Want to make May holidays magnetize your minions?
Oops, got a bit carried away there. I meant followers, friends, and students.
But that’s because holidays are fun! Your audience will adore them.
Here are hundreds of special days and observances, each with a hashtag to share on social media, to engage your followers and increase your influence.
I’ve also included historical observances and U.N. remembrance days that provide opportunities to educate.
You’ll find almost 500 month-long, multi-day, and daily May holidays, including religious and national days.
All the observances you could ever need!
Get ready for a flowering of fun…
How to Use May Holidays and Observances
Wondering how hashtag holidays fit in your social media strategy?
Your audience loves to interact with and share entertaining posts – not just see your business promotions. You need to mix up your social media content types if you want to retain and grow your followers.
Start by setting a social media strategy for the month with these May marketing ideas. Then use the special days listed below to inspire Instagram post ideas and engaging Facebook content fans love.
Use easy design tools to concoct engaging graphics. Try these resources to help you make picture quotes online, or you can use apps to add text to photos.
Be sure to copy and paste the appropriate holiday hashtag I’ve included with each observance. Use them on Instagram and Twitter to increase your reach.
Baffled by #hashtags? Learn more about how to use hashtags on the major social networks.
If you already understand hashtag basics, don’t miss how to use hashtags on Instagram to explode engagement there.
Month of May 2022 Holidays and Observances
Aa amazing 101 month-long holidays for May! Find one relevant to your business or cause and plan a campaign.
This section is followed by the multi-day holidays. Since there’s such a profusion this month, here’s a link to go directly to the May daily holidays.
May’s birthstone is emerald.
May birth flowers are lily of the valley and hawthorn.
ALS Awareness Month #ALSAwarenessMonth
American Cheese Month #AmericanCheeseMonth
American Wetlands Month #AmericanWetlandsMonth
Apraxia Awareness Month #ApraxiaAwarenessMonth
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth
Asthma Awareness Month #AsthmaAwarenessMonth
Be Kind to Animals Month #BeKindToAnimalsMonth
Better Sleep Month #BetterSleepMonth
Better Speech and Hearing Month #BetterHearingSpeechMonth
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month #BladderCancerAwarenessMonth
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month #BPDAwarenessMonth
Brain Cancer Awareness Month #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth
Breathe Easy Month #BreatheEasyMonth
Building Safety Month #BuildingSafetyMonth
Celiac Awareness Month #CeliacAwarenessMonth
Clap 4 Health Month #Clap4HealthMonth
Correct Posture Month #CorrectPostureMonth
Creative Beginnings Month #CreativeBeginningsMonth
These creativity quotes may inspire a campaign!
Date Your Mate Month #DateYourMateMonth
Deck Safety Month #DeckSafetyMonth
Ehlers-Danlos Awareness Month #EDSAwarenessMonth
Family Wellness Month #FamilyWellnessMonth
Fibromyalgia Awareness Month #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth
Food Allergy Awareness Month #FoodAllergyAwarenessMonth
Freedom Shrine Month #FreedomShrineMonth
Garden for Wildlife Month #GardenForWildlifeMonth
Check out these love for nature quotes to get content inspiration.
