Are you a small business owner or marketer? Looking for April holidays or special dates to celebrate on social media?
Marketing your business on social media just got a lot easier with this complete list of holidays, observances, and special dates for April 2020.
The list includes more than 300 different holidays and observances to celebrate in April.
To learn why holidays make great social media posts read: The Complete Calendar of Social Media Holidays.
Holiday Hashtags for Social Media
When celebrating holidays on social media, it’s important to include the relevant hashtag(s) for that holiday in your post.
Using hashtags will help increase the reach of your post, exposing your business to a larger audience.
Hashtags are such an essential piece to your success on social media that I’ve done the research for you.
Most of the holidays listed below include the corresponding hashtag for social media.
For more social media post ideas read: What to Post on Social Media – 100 Post Ideas for 2020.
List of April 2020 Holidays
In an effort to simplify this massive list of holidays, I’ve divided the days into five categories – public holidays, religious holidays, monthly observances, weekly observances, and daily observances.
Scroll down to view all 300+ holidays or use the following links to skip ahead to a specific category.
April 2020 Public Holidays
This list contains public holidays and special observances in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
| Date | Holiday | Hashtag | Where Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1 | April Fools Day | #AprilFools | United States |
| April 5 | Daylight Savings Time Ends (AU) | #DaylightSavings | Australia |
| April 12 | Easter | #Easter | Worldwide |
| April 15 | Tax Day | #TaxDay | United States |
| April 20 | St. George's Day | #StGeorgesDay | Parts of Canada |
| April 22 | Earth Day | #EarthDay | United States |
| April 23 | St. George's Day | #StGeorgesDay | United Kingdom |
| April 23 | Shakespeare Day | #Shakespeare | United Kingdom |
| April 25 | Anzac Day | #AnzacDay | Australia |
| April 27 | Anzac Day Holiday | #AnzacDay | Western Australia |
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April 2020 Religious Holidays
| Date | Holiday | Religion |
|---|---|---|
| April 5 | Palm Sunday | Christian |
| April 9 | Maundy Thursday | Christian |
| April 9 | First Day of Passover | Jewish |
| April 10 | Good Friday | Christian |
| April 11 | Holy Saturday | Christian |
| April 12 | Easter | Christian |
| April 16 | Last of of Passover | Jewish |
| April 17 | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox |
| April 18 | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox |
| April 19 | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox |
| April 20 | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox |
| April 21 | Yom HaShoah | Jewish |
| April 24 | Ramadan Start | Muslim |
| April 29 | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish |
April 2020 Monthly Observances
| Holiday |
|---|
| Distracted Driving Awareness Month |
| English Language Month |
| IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month |
| International Black Women's History Month |
| International Guitar Month |
| Keep America Beautiful Month |
| Lawn and Garden Month |
| Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month |
| Month of the Military Child |
| Move More Month |
| National Alcohol Awareness Month |
| National Arab American Heritage Month |
| National Autism Awareness Month |
| National Cannabis Awareness Month |
| National Child Abuse Awareness Month |
| National Couple Appreciation Month |
| National Decorating Month |
| National Donate Life Awareness Month |
| National Fair Housing Month |
| National Financial Literacy Month |
| National Fresh Celery Month |
| National Garden Month |
| National Humor Month |
| National Internship Awareness Month |
| National Jazz Appreciation Month |
| National Month of Hope |
| National Multiple Birth Awareness Month |
