Want to heat up your audience engagement as summer winds down?
Try these August social media holidays!
Create some fun posts with these 342 special days and observances, each with its own hashtag.
Get ready to dive in…
Wondering how seasonal holidays help your social media marketing?
You have to keep your followers engaged to keep your posts surfacing in their news feeds! Weird holidays help grab their attention and comments.
After you set your strategy for the month with these August marketing ideas , use the special days listed below to inspire fun and engaging posts.
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Copy and paste the holiday hashtag into your post to increase your reach. I’ve included one for each observance listed below!
Baffled by #hashtags? Learn more about how to use hashtags on social media.
38 month-long holidays in August. Pick one relevant to your business or cause and plan a campaign for your best social media platforms .
August birthstone is peridot, making the color of the month a light lime-y green
August flower of the month is gladiolus or poppy.
Keep going with the month-long holidays, or jump to daily holidays .
American Adventures Month #AmericanAdventuresMonth
American Artists Appreciation Month #AmericanArtistsAppreciationMonth
Arr-gust: International Pirate Month #Arrgust
Black Business Month #BlackBusinessMonth
Boomers Making a Difference Month #BoomersMakingADifferenceMonth
Cataract Awareness Month #CataractAwarenessMonth
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month #ChildrensEyeHealthAndSafetyMonth
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month #GetReadyForKindergartenMonth
Happiness Happens Month #HappinessHappensMonth
MedicAlert Awareness Month #MedicAlertAwarenessMonth
Motorsports Awareness Month #MotorsportsAwarenessMonth
National Anti-Frizz Month #AntiFrizzMonth
National Back to School Month #NationalBackToSchoolMonth
National Breastfeeding Month #NationalBreastfeedingMonth
National Catfish Month #NationalCatfishMonth
National Child Support Awareness Month #ChildSupportAwarenessMonth
National Crayon Collection Month #NationalCrayonCollectionMonth
National Dog Month #NationalDogMonth
National Eye Exam Month #NationalEyeExamMonth
National Family Fun Month #NationalFamilyFunMonth
National Goat Cheese Month #NationalGoatCheeseMonth
National Golf Month #NationalGolfMonth
National Hair Loss Awareness Month #NationalHairLossAwarenessMonth
National Immunization Awareness Month #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth
National Inventors Month #NationalInventorsMonth
National Panini Month #NationalPaniniMonth
National Peach Month #NationalPeachMonth
National Sandwich Month #NationalSandwichMonth
National SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) Awareness Month #SMAAwarenessMonth
National Traffic Awareness Month #NationalTrafficAwarenessMonth
National Truancy Prevention Month #NationalTruancyPreventionMonth
National Water Quality Month #WaterQualityMonth
National Wellness Month #NationalWellnessMonth
National Win With Civility Month #NationalWinWithCivilityMonth
Neurosurgery Awareness Month #NeurosurgeryAwarenessMonth
Psoriasis Awareness Month PsoriasisAwarenessMonth
Romance Awareness Month #RomanceAwarenessMonth
What Will Be Your Legacy Month #WhatWillBeYourLegacy
Multi-day holidays usually change dates from year to year, and they’re the hardest to pin down. I’ve done my best to ensure these dates are correct for 2026. But before investing time and/or money in a big promotion, it’s a good idea to double-check.
Browse the multi-day holidays, or jump to daily holidays .
Aug 1–7 National Minority Donor Awareness Week #NationalMinorityDonorAwarenessWeek
Aug 1–7 National Cleanse Your Skin Week #NationalCleanseYourSkinWeek
Aug 1–7 International Clown Week #InternationalClownWeek
Aug 1–7 World Breastfeeding Week #WorldBreastfeedingWeek
Aug 2–8 Single Working Women’s Week #SingleWorkingWomensWeek Observed the full week containing August 4.
The holidays below are observed the first full week of August.
Aug 2–8 International Assistance Dog Week #InternationalAssistanceDogWeek
Aug 2–8 National Exercise with Your Child Week #NationalExerciseWithYourChildWeek
Aug 2–8 National Farmers Market Week #NationalFarmersMarketWeek
Aug 2–8 National Health Center Week #NationalHealthCenterWeek
Aug 2–8 Stop on Red Week #StopOnRedWeek
Aug 7–9 Twins Days #TwinsDays First Fri-Sun weekend in August.