Get Caught Reading Month #GetCaughtReadingMonth
Gifts From the Garden Month #GiftsFromTheGardenMonth
Global Civility Awareness Month #GlobalCivilityAwarenessMonth
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month #GlobalEmployeeHealthAndFitnessMonth
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month #GlobalYouthTrafficSafetyMonth
Haitian Heritage Month #HaitianHeritageMonth
Heal the Children Month #HealTheChildrenMonth
Healthy Vision Month #HealthyVisionMonth
Hepatitis Awareness Month #HepatitisAwarenessMonth
Homeschooling Awareness Month #HomeschoolingAwarenessMonth
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month #HuntingtonsDiseaseAwarenessMonth
International Drum Month #InternationalDrumMonth
International Internal Audit Awareness Month #InternalAuditAwarenessMonth
International Mediterranean Diet Month #InternationalMediterraneanDietMonth
International Respect for Chickens Month #InternationalRespectForChickensMonth
International Victorious Woman Month #VictoriousWomanMonth
Jewish-American Heritage Month #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth
Labor History Month #LaborHistoryMonth
Latino Books Month #LatinoBooksMonth
Lupus Awareness Month #LupusAwarenessMonth
Lyme Disease Awareness Month #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth
Mental Health Awareness Month #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
MCS Awareness Month #MCSAwarenessMonth
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month #MotorcycleSafetyAwarenessMonth
Mystery Month #MysteryMonth
National Arthritis Awareness Month #NationalArthritisAwarenessMonth
National Asparagus Month #NationalAsparagusMonth
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month #NationalAsthmaAndAllergyAwarenessMonth
National Barbecue Month #NationalBarbecueMonth
National Bike Month #NationalBikeMonth
National Chamber Music Month #NationalChamberMusicMonth
National Chip Your Pet Month #NationalChipYourPetMonth
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month #CysticFibrosisAwarenessMonth
National Date Your Mate Month #NationalDateYourMateMonth
National Egg Month #NationalEggMonth
National Electrical Safety Month #NationalElectricalSafetyMonth
National Family Wellness Month #NationalFamilyWellnessMonth
National Foster Care Month #NationalFosterCareMonth
National Hamburger Month #NationalHamburgerMonth
National High Blood Pressure Education Month #NationalHighBloodPressureEducationMonth
National Inventors Month #NationalInventorsMonth
National Meditation Month #NationalMeditationMonth
National Military Appreciation Month #NationalMilitaryAppreciationMonth
National Moving Month #NationalMovingMonth
National Osteoporosis Month #NationalOsteoporosisMonth
National Pet Month #NationalPetMonth
National Photography Month #NationalPhotographyMonth
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month #NationalPhysicalFitnessAndSportsMonth
National Read to Your Baby Bump Month #NationalReadToYourBabyBumpMonth
National Recommitment Month #NationalRecommitmentMonth
National Salad Month #NationalSaladMonth
National Salsa Month #NationalSalsaMonth
National Strawberry Month #NationalStrawberryMonth
National Stroke Awareness Month #NationalStrokeAwarenessMonth
National Teen Self-Esteem Month #TeenSelfEsteemMonth
Here are some great self-love quotes you could make into social media graphics.
National Vinegar Month #NationalVinegarMonth
National Water Safety Month #NationalWaterSafetyMonth
National Youth Traffic Safety Month #YouthTrafficSafetyMonth
NF (Neurofibromatosis) Awareness Month #NFAwarenessMonth
Older Americans Month #OlderAmericansMonth
Play Tennis Month #PlayTennisMonth
Posture Month #PostureMonth
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month #PWSAwarenessMonth
Preeclampsia Awareness Month #PreeclampsiaAwarenessMonth
Preservation Month #PreservationMonth
Save Your Tooth Month #SaveYourToothMonth
Skin Cancer Awareness Month #SkinCancerAwarenessMonth
Small Business Month #SmallBusinessMonth
Spiritual Literacy Month #SpiritualLiteracyMonth
Strike Out Strokes Month #StrikeOutStrokesMonth
Syringomyelia Awareness Month #SyringomyeliaAwarenessMonth
UV (Ultraviolet) Awareness Month #UVAwarenessMonth
Wildfire Awareness Month #WildfireAwarenessMonth
Women’s Health Month #WomensHealthMonth
May 2022 Multi-day Holidays and Observances
Multi-day holidays usually change dates from year to year. The few that appear to stay the same every year are not asterisked.
I’ve done my best to ensure these dates are correct for 2022. But before investing time and/or money in a big promotion, you should double-check.
May 1–7* Be Kind To Animals Week #BeKindToAnimalsWeek
May 1–7* Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week #ChildrensMentalHealthAwarenessWeek
May 1–7* Drinking Water Week #DrinkingWaterWeek
May 1–7* National Correctional Officers Week #NationalCorrectionalOfficersWeek
May 1–7* National Pet Week #NationalPetWeek
May 1–7* National Travel and Tourism Week #NationalTravelAndTourismWeek
May 1–7 North American Occupational Safety & Health Week #NorthAmericanOccupationalSafetyAndHealthWeek
May 1–7* Public Service Recognition Week #PSRW
May 2–6* Air Quality Awareness Week #AirQualityAwarenessWeek
May 2–6* Teacher Appreciation Week #TeacherAppreciationWeek
May 2–7* National Auctioneers Week #NationalAuctioneersWeek
May 2–8* Children’s Book Week #ChildrensBookWeek
May 2–8* Screen-Free Week #ScreenFreeWeek
May 3–9* Sun Awareness Week #SunAwarenessWeek
May 6–12 National Hospital Week #NationalHospitalWeek
Unfortunately I found 3 different dates given for this one! 6–12 seemed most likely correct at time of publication.
