Create trendy posts with this FREE August 2021 calendar
Updated: Aug 15, 2021
It’s just the thing your August 2021 content strategy needs
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Are your August topical posts only about Independence Day, Friendship Day, and Janmashtami?
Or is it that you want to compile all the fun food days and international observances in one place but don’t have the time or bandwidth to do so?
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Month-long events and occasions
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Anti-Frizz Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Catfish Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Eye Exam Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Family Fun Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Golf Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Happiness Happens Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Immunization Awareness Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – International Pirate Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Peach Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Psoriasis Awareness Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Romance Awareness Month
Sun, 1–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Water Quality Month
Multiple-day events
Sat, 3 Jul–11 Aug 2021 – Dog Days of Summer
Thu, 22 Jul–Sun, 22 Aug 2021 – Leo month
Fri, 23 Jul–Sun, 8 Aug 2021 – Tokyo Olympics
Sat, 24 Jul–Sun, 22 Aug 2021 – Shravan Month (North India)
Sun, 24 Jul–Tue, 31 Aug 2021– Fishing Month
Sun, 1–Sat, 7 Aug 2021 – International Assistance Dog Week
Sun, 1–Sat, 7 OR Sun, 8 Aug 2021 – International Clown Week
Sun, 1–Sat, 7 Aug 2021 – Simplify Your Life Week
Sun, 1–Sat, 7 Aug 2021 – World Breastfeeding Week
Wed, 4–Sat, 14 Aug 2021 – Locarno Film Festival
Thu, 5–Sun, 22 Aug 2021 – Melbourne International Film Festival
Mon, 9 OR Tue, 10–Sun, 15 Aug 2021 – Afternoon Tea Week
Fri, 13–Fri, 20 Aug 2021 – Sarajevo Film Festival
Wed, 18–Wed, 25 Aug 2021 – Edinburgh International Film Festival
Wed, 18–Sun, 29 Aug 2021 – Sydney Film Festival
Wed, 25–Tue, 31 Aug 2021 – Be Kind to Humankind Week
Sat, 28–Sun, 29 Aug 2021 – International Bat Night
Mon, 9 Aug–Tue, 7 Sep 2021 – Shravan Month (Maharashtra)
Mon, 23 Aug–Wed, 22 Sep 2021 – Virgo month
Tue, 24 Aug – Sun, 5 Sep 2021 – Summer Paralympics
Tue, 24 Aug–Thu, 9 Sep 2021 – Jerusalem Film Festival
Sun, 29 Aug–Mon, 6 Sep 2021 – Burning Man
Single-day events and occasions
Sun, 1 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s death anniversary
Sun, 1 – Calamity Jane’s death anniversary
Sun, 1 – Doll Day (USA)
Sun, 1 – Friendship Day (India—first Sunday of August)
Sun, 1 – Girl Friends Day
Sun, 1 – Herman Melville’s birthday
Sun, 1 – Homemade Pie Day
Sun, 1 – International Childfree Day
Sun, 1 – International Forgiveness Day
Sun, 1 – Lughnasadh
Sun, 1 – Mahjong Day
Sun, 1 – Minority Donor Awareness Day
Sun, 1 – Mountain Climbing Day
Sun, 1 – Mrunal Thakur’s birthday
Sun, 1 – Psychic Day
Sun, 1 – Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Sun, 1 – Respect for Parents Day
Sun, 1 – Rounds Resounding Day
Sun, 1 – Sisters Day (first Sunday of August)
Sun, 1 – Spider-Man Day
Sun, 1 – Taapsee Pannu’s birthday
Sun, 1 – World Lung Cancer Day
Sun, 1 – World Scout Scarf Day
Sun, 1 – World Wide Web Day