Aug 7–16 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally #SturgisMotorcycleRally First 2 weekends in August.
Aug 5–11 Simplify Your Life Week #SimplifyYourLifeWeek
Aug 8–16 Elvis Week #ElvisWeek
Aug 9–15 National Resurrect Romance Week #NationalResurrectRomanceWeek
Aug 9–15 National Bargain Hunting Week #NationalBargainHuntingWeek
Aug 10–16 Afternoon Tea Week (UK) #AfternoonTeaWeek
Aug 14–16 Kool-Aid Days #KoolAidDays
Aug 19–25 National Aviation Week #NationalAviationWeek
Aug 19–Sept 7 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over #DriveSoberOrGetPulledOver
Aug 23–29 Health Unit Coordinator Recognition Week #HealthUnitCoordinatorsWeek
Aug 23–27 World Water Week #WorldWaterWeek
Aug 23–29 Brake Safety Week #BrakeSafetyWeek
Aug 24–28 National Composites Week #NationalCompositesWeek
Aug 25–31 Be Kind To Humankind Week #BK2HK
Aug 29–30 International Bat Night #InternationalBatNight
Aug 30–31 Notting Hill Carnival #NottingHillCarnival
August has more days to celebrate than you might expect! In fact, there are more than a dozen on the first day of the month.
Daily holidays marked * change dates from year to year. Note that some of the graphics included in this article may have been made for a year other than 2026. Be sure to use the dates in the listings for accuracy 🙂
Homemade Pie Day #HomemadePieDay
International Childfree Day #InternationalChildfreeDay
Lughnasadh #Lughnasadh
National Girlfriends Day #NationalGirlfriendsDay
National Minority Donor Awareness Day #MinorityDonorAwarenessDay
National Planner Day #NationalPlannerDay
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day #RaspberryCreamPieDay
Play Ball Day #PlayBallDay
Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
Rounds Resounding Day #RoundsResoundingDay
Scout Scarf Day #ScoutScarfDay
Spider-Man Day #SpiderManDay
World Lung Cancer Day #WorldLungCancerDay
World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay
Yorkshire Day #YorkshireDay
Observed the first Saturday in August:
International Blues Music Day* #InternationalBluesMusicDay
National Disc Golf Day* #NationalDiscGolfDay
National Jamaican Patty Day* #JamaicanPattyDay
National Mustard Day* #MustardDay
National Summit Day* #NationalSummitDay
Sandcastle and Sculpture Day* #SandcastleAndSculptureDay
National Play Outside Day* #NationalPlayOutsideDay Also observed the first Saturday of every month.
National CAD Day #NationalCADDay
National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day #IceCreamSandwichDay
Observed the first Sunday in August:
American Family Day* #AmericanFamilyDay
Friendship Day* #FriendshipDay
International Forgiveness Day* #InternationalForgivenessDay
National Doll Day* #NationalDollDay
National KidsDay* (Not a typo). #NationalKidsDay
Psychic Day* #PsychicDay
Sister’s Day* #SistersDay
Airplane Crop Duster Day #AirplaneCropDusterDay
Clean Your Floors Day #CleanYourFloorsDay
Esther Day #EstherDay
National Grab Some Nuts Day #NationalGrabSomeNutsDay
National Watermelon Day #NationalWatermelonDay
Assistance Dog Day #AssistanceDogDay
Cycle to Work Day UK #CycleToWorkDayUK
Hooray for Kids Day #HoorayForKidsDay
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day #ChocolateChipCookieDay
National Coast Guard Day #NationalCoastGuardDay
National White Wine Day #NationalWhiteWineDay
Single Working Women’s Day #SingleWorkingWomensDay
National Night Out* #NightOut Observed the first Tuesday in August.
Green Peppers Day #GreenPeppersDay
International Traffic Light Day #InternationalTrafficLightDay
National Oyster Day #NationalOysterDay
National Underwear Day #NationalUnderwearDay
National Work Like A Dog Day #NationalWorkLikeADogDay
Balloons to Heaven Day #BalloonsToHeavenDay
Farmworker Appreciation Day #FarmworkerAppreciationDay
Hiroshima Day #HiroshimaDay
National Fresh Breath Day #NationalFreshBreathDay
National Gossip Day #NationalGossipDay
National Root Beer Float Day #RootBeerFloatDay
National Wiggle Your Toes Day #WiggleYourToesDay
National IPA Day* #NationalIPADay First Thursday in August.