May 6–12 National Nurses Week #NationalNursesWeek
May 7–15* National Public Gardens Week #NationalPublicGardensWeek
These short flower quotes are ideal for adding to your photos.
May 8–14* National Women’s Health Week #NationalWomensHealthWeek
May 8–14* Food Allergy Awareness Week #FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek
May 9–13* Economic Development Week (CO) #EDW2022
May 9–15* National Salvation Army Week #NSAW
May 9–15* National Stuttering Awareness Week #NationalStutteringAwarenessWeek
May 15–21* Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week #HDIweek
May 15–21* International Heritage Breeds Week #InternationalHeritageBreedsWeek
May 15–21* National EMS Week #EMSweek
May 15–21* National Eosinophil Awareness Week #NEAW
May 15–21* National Police Week #NationalPoliceWeek
May 15–21* National Public Works Week #NationalPublicWorksWeek
May 16–22* American Craft Beer Week #AmericanCraftBeerWeek
May 16–22* International Coaching Week #International Coaching Week
May 21–27* National Safe Boating Week #NationalSafeBoatingWeek
May 23–29* Healthy and Safe Swimming Week #HealthySwimming
May 30–June 5* National BBQ Week (UK) #NatBBQWeek
May 1 Holidays and Observances 2022
May Day is here! Along with 23 more holidays to celebrate on the first of May.
Holidays marked * change dates from year to year. Note that some of the graphics included in this article may have been made for a year other than 2022. Be sure to use the dates in the charts for accuracy 🙂
Couple Appreciation Day #CoupleAppreciationDay
Executive Coaching Day #ExecutiveCoachingDay
Global Love Day #GlobalLoveDay
International Bereaved Mother’s Day* #InternationalBereavedMothersDay
International Permaculture Day* #InternationalPermacultureDay
International Workers Day #InternationalWorkersDay
Law Day #LawDay
Lei Day #LeiDay
Lemonade Day* #LemonadeDay
May Day #MayDay
Mayday for Mutts* #MaydayForMutts
Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day* #MotorcycleMassAndBlessingOfTheBikesDay
National Chocolate Parfait Day #ChocolateParfaitDay
National Infertility Survival Day* #InfertilitySurvivalDay
National Loyalty Day #NationalLoyaltyDay
National Mother Goose Day #NationalMotherGooseDay
National Purebred Dog Day #NationalPurebredDogDay
New Homeowners Day #NewHomeownersDay
Save the Rhino Day #SaveTheRhinoDay
School Principals’ Day #SchoolPrincipalsDay
Silver Star Service Banner Day #SilverStarService
Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day #TherapeuticMassageAwarenessDay
World Laughter Day* #WorldLaughterDay
Add to the laughter with these funny Mark Twain quotes.
Worthy Wage Day #WorthyWageDay
May 2 Holidays and Observances 2022
Brothers and Sisters Day #BrothersAndSistersDay
Great Lakes Awareness Day* #GreatLakesAwarenessDay
International Harry Potter Day #InternationalHarryPotterDay
Melanoma Monday* #MelanomaMonday
National Fire Day #NationalFireDay
National Life Insurance Day #LifeInsuranceDay
National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day* #NationalMeetingPlannersAppreciationDay
National Play Your Ukulele Day #NationalPlayYourUkuleleDay
National Truffle Day #NationalTruffleDay
World Tuna Day #WorldTunaDay
May 3 Holidays and Observances 2022
Eid al-Fitr* #EidAlFitr
National Chocolate Custard Day #ChocolateCustardDay
National Concert Day* #NationalConcertDay
National Foster Care Day #FosterCareBlue
National Garden Meditation Day #GardenMeditationDay
National Lumpy Rug Day #NationalLumpyRugDay
National Paranormal Day #NationalParanormalDay
National Raspberry Popover Day #RaspberryPopoverDay
National SAN Architect Day #SANArchitectDay
National Specially-abled Pets Day #SpeciallyAbledPetsDay
National Teacher Appreciation Day* #TeacherAppreciationDay
National Textiles Day #NationalTextilesDay
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day #TwoDifferentColoredShoesDay
Poem on Your Pillow Day* #PoemOnYourPillowDay
World Asthma Day* #WorldAsthmaDay
World Press Freedom Day #WorldPressFreedomDay
May 4 Holidays and Observances 2022
Anti-Bullying Day #AntiBullyingDay
Bike to School Day* #BikeToSchoolDay
Bird Day #BirdDay
International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
