With 2024 approaching, we’ve put together some key dates for the year ahead.
If you would like to brainstorm any research ideas around these dates, please feel free to get in touch with a member of the team at [email protected].
January
Dry January (all month)
Veganuary (all month)
Ginuary (all month)
Blue Monday (15th)
Burns Night (25th)
Australia Day (26th)
February
UK LGBT History Month (all month)
USA Black History Month (all month)
World Cancer Day (4th)
Chinese New Year – Year of the Dragon (10th)
United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th)
Valentine’s Day (14th)
Singles Awareness Day (15th)
Pancake Day (13th)
March
Women’s History Month (all month)
Brit Awards (2nd)
World Book Day (7th)
International Women’s Day (8th)
UK Mother’s Day (10th)
The Oscars (10th)
British Science Week (11-17th)
St Patrick’s Day (17th)
International Day of Happiness (20th)
World Water Day (22nd)
Earth Hour (23rd)
April
April Fool’s Day (1st)
World Health Day (7th)
UK National Pet Day (11th)
Fashion Revolution Week (15-24th)
UNESCO World Heritage Day (18th)
London Marathon (21st)
Birthday of the late Queen Elizabeth II (21st)
UK National Tea Day (21st)
Earth Day (22nd)
St George’s Day (23rd)
World Malaria Day (25th)
May
International Workers Day (1st)
World Press Freedom Day (3rd)
Star Wars Day (4th)
May Day (6th)
Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15th)
World Cocktail Day (13th)
UN International Day of Families (15th)
National Vegetarian Week (16-22nd)
World Baking Day (17th)
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (17th)
Spring Bank Holiday (27th)
June
National Cancer Survivor’s Day (2nd)
D-Day 80th Anniversary (6th)
World Gin Day (10th)
UK Father’s Day (16th)
Summer Solstice (20th)
July
American Independence Day (4th)
Wimbledon Fortnight (1-14th)
World Chocolate Day (7th)
Bastille Day (14th)
Windrush Day (22nd)
Summer Olympics and Paralympics 2024 starts (26th)
International Friendship Day (30th)
August
International Beer Day (2nd)
International Cat Day (8th)
International Youth Day (12th)
August Bank Holiday (26th)
September
National Payroll Week (3-7th)
National Fitness Day (25th)
World Tourism Day (27th)
October
UK Black History Month (all month)
Sober October (all month)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (all month)
World Vegetarian Day (1st)
World Mental Health Day (10th)
World Food Day (16th)
Recycle Week (21-27th)
Halloween (31st)
November
Movember (all month)
World Vegan Day (1st)
Roast Dinner Day (4th)
Guy Fawkes Night (5th)
Remembrance Sunday (10th)
Remembrance Day (11th)
2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) (11-24th)
World Kindness Day (13th)
King Charles III’s Birthday (14th)
International Men’s Day (19th)
Road Safety Week (19-25th)
UN Universal Children’s Day and World Children’s Day (20th)
UN World Television Day (21st)
Doctor Who Day (23rd)
Thanksgiving (28th)
Black Friday (29th)
Small Business Saturday (30th)
December
World AIDS Day (1st)
Cyber Monday (2nd)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3rd)
Human Rights Day (10th)
New Year’s Eve (31st)