| National Parkinson's Awareness Month |
| National Parkinson’s Awareness Month |
| National Pecan Month |
| National Pet Month |
| National Poetry Month |
| National Safe Digging Month |
| National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month |
| National Sexual Assault Awareness Month |
| National Soft Pretzel Month |
| National Soy Foods Month |
| National STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) Awareness Month |
| National Straw Hat Month |
| National Volunteer Month |
| National Welding Month |
| Occupational Therapy Month |
| Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month |
| Records and Information Management Month |
| Scottish-American Heritage Month |
| Sexual Assault Awareness Month |
| Stress Awareness Month |
| Stress Awareness Month |
| Testicular Cancer Awareness Month |
| World Landscape Architecture Month |
April 2020 Weekly Observances
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| April 1 - 7 | International Pooper Scooper Week |
| April 1 - 7 | Laugh at Work Week |
| April 4 - 10 | National Dental Hygienest Week |
| April 4 - 12 | National Robotics Week |
| April 5 - 11 | Holy Week |
| April 5 - 11 | National Window Safety Week |
| April 6 - 10 | National Cancer Registrars Week |
| April 6 - 12 | National Public Health Week |
| April 8 - 12 | National Boys & Girls Club Week |
| April 12 - 18 | Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week |
| April 12 - 18 | National Dog Bite Prevention Week |
| April 12 - 18 | National Public Safety Telecommunications Week |
| April 12 - 18 | National Student Employment Week |
| April 13 - 17 | Week of The Young Child |
| April 13 - 19 | Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week |
| April 17 - 26 | National Dance Week |
| April 18 - 19 | "Just Pray NO!" to Drugs Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting |
| April 18 - 26 | National Park Week: 18-26 Link |
| April 19 - 25 | Chemists Celebrate Earth Week |
| April 19 - 25 | Medical Laboratory Professionals Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Coin Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Crime Victim’s Rights Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Environmental Education Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Infertility Awareness Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Library Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Pet ID Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Princess Week |
| April 19 - 25 | National Volunteer Week |
| April 20 - 24 | Administrative Professionals Week |
| April 20 - 24 | Every Kid Healthy Week |
| April 20 - 24 | National Work Zone Awareness Week |
| April 20 - 24 | Undergraduate Research Week |
| April 20 - 26 | National Stationery Week |
| April 23 - 25 | Gathering of Nations (Pow Wow) |
| April 24 - 30 | World Immunization Week |
| April 26 - May 2 | Preservation Week |
| April 26 - May 3 | National Infant Immunization Week |
| April 26 - May 3 | Stewardship Week |
| April 27 - May 1 | National Playground Safety Week |
| April 27 - May 3 | Air Quality Awareness Week |
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April 2020 Daily Observances
| Date | Holiday | Hashtag |
|---|---|---|
| April 1 | April Fools Day | #AprilFoolsDay |
| April 1 | Childhelp National Day of Hope | #ChildhelpNationalDayOfHope |
| April 1 | International Fun at Work Day | #FunAtWorkDay |
| April 1 | National One Cent Day | #NationalOneCentDay |
| April 1 | National Sourdough Bread Day | #SourdoughBreadDay |
| April 1 | National Walking Day | #NationalWalkingDay |
| April 2 | National Burrito Day | #NationalBurritoDay |
| April 2 | National Ferret Day | #NationalFerretDay |
| April 2 | National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day | #PeanutButterAndJellyDay |
| April 2 | National Reconciliation Day | #ReconciliationDay |
| April 2 | World Autism Awareness Day | #WorldAutismAwarenessDay |
| April 3 | National Chocolate Mousse Day | #ChocolateMousseDay |