National Beach Party Day #NationalBeachPartyDay
National Lighthouse Day #NationalLighthouseDay
National Raspberries ‘n’ Cream Day #RaspberriesNCreamDay
National Sea Serpent Day #NationalSeaSerpentDay
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day #ParticularlyPreposterousPackagingDay
Professional Speakers Day #ProfessionalSpeakersDay
Purple Heart Day #PurpleHeartDayBraham Pie Day* #BrahamPieDay
Observed the first Friday in August.
International Beer Day* #BeerDay Observed the first Friday in August.
Global Sleep Under the Stars Night #GlobalSleepUnderTheStarsNight
International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
National CBD Day #NationalCBDDay
National Dollar Day #NationalDollarDay
National Frozen Custard Day #FrozenCustardDay
National Zucchini Day #ZucchiniDay
Scottish Wildcat Day #ScottishWildcatDay
Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day #SneakSomeZucchiniOntoYourNeighborsPorchDay
The Date to Create #TheDateToCreate
Observed the second Saturday in August:
Celebrate Your Lakes Day* #CelebrateYourLakesDay
National Bowling Day* #BowlingDay
National Garage Sale Day* #GarageSaleDay
National Model Aviation Day* #NationalModelAviationDay
International Coworking Day #InternationalCoworkingDay
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People #InternationalDayOfTheWorldsIndigenousPeople
National Book Lovers Day* #NationalBookLoversDay Observed the first Saturday in November and annually on August 9th.
National Hand Holding Day #NationalHandHoldingDay
National Polka Day #NationalPolkaDay
National Rice Pudding Day #NationalRicePuddingDay
National Veep Day #NationalVeepDay
Observed the second Sunday in August:
Gay Uncles Day* #GayUnclesDay
Melon Day* #MelonDay
Spirit of ’45 Day* #SpiritOf45Day
International Vlogging Day #InternationalVloggingDay
National Duran Duran Appreciation Day #DuranDuranAppreciationDay
National Lazy Day #NationalLazyDay
National S’mores Day #NationalSmoresDay
National Shapewear Day #NationalShapewearDay
National Spoil Your Dog Day #SpoilYourDogDay
World Lion Day #WorldLionDay
Victory Day* #VJDay Observed on the second Monday in August.
Annual Medical Checkup Day #AnnualMedicalCheckupDay
Ingersoll Day #IngersollDay
National Presidential Joke Day #PresidentialJokeDay
National Raspberry Bombe Day #RaspberryBombeDay
National Raspberry Tart Day #NationalRaspberryTartDay
National Son’s and Daughter’s Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
Play in the Sand Day #PlayInTheSandDay
Baseball Fans Day #BaseballFansDay
IBM PC Day #IBM PC Day
International Youth Day #YouthDay
National Julienne Fries Day #JulienneFriesDay
National Middle Child Day #MiddleChildDay
National Sewing Machine Day #SewingMachineDay
National Vinyl Record Day #VinylRecordDay
Truck Driver Day #TruckDriverDay
World Elephant Day #ElephantDay
World Calligraphy Day* #WorldCalligraphyDay Observed Wednesday of the second full week in August.
