2024 Global Holiday and Retail Event Calendar: Must Know Dates

Huzzah! We made it to 2024. We’re feeling optimistic about the year ahead! To help you plan a successful promotional strategy, we compiled a list of key dates by month for 2024 including global holidays and retail events.

January

• 1: New Year's Day
• 11: Korea Grand Sale begins (South Korea)
• 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February

• 1-29: Black History Month (US)
• 2: Groundhog Day
• 10-24: Lunar New Year 
• 11: Super Bowl Sunday
• 13: Mardi Gras
• 14: Valentine's Day
• 14: Ash Wednesday
• 19: President's Day (US)
• 29: Leap Day
• 29: Korea Grand Sale ends (South Korea)

March

• 1-31: Women's History Month (US, UK, and Australia)
• 8: International Women's Day
• 10: Ramadan begins
• 14: White Day (Japan and East Asia)
• 14: National Pi Day
• 17: St. Patrick's Day
• 19: First Day of Spring (Northern Hemisphere) / First Day of Autumn (Southern Hemisphere) 
• 25-26: Holi Festival (India, APAC)
• 24-30: Semana Santa (Easter Week, Latin America)
  
• 29: Good Friday
• 31: Easter

April

• 1: Easter Monday
• 1: April Fool's Day
• 8: Total Solar Eclipse (North America)
• 9: Eid al-Fitr
• 12-21: Coachella Festival
• 15: Tax Deadline (US)
• 20-30: Passover
• 22: Earth Day
• 30: Children's Day (Mexico)

May

• 1-31: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (US)
• 1-31: Jewish American Heritage Month (US)
• 1-31: Mental Health Awareness Month (US)
• 4: Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!)
• 5: Cinco de Mayo
• 6: Early May Bank Holiday
• 9: Europe Day
• 12: Mother's Day
• 14: Children's Day (UK)
• 27: Memorial Day (US)
• 27: Spring Bank Holiday
• Variable: Graduation season
  
  

June

• 1-30: Gay Pride Month 
• 1: Children's Day (China)
• 12: Dia Dos Namorados (Lover's Day, LATAM)
• 9: Children's Day (Brazil)
• 16: Father's Day
• 18: 618 Shopping Festival (China)
• 19: Juneteenth
• 20: First Day of Summer (Northern Hemisphere) / First Day of Winter (Southern Hemisphere)
• 26-30: Glastonbury Festival (UK)
• Variable: Graduation season
  
  

July

• 1: Canada Day
• 1-14: Wimbledon
• 4: Independence Day (US)
• 14: Bastille Day (France)
• 26: Summer Olympics Open (Paris, France)
• Variable: Back to School Season begins
• Variable: Amazon Prime Day
  
  

August

• 11: Father's Day (Brazil)
• 11: Summer Olympics end (Paris, France)
• 26: Summer Bank Holiday (UK)
• Back to School Season continues
  
  

September

• 1: Father’s Day (Australia)
• 2: Labor Day (US)
• 15: Hispanic Heritage Month begins (US)
• 21: Oktoberfest begins
• 22: First day of Autumn (Northern Hemisphere) / First Day of Spring (Southern Hemisphere) 
• 23-30: Flipkart Big Billion Days (India)
• 24: Yom Kippur
• ~27: Back to School Season ends
  
  

October

• 1-31: Black History Month (UK)
• 1-7: Chinese National Day (Golden Week, China)
• 2: Rosh Hashanah
• 6: Oktoberfest ends
• 11: Yom Kippur
• 14: Thanksgiving (Canada)
• 15: Hispanic Heritage Month ends (US)
• 14: Indigenous People’s Day
• 31: Halloween
• 31: Diwali (India, US, Canada)

November

• 5: Election Day (US)
• 11: Singles' Day (China)
• 11: Veterans Day (US)
• 11: Remembrance Day (Australia, Canada, UK)
• 13-19: Transgender Awareness Week
• 15-18: El Buen Fin (Mexico)
• 19: International Men’s Day
• 28: Thanksgiving (US)
• 29: Black Friday
• 30: Small Business Saturday
  
  

December

• 2: Cyber Monday
• 3: Giving Tuesday
• 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• 9: Green Monday
• 12: Double 12 Day (China)
• 14: Free Shipping Day
• 21: First day of Winter (Northern Hemisphere) / First Day of Summer (Southern Hemisphere)
• 24: Christmas Eve
• 25: Christmas Day
• 25-Jan 3: Hanukkah 
• 26: Boxing Day
• 26-Jan 1: Kwanzaa (US)
• 31: New Year's Eve