Events & Celebrations Calendar

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A list of events and celebrations that may be of interest to a programming librarian (or any librarian!).

Month Celebration/Event
January
  • Financial Wellness Month
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 19, 2015)
  • National Tea Month
  • New Year's Day
February
  • African American History Month
  • Ground Hog Day
  • Valentine's Day
March
  • Dr. Seuss' Birthday
  • National Women's History Month
  • Pi Day
  • Read Across America
April
  • Earth Day
  • El día de los niños/El día de los libros
  • National Bookmobile Day
  • National Library Week
  • National Poetry Month
  • School Library Month
  • World Book Night
May
  • Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • National Inventors’ Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • National Bike Month/Bike-to-Work Day
  • Children’s Book Week
  • May Day
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Mother’s Day
  • Memorial Day
June
  • Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
  • Black Music Month
  • Flag Day
  • Father’s Day
July
  • National Culinary Arts Month
  • National Ice Cream Month
  • Independence Day
August
  • American Artist Appreciation Month
  • International Friendship Day
September
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Library Card Sign-up Month
  • Civic Awareness Month
  • Banned Books Week
  • Constitution Day
  • International Day of Peace
  • Labor Day
October
  • National Arts & Humanities Month
  • American Archives Month
  • National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • Family History Month
  • Teen Read Week
  • Day of the Girl
  • Columbus Day
  • Halloween
November
  • National Gaming Day @ your library
  • National Novel Writing Month (NanNoWriMo)
  • National Family Literacy Month
  • Native American Heritage Month
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Veterans Day
December
  • Learn A Foreign Language Month
  • Bingo Month
  • Write to a Friend Month
  • Pearl Harbor Day