Social Media Calendar 2027: 200+ dates to add to your calendar

Dry January and Veganuary run all month. Blue Monday shares 18 January with Samaritans' Brew Monday, a great chance for positive wellbeing content, and Burns Night (25 January) is a big one for hospitality.

• Fri 1Dry January startsMonth
• Fri 1New Year's Day
• Fri 1Veganuary startsMonth
• Sat 2Science Fiction Day
• Mon 4World Braille Day
• Tue 5National Bird Day
• Mon 18Blue Monday
• Mon 18Brew Monday
• Tue 19National Popcorn Day
• Wed 20Cheese Lovers Day
• Thu 21International Hug Day
• Sun 24International Day of Education
• Mon 25Burns Night
• Tue 26International Clean Energy Day
• Wed 27Holocaust Memorial Day
• Thu 28Data Privacy Day
• Sun 31International Zebra Day

LGBT+ History Month runs all month. Pancake Day and National Pizza Day share 9 February, and Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday, perfect for a full Valentine's weekend.

• Mon 1LGBT+ History Month UK startsMonth
• Tue 2World Wetlands Day
• Thu 4World Cancer Day
• Fri 5World Nutella Day
• Sat 6Lunar New Year
• Tue 9National Pizza Day
• Tue 9Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday
• Wed 10World Pulses Day
• Thu 11International Day of Women and Girls in Science
• Sat 13World Radio Day
• Sun 14Valentine's Day
• Mon 15International Childhood Cancer Day
• Wed 17Random Acts of Kindness Day
• Sat 20Love Your Pet Day
• Sat 20World Day of Social Justice
• Sun 21International Mother Language Day
• Mon 22World Thinking Day
• Sat 27International Polar Bear Day

An early Mother's Day (7 March) is followed by International Women's Day, St Patrick's Day and an early Easter. The clocks go forward on Easter Sunday, 28 March.

• Mon 1St David's Day
• Mon 1Women's History Month startsMonth
• Mon 1Zero Discrimination Day
• Wed 3World Hearing Day
• Wed 3World Wildlife Day
• Thu 4World Obesity Day
• Sun 7Mother's Day / Mothering Sunday
• Mon 8International Women's Day
• Thu 11World Kidney Day
• Sun 14Pi Day
• Mon 15World Consumer Rights Day
• Wed 17St Patrick's Day
• Thu 18Global Recycling Day
• Sat 20International Day of Happiness
• Sat 20World Oral Health Day
• Sun 21International Day of Forests
• Sun 21World Down Syndrome Day
• Sun 21World Poetry Day
• Mon 22World Water Day
• Tue 23World Meteorological Day
• Wed 24World Tuberculosis Day
• Fri 26Good Friday
• Fri 26Purple Day / Epilepsy Awareness
• Sun 28British Summer Time begins
• Sun 28Easter Sunday
• Mon 29Easter Monday
• Tue 30World Bipolar Day
• Wed 31International Transgender Day of Visibility

Expect playful posts on April Fool's Day, then National Pet Day, National Tea Day, Earth Day and St George's Day. B2B brands can mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April.

• Thu 1April Fool's Day
• Fri 2World Autism Awareness Day
• Sun 4International Carrot Day
• Tue 6International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• Wed 7World Health Day
• Sat 10Siblings Day
• Sun 11National Pet Day
• Thu 15World Art Day
• Sun 18World Heritage Day
• Wed 21National Tea Day
• Thu 22Earth Day
• Fri 23St George's Day
• Fri 23World Book Day (international)
• Sun 25World Penguin Day
• Mon 26World Intellectual Property Day
• Wed 28World Day for Safety and Health at Work
• Thu 29International Dance Day
• Fri 30International Jazz Day

Two bank holidays, Star Wars Day and VE Day, plus Mental Health Awareness Week from 10 May, one of the most engaged-with weeks of the year.

• Sat 1International Workers' Day
• Sat 1National Walking Month startsMonth
• Sun 2World Tuna Day
• Mon 3Early May Bank Holiday
• Mon 3World Press Freedom Day
• Tue 4Star Wars Day
• Wed 5International Day of the Midwife
• Sat 8VE Day
• Sat 8World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
• Mon 10Mental Health Awareness Week startsWeek
• Wed 12International Nurses Day
• Sat 15International Day of Families
• Sun 16International Day of Light
• Mon 17International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
• Thu 20World Bee Day
• Fri 21International Tea Day
• Sat 22International Day for Biological Diversity
• Sun 23World Turtle Day
• Mon 31Spring Bank Holiday
• Mon 31World No Tobacco Day

Pride Month runs all month, with World Environment Day, Beer Day Britain, Father's Day (20 June) and the Summer Solstice. It closes with Social Media Day on 30 June.

