August 2023 UK Holidays and Festivals
August 2023 Holidays – Festivals and Celebrations
01 Tue – Lammas Day (Christian. Thanking God for the first harvest of the season)
01 Tue – National Girlfriend Day
01 Tue – Tu B’Av (Jewish. The 15th of Av) Love and Rebirth
01 Tue – World Lung Cancer Day
02 Wed – Playday. National Day for Play
04 Fri – International Beer Day
08 Tue – International Cat Day
09 Wed – International Co-working Day
09 Wed – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
09 Wed – National Book Lovers Day
10 Thu – Lazy Day
11 Fri – National Son and Daughter Day
12 Sat – Middle Child Day
12 Sat – National Bowling Day
13 Sun – Lefthanders Day
14 Mon – National Financial Awareness Day
15 Tue – Assumption of Mary
15 Tue – National Relaxation Day
16 Wed – National Roller Coaster Day
18 Fri – National Fajita Day
19 Sat – International Geocaching Day (Outdoors treasure hunt using GPS devices)
19 Sat – World Humanitarian Day
20 Sun – National Radio Day
20 Sun – Raksha Bandhan (Hindu. Honouring the bond between brothers and sisters)
20 Sun – World Mosquito Day
21 Mon – International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22 Tue – World Plant Milk Day
23 Wed – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
28 Mon – Summer bank holiday
29 Tue – International Day Against Nuclear Tests
30 Wed – International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance
30 Wed – National Beach Day
31 Thu – International Overdose Awareness Day