Sun, 1 – Yorkshire Day
Sun, 1 – Yves Saint Laurent’s birthday
Mon, 2 – Colouring Book Day
Mon, 2 – Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Tue, 3 – Clean Your Floors Day
Tue, 3 – CLOVES Syndrome Awareness Day
Tue, 3 – Grab Some Nuts Day
Tue, 3 – Niger Independence Day
Tue, 3 – Sunil Chhetri’s birthday
Tue, 3 – #20YearsOfRushHour2
Tue, 3 – Watermelon Day
Tue, 3 – White Wine Day
Wed, 4 – Arbaaz Khan’s birthday
Wed, 4 – Barack Obama’s birthday
Wed, 4 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Wed, 4 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 1 of 5 Day 1
Wed, 4 – International Clouded Leopard Day
Wed, 4 – International Owl Awareness Day
Wed, 4 – Kishore Kumar’s birthday
Wed, 4 – Single Working Women’s Day
Wed, 4 – US Coast Guard Day
Thu, 5 – Croatia Victory Day
Thu, 5 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 1 of 5 Day 2
Thu, 5 – #5YearsOfSuicideSquad
Thu, 5 – Genelia D’Souza’s birthday
Thu, 5 – India Pale Ale Day (first Thursday of August)
Thu, 5 – Kajol’s birthday
Thu, 5 – Lala Amarnath’s death anniversary
Thu, 5 – Oyster Day
Thu, 5 – #10YearsOfRiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes
Thu, 5 – Underwear Day
Thu, 5 – Work Like a Dog Day
Fri, 6 – Balloons to Heaven Day
Fri, 6 – Cycle to Work Day
Fri, 6 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 1 of 5 Day 3
Fri, 6 – Farm Worker Appreciation Day
Fri, 6 – Fresh Breath Day
Fri, 6 – Hiroshima Day
Fri, 6 – International Beer Day (first Friday of August)
Fri, 6 – M Night Shyamalan’s birthday
Fri, 6 – Root Beer Float Day
Fri, 6 – Water Balloon Day (first Friday of August)
Fri, 6 – Wiggle Your Toes Day
Sat, 7 – Aged Care Employee Day
Sat, 7 – Campfire Day (first Saturday of August)
Sat, 7 – Disc Golf Day (first Saturday of August)
Sat, 7 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 1 of 5 Day 4
Sat, 7 – International Hangover Day (the day after International Beer Day)
Sat, 7 – Jamaican Patty Day (first Saturday of August)
Sat, 7 – Lighthouse Day
Sat, 7 – Mead Day (first Saturday of August)
Sat, 7 – Mustard Day (first Saturday of August)
Sat, 7 – National Handloom Day (India)
Sat, 7 – Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day (yep)
Sat, 7 – Play Outside Day (first Saturday of every month)
Sat, 7 – Professional Speakers Day
Sat, 7 – Rabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary
Sat, 7 – Raspberries N’ Cream Day
Sat, 7 – Sea Serpent Day
Sun, 8 – CBD Day
Sun, 8 – Dollar Day
Sun, 8 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 1 of 5 Day 5
Sun, 8 – Fahadh Faasil’s birthday
Sun, 8 – Frozen Custard Day
Sun, 8 – Global Sleep Under the Stars Night
Sun, 8 – Happiness Happens Day
Sun, 8 – Infinity Day
Sun, 8 – International Cat Day
Sun, 8 – Kane Williamson’s birthday
Sun, 8 – Melon Day (second Sunday of August)
Sun, 8 – Mirabai Chanu’s birthday
Sun, 8 – New Moon Night
Sun, 8 – Odie Day
Sun, 8 – Roger Federer’s birthday
Sun, 8 – Quit India Movement Day
Sun, 8 – Scottish Wildcat Day
Sun, 8 – #7YearsOfEntertainment (the movie)
Sun, 8 – #7YearsOfTheHundredFootJourney
Sun, 8 – Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbour’s Porch Day (apparently, it’s a thing!)
Sun, 8 – Top 8 Challenge Day
Mon, 9 – Book Lovers Day (A good time to buy/download, read, review, and show your love to PiKu & ViRu! Do it here! It’s FREE on Kindle Unlimited!)
