February 2026 Monthly Holidays
Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
Link
African-American Cultural Heritage Month
AFRMA Fancy Rat and Mouse Month
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
An Affair To Remember Month
LinkBake for Family Fun Month
LinkBarley
Month
LinkBeat The Heat Month
Cricket World Cup (2/6-3/7)
Declutter
For A Cause Month
Dog Training Education Month
Link
Link
Fasting February
February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
Feline Fix By Five Month
Free and Open Source Software Month
LinkFrom Africa to Virginia Month
Give Kids A Smile Month
LinkGreat American Pies Month
LinkInternational Boost Self-Esteem
Month
International Expect Success Month
Link
International Hoof-care Month
International Month of Black Women in The Arts
Link
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
LinkJobs in Golf Month
LinkLibrary Lovers Month
Love The Bus Month
LinkMarfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana (Cannabis) Awareness Month
Link
LinkNational African American History
Month
LinkNational African American Read-In
Link
National Bird Feeding Month
National Black History Month
National Care
About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Condom Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
LinkNational Embroidery Month
LinkNational Enrolled Agents Month
Link
National Goat Yoga Month
National Green Week
(Starts first week in Feb. and Goes To April 30.
To me
it's a monthly observance although they say "week.")
Link
National Haiku Writing Month
Link
National Hot Breakfast Month
Link National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership
Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Prevent A Litter Month
LinkNational Self Check Month
Link
National Snack Food Month
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Month
LinkNational Therapeutic Recreation Month
LinkNational Time Management
Month
National Weddings Month
National Women Inventors Month
North
American Inclusion Month (NAIM)
Link
Pet Dental Health Month
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Pull Your Sofa
Off The Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owner's
Month
LinkReturn
Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Spunky
Old Broads Month
Link LinkSweet Potato Month
(see also November)
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month
February 2026 Weekly Holidays
African Heritage & Health Week: 1-7 (First Week)
Burn Awareness Week: 1-7
Link (First
Full Week)
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week: 1-7 (First Full Week)
Children's Mental Health Week: 1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week: 1-7
*Women's Heart Week: 1-7
*World Interfaith Harmony Week: 1-7 (First Week)
Ambulatory Care Nurses Week: 2-7
Link
International Networking Week: 2-6 (M-F of First Full Week)
National School Counseling Week: 2-6
Link (M-F of First Full Week)
PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week:
2-8
Link
Pride in Foodservice Week: 2-6
Link (M-F of
First Full Week)
*Publicity for Profit Week: 2-8
Tax Identity Theft
Week: 2-6
Link (M-F of First Full Week)
Tinnitus Awareness Week: 2-6
Link (M-F of First Full Week)
International Hoof-Care Week: 3-6 Link
National Mentoring Summit: 4-6
Link
INVICTUS GAMES: In 2027
Link (Every
2 years.)
*Congenital
Heart Defect Awareness Week: 7-14
Link
*Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 7-13 (Always
Week Before Valentines Day)
*Have A Heart
for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14
Link
*National Marriage Week: 7-14
Link
*Risk Awareness
Week: 7-14
*Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend: 7-12
Take A Friend
Snowmobiling Week: 7-16
Link
Children of Alcoholics Week: 8-14 Link
(Second Full Week)
Jell-O Week: 8-14 (Second Full Week)
*Love Makes
the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 8-14 (Second
Full Week)
*International Flirting Week:9-15 (Week of Valentines
Day)
*Love A Mench Week: 9-15
National Phlebotomists Recognition
Week: 9-13
Link
International Energy Week: 10-12
Link
World AG Expo: 10-12
American Association For The Advancement
of Science Week: 12-14 Link
Date (Fruit) Week: 12-3/1
Great Backyard Bird Count: 13-16
Link
*National Condom Week: 14-21
*National Nestbox Week: 14-21
*NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff
Education Week: 14-21
National Entrepreneurship Week: 14-21
Link
Build A Better
Trade Show Image Week: 15-21 (3rd Full Week)
Random Acts of
Kindness Week: 15-20
Link
(Second or Third Full Week) Note: See daily listings
for RAK Day.
Through With The Chew: 16-20 (3rd M-F Week)
Link
Hockey Week Across America: 16-22
Link
American
Birkenbeiner Cross-Country Ski Race: 18-22
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering:
19-21
National FFA Week: 22-28
Link (Week of G.Washington's Birthday from Sat.
to Sat)
National Engineers Week: 22-28 (Week
Incl. G.Washington's Birthday 22nd)
National Justice for Animals Week:
22-27
Link
Link
National Sauna Week: 22-28
Link (Last
Full Week)
Bird Health Awareness Week: 22-28
Link (Last Full Week)
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 22-28 (Last
Week)
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: 22-28 Link
(Last Week)
National Money Show: 26-28
February 2026 Daily Holidays
*Candy-Making Day: 1
*Car Insurance Day: 1
*CBC Day: 1
Link
*Change Your Password Day: 1
*Decorating With Candy Day: 1
*G.I. Joe Day: 1
Grammy Awards:
1
*Hula in The Coola Day:
1
*International Brownie Camera Day 2026: 1
Link
(Contest goes all month)
*International Day
of Black Women in The Arts: 1 (First day of Black
History Month.)
