Make your posts trendy and topical with this FREE July 2021 content calendar
Updated: Nov 24, 2021
Time your blog, social media, podcast, and video posts to these significant dates and events
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Did you miss timing your social media post to a movie star’s birthday?
Or did it escape your mind that there was a “food day” you could have dedicated one of your cooking-related write-ups to?
Whether you’re a professional content marketer or an up-and-coming influencer, whether you’re a freelance journalist or the editor of a widely read publication, let’s not make these mistakes in July. Else, you’ll miss out on trending hashtags and other exciting opportunities that can do wonders for your branding.
That’s why I’ve compiled this handy calendar for July for you to benefit from.
This comprehensive calendar features Indian and international festivals, fun food days, celebrity birthdays, movie anniversaries, popular sporting tournaments, and various globally significant occasions, among several others.
Put it to good use, and you’ll come across as a well-informed authority on current trends and events.
So, grab this chance to make your posts timely and topical and establish yourself as a shrewd content marketer. This one-stop calendar is all you need.
Month-long events
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Bank Account Bonus Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Blueberry Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Cellphone Courtesy Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Dry July (Australia)
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Grilling Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Horseradish Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Hot Dog Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Ice Cream Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Independent Retailer Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Picnic Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Plastic Free July
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – Sarcoma Awareness Month
Thu, 1–Sat, 31 – World Watercolour Month
Multiple-day events
Fri, 11 June–Sun, 11 July – Men’s Football: UEFA European Championship
Sat, 13 June–Sat, 10 July – Men’s Football: CONMEBOL Copa América 2021
Sat, 26 June–Sun, 18 July – Tour de France
Sun, 27 June–Sat, 3 July – Eye Safety Awareness Week
Sun, 27 June–Sat, 3 July – Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
Mon, 28 June–Sun, 11 July – Wimbledon
Thu, 1–Wed, 7 – Clean Beaches Week
Mon, 5–Sun, 11 – Great British Pea Week
Tue, 6–Sat, 17 – Cannes Film Festival (where I hope one of my stories, particularly PiKu & ViRu, eventually makes it; for now, buy/download, read, and review my book here)
Fri, 9–Sun, 18 – Calgary Stampede (Canada)
Mon, 12–Sat, 17 – World Mask Week
Sat, 17–Sun, 25 – Moth Week
Sun, 18–Sat, 24 July – Zookeeper Week
Fri, 23 July–Sun, 8 August – Tokyo Olympics
Fri, 23 OR Sat, 24 July–Sun, 22 August – Shravan Month (North India)
Single-day events
Thu, 1 – CA Day (India)
Thu, 1 – Canada Day
Thu, 1 – Creative Ice Cream Flavours Day
Thu, 1 – Doctors’ Day (India)
Thu, 1 – Gingersnap Day
Thu, 1 – International Joke Day
Thu, 1 – International Reggae Day
Thu, 1 – Madeira Day (Portugal)
Thu, 1 – Princess Diana’s birthday
Thu, 1 – #SecondHalfOfTheYear
Thu, 1 – #10YearsOfDelhiBelly
Fri, 2 – Anisette Day
Fri, 2 – Comic Sans Day (first Friday of July)
Fri, 2 – Euro 2020 Quarter-Final
Fri, 2 – I Forgot Day
Fri, 2 – Lindsay Lohan’s birthday
Fri, 2 – Margot Robbie’s birthday
Fri, 2 – The Tomorrow War release on Amazon Prime Video
Fri, 2 – World Sports Journalists Day
