October 2023 - Dates for your calendar

Autumn is well and truly here, and the shops are filling up with Halloween AND Christmas merch. 

Here are the October Dates for your Calendar. 

Use these key dates for your Marketing Calendar, to plan your Social Media content or to plan celebrations - we hope they're helpful!

🧡 This month is:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Black History Month (UK)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Stoptober
ADHD Awareness Month

1st - International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day, International Day of Older Persons
2nd - World Habitat Day, International Day of Nonviolence, Dyslexia Awareness Week
3rd - Mean Girls Day
4th - World Space Week Begins, World Animal Day, National Taco Day
5th - World Teachers Day, National Poetry Day
6th - World Smile Day, International Geodiversity Day
8th - World Octopus Day
9th - Thanksgiving (CAN) National Curry Week Begins (UK)
10th - World Mental Health Awareness Day, World Homeless Day
12th - National Savings Day, World Sight Day, World Arthritis Day
13th - World Egg Day
14th - National Desserts Day
15th - Global Handwashing Day, World Students Day
16th - World Food Day, Coffee Week Begins (UK)
17th - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18th - World Menopause Day
19th - International Gin & Tonic Day
20th - International Chefs Day, Global Champagne Day
21st - Back to the Future Day
24th - UN Day
25th - World Pasta Day, International Artist Day, World Opera Day
26th - National Pumpkin Day
28th - National Make a Difference Day
29th - Clocks Go Back, RSPB Feed the Birds Day, World Stroke Say
30th - Checklist Day

31st - Halloween

* Please note - please be sure to double check we have published the dates correctly, as dates may change after publishing, and we are only human so can make mistakes!