*International Face & Body Art Day: 1
*International
Furmint Day: 1 Link
* Freedom Day: 1
*National Get Up Day: 1
(About Perserverance. Not Getting Out Of Bed.)
*Robinson Crusoe Day: 1
*Spunky Old Broads Day: 1 (Also all month)
Link
Link
Tu B'Shavat: 1
*World Hijab Day: 1
Link
World
Animal Reiki Day: 1
Link
(First Sunday)
*Ayn Rand Day: 2
Link
*Candelmas:
2
*Crepe Day: 2
*Crepe Day or La Chandeleur: 2
Link
*Dump
Your Significant Jerk Day: 2 (First Day of Dump Your
Significant Jerk Week)
*Groundhog Day: 2
*Groundhog Job Shadow Day: 2
*Hedgehog Day: 2
*Imbolc: 2
*Lung Leavin' Day:
2
Link
*Marmot Day: 2
Link
*World Play Your Ukulele Day:
2 Link
*Rheumatoid
Arthritis Awareness Day: 2
Link
*Sled Dog Day: 2
*"The Record of a Sneeze" Day: 2
*World Wetlands
Day: 2 Link
African American
Coaches Day: 3 (First Tuesday)
*Feed The Birds Day: 3
Link
*Four
Chaplains Memorial Day: 3
*National Missing Person's Day: 3
Link
*National Women's Physicians Day: 3
Link
*The Day The Music Died: 3
Safer Internet Day: 3 Link (First Tuesday)
*Veterinary Pharmacists Day: 3
Wear Orange Day: 3 Link (First Tuesday)
(For Teen Violence. June observance for survivors of gun violence.)
*Facebook's
Birthday: 4
Global School Play Day: 4
Link
(First Wednesday)
*I Heart Horror Day: 4
*International Day of Human Fraternity: 4
*Liberace Day: 4
*Medjoola Date Day: 4
National Girls & Women in Sports Day:
4 (First
Wednesday)
*National Hemp Day: 4
National Signing Day for College Football: 4
Link
(First Wednesday)
*Quacker Day: 4
Sterile Packaging Day: 4 (First Wednesday)
*Thank Your Mailman Day: 4
Link
Link
Link
*USO Day: 4
Winter Walk To School Day: 4
Link
*World Cancer
Day: 4
Link
*Adlai Stevenson Day: 5
Link
*Move
Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day: 5
Link
National Sweater
Day: 5 (First Thursday)
Link
Optimist
Day: 5 (First Thursday)
Link
*Shower With A Friend Day:
5
Link
*Weatherman's [Weatherperson's] Day: 5
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
*Western
Monarch Day: 5 Link
*World
Nutella Day: 5 Link
Bubble Gum Day: 6 Link (First
Friday)
Give Kids A Smile Day: 6
Link (First Friday)
*International Day of
Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation: 6
Link
*International Frozen Yogurt Day: 6
Link
*Lame Duck Day: 6
National Toboggan Days: 6-8
*Play Monopoly Day: 6
Link
(See also January 5)
Wear Red Day:
6 (First Friday)
Working Naked Day: 6
(First Friday)
*Ballet Day:
7
Barber Day: 7 (First Saturday)
*Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 7
* "e" Day (math): 7
Link
*Laura Ingalls Wilder Day: 7
National
Ice Cream For Breakfast Day: 7 (First Saturday)
Link
National Play Outside Day: 7 Link (First
Saturday)
*National Periodic Table Day: 7
Link
Take Your Child To The Library Day:
7
(First Saturday)
*Wave All Your Fingers
At Your Neighbor's Day: 7 Link
*Who Shall I Be Day: 7
World Body Painting Day: 7
Link
Autism Sunday: 8
Link
(Second Sunday)
*Boy Scout
Anniversary Day: 8
Link
*Laugh
and Get Rich Day: 8
Man Day: 8 (Sunday before Valentine's
Day)
National Pork Rind Day: 8
(Always on Super Bowl Day) Link
Popcorn Day: 8 Link
(Super Bowl Sunday is Primary Observance)
*Opera Day: 8
Super Bowl LX
(60): 8
World
Marriage Day: 8
(Second Sunday) Link
Clean Out Your Computer Day: 9
(Second Monday)
*Cut The Cord Day: 9
Link
International Epilepsy Awareness Day: 9
Link (Second Monday)
Meal Monday: 9 (2nd Monday)
National Football Hangover Day: 9
Link
(Always day after the Super Bowl)
*National Pizza Day: 9
Link
*Read in the Bathtub Day: 9
*Toothache Day: 9
Link
*All The News That's Fit To Print Day: 10
Extraterrestrial Culture Day: 10 (
Second Tuesday)
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day: 10 (Second Tuesday)
*International Day of The Arabian Leopard: 10
*National Home Warranty Day:
10
Link
*Plimsoll Day: 10
*Umbrella Day: 10
Link
*World
Pulses Day: 10
*Be Electrific Day: 11
*Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day: 11
*International Day
of Women and Girls in Science: 11
*Get Out Your Guitar Day: 11
*Pro Sports
Wives Day: 11
*National Inventors Day: 11
Link
*National
Shut-in Visitation Day: 11
*Satisfied Staying Single Day: 11
Link
*White Shirt
Day or White T-shirt Day : 11
Link
*World Day of The Sick: 11
Link
*Darwin Day: 12
*Lincoln's
Birthday: 12
*NAACP Day: 12
National Giving Hearts Day:
12 (Second Thursday)
*Oglethorpe Day: 12
*Paul Bunyan Day: 12 (Born Feb.12,1834 in Bangor,
ME) Link
Link or
Link or
Link
(Note: Also August 10)
*Safety Pup Day: 12
Blame
Someone Else Day: 13 (First Friday the 13th of The
Year.)