• Tue 1Global Day of Parents
• Tue 1Pride Month startsMonth
• Thu 3World Bicycle Day
• Sat 5World Environment Day
• Mon 7World Food Safety Day
• Tue 8Best Friends Day
• Tue 8World Oceans Day
• Sat 12World Day Against Child Labour
• Mon 14World Blood Donor Day
• Tue 15Beer Day Britain
• Fri 18International Picnic Day
• Sun 20Father's Day
• Sun 20World Refugee Day
• Mon 21International Day of Yoga
• Mon 21Summer Solstice
• Mon 21World Music Day
• Wed 23International Women in Engineering Day
• Sun 27Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
• Wed 30Social Media Day

A lighter month for fun content: World Chocolate Day, Wimbledon Finals Weekend, World Emoji Day and International Day of Friendship.

• Thu 1International Joke Day
• Fri 2World UFO Day
• Sat 3International Plastic Bag Free Day
• Tue 6International Kissing Day
• Wed 7World Chocolate Day
• Sat 10Wimbledon Finals Weekend startsEvent
• Sun 11World Population Day
• Thu 15World Youth Skills Day
• Sat 17World Emoji Day
• Sun 18Nelson Mandela International Day
• Tue 20International Chess Day
• Sat 24Samaritans Awareness Day
• Wed 28World Hepatitis Day
• Thu 29International Tiger Day
• Fri 30International Day of Friendship
• Sat 31World Ranger Day

Yorkshire Day opens the month, pet brands get International Cat Day and International Dog Day, and the Summer Bank Holiday is Monday 30 August.

• Sun 1World Lung Cancer Day
• Sun 1Yorkshire Day
• Sun 8International Cat Day
• Mon 9International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
• Tue 10World Lion Day
• Thu 12International Youth Day
• Thu 12World Elephant Day
• Fri 13International Left-Handers Day
• Thu 19World Humanitarian Day
• Thu 19World Photography Day
• Fri 20World Mosquito Day
• Sat 21World Senior Citizens Day
• Thu 26International Dog Day
• Mon 30Summer Bank Holiday (England, Wales & Northern Ireland)

Back to routine with Emergency Services Day, Roald Dahl Story Day, National Fitness Day and World Heart Day. Handle World Suicide Prevention Day with real care.

• Sun 5International Day of Charity
• Tue 7International Day of Clean Air
• Wed 8International Literacy Day
• Thu 9Emergency Services Day / 999 Day
• Fri 10World Suicide Prevention Day
• Mon 13Roald Dahl Story Day
• Wed 15International Day of Democracy
• Thu 16World Ozone Day
• Sat 18International Equal Pay Day
• Sun 19Talk Like a Pirate Day
• Tue 21International Day of Peace
• Tue 21World Alzheimer's Day
• Wed 22National Fitness Day
• Wed 22World Car Free Day
• Thu 23Autumn Equinox
• Thu 23International Day of Sign Languages
• Mon 27World Tourism Day
• Wed 29World Heart Day
• Thu 30International Podcast Day

Black History Month UK, Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Stoptober all start on 1 October. World Mental Health Day is 10 October, and the clocks go back on Halloween.

• Fri 1Black History Month UK startsMonth
• Fri 1Breast Cancer Awareness Month startsMonth
• Fri 1International Coffee Day
• Fri 1International Day of Older Persons
• Fri 1Stoptober startsMonth
• Fri 1World Vegetarian Day
• Mon 4World Animal Day
• Tue 5World Teachers' Day
• Wed 6World Cerebral Palsy Day
• Sun 10World Mental Health Day
• Mon 11International Day of the Girl
• Fri 15Global Handwashing Day
• Sat 16World Food Day
• Fri 29World Stroke Day
• Sun 31British Summer Time ends
• Sun 31Halloween

Movember, Bonfire Night (a Friday this year) and Remembrance, followed by Black Friday on 26 November and Cyber Monday.

• Mon 1Movember startsMonth
• Mon 1World Vegan Day
• Fri 5Bonfire Night
• Thu 11Armistice Day
• Sat 13World Kindness Day
• Sun 14Remembrance Sunday
• Sun 14World Diabetes Day
• Fri 19International Men's Day
• Sat 20World Children's Day
• Fri 26Black Friday
• Mon 29Cyber Monday
• Tue 30St Andrew's Day

Small Business Saturday is 4 December. Christmas Day is a Saturday, so the bank holidays move to Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December.

• Wed 1World AIDS Day
• Fri 3International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• Sat 4Small Business Saturday UK
• Sun 5International Volunteer Day
• Fri 10Human Rights Day
• Wed 22Winter Solstice
• Fri 24Christmas Eve
• Sat 25Christmas Day
• Sun 26Boxing Day
• Mon 27Christmas Day substitute bank holiday
• Tue 28Boxing Day substitute bank holiday
• Fri 31New Year's Eve

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Bank holidays and most international days are fixed. Some awareness days are set by their organisers each year and can move, so check the official website before building a big campaign around one.

Two to four relevant dates a month is plenty. Choose days that genuinely connect to your products, team or values so the posts feel useful rather than forced.

Yes. 99social plans, designs, writes and schedules social media content for UK businesses on flat-rate monthly plans from £99+VAT, with relevant awareness days built in.