International Respect for Chickens Day #InternationalRespectForChickensDay
National Candied Orange Peel Day #CandiedOrangePeelDay
National Orange Juice Day #NationalOrangeJuiceDay
National Renewal Day #NationalRenewalDay
National School Nurse Day* #NationalSchoolNurseDay
National Skilled Trades Day #NationalSkilledTradesDay
National Weather Observers Day #NationalWeatherObserversDay
Petite and Proud Day #PetiteAndProudDay
Star Wars Day #NationalStarWarsDay
World Give Day #WorldGiveDay
May 5 Holidays and Observances 2022
Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
International Midwives Day #InternationalMidwivesDay
National Astronaut Day #NationalAstronautDay
National Cartoonists Day #NationalCartoonistsDay
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day* #ChildrensMentalHealthAwarenessDay
National Day of Prayer* #NationalDayOfPrayer
National Day of Reason* #NationalDayOfReason
National Hoagie Day #NationalHoagieDay
National Silence the Shame Day #SilenceTheShame
Oyster Day #OysterDay
Revenge of the Fifth #RevengeOfTheFifth
Totally Chipotle Day #TotallyChipotleDay
World Password Day* #WorldPasswordDay
May 6 Holidays and Observances 2022
International No Diet Day #NoDietDay
International Tuba Day* #InternationalTubaDay
National Beverage Day #NationalBeverageDay
National Crepe Suzette Day #CrepeSuzetteDay
National Military Spouse Appreciation Day* #MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay
National Nurses Day #NationalNursesDay
National Provider Appreciation Day* #ProviderAppreciationDay
National Public Gardens Day* #NationalPublicGardensDay
What’s a May garden without roses? Or these rose quotes!
National Space Day* #NationalSpaceDay
National Tourist Appreciation Day #TouristAppreciationDay
No Homework Day #NoHomeworkDay
No Pants Day* #NoPantsDay
School Lunch Hero Day* #SchoolLunchHeroDay
May 7 Holidays and Observances 2022
Astronomy Day (Spring)* #AstronomyDay
Beer Pong Day* #BeerPongDay
Brunch for Lunch Day* #BrunchForLunchDay
Free Comic Book Day* #FreeComicBookDay
Herbday* #Herbday
International Drone Day* #InternationalDroneDay
Join Hands Day* #JoinHandsDay
Kentucky Derby* #KentuckyDerby
Mother Ocean Day* #MotherOceanDay
National Auctioneers Day* #NationalAuctioneersDay
National Babysitter’s Day* #NationalBabysittersDay
National Barrier Awareness Day #BarrierAwarenessDay
National Birthmother’s Day #NationalBirthmothersDay
National Bombshells’ Day #BombshellsDay
National Cosmopolitan Day #NationalCosmopolitanDay
National Fitness Day #NationalFitnessDay
National Homebrew Day* #NationalHomebrewDay
National Packaging Design Day #PackagingDesignDay
National Paste-Up Day #PasteUpDay
National Roast Leg of Lamb Day #RoastLegofLamb
National Scrapbooking Day* #NationalScrapbookingDay
National Start Seeing Monarchs Day* #StartSeeingMararchsDay
National Tourism Day #TourismDay
Pilates Day* #PilatesDay
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day* #WildfireCommunityPreparednessDay
May 8 Holidays and Observances 2022
Free Trade Day #FreeTradeDay
Mother’s Day* #MothersDay
National Coconut Cream Pie Day #CoconutCreamPieDay
National Have A Coke Day #NationalHaveACokeDay
National Student Nurse Day #NationalStudentNurseDay
No Socks Day #NoSocksDay
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War #TimeOfRemembranceAndReconciliationForThoseWhoLostTheirLivesDuringTheSecondWorldWar
Victory in Europe Day #VEDay
World Ovarian Cancer Day #WorldOvarianCancerDay
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day #WorldRedCrossAndRedCrescentDay
May 9 Holidays and Observances 2022
Lost Sock Memorial Day #LostSockMemorialDay
National Butterscotch Brownie Day #ButterscotchBrownieDay
National Lost Sock Memorial Day #LostSockMemorialDay
National Moscato Day #MoscatoDay
National Sleepover Day #NationalSleepoverDay
National Women’s Checkup Day* #WomensCheckupDay
May 10 Holidays and Observances 2022
National Clean Up Your Room Day #CleanUpYourRoomDay
National Lipid Day #NationalLipidDay
National Shrimp Day #NationalShrimpDay
National Small Business Day #NationalSmallBusinessDay
National Washington Day (state) #NationalWashingtonDay