| April 3 | National Film Score Day | #NationalFilmScoreDay |
| April 3 | National Find a Rainbow Day | #NationalFindARainbowDay |
| April 3 | National Tweed Day | #NationalTweedDay |
| April 3 | National Walk to Work Day | #WalkToWorkDay |
| April 3 | World Party Day | #WorldPartyDay |
| April 4 | Jeep 4×4 Day | #Jeep4x4Day |
| April 4 | National Chicken Cordon Bleu Day | #ChickenCordonBleuDay |
| April 4 | National Education and Sharing Day | #EducationalAndSharingDay |
| April 4 | National Hug a Newsperson Day | #HugANewspersonDay |
| April 4 | National Love Our Children Day | #NationalLoveOurChildrenDay |
| April 4 | National School Librarian Day | #SchoolLibrarianDay |
| April 4 | National Tell a Lie Day | #TellALieDay |
| April 4 | National Vitamin C Day | #vitaminCday |
| April 4 | National Walk Around Things Day | #WalkAroundThingsDay |
| April 5 | First Contact Day | #FirstContactDay |
| April 5 | Geologists Day | #GeologistsDay |
| April 5 | Gold Star Spouses Day | #GoldStarSpousesDay |
| April 5 | National Caramel Day | #NationalCaramelDay |
| April 5 | National Deep Dish Pizza Day | #DeepDishPizzaDay |
| April 5 | National Flash Drive Day | #FlashDriveDay |
| April 5 | National Go For Broke Day | #NationalGoForBrokeDay |
| April 5 | National Nebraska Day | #NationalNebraskaDay |
| April 5 | National Raisin and Spice Bar Day | #RaisinAndSpiceBarDay |
| April 5 | National Read a Road Map Day | #NationalReadARoadMapDay |
| April 6 | National Caramel Popcorn Day | #CaramelPopcornDay |
| April 6 | National Siamese Cat Day | #SiameseCatDay |
| April 6 | National Sorry Charlie Day | #NationalSorryCharlieDay |
| April 6 | National Student-Athlete Day | #StudentAthleteDay |
| April 6 | National Tartan Day | #NationalTartanDay |
| April 6 | National Teflon Day | #NationalTeflonDay |
| April 6 | New Beer’s Eve | #NewBeersEve |
| April 7 | National Beer Day | #NationalBeerDay |
| April 7 | National Coffee Cake Day | #NationalCoffeeCakeDay |
| April 7 | National Girl Me Too Day | #GirlMeToo |
| April 7 | National Handmade Day | #NationalHandmadeDay |
| April 7 | National No Housework Day | #NationalNoHouseworkDay |
| April 7 | SAAM Day of Action | #SAAMDayOfAction |
| April 7 | World Health Day | #WorldHealthDay |
| April 8 | National All is Ours Day | #NationalAllIsOursDay |
| April 8 | National Empanada Day | #NationalEmpadaDay |
| April 8 | National Zoo Lovers Day | #NationalZooLoversDay |
| April 9 | National Alcohol Screening Day | #AlcoholScreeningDay |
| April 9 | National Cherish an Antique Day | #CherishAnAntiqueDay |
| April 9 | National Chinese Almond Cookie Day | #ChineseAlmondCookieDay |
| April 9 | National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day | #FormerPOWRecognitionDay |
| April 9 | National Name Yourself Day | #NationalNameYourselfDay |
| April 9 | National Unicorn Day | #NationalUnicornDay |
| April 9 | National Winston Churchill Day | #WinstonChurchillDay |
| April 10 | National Cinnamon Crescent Day | #CinnamonCrescentDay |
| April 10 | National Day of Silence | #NationalDayofSilence |
| April 10 | National Encourage a Young Writer Day | #EncourageAYoungWriterDay |
| April 10 | National Farm Animals Day | #NationalFarmAnimalsDay |
| April 10 | National Siblings Day | #NationalSiblingsDay |
| April 11 | National Barber Shop Quartet Day | #BarbershopQuartetDay |
| April 11 | National Cheese Fondue Day | #NationalCheeseFondueDay |
| April 11 | National Eight Track Tape Day | #EightTrackDay |
| April 11 | National Pet Day | #NationalPetDay |
| April 11 | National Submarine Day | #NationalSubmarineDay |
| April 11 | Submarine Day | #SubmarineDay |
| April 12 | Easter | #Easter |
| April 12 | National Big Wind Day | #NationalBigWindDay |
| April 12 | National Colorado Day | #NationalColoradoDay |
| April 12 | National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day | #GrilledCheeseSandwichDay |
| April 12 | National Licorice Day | #NationalLicoriceDay |
| April 13 | National Make Lunch Count Day | #NationalMakeLunchCount |