Fri, 2 – World UFO Day
Fri, 2 OR Sat, 3 – #25YearsOfIndependenceDay
Sat, 3 – Air Conditioning Appreciation Day
Sat, 3 – Belarus Independence Day
Sat, 3 – Chocolate Wafer Day
Sat, 3 – Compliment Your Mirror Day
Sat, 3 – Disobedience Day
Sat, 3 – Eat Beans Day
Sat, 3 – Euro 2020 Quarter-Final
Sat, 3 – Harbhajan Singh’s birthday
Sat, 3 – Hop a Park Day
Sat, 3 – International Cherry Pit Spitting Day (first Saturday of July)
Sat, 3 – International Day of Cooperatives
Sat, 3 – International Plastic Bag Free Day
Sat, 3 – Stay out of the Sun Day
Sat, 3 – #30YearsOfTerminator2JudgmentDay
Sat, 3 – Tom Cruise’s birthday
Sun, 4 – Barbecued Spareribs Day
Sun, 4 – Build a Scarecrow Day (first Sunday of July)
Sun, 4 – Caesar Salad Day
Sun, 4 – F1 Austrian Grand Prix
Sun, 4 – Independence from Meat Day
Sun, 4 – Jackfruit Day
Sun, 4 – Post Malone’s birthday
Sun, 4 – US Independence Day
Mon, 5 – Algeria Independence Day
Mon, 5 – Apple Turnover Day
Mon, 5 – Bikini Day
Mon, 5 – Mechanical Pencil Day
Mon, 5 – PV Sindhu’s birthday
Mon, 5 – Venezuela Independence Day
Mon, 5 – Workaholics Day
Tue, 6 – Dalai Lama’s birthday
Tue, 6 – Euro 2020 Semi-Final
Tue, 6 – 50 Cent’s birthday
Tue, 6 – #5YearsOfSultan
Tue, 6 – Frida Kahlo’s birthday
Tue, 6 – Fried Chicken Day
Tue, 6 – Kevin Hart’s birthday
Tue, 6 – Kissing Day
Tue, 6 – Ranveer Singh’s birthday
Tue, 6 – Sylvester Stallone’s birthday
Tue, 6 – Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day
Tue, 6 – Umbrella Cover Day
Tue, 6 – Virtually Hug a Virtual Assistant Day
Tue, 6 – World Zoonoses Day
Wed, 7 – Euro 2020 Semi-Final
Wed, 7 – Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day
Wed, 7 – Global Forgiveness Day
Wed, 7 – Macaroni Day
Wed, 7 – MS Dhoni’s birthday
Wed, 7 – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s birthday
Wed, 7 – Strawberry Sundae Day
Wed, 7 – Tell the Truth Day
Wed, 7 – World Chocolate Day
Thu, 8 – Math 2.0 Day
Thu, 8 – Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day
Thu, 8 – Neetu Kapoor’s birthday
Thu, 8 – SCUD (Savour the Comic, Unplug the Drama) Day
Thu, 8 – Sourav Ganguly’s birthday
Thu, 8 – #10YearsOfMurder2
Thu, 8 – Video Game Day
Fri, 9 – Argentina Independence Day
Fri, 9 – Guru Dutt’s birthday
Fri, 9 – Kebab Day (second Friday of July)
Fri, 9 – National Students Day (India)
Fri, 9 – New Moon Night
Fri, 9 – Sugar Cookie Day
Fri, 9 – Tom Hanks’ birthday
Sat, 10 – Don’t Step on a Bee Day
Sat, 10 – Kitten Day
Sat, 10 – Nikola Tesla’s birthday
Sat, 10 – Piña Colada Day
Sat, 10 – Sofia Vergara’s birthday
Sat, 10 – Teddy Bear Picnic Day
Sun, 11 – Blueberry Muffin Day
Sun, 11 – Cheer up the Lonely Day
Sun, 11 – Collector Car Appreciation Day
Sun, 11 – Euro 2020 Final (as per CEST)
Sun, 11 – Giorgio Armani’s birthday
Sun, 11 – Mojito Day
Sun, 11 – #7YearsOfHumptySharmaKiDulhania
Sun, 11 – World Population Day
Mon, 12 – Bimal Roy’s birthday
Mon, 12 – Different Coloured Eyes Day
Mon, 12 – Eat Your Jell-O Day
Mon, 12 – Etch a Sketch Day
Mon, 12 – Malala Yousafzai’s birthday (a.k.a. Malala Day)
Mon, 12 – New Conversations Day
Mon, 12 – Pecan Pie Day
Mon, 12 – Simplicity Day
Mon, 12 – Town Criers Day (second Monday of July)
Mon, 12 – #2YearsOfSuper30
Tue, 13 – Embrace Your Geekness Day
Tue, 13 – French Fry Day
Tue, 13 – Harrison Ford’s birthday
Tue, 13 – International Rock Day
Tue, 13 – #20YearsOfAks
Tue, 13 – #20YearsOfLegallyBlonde (as per the release date in North America)
Tue, 13 – #20YearsOfTumBin
Wed, 14 – Bastille Day
Wed, 14 – Conor McGregor’s birthday
Wed, 14 – #15YearsOfGolmaal (or #15YearsOfGolmaalFunUnlimited)
Wed, 14 – Grand Marnier Day
Wed, 14 – International Non-Binary People’s Day
Wed, 14 – International Nude Day (not to be taken literally!)