Trust Your Intuition Day #TrustYourIntuitionDay
World Lupus Day #WorldLupusDay
May 11 Holidays and Observances 2022
Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day* #DonateADaysWagesToCharityDay
Hostess Cupcake Day #HostessCupcakeDay
National Eat What You Want Day #EatWhatYouWantDay
National Foam Rolling Day #NationalFoamRollingDay
National Receptionists’ Day* #NationalReceptionistsDay
National School Nurse Day #NationalSchoolNurseDay
National Third Shift Workers Day* #ThirdShiftWorkersDay
National Twilight Zone Day #NationalTwilightZoneDay
Root Canal Appreciation Day* #RootCanalAppreciationDay
World Ego Awareness Day #WorldEgoAwarenessDay
World FM Day* #WorldFMDay
May 12 Holidays and Observances 2022
International Awareness Day #InternationalAwarenessDay
International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day #CFSAwarenessDay
International Nurses Day #InternationalNursesDay
National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day #FibromyalgiaAwarenessDay
National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
National Nutty Fudge Day #NationalNuttyFudgeDay
National Odometer Day #NationalOdometerDay
May 13 Holidays and Observances 2022
Blame Someone Else Day* #BlameSomeoneElseDay
Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks Voice* #FintasticFridayGivingSharksAVoice
International Hummus Day #HummusDay
International Skeptics Day* #InternationalSkepticsDay
National Apple Pie Day #NationalApplePieDay
National Crouton Day #NationalCroutonDay
National Frog Jumping Day #FrogJumpingDay
National Fruit Cocktail Day #FruitCocktailDay
Top Gun Day #TopGunDay
World Cocktail Day #WorldCocktailDay
May 14 Holidays and Observances 2022
Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Awareness Day* #CorneliaDeLangeSyndromeAwarenessDay
International Dylan Thomas Day #InternationalDylanThomasDay
National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day* #NationalAnimalDisasterPreparednessDay
National Archery Day* #NationalArcherySchoolsProgram
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day #ButtermilkBiscuitDay
National Dance Like a Chicken Day #DanceLikeAChickenDay
National Decency Day #NationalDecencyDay
National Dog Mom’s Day #DogMomsDay
National Miniature Golf Day* #NationalMiniGolfDay
National Train Day* #NationalTrainDay
National Underground America Day #UndergroundAmericaDay
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day #StampOutHungerFoodDrive
Stay Up All Night Night* #StayUpAllNightNight
The Stars and Stripes Forever Day #TheStarsAndStripesForeverDay
Underground America Day #UndergroundAmericaDay
Windmill Day* #WindmillDay
World Belly Dance Day* #WorldBellyDanceDay
World Buckfast Day* #WorldBuckfastDay
World Fair Trade Day* #WorldFairTradeDay
World Migratory Bird Day* #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
May 15 Holidays and Observances 2022
Bring Flowers to Someone Day #BringFlowersToSomeoneDay
HG Awareness Day #HGAwarenessDay
International Conscientious Objectors Day #InternationalConscientiousObjectorsDay
International Day of Families #DayOfFamilies
International MPS Awareness Day #MPSAwarenessDay
National Chocolate Chip Day #ChocolateChipDay
National Nylon Stocking Day #NylonStockingDay
National Senior Fraud Awareness Day #NationalSeniorFraudAwarenessDay
Peace Officers Memorial Day #PeaceOfficersMemorialDay
Pesach Sheni* #PesachSheni
Stepmother’s Day* #StepmothersDay
Straw Hat Day #StrawHatDay
VBF Day of Awareness #VBFDayOfAwareness
World Baking Day* #WorldBakingDay
May 16 Holidays and Observances 2022
Honor Our LGBT Elders Day #HonorOurLBGTEldersDay
International Day of Light #InternationalDayOfLight
National Barbecue Day #NationalBBQDay
National Biographer’s Day #NationalBiographersDay
National Coquilles Saint Jacques Day #CoquillesSaintJacquesDay
National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day #NationalDoSomethingGoodForYourNeighborDay
National Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
National Mimosa Day #MimosaDay
National Piercing Day #NationalPiercingDay
National Sea Monkey Day #NationalSeaMonkeyDay
Wear Purple for Peace Day #WearPurpleForPeaceDay
May 17 Holidays and Observances 2022