Mon, 9 – International Coworking Day
Mon, 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
Mon, 9 – Mahesh Babu’s birthday
Mon, 9 – Nagasaki Day
Mon, 9 – Rice Pudding Day
Mon, 9 – Singapore National Day
Tue, 10 – Duran Duran Appreciation Day
Tue, 10 – International Vlogging Day
Tue, 10 – Lazy Day
Tue, 10 – Shapewear Day
Tue, 10 – Skyscraper Appreciation Day
Tue, 10 – S’mores Day
Tue, 10 – #20YearsOfDilChahtaHai (or #20YearsOfDCH)
Tue, 10 – World Biofuel Day
Tue, 10 – World Lion Day
Wed, 11 – Chris Hemsworth’s birthday
Wed, 11 – Enid Blyton’s birthday
Wed, 11 – #15YearsOfKabhiAlvidaNaaKehna (or #15YearsOfKANK)
Wed, 11 – Hariyali Teej
Wed, 11 – Hulk Hogan’s birthday
Wed, 11 – Jacqueline Fernandez’s birthday
Wed, 11 – Play in the Sand Day
Wed, 11 – Presidential Joke Day
Wed, 11 – Raspberry Bombe Day
Wed, 11 – Son and Daughter Day
Wed, 11 – Steve Wozniak’s birthday
Wed, 11 – Suniel Shetty’s birthday
Wed, 11 – World Calligraphy Day (second Wednesday of August)
Thu, 12 – Cara Delevingne’s birthday
Thu, 12 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 2 of 5 Day 1
Thu, 12 – #5YearsOfMohenjoDaro
Thu, 12 – #5YearsOfRustom (not to be mistaken with my novel’s character Vian Rustom :))
Thu, 12 – Gulshan Kumar’s death anniversary
Thu, 12 – International Youth Day
Thu, 12 – Julienne Fries Day
Thu, 12 – Middle Child Day
Thu, 12 – Sara Ali Khan’s birthday
Thu, 12 – Sayyeshaa’s birthday
Thu, 12 – Shershaah release on Amazon Prime Video
Thu, 12 – #10YearsOfAarakshan
Thu, 12 – Vinyl Record Day
Thu, 12 – World Elephant Day
Fri, 13 – Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday
Fri, 13 – Bhikaiji Cama’s death anniversary
Fri, 13 – Bhuj: The Pride of India release on Hotstar
Fri, 13 – Blame Someone Else Day (first Friday the 13th of the year)
Fri, 13 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 2 of 5 Day 2
Fri, 13 – Fidel Castro’s birthday
Fri, 13 – Filet Mignon Day
Fri, 13 – Friday the Thirteenth
Fri, 13 – International Lefthanders Day
Fri, 13 – Julia Child’s death anniversary
Fri, 13 – Modern Love new season premiere on Amazon Prime Video
Fri, 13 – Nag Panchami
Fri, 13 – Organ Donation Day
Fri, 13 – Prosecco Day
Fri, 13 – Sridevi’s birthday
Sat, 14 – Bowling Day (second Saturday of August)
Sat, 14 – Creamsicle Day
Sat, 14 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 2 of 5 Day 3
Sat, 14 – Garage Sale Day (second Saturday of August)
Sat, 14 – Halle Berry’s birthday
Sat, 14 – Johnny Lever’s birthday
Sat, 14 – Mila Kunis’ birthday
Sat, 14 – Pakistan Independence Day
Sat, 14 – Qixi Festival (China—seventh day of the seventh lunar month)
Sat, 14 – Shammi Kapoor’s death anniversary
Sat, 14 – Social Security Day
Sat, 14 – Steve Martin’s birthday
Sat, 14 – Tattoo Removal Day
Sat, 14 – Vilasrao Deshmukh’s death anniversary
Sat, 14 – World Lizard Day
Sun, 15 – Ben Affleck’s birthday
Sun, 15 – Check the Chip Day
Sun, 15 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 2 of 5 Day 4
Sun, 15 – Feast of the Assumption
Sun, 15 – Gwangbokjeol (National Liberation Day of Korea)
Sun, 15 – India Independence Day
Sun, 15 – Jennifer Lawrence’s birthday
Sun, 15 – Joe Jonas’ birthday
Sun, 15 – Julia Child’s birthday
Sun, 15 – Leathercraft Day
Sun, 15 – Lemon Meringue Pie Day
Sun, 15 – Napoleon Bonaparte’s birthday
Sun, 15 – Relaxation Day
Sun, 15 – #7YearsOfSinghamReturns
Mon, 16 – Airborne Day
Mon, 16 – Bratwurst Day
Mon, 16 – Elvis Presley’s death anniversary (a.k.a. Elvis Presley Day)
Mon, 16 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 2 of 5 Day 5
Mon, 16 – James Cameron’s birthday
Mon, 16 – Madonna’s birthday
Mon, 16 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s death anniversary