| April 13 | National Peach Cobbler Day | #NationalPeachCobblerDay |
| April 13 | National Scrabble Day | #NationalScrabbleDay |
| April 13 | National Thomas Jefferson Day | #NationalThomasJeffersonDay |
| April 14 | International Be Kind to Lawyers Day | #BeKindToLawyersDays |
| April 14 | International Moment of Laughter Day | #MomentOfLaughterDay |
| April 14 | National Dolphin Day | #NationalDolphinDay |
| April 14 | National Ex Spouse Day | #NationalExSpouseDay |
| April 14 | National Gardening Day | #NationalGardeningDay |
| April 14 | National Look up at the Sky Day | #LookUpAtTheSkyDay |
| April 14 | National Pan American Day | #NationalPanAmericanDay |
| April 14 | National Pecan Day | #NationalPecanDay |
| April 14 | National Reach as High as You Can Day | #ReachAsHighAsYouCanDay |
| April 15 | National Glazed Spiral Ham Day | #GlazedSpiralHamDay |
| April 15 | National Rubber Eraser Day | #NationalRubberEraserDay |
| April 15 | National Take a Wild Guess Day | #TakeAWildGuessDay |
| April 15 | National Tax Day | #NationalTaxDay |
| April 15 | National Titanic Remembrance Day | #TitanicRemembranceDay |
| April 16 | Get to Know Your Customers Day | #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay |
| April 16 | National Bean Counter Day | #NationalBeanCounterDay |
| April 16 | National Eggs Benedict Day | #EggsBenedictDay |
| April 16 | National Healthcare Decisions Day | #HealthcareDecisionsDay |
| April 16 | National High Five Day | #HighFiveDay |
| April 16 | National Orchid Day | #NationalOrchidDay |
| April 16 | National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day | #WearYourPajamasToWorkDay |
| April 17 | International Haiku Poetry Day | #NationalHaikuPoetryDay |
| April 17 | National Bat Appreciation Day | #BatAppreciationDay |
| April 17 | National Cheeseball Day | #NationalCheeseballDay. |
| April 17 | National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day | #NatlCleanOutYourMedicineCabinetDay |
| April 17 | National Ellis Island Family History Day | #EllisIslandFamilyHistoryDay |
| April 18 | Husband Appreciation Day | #HusbandAppreciationDay |
| April 18 | National Animal Crackers Day | #NationalAnimalCrackersDay |
| April 18 | National Auctioneers Day | #NationalAuctioneersDay |
| April 18 | National Columnists’ Day | #NationalColumnistDay |
| April 18 | National Lineman Appreciation Day | #ThankaLineman |
| April 19 | Bicycle Day | #BicycleDay |
| April 19 | National Amaretto Day | #NationalAmarettoDay |
| April 19 | National Garlic Day | #NationalGarlicDay |
| April 19 | National Hanging Out Day | #NationalHangingOutDay |
| April 19 | National North Dakota Day | #NationalNorthDakotaDay |
| April 19 | National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day | #OklahomaCityBombingCommemorationDay |
| April 20 | National Cheddar Fries Day | #CheddarFriesNation |
| April 20 | National Lima Bean Respect Day | #LimaBeanRespectDay |
| April 20 | National Look Alike Day | #NationalLookALikeDay |
| April 20 | National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day | #PineappleUpsideDownCakeDay |
| April 20 | Support Teen Literature Day | #SupportTeenLiteratureDay |
| April 21 | National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day | #NationalChocolateCoveredCashewsDay |
| April 21 | National Kindergarten Day | #NationalKindergartenDay |
| April 21 | National Library Workers Day | #NationalLibraryWorkersDay |
| April 21 | National Yellow Bat Day | #NationalYellowBatDay |
| April 22 | National Administrative Professionals’ Day | #AdminProfessionalsDay |
| April 22 | National Bookmobile Day | #NationalBookmobileDay |
| April 22 | National Earth Day | #EarthDay |
| April 22 | National Girl Scout Leader’s Day | #GirlScoutLeadersDay |
| April 22 | National Jelly Bean Day | #NationalJellyBeanDay |
| April 23 | Impossible Astronaut Day | #ImpossibleAstronautDay |
| April 23 | Lover's Day | #LoversDay |
| April 23 | National Cherry Cheesecake Day | #CherryCheesecakeDay |
