 29
Rain Day #RainDay
August
August 1
National Night Out #NightOut
August 4
International Beer Day #InternationalBeerDay
August 6
Friendship Day #FriendshipDay
Friendship is rare.
August 8
International Cat Day #CatDay
August 11
Moutain Day #MoutainDay
August 13
International Left Handers Day #LeftHandersDay
It’s only fair that left-handed people are shown some love after years of smudging their handwriting!
August 20
World Mosquito Day #MosquitoDay
Buzz, buzz.
August 26
National Dog Day #DogDay
Every day is dog day, if you ask us!
September
September 1
National Chicken Boy Day #ChickenBoyDay
September 2
World Beard Day #BeardDay
September 3
Father’s Day (AUS) #FathersDay
This day recognises the contribution that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children. Need some inspiration for your Father’s Day post? Check out how some of the big brands do it!
September 6
National Read A Book Day #ReadABookDay
This is an annual awareness day that encourages all of us to take a break and get reading, either curled up on the sofa or aloud to family and friends.
September 12
National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 14
R U OK? Day #RUOKDay
This national day of action reminds Australians that every day is the day to ask, “Are you OK?” if someone in your world is struggling with life’s ups and downs. You can use your social media and website to include free downloadable materials and promote the cause.
September 25
King’s Birthday (WA)
September 27
Milk Chocolate Day
September 29
National Coffee Day #CoffeeDay
October
October 1
International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 4
Golf Lovers’ Day
October 8
World Octopus Day #OctopusDay
October 14
National Dessert Day #NationalDessertDay
The day when you’re allowed to eat dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Celebrate by having each staff member bring a dessert for everyone to enjoy or share team member’s favourite dessert recipes on your company blog.
October 16
World Food Day #WorldFoodDay
October 19
International Gin and Tonic Day #InternationalGinAndTonicDay
October 21
International Sloth Day
Put your feet up!
October 25
World Pasta Day #PastaDay
October 30
National Checklist Day #NationalChecklistDay
Today is a great opportunity to appreciate the value of using checklists to help avoid tragedy and disappointments and to take advantage of opportunities. You can create a public checklist and use your social media channels to follow your journey to tick everything off by the end of the day.
October 31
Halloween #Halloween
It’s spooky. It’s scary. And it’s a great day to celebrate on social media.
November
November 1
World Vegan Day #VeganDay
November 3
National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
November 9
World Quality Day
Enjoy the finer things in life.
November 11
Singles’ Day #SinglesDay
This day is always held on November 11, chosen for how 11/11 resembles four ‘single sticks’, a Chinese term used to describe bachelors. It is a great day to run a promotion as it is now a global shopping sales event (typically, e-commerce websites offer 22% off).
November 15
Recycling Day #RecyclingDay
November 23
Thanksgiving
November 24
Black Friday #BlackFriday
Black Friday refers to the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, which has also traditionally been a holiday itself for many employees. It is typically a day full of special shopping deals and heavy discounts and is considered the beginning of the holiday shopping season.
November 27
Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
It’s a 24-hour online shopping event that was originally created by businesses to encourage people to do their shopping online.
December
December 1
World Aids Day #WorldAidsDay
December 3
Let’s Hug Day
December 4
National Sock Day #SockDay
December 10
Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
December 15
Free Shipping Day #FreeShippingDay
A great day to entice your customers with a free shipping promotion!
Monkey Day #MonkeyDay
December 17
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day #NationalUglyChristmasSweaterDay
A day designed to make you laugh! Celebrate by getting all your staff in an ugly sweater or give back to charity with an ugly sweater fundraiser.
December 24
Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
December 25
Christmas #Christmas
Wish your followers a Merry Christmas and thank them for their support during the year.
December 26
Boxing Day
December 31
New Year’s Eve #NewYearsEve
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