August 2025 Holidays

August 2025 Monthly Holidays

American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month Link
American History Essay Contest (8/1 - 12/15) 
Arrr-gust: International Pirate Month  Link
Back to School Month Link
Black Business Month
Boomers Making A Difference Month
Bystander Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Child Support Awareness Month Link
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Clear The Shelters Month   Link Link  (Aug. 10-Sept. 10)
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Month Link Link (Used to be weekly)
Golf Month 
Happiness Happens Month Link
International EFT Tapping Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month Link
National Catfish Month Link
National Cheerleading Safety Month Link Link
National Cowgirl Month Link
National Crayon Collection Month  Link
National Dog Month  Link                 
National Goat Cheese Month Link
National Immunization Awareness Month Link
National Panini Month  Link
National Political Affiliation Discrimination Awareness Month Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Read A Romance Novel Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month Link
National Water Quality Month  Link (Also in May)
National Wellness Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Personalized Learning Month
Psoriasis Action Month Link
Read-A-Romance Month
Romance Awareness Month Link
Rye Month Link
Tomboy Tools Month (Pink Tools)
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month  Link

August 2025 Weekly Holidays

*Happiness Happens Week: 1-7 Link
*International Clown Week: 1-7 Link
*National Cleanse Your Skin Week: 1-7  Link
*National Minority Donor Awareness Week: 1-7
Old Fiddler Days: 1-6 Link
*Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7
*World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7 Link
Sturgis Rally: 1-10 Link (Begins 1st Friday in August for 10 days)
Tall Timber Days: 1-3 (First Weekend)
Twins Days: 1-3 (First Full Weekend)
Satchmo Week: 2-3 Link
International Lace Week: 3-8  Link  (There are 3 lace observances. June & August = Wkly. Sept. = Lace Day)
National Exercise With Your Child Week: 3-9 Link (First Full Week)
Single Working Women's Week: 3-9 Link (Always has 8/4 in it which is Single Working Women's Day.)
Knights of Columbus Family Week:   3-9 (First Full Week)
National Farmers' Market Week:  3-9 Link Link (First Full Week)
National Health Center Week: 3-9 Link  (First Full Week)
International Assistance Dog Week:  3-9 Link (Begins First Sunday)
Stop on Red Week:  3-9 Link  (First Full Week)
Psychic Week: 3-9 (First Week) Link
International Psychic Week:  4-8 Link (First M-F Week)
National Bargain Hunting Week: 4-10  (First Mon.-Sun Week)
Old Fiddlers'Week: 4-9
*Rock for Life Week: 4-7 Link
National Hobo Week: 7-10 Link
Elvis Week: 8-16 Link
Assistance Dog Week: 10-16 (Second Week)
National Resurrect Romance Week: 10-16 (2nd  Full Week)
Weird Contest Week: 10-16  (Second Week)
Safe + Sound Week: 11-17 Link
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 13-9/1 Link (Includes Labor Day Weekend + December 15-Jan 1)
Little League World Series: 13-24  Link
Great American Stamp Days: 14-17
National Aviation Week: 17-23 (Always week of Orville Wright's Birthday on  19th)
*Minority Enterprise Development Week: 18-24
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money): 19-23  Link
Brake Safety Week: 24-30 Link
World Princess Week: 24-30 (Last Week) (Disney) (National Princess Week is in April.)
*Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
National Composites Week: 25-29  Link
National Safe at Home Week: 25-29 (Last M-F Week)
Chuckwagon Races: 28-31 (Thursday - Sunday of Labor Day Wkd.)
Sweetcorn Days: 28-9/1
Cow Chip Throwing Days: 29-30  (Friday/Saturday of Labor Day Weekend)
Hog Days: 29-9/1 (Labor Day Weekend)
International Bat Night: 30-31 (Last Sat-Sun)

August 2025 Daily Holidays

 

Braham Pie Day or Homemade Pie Day: 1 (First Friday)
*Girlfriend's Day: 1
*International Alberino Day: 1 Link
International Beer Day: 1 Link  (First Friday)
*International Can-It-Forward Day: 1  Link  (Mason Jars)
*Lammas Day (Merry Loafmas): 1  Link
*Lughnasa or Lughnasadh - 1 Link Link
*National Mahjong Day: 1  Link
*National Minority Donor Awareness Day: 1  
*National Spritz Day - 1 Link
National Water Balloon Day: 1 (First Friday)
*Respect For Parents: 1
*Rounds Resounding Day: 1
*Spider-Man Day: 1 (See also Oct. 14)
Tomboy Tools Day: 1 Link  (First Friday)
Twins Day: 1-3 Link  (First Full Weekend)
*US Air Force Day: 1 Link
*World Albarino Day: 1  Link
*World Lung Cancer Day: 1
*World Wide Web Day: 1 Link
*World Scout Scarf Day: 1