Wed, 14 – Mac and Cheese Day
Wed, 14 – Pandemonium Day
Wed, 14 – Shark Awareness Day
Thu, 15 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of July)
Thu, 15 – Give Something Away Day
Thu, 15 – Gummi Worm Day
Thu, 15 – I Love Horses Day
Thu, 15 – Malik release on Amazon Prime Video
Thu, 15 – Orange Chicken Day
Thu, 15 – Pet Fire Safety Day
Thu, 15 – Tapioca Pudding Day
Thu, 15 – #10YearsOfZindagiNaMilegiDobara (or #10YearsOfZNMD)
Thu, 15 – World Youth Skills Day
Fri, 16 – Corn Fritter Day
Fri, 16 – Fresh Spinach Day
Fri, 16 – Guinea Pig Appreciation Day
Fri, 16 – Katrina Kaif’s birthday
Fri, 16 – Toofan release on Amazon Prime Video
Fri, 16 – World Snake Day
Sat, 17 – Peach Ice Cream Day
Sat, 17 – Slovakia Independence Day
Sat, 17 – Tattoo Day
Sat, 17 – World Day for International Justice
Sat, 17 – World Emoji Day
Sat, 17 – Yellow Pig Day
Sun, 18 – Bhumi Pednekar’s birthday
Sun, 18 – Caviar Day
Sun, 18 – F1 British Grand Prix
Sun, 18 – Ice Cream Day (third Sunday of July)
Sun, 18 – Insurance Nerd Day
Sun, 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
Sun, 18 – Kristen Bell’s birthday
Sun, 18 – Priyanka Chopra’s birthday
Sun, 18 – Richard Branson’s birthday
Sun, 18 – Smriti Mandhana’s birthday
Sun, 18 – Soundarya’s birthday
Sun, 18 – Sri Lanka vs India men’s cricket ODI 1 of 3
Sun, 18 – Vin Diesel’s birthday
Sun, 18 – World Listening Day
Mon, 19 – Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday
Mon, 19 – Brian May’s birthday
Mon, 19 – Daiquiri Day
Mon, 19 – Get Out of the Doghouse Day
Tue, 20 – Ashadhi Ekadashi
Tue, 20 – Colombia Independence Day
Tue, 20 – Gisele Bündchen’s birthday
Tue, 20 – International Chess Day
Tue, 20 – Lollipop Day
Tue, 20 – Moon Day
Tue, 20 – Narappa release on Amazon Prime Video
Tue, 20 – Naseeruddin Shah’s birthday
Tue, 20 – Sri Lanka vs India men’s cricket ODI 2 of 3
Tue, 20 – Space Exploration Day
Tue, 20 – World Jump Day
Wed, 21 – Bakri Id (Eid-ul-Adha)
Wed, 21 – Belgian National Day
Wed, 21 – Ikkat release on Amazon Prime Video
Wed, 21 – Junk Food Day
Wed, 21 – Lamington Day
Wed, 21 – Robin Williams’ birthday
Thu, 22 – Hammock Day
Thu, 22 – Mango Day
Thu, 22 – Penuche Fudge Day
Thu, 22 – Pi Approximation Day
Thu, 22 – Sarpatta release on Amazon Prime Video
Thu, 22 – Selena Gomez’s birthday
Thu, 22 – Spooners (Spoonerism) Day
Thu, 22 – #10YearsOfSingham
Thu, 22 – World Brain Day
Fri, 23 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s birthday
Fri, 23 – Daniel Radcliffe’s birthday
Fri, 23 – Full Moon Night
Fri, 23 – Gorgeous Grandma Day
Fri, 23 – Himesh Reshammiya’s birthday
Fri, 23 – India vs Sri Lanka men’s cricket ODI 3 of 3
Fri, 23 – International Yada, Yada, Yada Day
Fri, 23 – Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day
Fri, 23 – Sprinkles Day
Fri, 23 – Suriya’s birthday
Fri, 23 – Vanilla Ice Cream Day
Fri, 23 – Woody Harrelson’s birthday
Sat, 24 – Amelia Earhart’s birthday
