Holidays and Heritage Days

September 

• September Heritage Month Observances: 

• • Latine Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15  

• Mid-Autumn Festival: September 17 

• Bi Visibility Day: September 23  

October 

• October Heritage Month Observances: 

• • LGBTQ+ History Month 

• • Filipino American History Month 
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • Italian Heritage Month

• Rosh Hashanah Jewish Holiday: October 2-4 

• Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 9  

• Coming Out Day: October 11  

• Yom Kippur Jewish Holiday: October 11-12 

• Intersex Awareness Day: October 26 

November 

• November Heritage Month Observances: 

• • Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month  

• • Ignatian Heritage Month   

• Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): November 1-2  

• Veteran’s Day: November 11  

• Transgender Awareness Week: November 13-19  

• Transgender Day of Remembrance: November 20  

• Thanksgiving: November 28 

December 

• World AIDS Day: December 1  

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities: December 3  

• International Human Rights Day: December 10   

• Feast Day of Our Lady Guadalupe: December 12  

• Las Posadas: December 16-24   

• Christmas Eve: December 24 

• Christmas: December 25   

• Hanukkah: December 25-January 2 

• Kwanzaa: December 26-January 1 

• New Year’s Eve: December 31 

January 

• New Year’s Day: January 1 

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 20 

• National Day of Racial Healing: January 25 

• Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27 

• Lunar New Year: January 29 

February 

• February Heritage Month Observances: 

• • Black History Month  

• World Day of Social Justice: February 20  

• Presidents Day: February 20  

• Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras: February 21 

• Ramadan: February 28-March 30 

March 

• March Heritage Month Observances: 

• • Women’s History Month  

• • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month  

• • Deaf History Month: March 13-April 15 

• Ash Wednesday: March 5 

• International Women’s Day: March 8  

• St. Patrick’s Day: March 17  

• Neurodiversity Celebration Week: March 18-24  

• Purim: March 13-14  

• Holi: March 14 

• Eid-al-Fitr/End of Ramadan: March 29-30 

• International Transgender Day of Visibility: March 31  

April 

• April Heritage Month Observances: 

• • Arab-American Heritage Month  

• • Autism Awareness Month  

• • National Deaf History Month  

• • Celebrate Diversity Month  

• World Autism Awareness Day: April 2  

• Easter: April 20 

• Passover begins: April 12  

• Earth Day: April 22  

• Passover ends: April 20 

• Yom HaShoah: April 23-24 

May 

• May Heritage Month Observances:  

• • ALS Awareness Month  

• • Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month 

• • Haitian Heritage Month  

• • Indian Heritage Month  

• • Jewish-American Heritage Month  

• • Mental Health Awareness Month  

• • Speech and Hearing Awareness Month  

• Mother’s Day: May 11  

• International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: May 17  

• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development: May 21  

• Memorial Day: May 26 

June 

• June Heritage Month Observances: 

• • LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 

• Father’s Day: June 15 

• Juneteenth: June 19 

July 

• July Heritage Month Observances: 

• • Disability Pride Month 

• International Non-Binary Peoples Day: July 14 

• Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26 

August 

• World Indigenous People’s Day: August 9 

• Women’s Equality Day: August 26