 

Earth Overshoot Day: 2? Link
Home Fermentation Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
International Blues Music Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
International Hangover Day: 2 (Always the day after International Beer Day) (First Saturday)
*National Coloring Book Day: 2 Link
National Clown Day: 2 (Saturday that falls on Clown Week 1-7)
National Disc Golf Day: 2 (First Saturday)  Link
National Jamacian Patty Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
National Mustard Day: 2 (First Saturday) Link
National Play Outside Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
National Summit Day: 2 Link  (First Saturday)
National Sunflower Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
National VFR Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
Satchmo Days: 2-3
Sandcastle Day: 2 (First Saturday)
Sleep Under The Stars Night: 2 Link (First Saturday)
*Take A Penny/Leave A Penny Day: 2  Link 
Tisha B'Av: 2-3

 

American Family Day: 3 Link  (First Sunday)
Assistance Dog Day 3 Link (First Sunday)
Friendship Day: 3 Link (First Sunday)   (Different than "International Friendship Day" in July. ) Link Link Link Link Link

*Friendship Day: 3 Link (Also July 30)
National Doll Day: 3 Link  (First Sunday)
National Kids' Day: 3 (First Sunday) Link
National Psychic Day: 3 Link  Link  (First Sunday)
*National Hair Gloss Day: 3  Link
Sister's Day: 3 (First Sunday)
*Watermelon Day: 3  Link

 

*Coast Guard Day: 4
*International Clouded Leopard Day: 4 Link
*National Chocolate Chip Day: 4 Link
*National White Wine Day: 4 Link
Picnic Day: 4 Link (First Monday)
*Single Working Women's Day: 4
*Raisin Bran Day: 4  Link

*Dolly Parton Day: 5  Link
*National Oyster Day: 5 
*National Electric Traffic Light Day: 5  Link  Note: International Traffic Light Day is December 10. (Non-electric.)
National Night Out: 5 Link  (First Tuesday) 
*National Underwear Day: 5 Link

 
*Hiroshima Day: 6
Moms' Equal Pay Day: 6? Link
*National Fresh Breath (Halitosis)  Day: 6
*National Root Beer Float Day: 6  Link  (See also August 19.)
*National Social Engineering Day: 6 Link

India Pale Ale Beer Day: 7 Link (First Thursday) 
*Lighthouse Day: 7  Link
*Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: 7 Link
*Professional Speakers Day: 7
*Purple Heart Day: 7
*U.S. Postal Inspection Service Day: 7

*Dalek Day: 8 Link (See also Dec. 21)
*Digital Nomad Day: 8
*International Cat Day: 8  Link   Link
*The Date to Create: 8
*Global Sleep Under The Stars Night: 8  Link
*Happiness Happens Day: 8  Link
*International Female Orgasm Day: 8 Link (Also July 31)
*International Infinity Day: 8 Link
*National CBD Day: 8  Link
*National Fried Chicken & Waffles Day: 8 Link (Note: Chicken & Waffles Day is October 20)
*National Mochi Day: 8 Link
*National Pickleball Day: 8 Link
*National Spam Musubi Day: 8 Link Link
*National Whataburger Day: 8  Link
*Odie Day: 8 (Garfield's pal)
Shop Online For Groceries Day: 8 (2nd Friday)
*Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night: 8  Link
*Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day: 8

 

*Book Lovers Day: 9  Link
Middle Child Day: 9 (Second Saturday)
National Bowling Day: 9 Link (Second Saturday)
National Garage Sale Day: 9 (Second Saturday)
*International Coworking Day: 9 Link
*International Day of The World's Indigenous People: 9
*Smokey Bear's Birthday: 9
*Veep Day: 9
The Wicket World of Croquet Day: 9 Link (Second Saturday)

 