*Desperation Day: 13
Link
*Employee
Legal Awareness Day: 13
*Galentine's Day: 13
Link
*Get
a Different Name Day: 13 Link
*International Condom Day: 13
Link
*Madly In Love With Me Day:
13
NBA All Stars Game 2025: 13-15
*National Break Up With Your Carrier Day: 13
Link
*National Cheddar Day: 13
Link
*National Wingman's Day: 13
*Self-Love Day: 13
*World Radio Day: 13
Link
*Ferris Wheel Day: 14
*Frederick Douglass Day: 14
Link
Global Movie Day: 14
Link
(Second Saturday)
International Snowmobile Ride Day: 14
Link (Second Saturday)
*International Kissing Day: 14
Link
(also July 6)
*League of Women Voters Day: 14
*Library Lovers Day: 14
*National
Donor Day: 14
*National Have A Heart Day: 14
*National Women's Heart Day:
14
Link
*Pet Theft Awareness Day: 14
Link
*Quirky
Alone Day: 14 Link
*Race Relations
Day: 14
*Valentines Day: 14
*(World) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day: 14
Link
*World Sound Healing
Day: 14 Link
*Angelman Syndrome Day: 15
Link
Daytona 500: 15
*Digital Learning Day: 15
*Love Reset Day:
15
*Lupercalia: 15
*National Friendzone Day: 15
Link
*National
Gum Drop Day: 15
Link
*National
Hippo Day: 15 Link
*Remember
The Maine Day: 15
*Singles Awareness Day: 15
Link
*Susan B. Anthony Day: 15
*International Syrah Day: 16
Link
*Kyoto Protocol Day: 16
Link
*National
Almond Day: 16
*National Buna Day: 16
Link
Presidents Day: 16
Shrove Monday: 16
*Analog to Digital TV Day: 17
Chinese New Year: 17
Fasching: 17
Hockey USA Day: 17
Link
International Pancake Day:
17
(aka Shrove Tuesday)
Mardi Gras: 17
Link
*My Way Day: 17
*National PTA Founders
Day: 17 Link
Pancake Day Race: 17 (Between
US and England) Link
(Always Shrove Tuesday)
Paczki Day: 17 (always Shrove Tuesday)
Shrove Tuesday: 17
Ramadan: 17-3/18
*Random Acts of Kindness
Day: 17 Link (Note:
Also on September 1. Also, RAK Friday is Nov. 28.)
