April 2026 Calendar
Get your plans sorted. Our April 2026 marketing briefing includes a printable calendar of popular holidays and occasions, consumer insights, and marketing resources.
Photo offered for free use by Phil Hearing on Unsplash
April 2026 Holidays & Observances
| Genocide Awareness Month | #genocideawarenessmonth | |||
| National Poetry Month | #nationalpoetrymonth | |||
| Arab American Heritage Month | #AAHM | |||
| 1 | W | April Fools Day | #aprilfools | |
| Passover/Pesach - Jewish (April 1 - 9) | #passover #pesach | |||
| National Walking Day | #nationalwalkingday | |||
| 2 | Th | 🌎 | World Autism Awareness Day | #worldautismawarenessday |
| Holy Thursday - Christian | #holythursday | |||
| 3 | F | Find a Rainbow Day | #FindARainbowDay | |
| Good Friday - Christian | #goodfriday | |||
| 4 | Sa | 🌎 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action | #morethanmines |
| 5 | Su | 🌎 | International Day of Conscience | #internationaldayofconscience |
| Rama Navami - Hindu | #RamaNavami | |||
| Easter - Christian | #Eastermonday | |||
| 6 | M | 🌎 | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace | #idsdp |
| Easter Monday - Christian | #eastermonday | |||
| 7 | Tu | 🌎 | World Health Day | #letstalk |
| 🌎 | International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda | #preventgenocide | ||
| National Beer Day | #NationalBeerDay | |||
| 8 | W | |||
| 9 | Th | |||
| 10 | F | National Siblings Day | #NationalSiblingsDay | |
| Encourage a Young Writer Day | #EncourageAYoungWriterDay | |||
| Day of Silence | #DayofSilence | |||
| 11 | Sa | National Pet Day | #NationalPetDay | |
| 12 | Su | 🌎 | International Day of Human Space Flight | #HumanSpaceFlightDay |
| 13 | M | Theravada New Year - Buddhist | #TheravadaNewYear | |
| 14 | Tu | 🌎 | World Chagas Disease Day | #WorldChagasDiseaseDay |
| Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi) - Sikh | #vaisakhi | |||
| Yom Hashoah - Jewish | #yomhashoah | |||
| 15 | W | Tax Day | #TaxDay | |
| 16 | Th | National Stress Awareness Day | #StressAwarenessDay | |
| Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day | #PJDay | |||
| National High Five Day | #NH5D | |||
| Get to Know Your Customers Day | #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay | |||
| 17 | F | Haiku Poetry Day | #HaikuPoetryDay | |
| Lailat al-Qadr - Islamic | #LailatAlQadr #LaylatUlQadr | |||
| 18 | Sa | National Columnists' Day | #NationalColumnistDay | |
| Record Store Day | #recordstore | |||
| Husband Appreciation Day | #husbandappreciationday | |||
| 19 | Su | |||
| 20 | M | 🌎 | Chinese Language Day | #chineselanguageday |
| Festival of Ridván - Bahá'í (Apr 20 - May 1) | #Ridván | |||
| National Look-Alike Day | #NationalLookAlikeDay | |||
| 21 | Tu | 🌎 | World Creativity and Innovation Day | #creativityandinnovationday |
| 22 | W | 🌎 | International Mother Earth Day | #EarthDay2022 |
| National Administrative Professionals Day | #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay | |||
| 23 | Th | 🌎 | World Book and Copyright Day | #WorldBookDay |
| 🌎 | English Language Day | #englishlanguageday | ||
| 🌎 | Spanish Language Day | #spanishlanguageday | ||
| Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | #COUNTONME | |||
| National Picnic Day | #NationalPicnicDay | |||
| 🌎 | International Girls in ICT Day | #GirlsinICT | ||
| 24 | F | 🌎 | International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace | #diplomacyday |
| 🌎 | World Immunization Week (Apr 24 - 30) | #immunizationweek | ||
| Armenian Martyrs' Day | #armenianmartyrsday | |||
| Arbor Day | #arborday | |||
| 25 | Sa | 🌎 | International Delegate's Day | #delegatesday |
| 🌎 | World Malaria Day | #EndMalariaForGood | ||
| National Telephone Day | #NationalTelephoneDay | |||
| 26 | Su | 🌎 | International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day | #chernobyldisasterday |
| 🌎 | World Intellectual Property Day | #WorldIPDay | ||
| Lesbian Visibility Day | #lesbianvisibilityday | |||
| 27 | M | |||
| 28 | Tu | 🌎 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work | #shwday |
| 29 | W | International Dance Day | #InternationalDanceDay | |
| Denim Day | #denimday | |||
| 30 | Th | 🌎 | International Jazz Day | #JazzDay |
| National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day | #AdoptAShelterPetDay | |||
| National Honesty Day | #NationalHonestyDay | |||
| 🇺🇸 | United States Federal Holiday | |||
| 🌎 | United Nations Observance |
About April
April is the 4th month of the year and the second month of spring.
Top Consumer Spending Events
According to the National Retail Federation (NRP), Easter and Mother’s Day are the major events that drive consumer spending during the month of April.
View the planners below for insights and resources:
Easter
6th largest consumer spending event of the year //Easter arrives on April 5th in 2026. It is observed with religious services commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead and celebrated widely with egg decorating, Easter baskets, bunnies, egg hunts, and...
Mother’s Day
4th largest consumer spending event of the year //Mother's Day occurs annually on the second Sunday of May and falls on May 11th in 2025. It began being celebrated in the United States in the early 20th century at the initiative of Anna Jarvis who held a memorial for...
Graduation Season
A top annual consumer spending event //Spring issues in graduation season as folks begin searching for gift ideas and plan gatherings to celebrate their high school and college graduates.Consumer Insights The National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual graduation gift...
April Symbology
Offer personalized birthday gifts by featuring April symbology.
- April’s birthstone is the diamond.
- Its birth flowers are the daisy and sweetpea.
- The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (ram) until April 20 and Taurus (bull) April 21 onwards.
Printable April 2026 Calendar with Holidays
Click to download and print a PDF of the April calendar with all holidays and occasions listed above.
If you embed on your site, we simply ask for credit and a link back → Printable April Calendar with Holidays by Annum.
Regarding the Holidays and Occasions We Have Chosen
Our goal in creation of these calendars is to make marketing planning easier. So, in order to keep things simple we have chosen to focus on the top 12 consumer spending events as identified by the National Retail Federation; U.S. Federal Holidays; significant religious, ethnic, and cultural holidays that represent the diversity of the U.S. population as identified by ADL; and popular hashtag holidays that provide an opportunity for a natural business tie-in.
If you are interested in finding more occasions to commemorate here are a few resources:
- National Day Calendar tracks nearly 1500 national days, weeks, and months
- National Today has a search function to find days that align with your brand and category
Note that Bahá’í, Jewish, and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the previous day and end at sundown on the date listed.
Plans spread across a hodgepodge of printed calendars and spreadsheets?
Struggling to get a clear view of everything in market? We've been there and we believe that plans siloed by channel, project, and campaign, are holding marketers back from delivering cohesive and compelling omnichannel customer experiences that drive more revenue.
That's why we founded Annum.
Month View
Timeline View
Annum's Integrated Omnichannel Marketing Planning Software
Bring all channels, content, online and offline tactics into one unified view. Filter by campaign, target audience segment, and more to identify gaps and opportunities and build stronger integrated plans. Annum serves as a historical plan of record so you can learn, adapt, and optimize your efforts.
Stay focused and on schedule with your marketing efforts.
Get printable calendars of holidays with associated insights delivered to your inbox right when you need them.