Sat, 24 – Asalha Puja
Sat, 24 – Azim Premji’s birthday
Sat, 24 – Cousins Day
Sat, 24 – Drive-Thru Day
Sat, 24 – Guru Purnima
Sat, 24 – International Self-Care Day
Sat, 24 – Jennifer Lopez’s birthday
Sat, 24 – #1YearOfDilBechara
Sat, 24 – Tell an Old Joke Day
Sat, 24 – Tequila Day
Sun, 25 – Carousel Day
Sun, 25 – Hot Fudge Sundae Day
Sun, 25 – India vs Sri Lanka men’s cricket T20 1 of 3
Sun, 25 – Jim Corbett’s birthday
Sun, 25 – Matt LeBlanc’s birthday
Sun, 25 – Parents’ Day (fourth Sunday of July)
Sun, 25 – #7YearsOfKick
Sun, 25 – Thread the Needle Day
Sun, 25 – Wine and Cheese Day
Mon, 26 – All or Nothing Day
Mon, 26 – Aunt & Uncle Day
Mon, 26 – Coffee Milkshake Day
Mon, 26 – Helen Mirren’s birthday
Mon, 26 – Holistic Therapy Day
Mon, 26 – Jason Statham’s birthday
Mon, 26 – Mick Jagger’s birthday
Mon, 26 – One Voice Day
Mon, 26 – Sandra Bullock’s birthday
Tue, 27 – Bagpipe Appreciation Day
Tue, 27 – Chicken Finger Day
Tue, 27 – Crème Brûlée Day
Tue, 27 – Gary Gygax’s birthday (a.k.a. Gary Gygax Day)
Tue, 27 – Kriti Sanon’s birthday
Tue, 27 – Scotch Day
Tue, 27 – Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day
Tue, 27 – Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
Tue, 27 – Walk on Stilts Day
Wed, 28 – Dhanush’s birthday
Wed, 28 – Dulquer Salmaan’s birthday
Wed, 28 – #15YearsOfOmkara
Wed, 28 – Huma Qureshi’s birthday
Wed, 28 – Milk Chocolate Day
Wed, 28 – Peru Independence Day
Wed, 28 – Sri Lanka vs India men’s cricket T20 2 of 3
Wed, 28 – World Hepatitis Day
Thu, 29 – Chicken Wing Day
Thu, 29 – Chili Dog Day
Thu, 29 – International Tiger Day (read my review of the Vidya Balan movie Sherni here)
Thu, 29 – Intern Day (last Thursday of July)
Thu, 29 – JRD Tata’s birthday
Thu, 29 – Lasagna Day
Thu, 29 – Lipstick Day
Thu, 29 – Rain Day
Thu, 29 – Sanjay Dutt’s birthday
Thu, 29 – Sri Lanka vs India men’s cricket T20 3 of 3
Fri, 30 – Arnold Schwarzenegger’s birthday
Fri, 30 – Cheesecake Day
Fri, 30 – Christopher Nolan’s birthday
Fri, 30 – Father-in-law Day
Fri, 30 – Henry Ford’s birthday
Fri, 30 – Hilary Swank’s birthday
Fri, 30 – International Day of Friendship
Fri, 30 – Paperback Book Day
Fri, 30 – Share a Hug Day
Fri, 30 – Sonu Nigam’s birthday
Fri, 30 – Sonu Sood’s birthday
Fri, 30 – System Administrator Appreciation Day
Fri, 30 – Talk in an Elevator Day (last Friday of July)
Fri, 30 – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Sat, 31 – Avocado Day
Sat, 31 – Harry Potter’s birthday
Sat, 31 – JK Rowling’s birthday
Sat, 31 – Kiara Advani’s birthday
Sat, 31 – Mutt Day
Sat, 31 – #1YearOfLootcase
Sat, 31 – #1YearOfRaatAkeliHai
Sat, 31 – #1YearOfShakuntalaDevi
Sat, 31 – Raspberry Cake Day
Sat, 31 – Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day
Sat, 31 – World Ranger Day
Last updated on Tue, 27 July 2021 at 9.04 p.m. The calendar also reflects the new Sri Lanka vs India men’s cricket fixtures and the corrected dates for Zookeeper Week.