Q3 Holiday & Events Marketing Calendar

Holidays are a great way to create some buzz and marketing for your products or services. There are endless creative ways you could use events to present your merchants in a new light. Take advantage of special occasions as an opportunity to create some fresh marketing buzz on your website. For example, look for events that could be tied into the product lines you promote such as movie and video game releases, sporting events, product launches, product sales seasonality, fashion shows, pop culture events, and even holidays.

Listed below are some of the holidays and events that take place during the next few months. Let the marketing inspiration begin!

July Events
July 1 – Canada Day
July 4 – Independence Day
July 5 – Work-a-holics Day
July 7 – National Strawberry Sunday Day
July 11 – Cheer up the Lonely Day
July 13 – Friday the 13^th
July 13 – Ice Age: Continental Drift Movie Release
July 14 – Bastille Day
July 20 – Ramadan begins
July 20 – The Dark Knight Rises Movie Release
July 22 – Parent’s Day
July 22 – Hammock Day
July 27 – August 12 – 2012 Summer Olympic Games
July 28 – National Milk Chocolate Day
July – National Anti-Boredom Month
August Events
August 3 – National Watermelon Day
August 3 – The Bourne Legacy Movie Release
August 3 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Movie Release
August 5 – Friendship Day
August 13 – Left-Hander’s Day
August 15 – Assumption Day
August 19 – National Aviation Day
August 26 – Women’s Equality Day
August 27 – September 9 – US Open (Tennis)
August 29 – September 9 – Summer Paralympic Games
August – Family Fun Month
August – National Catfish Month
August – National Golf Month
August – Romance Awareness Month
August – National Picnic Month
September Events
September 3 – Labor Day
September 9 – Grandparent’s Day
September 11 – Patriot Day
September 16 – Stepfamily Day
September 17 – Citizenship Day
September 19 – Talk Like A Pirate Day
September 21 – International Day of Peace
September 22 – First Day of Autumn
September 25 – 30 – Ryder Cup (Golf)
September 26 – Johnny Appleseed Day
September 28 – Native American Day
September 15 – October 15 – National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 17 -23 – Constitution Week
September 30 – Yom Kippur
September – Baby Safety Month
September – Classical Music Month
September – Little League Month