*Agent Orange Awareness Day: 10 Link
Bagel Day:10  Link (Second Sunday)
Global Sleep Under The Stars Night: 10  (2nd Sunday)
*National Duran Duran Appreciation Day: 10
*National Shapewear Day: 10 Link
*Paul Bunyan Day: 10 Link Link  (Also Feb. 12)
*Skyscraper Appreciation Day: 10  Link
*Smithsonian Day: 10
*S'mores Day: 10 Link
The Spirit of '45 Day: 10 Link  (2nd Sunday) 
*World Lion Day: 10

*Global Kinetic Sand Day: 11  Link
*Ingersoll Day: 11
*National Align Your Teeth Day: 11  Link Link Link
*National Hip Hop Day: 11 Link
*National Sons and Daughters Day: 11 
*Popsicle Day: 11 Link
*Presidential Joke Day: 11
*World Steelpan Day: 11

*IBM PC Day: 12
*International Youth Day: 12
*Middle Child Day: 12
*Milkman Day: 12 Link 
(This is for Murray. former mascot for Milkman Day to help bring back his holiday as mentioned in the animation. There is another one also on June 26 with a dairy company as sponsor.)
*Home Sewing Machine Day: 12
*Vinyl Record Day: 12
*World Elephant Day: 12 Link

 
*International Lefthander's Day: 13  Link Link Link
*National Prosecco Day: 13  Link

*Military Marriage Day: 14 
National Hazy IPA Day: 14 Link (3rd Thursday)
*National Lizard Day: 14 Link
*National Navajo Code Talkers Day: 14
*Romance Awareness Day: 14 Link
*Social Security Day: 14
*St. Maximillian Kolbe Day (Ham Radio Saint):  14  Link Link
*V-J Day: 14
*World Calligraphy Day: 14 Link

*Best Friends Day: 15
*Chauvin Day: 15
*Check The Chip Day: 15 (Those Implanted in Pets)  Link
*Green Data Day: 15
Kool-Aid Day: 15-17 Link (3rd Weekend)
Men's Grooming Day: 15  (3rd Friday)
National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence: 15 Link (Third Friday)
*National Leathercraft Day: 15  Link
*National Relaxation Day: 15
*National No SpongeBob Day: 15 Link  (SpongeBob Squarepants)


Banana Day: 16-17? Link
Chef Appreciation Day: 16 (3rd Saturday) (International Chefs Day is annually October 20) Link
Clear The Shelters Day: 16 (3rd Saturday)
International Geocaching Day: 16 (3rd Saturday)
International Homeless Animals Day: 16 (3rd Saturday)
*Joe Miller's Joke Day: 16
*National Airborne Day: 16
*National Energy Multiplier Day: 16 Link
National Honey Bee Day: 16 Link  (3rd Saturday)
*National Rollercoaster Day: 16
*Surveilance Day: 16 Link  Link

*Baby Boomer's Recognition Day: 17 Link (Used to be 6/22. Moved to August due to Woodstock.)
*Black Cat Appreciation Day: 17 Link   Link
*I Love My Feet Day: 17 Link
*Meaning of "Is" Day: 17
*National Nonprofit Day: 17  Link
*National Thrift Shop Day: 17 Link 
World Helicopter Day: 17 Link  (3rd Sunday)

*Bad Poetry Day: 18  Link
*Birth Control Pills Day: 18
*International Delivery Rider Appreciation Day: 18 (Food)
*International Pinot Noir Day: 18  Link
*Mail Order Catalog Day: 18
*National Badge Ribbon Day: 18
*National Fajita Day: 18
*Serendipity Day: 18

*Aviation Day: 19
*"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day: 19
 (8/19/1893 by Frank J. Wisner, Cripple Creek Brewing Co., CO.  Link 
 Also Aug. 6 by A&W Root Beer).
*Coco Chanel Day: 19
*Great Bird of The Galaxy Day: 19  Link (Star Trek Day is 9/8)
*International Bow (Hair) Day: 19 Link
*International Orangutan Day: 19  Link
*National Potatoe Day: 19 Link
*Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day: 19  Link
*World Humanitarian Day: 19 Link  (Different than Humanitarian Day on 1/15)
*World Photo Day: 19  Link

 

*International Day of Medical Transporters: 20 Link 
*National Accessible Air Travel Day: 20 Link
National Medical Dosimetrist Day: 20 (Third Wednesday)
*National Radio Day: 20  Link
*World Mosquito Day: 20  Link

 

*Brazilian Blow-out Day: 21 Link
*International Day of Remembrance and Tribute To The Victims of Terrorism: 21
*Internet Self-care Day: 21 
*National Spumoni Day: 21 Link
*Poet's Day: 21
*Senior Citizen's Day: 21