Mon, 16 – Parsi New Year
Mon, 16 – Renu Saluja’s death anniversary
Mon, 16 – Rollercoaster Day
Mon, 16 – Rum Day (USA)
Mon, 16 – Saif Ali Khan’s birthday
Mon, 16 – Steve Carell’s birthday
Mon, 16 – Tell a Joke Day
Tue, 17 – Black Cat Appreciation Day
Tue, 17 – I Love My Feet Day
Tue, 17 – Indonesia Independence Day
Tue, 17 – Robert De Niro’s birthday
Tue, 17 – Sean Penn’s birthday
Tue, 17 – Thrift Shop Day
Tue, 17 – Vanilla Custard Day
Tue, 17 OR Wed, 18 – #15YearsOfSnakesOnAPlane
Wed, 18 – Bad Poetry Day
Wed, 18 – Edward Norton’s birthday
Wed, 18 – Fajita Day
Wed, 18 – Ice Cream Pie Day
Wed, 18 – Mail Order Catalogue Day
Wed, 18 – Never Give Up Day
Wed, 18 – Persis Khambatta’s death anniversary
Wed, 18 – Pinot Noir Day
Wed, 18 – Protima Bedi’s death anniversary
Wed, 18 – Serendipity Day
Thu, 19 – Bill Clinton’s birthday
Thu, 19 – Coco Chanel’s birthday
Thu, 19 – #5YearsOfHappyBhagJayegi
Thu, 19 – International Bow Day
Thu, 19 – International Orangutan Day
Thu, 19 – John Stamos’s birthday
Thu, 19 – Matthew Perry’s birthday
Thu, 19 – Muharram
Thu, 19 – Orville Wright’s birthday (a.k.a. USA Aviation Day)
Thu, 19 – Potato Day
Thu, 19 – Satya Nadella’s birthday
Thu, 19 – Soft Serve Ice Cream Day
Thu, 19 – Utpal Dutt’s death anniversary
Thu, 19 – World Humanitarian Day
Thu, 19 – World Photography Day
Fri, 20 – Amy Adams’ birthday
Fri, 20 – Andrew Garfield’s birthday
Fri, 20 – Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
Fri, 20 – Demi Lovato’s birthday
Fri, 20 – George Adamson’s death anniversary
Fri, 20 – International Day of Medical Transporters
Fri, 20 – Men’s Grooming Day (third Friday of August)
Fri, 20 – Radio Day
Fri, 20 – Rajiv Gandhi’s birthday
Fri, 20 – World Mosquito Day
Sat, 21 – Brazilian Blowout Day
Sat, 21 – Break the Monotony Day (third Saturday of August)
Sat, 21 – Honey Bee Day (USA—third Saturday of August)
Sat, 21 – International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
Sat, 21 – International Geocaching Day (third Saturday of August)
Sat, 21 – International Homeless Animals’ Day (third Saturday of August)
Sat, 21 – Onam (Thiru Onam)
Sat, 21 – Poet’s Day
Sat, 21 – Senior Citizens Day
Sat, 21 – Spumoni Day
Sat, 21 – Ustad Bismillah Khan’s death anniversary
Sun, 22 – Bao Day
Sun, 22 – Be an Angel Day
Sun, 22 – Chiranjeevi’s birthday
Sun, 22 – Dua Lipa’s birthday
Sun, 22 – Eat a Peach Day
Sun, 22 – Full Moon Night
Sun, 22 – International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Sun, 22 – Madras Day
Sun, 22 – Narali Purnima
Sun, 22 – Never Bean Better Day
Sun, 22 – Pecan Torte Day
Sun, 22 – Raksha Bandhan
Sun, 22 – Sanskrit Day (full moon day of Shravan month)
Sun, 22 – #7YearsOfMardaani
Sun, 22 – Surgical Oncologist Day
Sun, 22 – Take Your Cat to the Vet Day
Sun, 22 – Tooth Fairy Day
Sun, 22 – World Plant Milk Day
Mon, 23 – Cuban Sandwich Day
Mon, 23 – European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism (a.k.a. Black Ribbon Day)
Mon, 23 – KK’s birthday
Mon, 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Mon, 23 – Internaut Day
Mon, 23 – Ride the Wind Day
Mon, 23 – Rudolph Valentino’s death anniversary (a.k.a. Valentino Day)
Mon, 23 – Sponge Cake Day
Mon, 23 – Vaani Kapoor’s birthday
Tue, 24 – Alan Walker’s birthday
Tue, 24 – International Strange Music Day
Tue, 24 – Knife Day
Tue, 24 – Peach Pie Day
Tue, 24 – Pluto Demoted Day
Tue, 24 – Rupert Grint’s birthday
Tue, 24 – Stephen Fry’s birthday
Tue, 24 – Ukraine Independence Day
Tue, 24 – Vesuvius Day
Tue, 24 – Waffle Day (USA)
Wed, 25 – Banana Split Day
Wed, 25 – Blake Lively’s birthday
Wed, 25 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 3 of 5 Day 1