Dinosaur Day* #DinosaurDay
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT
National Cherry Cobbler Day #CherryCobblerDay
National Graduation Tassel Day #GraduationTasselDay
National Mushroom Hunting Day #NationalMushroomHuntingDay
National Pack Rat Day #NationalPackRatDay
National Walnut Day #NationalWalnutDay
Pinot Grigio Day #PinotGrigioDay
World Hypertension Day #WorldHypertensionDay
World NF Awareness Day #WorldNFAwarenessDay
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day #WorldTelecommunicationAndInformationSocietyDay
May 18 Holidays and Observances 2022
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day* #EMSForChildrenDay
I Love Reeses Day #ILoveReesesDay
International Museum Day #InternationalMuseumDay
National Cheese Soufflé Day #NationalCheeseSouffleDay
National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day #HIVVaccineAwarenessDay
National Juice Slush Day #NationalJuiceSlushDay
National No Dirty Dishes Day #NoDirtyDishesDay
National Numeracy Day* (UK) #NationalNumeracyDay
National Speech Pathologist Day #NationalSpeechPathologistDay
National Visit Your Relatives Day #NationalVisitYourRelativesDay
Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day #SendAnElectronicGreetingCardDay
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day* #TurnBeautyInsideOutDay
World Aids Vaccine Day #WorldAidsVaccineDay
May 19 Holidays and Observances 2022
Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay
Hummus Day* #HummusDay
Lag B’omer* #LagBomer
National Accounting Day #NationalAccountingDay
National Apéritif Day* #NationalAperitifDay
National Devil’s Food Cake Day #DevilsFoodCakeDay
National Hepatitis Testing Day #NationalHepatitisTestingDay
National May Ray Day #NationalMayRayDay
National Notebook Day* #NationalNotebookDay
World Family Doctor Day #WorldFamilyDoctorDay
World IBD Day #WorldIBDDay
May 20 Holidays and Observances 2022
Eliza Doolittle Day #ElizaDoolittleDay
International Clinical Trials Day #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay
International Red Sneakers Day #InternationalRedSneakersDay
International Virtual Assistants Day* #InternationalVirtualAssistantsDay
NASCAR Day #NASCARDay*
National Be a Millionaire Day #BeAMillionaireDay
National Bike to Work Day* #BikeToWorkDay
National Defense Transportation Day* #DefenseTransportationDay
National Endangered Species Day* #EndangeredSpeciesDay
National Pick Strawberries Day #PickStrawberriesDay
National Pizza Party Day* #PizzaPartyDay
National Quiche Lorraine Day #QuicheLorraineDay
National Rescue Dog Day #NationalRescueDogDay
Weights and Measures Day #WeightsAndMeasuresDay
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day #WorldAutoimmuneArthritisDay
World Bee Day #WorldBeeDay
May 21 Holidays and Observances 2022
I Need a Patch for That Day #INeedAPatchForThatDay
International Tea Day #InternationalTeaDay
National American Red Cross Founder’s Day #AmericanRedCrossFoundersDay
National Armed Forces Day* #ArmedForcesDay
National Learn to Swim Day* #LearnToSwimDay
National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
National River Cleanup Day* #NationalRiverCleanupDay
National Strawberries and Cream Day #StrawberriesAndCreamDay
National Waitstaff Day* #NationalWaitstaffDay
Plant a Lemon Tree Day* #PlantALemonTreeDay
Preakness Stakes* #PreaknessStakes
Talk Like Yoda Day #TalkLikeYodaDay
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development #WorldDayForCulturalDiversityForDialogueAndDevelopment
World Fiddle Day* #WorldFiddleDay
World Whisky Day* #WorldWhiskyDay
May 22 Holidays and Observances 2022
Bitcoin Pizza Day #BitcoinPizzaDay
Harvey Milk Day #HarveyMilkDay
International Being You Day #InternationalBeingYouDay
International Day for Biological Diversity #DayForBiologicalDiversity
National Buy a Musical Instrument Day #BuyAMusicalInstrumentDay
National Maritime Day #NationalMaritimeDay
National Solitaire Day #NationalSolitaireDay
National Vanilla Pudding Day #VanillaPuddingDay
Sherlock Holmes Day #SherlockHolmesDay
World Goth Day #WorldGothDay
World Paloma Day #WorldPalomaDay
May 23 Holidays and Observances 2022