Travel Africa
Day: 17 (Third or Fourth Tuesday)
*Who Shall
I Be Day: 17 Link
*World
Human Spirit Day: 17
Ash Wednesday: 18
*Battery Day: 18 (Volta's birthday)
*Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day: 18
*Critical Care Transport
Nurses' Day: 18
Link
*Global Drink Wine Day:
18
Link
Hockey Is For Everyone Day: 18
Link
Lent: 18-4/2
Losar: 18
Link
*National Drink Wine Day: 18
Link
*National Hate Florida Day: 18
(About the warm weather)
*Pluto Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh) : 18
*Chocolate Mint Day: 19
Link
Hockey Stick Salute Day:
19 Link
*National Airboat Day: 19
*National Arabian Horse Day: 19
Link
*National Lashes
Day: 19 Link
*Iwo Jima Day (Landing)
: 19
*Skate Shop Day: 19
The Great American Spit Out: 19
(Thursday of "Through With The Chew Week")
Link
Link
*Vet Girls RISE Day: 19
Link
Link
Hockey History Day: 20
Link
*International PechaKucha Day: 20
Link
*Love Your
Pet Day: 20 Link
Link (or
Love Your Dog Day)
National Caregivers Day: 20
Link (Third Friday)
*National Comfy Day: 20
Link
*National Leadership Day: 20
Link
No One Eats Alone Day: 20 Link
(Third Friday)
*Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo
Day: 20 Link
Tartar Sauce Day: 20 (First Friday after Lent Begins)
*World Day for Social
Justice: 20
Hockey Jersey Day: 21
Link
*International Mother
Language Day: 21
National Airboat Day: 21 (Third Saturday)
*National
Campus Security/Supervisor's Day: 21
National Red Sock Day: 21 (Third Saturday)
Link
*National Grain Free Day: 21
Link
Skate Shop Day: 21 (Skateboards) (Third Saturday)
*World Kombucha Day: 21
Link
World Pangolin Day: 21
Link (Third
Saturday)
World Whale Day: 21
Link
(Third Saturday)
*Bus Driver Appreciation Day: 22 (School Bus Driver AD in
April)
Link
Link
Orthodox Forgiveness Sunday:
22 (Cheesefare
Sunday)
*Digital Learning Day: 22
*For The Love
of Mike Day; 22 Link
*George Washington's Birthday: 22
*National
Margarita Day: 22 Link
*National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day: 22
Link
Link
Link
(There are a few states that have
declared this on a different date. Some in April.) Most observe on February 22.)
*National
Supermarket Employee Day: 22
Link
*National Wildlife Day: 22
Link (To
honor Steve Irwin's birthday + it's on Sept. 4)
*Tex Avery Day: 22
Link
Try Hockey For Free Day: 22
Link
*Woolworth's Day: 22
*World
Thinking Day: 22
Link
*Curling is Cool Day: 23 Link
*Diesel Engine Day: 23
*Digital
Learning Day: 23
*Iwo
Jima Day (Flag Raised): 23
Museum Advocacy Day: 23-24
Link
(Last Monday & Tuesday)
National Cupcake Day (Canada): 23
Link (Last Monday)
*National Dog Biscuit Day: 23
Link
*National Tile Day: 23
Link
Orthodox Green Monday:
23 (First Monday
of Lent.)
Orthodox Lent: 23-4/11
Play More Cards Day: 23 Link
(Last Monday)
Polar Bear Body Painting Day: 23?
Link
*Single Tasking Day: 23
*Tootsie Roll Day: 23
Link
Hockey Day: 23
Link
Digital Learning Day: 24
(Fourth Tuesday)
*Forget Me Not Day: 24
Link
(First Observance)
*National Dance Day: 24
*National Tortilla Chip
Day: 24
*World Bartender Day: 24
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
World Spay Day USA:
24 (Last Tuesday )
Ayyam-I-Ha: 25-31
Inconvenience Yourself
Day: 25 ( Fourth Wednesday)
Pink Shirt Day: 25
Link
(Last Wednesday)
*Rubber Ducky Day: 25
Link
(Note: Some also say January 13.)
*Carpe Diem Day: 26
Discover Girl Day:
26 (Thursday of Nat'l Engineers Wk.)
*For Pete's Sake Day: 26
Link
International
Toast Day: 26
(Orig. in UK, has spread worldwide) (Last Thursday)
Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day: 26 (Thursday of
Engineering Week)
*Letter To An Elder
Day: 26
*Levi Strauss Day: 26
National Chili Day: 26 (Last
Thursday) Link
*National Customized Wheel and Tire Day: 26
*National Personal Chef's Day:
26 Link
Link
Link
(Note: Different Sponsor than one on 7/16)
*National Set A Good Example
Day: 26 Link
*Tell A Fairy Tale Day: 26
Link
*World Pistachio Day: 26
Link
*Anosomia Awareness Day: 27
Link
*International Polar Bear Day: 27
Link
*Journey Day:
27 Link
*National Kahlua Day: 27
Link
*National Retro
Day: 27 Link
Skip The Straw Day: 27
Link
(Fourth Friday)
*World NGO Day: 27
Link
Carnival: 28-3/8
*Floral Design Day: 28
Link
*Global Scouse Day: 28
Link
*National
Public Sleeping Day: 28
Link
*National
Tooth Fairy Day: 28 Link
Link
( Also August 22)
Open That
Bottle Night: 28 (Last Saturday)
*Rare Disease Day: 28
Link
*Sisu Day: 28
Link
Link
World Sword Swallowers Day: 28 (Last
Saturday)
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Bachelor's Day: 29
*International
Underlings Day: 29
Leap Year Day: 29
*National Time Refund Day: 29
*Saliolum: 29
Link
*Superman's Birthday: 29 (Per Action Comics @149)
Link
(See also June 18 and Dec. 1)
