August 2023 Holidays for Every Content Marketer

Ready or not, August is here! We checked all the August 2023 monthly holidays and observances, weekly holidays and observances, and daily August 2023 holidays and observances, to make your content planning and marketing a cinch! From National Black Business Month, to Be Kind to Humankind Week, and World Entrepreneurs’ Day, August is sure to be a month to remember. Bookmark this page to plan topical content all month long, and if you need help with your content marketing, reach out.

See the complete list of August 2023 Holidays and Observances:

Monthly Holidays and Observances in August 2023:

• American Artist Appreciation Month #AmericanArtist AppreciationMonth
• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month #ChildrensEyeHealthAndSafetyMonth
• Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month #DPTAwarenessMonth
• Family Fun Month #FamilyFunMonth
• Gastroparesis Awareness Month #ThisIsGP
• Kids Eat Right Month #KERMonth
• National Black Business Month #BlackBusinessMonth
• National Breastfeeding Month #NBM23
• National Civility Month #NationalCivilityMonth
• National Immunization Awareness Month #Vax2Protect
• National Minority Donor Awareness Month #NMDAM
• Psoriasis Action Month #PsoriasisAwarenessMonth
• Summer Sun Safety Month #SummerSunSafetyMonth

Weekly Holidays and Observances in August 2023:

• National Bargain Hunting Week — August 1-7
• National Simplify Your Life Week — August 1-7
• World Breastfeeding Week #WBW2023 — August 1-7 
• Exercise with Your Child Week — August 6-12
• International Assistance Dog Week — August 6-12
• National Farmers Market Week — August 6-12
• National Health Center Week #NationalHealthCenterWeek — August 6-12
• Contact Lens Health Week #ContactLensHealthWeek — August 21-25
• Be Kind to Humankind Week — August 25-31
• Black Breastfeeding Week #BBW23 — August 25-31

Daily Holidays and Observances in August 2023:

August 1: National Planner Day #NationalPlannerDay, World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay, Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay, National Minority Donor Awareness Day #NationalMinorityDonorAwarenessDay, National Girlfriends Day #NationalGirlfriendsDay, World Lung Cancer Awareness Day #WorldLung CancerAwarenessDay

August 2: National Coloring Book Day #ColoringBookDay

August 3: National Watermelon Day #WatermelonDay

​​​​August 4: Single Working Women’s Day #SingleWorkingWomensDay, Great American Outdoors Day #GreatAmericanOutdoorsDay, U.S. Coast Guard Birthday #NationalCoastGuardDay, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day #ChocolateChipCookieDay, Barack Obama Day #BarackObamaDay, White Wine Day #WhiteWineDay,  International Beer Day #BeerDay

August 6: National Friendship Day #NationalFriendshipDay, National Sisters Day #SistersDay, American Family Day #FamilyDay

August 7: Purple Heart Day #PurpleHeartDay

​​​​August 8: National CBD Day #CBDDay

​​​​August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People #IndigenousPeoplesDay, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay

​​​​August 10: National Lazy Day #LazyDay, National Spoil Your Dog Day #SpoilYourDogDay, National S’mores Day #SmoresDay

August 11: National Son and Daughter Day #NationalSonAndDaughterDay, National Hip Hop Celebration Day #HipHopDay

​​​​August 12: National Middle Child Day #MiddleChildDay, National Vinyl Record Day #VinylRecordDay, World Elephant Day #World Elephant Day, International Youth Day #InternationalYouthDay

August 13: International Left-Handers Day #LeftHandersDay, National Prosecco Day #ProseccoDay

​​​​August 14: National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwarenessDay

​​​​August 15: Feast of the Assumption #FeastOfTheAssumption, National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay

​​​​August 16: National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay, National Rum Day #NationalRumDay, National Roller Coaster Day #RollerCoasterDay, National Airborne Day #NationalAirborneDay

August 17: National Nonprofit Day #NonprofitDay, National Thrift Shop Day #ThriftShopDay

August 18: Krishna Janmashtami (Begins) #KrishnaJanmashtami, ​​National Fajita Day ​​#NationalFajitaDay, National Couple’s Day #NationalCouplesDay

​​​​August 19: World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay, World Photography Day

 #WorldPhotographyDay, National Aviation Day #AviationDay, National Potato Day #PotatoDay

August 20: International Homeless Animals Day #HomelessAnimalsDay, National Radio Day #NationalRadioDay

​​​​August 21: World Entrepreneurs Day #WorldEntrepreneursDay, Senior Citizens Day #SeniorCitizensDay, International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism #UNiteforVictimsofTerrorism

August 22: International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief #UNIDVRBV, World Plant Milk Day #PlantMilkDay, National Tooth Fairy Day #ToothFairyDay

August 23: Hashtag Day #HashtagDay, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition #RememberSlavery

August 24: St. Bartholomew’s Day #StBartholomewsDay, National Waffle Day #NationalWaffleDay

​​​​August 26: National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay, Wear It Purple Day #WearItPurpleDay National Dog Day #NationalDogDay

August 28: National Red Wine Day #RedWineDay

August 29: International Day against Nuclear Tests #IDANT #AgainstNuclearTests

August 30: Raksha Bandhan #RakshaBandhan, International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, National Grief Awareness Day #GriefAwarenessDay, National Beach Day #NationalBeachDay

August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day #EndOverdose, International Day for People of African Descent #IDPAD