Wed, 25 – #15YearsOfSandwich (the movie)
Wed, 25 – #5YearsOfAFlyingJatt
Wed, 25 – Kiss and Make up Day
Wed, 25 – La Tomatina (Spain)
Wed, 25 – Sean Connery’s birthday
Wed, 25 – Secondhand Wardrobe Day
Wed, 25 – Tim Burton’s birthday
Wed, 25 – Whisky Sour Day
Thu, 26 – AK Hangal’s death anniversary
Thu, 26 – Cherry Popsicle Day
Thu, 26 – Chris Pine’s birthday
Thu, 26 – Dog Day
Thu, 26 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 3 of 5 Day 2
Thu, 26 – Heroes’ Day (Namibia)
Thu, 26 – Macaulay Culkin’s birthday
Thu, 26 – Mother Teresa’s birthday
Thu, 26 – WebMistress Day
Thu, 26 – Women’s Equality Day
Fri, 27 – Banana Lovers Day
Fri, 27 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 3 of 5 Day 3
Fri, 27 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s death anniversary
Fri, 27 – Just Because Day
Fri, 27 – Moldova Independence Day
Fri, 27 – Mukesh the singer’s death anniversary
Fri, 27 – Petroleum Day (USA)
Fri, 27 – Pots de Crème Day
Fri, 27 – The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day
Fri, 27 – The Great Khali’s birthday
Sat, 28 – Bonderam Festival (Goa—fourth Saturday of August)
Sat, 28 – Bow Tie Day
Sat, 28 – Cherry Turnover Day
Sat, 28 – Crackers over the Keyboard Day (yes, you read that right!)
Sat, 28 – Daffodil Day
Sat, 28 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 3 of 5 Day 4
Sat, 28 – Franchise Appreciation Day (last Saturday of August)
Sat, 28 – Jack Black’s birthday
Sat, 28 – Power Rangers Day
Sat, 28 – Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day (!!!)
Sat, 28 – Radio Commercials Day
Sat, 28 – Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
Sat, 28 – Red Wine Day
Sat, 28 – Shania Twain’s birthday
Sat, 28 – Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Day
Sat, 28 – Thoughtful Day
Sun, 29 – Akkineni Nagarjuna’s birthday
Sun, 29 – Chop Suey Day
Sun, 29 – Dhyan Chand’s birthday
Sun, 29 – England vs India men’s cricket Test 3 of 5 Day 5
Sun, 29 – Individual Rights Day
Sun, 29 – International Day against Nuclear Tests
Sun, 29 – Lemon Juice Day
Sun, 29 – Michael Jackson’s birthday
Sun, 29 – More Herbs, Less Salt Day
Sun, 29 – National Sports Day (India)
Sun, 29 – Potteries Bottle Oven Day
Mon, 30 – Amagwinya Day
Mon, 30 – Beach Day
Mon, 30 – Bebe Rexha’s birthday
Mon, 30 – Cameron Diaz’s birthday
Mon, 30 – Frankenstein Day
Mon, 30 – Grief Awareness Day
Mon, 30 – Holistic Pet Day
Mon, 30 – International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Mon, 30 – International Whale Shark Day
Mon, 30 – Janmashtami
Mon, 30 – Lindsay Anderson’s death anniversary
Mon, 30 – Slinky Day
Mon, 30 – Small Industry Day (India)
Mon, 30 – Toasted Marshmallow Day
Mon, 30 – #20YearsOfMonsoonWedding
Mon, 30 – Warren Buffett’s birthday
Tue, 31 – Chris Tucker’s birthday
Tue, 31 – Diatomaceous Earth Day
Tue, 31 – Eat Outside Day
Tue, 31 – International Day for People of African Descent
Tue, 31 – Jahangir the emperor’s birthday
Tue, 31 – Love Litigating Lawyers Day
Tue, 31 – Malaysia Independence Day
Tue, 31 – Matchmaker Day
Tue, 31 – Overdose Awareness Day
Tue, 31 – Princess Diana’s death anniversary
Tue, 31 – Richard Gere’s birthday
Tue, 31 – #10YearsOfBodyguard (the movie)
Tue, 31 – Trail Mix Day
Tue, 31 – We Love Memoirs Day
Do leave a comment below if this August 2021 content calendar proves helpful to you in any way. Feedback, suggestions, observations are all welcome!
Sources: ABP Live, BCCI, Born Glorious, CDC, Cute Calendar, Day Finders, Days of the Year, Event Guide, Google, Holiday Insights, India Today, National Today, Prokerala, Screen Daily
Updated on Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 10.28 a.m.