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula #InternationalDayToEndObstetricFistula
National Lucky Penny Day #LuckyPennyDay
National Taffy Day #NationalTaffyDay
World Turtle Day #WorldTurtleDay
May 24 Holidays and Observances 2022
National Asparagus Day #NationalAsparagusDay
Brother’s Day #BrothersDay
Declaration of the Bab* #DeclarationOfTheBab
International Tiara Day #InternationalTiaraDay
National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day #AviationMaintenaceTechnicianDay
National Escargot Day #NationalEscargotDay
National Scavenger Hunt Day #ScavengerHuntDay
May 25 Holidays and Observances 2022
Geek Pride Day #GeekPrideDay
National Brown-Bag It Day #BrownBagItDay
National Missing Children’s Day #MissingChildrensDay
National Senior Health & Fitness Day* #SeniorHealthFitnessDay
National Tap Dance Day #NationalTapDanceDay
National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
Towel Day #TowelDay
May 26 Holidays and Observances 2022
Ascension* #Ascension
National Blueberry Cheesecake Day #BlueberryCheesecakeDay
National Cherry Dessert Day #NationalCherryDessertDay
National Paper Airplane Day #PaperAirplaneDay
Sally Ride Day #SallyRideDay
World Dracula Day #WorldDraculaDay
World Lindy Hop Day #LindyHopDay
World Redhead Day #WorldRedheadDay
May 27 Holidays and Observances 2022
European Neighbours Day* #EuropeanNeighboursDay
National Cellophane Tape Day #CellophaneTapeDay
National Cooler Day* #NationalCoolerDay
National Death Busters Day* #NationalDeathBustersDay
National Don’t Fry Day* #DontFryDay
National Grape Popsicle Day #GrapePopsicleDay
National Gray Day #NationalGrayDay
National Heat Awareness Day* #NationalHeatAwarenessDay
National Road Trip Day* #NationalRoadTripDay
National Title Track Day* #TitleTrackDay
National Wig Out Day* #NationalWigOutDay
Nothing to Fear Day #NothingToFearDay
Sunscreen Protection Day #SunscreenProtectionDay
May 28 Holidays and Observances 2022
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day* #AmateurRadioMilitaryAppreciationDay
Amnesty International Day #AmnestyInternationalDay
Menstrual Hygiene Day #MenstrualHygieneDay
National Brisket Day #NationalBrisketDay
National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
National Italian Beef Day* #NationalItalianBeefDay
May 29 Holidays and Observances 2022
The Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh* #AscensionOfBahaullah
Indianapolis 500* #Indianapolis500
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers #InternationalDayOfUnitedNationsPeacekeepers
Jerusalem Day* (Yom Yerushalayim) #JerusalemDay
Learn About Composting Day #LearnAboutCompostingDay
National 529 Day #529Day
National Biscuit Day #NationalBiscuitDay
National Coq Au Vin Day #NationalCoqAuVinDay
National Heat Awareness Day #HeatAwarenessDay
National Paperclip Day #NationalPaperclipDay
Neighbor Day* #NeighborDay
Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day #PutAPillowOnYourFridgeDay
World Digestive Health Day #WorldDigestiveHealthDay
May 30 Holidays and Observances 2022
Loomis Day #LoomisDay
Memorial Day* (US) #MemorialDay
These freedom quotes are ideal to share on US patriotic holidays.
National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
National Hole In My Bucket Day #HoleInMyBucketDay
National Mint Julep Day #MintJulepDay
National Water a Flower Day #WaterAFlowerDay
World Multiple Sclerosis Day #WorldMSDay
May 31 Holidays and Observances 2022
National Autonomous Vehicle Day #AutonomousVehicleDay
National Macaroon Day #NationalMacaroonDay
National Meditation Day #NationalMeditationDay
National Save Your Hearing Day #SaveYourHearingDay
National Smile Day #NationalSmileDay
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day #NecrotizingFasciitisAwareness
Speak in Complete Sentences Day #SpeakInCompleteSentencesDay
World No Tobacco Day #NoTobaccoDay
World Parrot Day #WorldParrotDay
Conclusion
I hope you’ve found a number of interesting May holidays you can’t wait to share!
Be sure to pin the image below to Pinterest so you can come back for more.
And check out my mega roundup of social media holidays for the entire year!
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