International Left-Handers Day #LeftHandersDay
National Filet Mignon Day #NationalFiletMignonDay
National Prosecco Day #NationalProseccoDay
Color Book Day #ColorBookDay
National Creamsicle Day #CreamsicleDay
National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwarenessDay
National Navajo Code Talkers Day #NavajoCodeTalkersDay
National Tattoo Removal Day #NationalTattooRemovalDay
National Wiffle Ball Day #NationalWiffleBallDay
Social Security Day #SocialSecurityDay
Assumption of Mary #AssumptionOfMary
Chant at the Moon Day #ChantAtTheMoonDay
I Love Cowboys and Cowgirls Day #ILoveCowboysAndCowgirlsDay
National Best Friends Day #NationalBestFriendsDay
National Check the Chip Day #NationalCheckTheChipDay
National Failures Day #NationalFailuresDay
National Leathercraft Day #NationalLeathercraftDay
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day #LemonMeringuePieDay
National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
Nicolas Chauvin Day #ChauvinDay
Observed the third Saturday in August:
Break the Monotony Day* #BreakTheMonotonyDay
International Geocaching Day* #GeocachingDay
International Homeless Animals Day* #HomelessAnimalsDay
World Honey Bee Day* #WorldHoneyBeeDay
National Airborne Day #NationalAirborneDay
National Bratwurst Day #NationalBratwurstDay
National Roller Coaster Day #RollerCoasterDay
National Rum Day #NationalRumDay
National Tell a Joke Day #TellAJokeDay
True Love Forever Day #TrueLoveForeverDay
#2 Pencil Day #2PencilDay
Baby Boomers Recognition Day #BabyBoomersRecognitionDay
Black Cat Appreciation Day #BlackCatAppreciationDay
Congressional Startup Day #CongressionalStartupDay
National I Love my Feet Day #NationalILoveMyFeetDay
National Nonprofit Day #NationalNonprofitDay
National Thrift Shop Day #NationalThriftShopDay
National Vanilla Custard Day #NationalVanillaCustardDay
Cupcake Day (Australia)* #RSPCACupcakeDay Observed the third Monday in August.
Bad Poetry Day #BadPoetryDay
Helium Discovery Day #HeliumDiscoveryDay
National Fajita Day #NationalFajitaDay
National Ice Cream Pie Day #IceCreamPieDay
National Mail Order Catalog Day #MailOrderCatalogDay
Never Give Up Day #NeverGiveUpDay
Pinot Noir Day #PinotNoirDay
Serendipity Day #SerendipityDay
International Bow Day #InternationalBowDay
International Orangutan Day #OrangutanDay
National Aviation Day #NationalAviationDay
National Hot and Spicy Food Day #NationalHotAndSpicyFoodDay
National Potato Day #PotatoDay
National Sandcastle and Sculpture Day #NationalSandcastleAndSculptureDay
National Soft Ice Cream Day #NationalSoftIceCreamDay
World Humanitarian Day #HumanitarianDay
World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
National Medical Dosimetrist Day* #MedicalDosimetristDay Observed the third Wednesday in August.
International Day of Medical Transporters #InternationalDayOfMedicalTransporters
National Bacon Lovers Day #NationalBaconLoversDay
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day #ChocolatePecanPieDay
National Lemonade Day #LemonadeDay
National Radio Day #NationalRadioDay
Virtual Worlds Day #VirtualWorldsDay
World Mosquito Day #WorldMosquitoDay
National Brazilian Blowout Day #BrazilianBlowoutDay
National Senior Citizens Day #SeniorCitizensDay
National Spumoni Day #NationalSpumoniDay
National Kool-Aid Day* #NationalKoolAidDay Observed the third Friday in August.
National Men’s Grooming Day* #MensGroomingDay Observed the third Friday in August.
Be An Angel Day #BeAnAngelDay
National Bao Day #NationalBaoDay
National Eat a Peach Day #NationalEatAPeachDay
National Pecan Torte Day #NationalPecanTorteDay
National Tooth Fairy Day #NationalToothFairyDay
Never Bean Better Day #NeverBeanBetterDay
Take Your Cat to the Vet Day #TakeYourCatToTheVetDay
World Plant Milk Day #WorldPlantMilkDay
Buttered Corn Day #ButteredCornDay
Cheap Flight Day #CheapFlightDay
Cuban Sandwich Day #CubanSandwichDay
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism #BlackRibbonDay
Hug Your Sweetheart Day #HugYourSweetheartDay
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition #InternationalDayForTheRemembranceOfTheSlaveTradeAndItsAbolition
Internaut Day #InternautDay
National Ride The Wind Day #RideTheWindDay
National Sponge Cake Day #NationalSpongeCakeDay
Valentino Day #ValentinoDay
Can Opener Day #CanOpenerDay
International Strange Music Day #StrangeMusicDay
National Knife Day #KnifeDay
National Peach Pie Day #NationalPeachPieDay
National Waffle Day #NationalWaffleDay
Pluto Demoted Day #PlutoDemotedDay
Shooting Star Day #ShootingStarDay
Vesuvius Day #VesuviusDay
Weather Complaint Day #WeatherComplaintDay
William Wilberforce Day #WilliamWilberforceDay
National Banana Split Day #NationalBananaSplitDay
National Kiss and Make Up Day #KissAndMakeUpDay
National Park Service Founders Day #NPSFoundersDay
National Second-hand Wardrobe Day #SecondhandWardrobeDay
National Whiskey Sour Day #NationalWhiskeySourDay
Touch-A-Heart Tuesday* #TouchAHeartTuesday Observed the last Tuesday in August.