| April 23 | National Lost Dogs Awareness Day | #LostDogAwarenessDay |
| April 23 | National Picnic Day | #PicnicDay |
| April 23 | National Take a Chance Day | #NationalTakeAChanceDay |
| April 23 | National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | #TakeOurChildrenToWorkDay |
| April 23 | National Talk Like Shakespeare Day | #TalkLikeShakespeareDay |
| April 23 | World Book and Copyright Day | #WorldBookAndCopyrightDay |
| April 24 | National Arbor Day | #NationalArborDay |
| April 24 | National Hairball Awareness Day | #HairballAwarenessDay |
| April 24 | National Pigs in a Blanket Day | #NationalPigBlanketDay |
| April 24 | National Teach Children To Save Day | #TeachChildrenToSaveDay |
| April 25 | National DNA Day | #NationalDNADay |
| April 25 | National East Meets West Day | #EastMeetsWestDay |
| April 25 | National Hug a Plumber Day | #NationalHugaPlumberDay |
| April 25 | National Kiss of Hope Day | #NationalKissofHopeDay |
| April 25 | National Pool Opening Day | #PoolOpeningDay |
| April 25 | National Rebuilding Day | #NationalRebuildingDay |
| April 25 | National Sense of Smell Day | #SenseOfSmellDay |
| April 25 | National Telephone Day | #NationalTelephoneDay |
| April 25 | National Zucchini Bread Day | #NationalZucchiniBreadDay |
| April 25 | World Malaria Day | #MalariaDay |
| April 25 | World Penguin Day | #WorldPenguinDay |
| April 26 | National Audubon Day | #Audubon Day |
| April 26 | National Dissertation Day | #NationalDissertationDay |
| April 26 | National Help a Horse Day | #NationalHelpAHorseDay |
| April 26 | National Kids and Pets Day | #NationalKidsAndPetsDay |
| April 26 | National Pet Parents Day | #NationalPetParentsDay |
| April 26 | National Pretzel Day | #NationalPretzelDay |
| April 26 | National Richter Scale Day | #NationalRichterScaleDay |
| April 26 | National South Dakota Day | #NationalSouthDakotaDay |
| April 26 | World Pinhole Photography Day | #PinholePhotographyDay |
| April 27 | National Babe Ruth Day | #NationalBabeRuthDay |
| April 27 | National Devil Dog Day | #NationalDevilDogDay |
| April 27 | National Prime Rib Day | #NationalPrimeRibDay |
| April 27 | National Tell a Story Day | #NationalTellAStoryDay |
| April 28 | National Blueberry Pie Day | #BlueberryPieDay |
| April 28 | National BraveHearts Day | #NationalBraveHeartsDay |
| April 28 | National Great Poetry Reading Day | #GreatPoetryReadingDay |
| April 28 | National Superhero Day | #NationalSuperheroDay. |
| April 28 | Workers’ Memorial Day | #WorkersMemorialDay |
| April 29 | Denim Day – Changes Annually | #DenimDay |
| April 29 | International Dance Day | #DanceDay |
| April 29 | International Guide Dog Day | #GuideDogDay |
| April 29 | National Peace Rose Day | #NationalPeaceRoseDay |
| April 29 | National Shrimp Scampi Day | #NationalShrimpScampiDay |
| April 29 | National Zipper Day | #NationalZipperDay |
| April 30 | International Jazz Day | #JazzDay |
| April 30 | National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day | #AdoptAShelterPetDay |
| April 30 | National Bubble Tea Day | #NationalBubbleTeaDay |
| April 30 | National Bugs Bunny Day | #NationalBugsBunnyDay |
| April 30 | National Hairstylist Appreciation Day | #HairstylistAppreciationDay |
| April 30 | National Honesty Day | #NationalHonestyDay |
| April 30 | National Military Brats Day | #NationalMilitaryBratsDay |
| April 30 | National Oatmeal Cookie Day | #NationalOatmealCookieDay |
| April 30 | National PrepareAthon! Day | #NationalPrepareAthonDay |
| April 30 | National Raisin Day | #NationalRaisinDay |
| April 30 | National Sarcoidosis Day | #NationalSarcoidosisDay |
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2020 May Holidays
The complete and updated list of holidays, observances, and fun, weird, and special dates for May can be found here: AngieGensler.com/May-Holidays
To access the list of holidays for every month in 2020 and beyond, visit the Holidays index page.
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