August 2024 Calendar

Our briefing includes everything you need to prep for August 2024 including a printable calendar of popular holidays and occasions, consumer insights, and marketing resources. 

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August 2024 Holidays & Observances

National Back to School Month#NationalBacktoSchoolMonth #BacktoSchoolMonth
Black Business Month#BlackBusinessMonth
National Wellness Month#WellnessMonth
National Immunization Awareness Month#IVax2Protect
National Breast Feeding Month#BreastfeedingAwarenessMonth
1Th🌎World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1 - 7)#WorldBreastfeedingWeek #NormalizeBreastfeeding
Respect For Parents Day#RespectforParentsDay
National Girlfriends Day#NationalGirlfriendsDay
2FNational Coloring Book Day#NationalColoringBookDay
International Beer Day#InternationalBeerDay
3SaNational Watermelon Day#WatermelonDay
4SuInternational Assistance Dog Week (Aug. 4 - 10)#ServiceDog
National Farmers Market Week (Aug. 4-10)#FarmersMarketWeek
5M
6TuNational Root Beer Float Day#RootbeerFloatDay
National Night Out#NationalNightOut
7W
8ThInternational Cat Day#InternationalCatDay
9F🌎International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples#WeAreIndigenous #IndigenousDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay
National Book Lovers Day#NationalBookLoversDay
10SaNational Lazy Day #LazyDay
National S'more Day#NationalSmoresDay
11SuNational Son and Daughter Day#SonAndDaughterDay
12M🌎International Youth Day#InternationalYouthDay
World Elephant Day#WorldElephantDay
13TuTisha B'Av - Jewish#TishaBav
International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
14WNational Financial Awareness Day#NationalFinancialAwarenessDay
15ThNational Relaxation Day#NationalRelaxationDay
16FNational Tell a Joke Day#TellAJokeDay
17SaNational Nonprofit Day#NationalNonprofitDay
18Su
19M🌎World Humanitarian Day#WorldHumanitarianDay
World Photo Day#WorldPhotoDay, #NationalPhotographyDay
Raksha Bandhan - Hindu#RakshaBandhan #Rakhi
20TuNational Lemonade Day#NationalLemonadeDay
21W🌎International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism#SurvivingTerrorism #VictimsofTerrorism
National Senior Citizens Day#NationalSeniorCitizensDay
22Th🌎International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief#Respect4ReligiousFreedom
23F🌎International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition#SlaveTradeAbolition
Hashtag Day#HashtagDay
24Sa
25Su
26MNational Women's Equality Day#WomensEqualityDay #SeeHerBeHer
National Dog Day#NationalDogDay
27Tu
28WNational Red Wine Day#NationalRedWineDay #RedWineDay
29Th🌎International Day Against Nuclear Tests#notonuclear #againstnucleartests
30F🌎International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances#EnforcedDisappearances #StopDisappearances #EnforcedDisappearance
31Sa🌎International Day for People of African Descent#AfricanDescent
🇺🇸United States Federal Holiday
🌎United Nations Observance

About August

August is the 8th month of the year and the 3rd and final month of summer. It’s often when people take vacations to enjoy good weather. 

Top Consumer Spending Events

Back to College and Back to School shopping are in full swing and typically experience a peak the first weekend of August according to RetailMeNot. These two top consumer spending events come in 2nd and 3rd on the National Retail Federation’s list of top annual consumer spending events, right after the winter holidays.

View the planners below for insights and resources:

Back to College

Back to College

2nd largest consumer spending event of the year //Every summer, college-bound students start preparing for their return to class. Shopping for essentials begins gaining momentum after the 4th of July and runs through Labor Day with electronics and computer related...

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Back to School

Back to School

3rd largest consumer spending event of the year //Ramping up in July and running through Labor Day weekend, Back to School is now nearly a 3-month season of families and students shopping for everything from pencils and three-ring binders, to new shoes, fall clothing,...

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August Symbology

It’s always someone’s birthday. Tying into August symbology is a great way to offer personalized gifts.

  • August’s birthstones are peridotsardonyx, and spinel.
  • Its birth flowers are the gladiolus or poppy.
  • The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (lion) until August 21 and Virgo (maiden) August 22 onwards.

Printable August 2024 Calendar with Holidays

Click to download and print a PDF of the August calendar with all holidays and occasions listed above.

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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:

Note that Bahá’í, Jewish, and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the previous day and end at sundown on the date listed.

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