Make Your Own Luck Day #MakeYourOwnLuckDay
Musical Yoga Day #MusicalYogaDay
National Cherry Popsicle Day #CherryPopsicleDay
National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
National Toilet Paper Day #ToiletPaperDay
National WebMistress Day #NationalWebMistressDay
National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
Willing-To-Lend-A-Hand Wednesday* #WillingToLendAHandWednesday Observed the last Wednesday in August.
Kiss Me Day #KissMeDay
National Banana Lovers Day #NationalBananaLoversDay
National Just Because Day #NationalJustBecauseDay
National Petroleum Day #NationalPetroleumDay
National Pots De Créme Day #NationalPotsDeCremeDay
Tarzan Day #TarzanDay
World Rock Paper Scissors Day #WorldRockPaperScissorsDay
National Burger Day (UK)* #NationalBurgerDayUK Observed the Thursday before the UK August bank holiday.
Thoughtful Thursday* #ThoughtfulThursday Observed the last Thursday in August.
Crackers Over The Keyboard Day #CrackersOverTheKeyboardDay
International Read Comics in Public Day #InternationalReadComicsInPublicDay
National Bow Tie Day #NationalBowTieDay
National Cherry Turnovers Day #CherryTurnoverDay
National Power Rangers Day #NationalPowerRangersDay
National Red Wine Day #RedWineDay
National Thoughtful Day #NationalThoughtfulDay
Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day #RaceYourMouseAroundTheIconsDay
Radio Commercial Day #RadioCommercialDay
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay
Daffodil Day (Australia)* #DaffodilDayAustralia Observed the fourth Friday in August.
Forgive Your Foe Friday* #ForgiveYourFoeFriday Observed the last Friday in August.
“According to Hoyle” Day #AccordingToHoyleDay
Individual Rights Day #IndividualRightsDay
International Day Against Nuclear Tests #DayAgainstNuclearTests
More Herbs, Less Salt Day #MoreHerbsLessSaltDay
National Chop Suey Day #NationalChopSueyDay
National Lemon Juice Day #LemonJuiceDay
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day #SarcoidosisAwarenessDay
Potteries Bottle Oven Day #PotteriesBottleOvenDay
Pony Express Day* #PonyExpressDay Observed the last Saturday in August.
Speak Kind Words Saturday* #SpeakKindWordsSaturday Observed the last Saturday in August.
Frankenstein Day #FrankensteinDay
International Day of the Disappeared #InternationalDayOfTheDisappeared
International Whale Shark Day #WhaleSharkDay
National Beach Day #BeachDay
National Grief Awareness Day #GriefAwarenessDay
National Holistic Pet Day #HolisticPetDay
National Slinky Day #NationalSlinkyDay
National Toasted Marshmallow Day #ToastedMarshmallowDay
Sacrifice Our Wants for Others Needs Sunday* #SacrificeOurWantsForOthersNeedsSunday Observed the last Sunday in August.
Eat Outside Day #EatOutsideDay
International Overdose Awareness Day #OverdoseAwarenessDay
Love Litigating Lawyers Day #LoveLitigatingLawyersDay
National Diatomaceous Earth Day #DiatomaceousEarthDay
National Matchmaker Day #MatchmakerDay
National Trail Mix Day #NationalTrailMixDay
We Love Memoirs Day #WeLoveMemoirsDay
Motorist Consideration Monday* #MotoristConsiderationMonday Observed the last Monday in August.
I hope you’ve found a number of amazing August holidays you can’t wait to share!
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Check out my mega roundup of social media holidays for the entire year!