*Be An Angel Day: 22
*International Day Commemorating The Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief: 22
*National Bao Day: 22 Link
*National Surgical Oncologist Day: 22 Link
*National Tooth Fairy Day: 22  Link   Link  (Also February 28)
*Never Bean Better Day: 22 Link
*Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day: 22  Link
*National Bring Your Cat To The Vet Day: 22
*World Daffodil Day: 22 Link  (Southern Hemisphere) (March 22 Northern Link)
*World Plant Milk Day: 22 Link

 

*Black Ribbon Day: 23 Link
*Cuban Sandwich Day: 23 Link
*International Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition: 23
*Find Your Inner Nerd Day: 23 Link
*Ride The Wind Day: 23 Link (Hang Gliding)
*Valentino Day: 23

Go Topless Day: 24 Link  (The Sunday closest to August 26 - Women's Equality Day)
*International Strange Music Day: 24 Link
*Knife Day: 24 Link
*National Waffle Iron Day: 24 Link (Note: Some say this is Waffle Day for the US and not to be confused with Vaffeldagen which is always March 25 in Sweden and Denmark.)
*Pluto Demoted Day: 24
Rabi'-al-Awwal: 24-9/22 Link
*Vesuvius Day: 24
*Wayzgoose Day: 24 Link
*William Wilberforce Day: 24

*Kiss and Make Up Day: 25
*National Park Service Day: 25
*National Second-hand Wardrobe Day: 25
*National Whiskey Sour Day: 25  (Also observed on 29th)

 
*Got Checked Day: 26 Link
*National Dog Day: 26 Link   Link
*National Toilet Paper Day: 26 Link (Note: This is when it was first sold on a roll by Scott in 1871.  December 8, 1857 was when it was first sold 14 years earlier in the US by Joseph C. Gayetty and is Toilet Paper Appreciation Day.)
*National WebMistress Day: 26   Link
*Women's Equality Day: 26

 

*Just Because Day: 27
*National Cinema Day: 27 Link  Link
*Petroleum Day: 27 Link
*The Duchess Who Wasn't Day: 27
*World Rock Scissors Paper Day: 27 Link

*Crackers Over The Keyboard Day: 28  Link
*National Bow Tie Day: 28  Link
*National Power Rangers Day: 28 Link
*National Sport Sampling Day: 28 Link Link (On 241st day of the year)
*National Thoughtful Day: 28 Link
*National Weed Out Hate Day: 28
*Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day: 28  Link
*Radio Commercials Day: 28
*Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day: 28 (lost pets) Link
*Read Comics in Public Day: 28 Link
*Red Wine Day: 28

*According to Hoyle Day: 29
*Individual Rights Day: 29 Link
*International Day Against Nuclear Tests: 29
*International Cabernet Sauvignon Day: 30 (also May 6)
*Lemon Juice Day: 29 Link
*More Herbs, Less Salt Day: 29  Link
National College Colors Day: 29 (Friday before Labor Day) Link
*National Sarcoidosis Day: Link 29 (Presidental Declaration-Bush)
*National Whiskey Sour Day: 29  (Also observed on 25th)
Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day): 29 Link


Burnt Ends Day: 30 Link  (Last Saturday)  (Note: Another one is Sept. 1)
Franchise Appreciation Day: 30 (Saturday of Labor Day weekend)
International Bacon Day: 30 Link (Always the Saturday before Labor Day)
International Bat Night: 30-31 (Last Full Weekend)
*International Day of The Victims of Enforced Disappearances: 30 Link
*International Whale Shark Day: 30 
*National Beach Day: 30 Link
National Buffalo Chicken Wings Days: 30-31  Link  (Always Labor Day Weekend)
*National Grief Awareness Day: 30  Link
*National Holistic Pet Day: 30
*National Toasted Marshmallow Day: 30  Link
(Slinky Day: IS NOT TODAY! It's November 27. Don't write and tell me I'm missing it. I don't care what other sites say. See my November listings.)

 

*International Day for The People of African Decent: 31
*International Overdose Awareness Day: 31 Link
*Love Litigating Lawyers Day: 31  Link
*National Diatomaceous Earth Day: 31  Link
*National Matchmaker Day: 31  Link
Pony Express Day: 31 (Last Sunday)
*Trail Mix Day: 31 Link