March Holidays

In the March Holidays below, St. Patricks Day, is one of the big Holidays of the month.

Below you will find our listing of March Holidays and Observances that fall in the month of March.  

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked below.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, we'll include the year as well as the date rule below. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.
3. If we have made an error, have any incorrect dates, or have left off any Holidays, Observances, or Awareness Days etc, please let us know! Contact Us!

Annual Holidays and Observances
United Nations International Years

Each year, the United Nations chooses a few different topics, or themes that they want all the Countries around the World to focus on. 

In 2026, these are:

• International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

In 2025, these are:

• International Year of Glaciers Preservation

In 2024, these are:

• International Year of Camelids

In 2023, these are:

• Interational Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace
• International Year of Millets 

In 2022, these are:

• International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
• International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
• International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
• Interational Year of Glass

In 2021, these are:

• International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
• International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
• International Year of Peace and Trust

In 2020, these are:

• International Year of Plant Health
• International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

In 2019, these are:

• International Year of Indigenous Languages
• International Year of Moderation
• International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements 

In 2017, these are:

• International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

In 2016, these are:

• International Year of Pulses

In 2015, these are:

• International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
• International Year of Soils

In 2014, these are:

• International Year of Crystallography
• International Year of Family Farming
• International Year of Small Island Developing States
• International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

In 2013, these are:

• International Year of Quinoa
• International Year of Water Cooperation

In 2012, these are:

• International Year of Cooperatives
• International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
  

Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Academy Awards Month
• Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month
  
• Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
• American Diabetes Alert Month
  
• American Red Cross Month
• Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
• Berries and Cherries Month
• Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
• Brain Injury Awareness Month
  
• Child Life Month
• Colic Awareness Month
• Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
• Credit Education Month
• Deaf History Month - March 13 - April 15
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
• Dolphin Awareness Month
  
• Employee Spirit Month
• Endometriosis Month 
• Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month
• Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
• Gardening, Nature and Ecology Books Month
• Gender Equality Month
• Hemophilia Month
  
• Honor Society Awareness Month
• Humorists are Artists Month
• International Ideas Month
• International Listening Awareness Month
• International Mirth Month
  
• International Rescue Cat Awareness Month
• Irish-American Heritage Month
  
• Kidney Month
• Mad for Plaid Month
• Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
• Mental Retardation Awareness Month
• Middle Level Education Month
• Music in our Schools Month
• National Athletic Training Month
  
• National Breast Implant Awareness Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
  
• National Celery Month
• National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
• National Cheerleading Safety Month
• National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Clean up Your IRS Act Month
• National Color Therapy Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  
• National Craft Month
• National Crochet Month
• National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month
  
• National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
• National Ethics Awareness Month
• National Eye Donor Month
  
• National Flour Month
  
• National Flower Month
• National Frozen Food Month
• National Kidney Month
• National March Into Literacy Month
• National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
  
• National Noodle Month
• National Nutrition Month 
• National On-Hold Month
  
• National Optimism Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
• National Problem Gambling Awareness Month
• National Professional Social Worker's Month
• National Sauce Month
• National Social Work Month
• National Umbrella Month
• National Women Inventors Month
• National Women's History Month
  
• Play the Recorder Month
• Preschool Education Month
• Read an E-Book Month
• Red Cross Month
  
• Rosacea Awareness Month
• Save Your Vision Month
• Sing with Your Child Month
• Small Press Month
• Spiritual Wellness Month
• Supply Management Month
• Trisomy Awareness Month
  
• Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month
• Workplace Eye Healthy and Safety Awareness Month
• Youth Art Month

Weekly Holidays and Observances

• Act Happy Week - March 20-26, 2023 (Starts on Third Monday of March)
• AKC National Agility Championship - March 16-19, 2023
• American Crossword Puzzles Week - March 31 - April 2, 2023
• America Saves Week - February 27 - March 4, 2023 (6 Days Starting on the Last Monday in February)
  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Week - March 2-5, 2023
• American Chocolate Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• Brain Awareness Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Week of March)
  
• British Pie Week - March 1-7 (Observed for 7 days starting on March 1st)
  
• Campfire USA Birthday Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Full Week in March) (Founded March 17, 1910)
• Celebrate Your Name Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade - (San Francisco) - January 14 - March 5, 2023, Parade on February 4, 2023
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Week - Second Week of March
  
• Clutter Awareness Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• Collegiate Safe Spring Break Programming - Late February - Early April
• Consider Christianity Week - March 26 - April 1, 2023 (Begins 2nd Sunday Before Easter)
• Crufts - March 9-12, 2023 (World's Largest Dog Show)
• Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 3-9, 2023
  
• Fairtrade Fortnight - February 27 - March 12, 2023 (14 Days Starting Last Monday in February)
• Festival of Owls Week - March 3-5, 2023 (First Full Weekend in March)
  
• Girl Scout Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Week of March - Week that always has March 12th in it)
• Global Money Week - March 20-26, 2023
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
• Holi - Evening of March 6 - Evening of March 7, 2023 (Hindu)
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - February 28 - March 19, 2023 (Houston, TX)
  
• Iditarod Race - March 4-19, 2023 (Starts on the First Saturday in March)
• Indiana Flower and Patio Show - March 11-19, 2023 (Indianapolis, IN)
• International Brain Awareness Week - March 13-19, 2023
• International Festival of Owls - March 3-5, 2023
• International Goof Off Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• International Listening Association Week - March 29 - April 1, 2023
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Last Week in March)
• International Teach Music Week - March 20-26, 2023 (7 days starting from Third Monday in March)
• International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination - March 21-27
• Jewish Book Week - February 25 - March 5, 2023
  
• Jobs for Teens Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - February 22 - April 8, 2023 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 9, 2023)
• MS Awareness Week - March 12-19, 2023 (Second Full Week of March)
• Mule Week - March 28 - April 3, 2022 (2023 TBA)
• NanoDays - March 25 - April 2, 2023
• National Aardvark Week - Second Week of March
• National Agriculture Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Week in March that has March 21st in it)
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Anonymous Giving Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week - March 1-6, 2023
• National Bubble Gum Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Full Week of March)
• National Bubble Week - March 19-25, 2023 (First Week of Spring)
• National Button Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week in March)
• National Catholic Sisters Week - March 8-14
• National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7
• National Cherry Blossom Festival - March 20 - April 16, 2023 (Washington D.C.)
• National Clean Out Your Closet Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Cleaning Week - March 26 - April 1, 2023 (Last Week of March)
• National Consumer Protection Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Day of Unplugging - Sundown of March 3 to Sundown of March 4, 2023 (First Friday/Saturday of March)
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week - March 20-26, 2023
• National Fix a Leak Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week in March)
• National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
• National Green Week - February 5 - April 30, 2023 (First Full Week in February through April 30th)
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Week of March)
  
• National Introverts Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Invasive Species Awareness Week - February 27 - March 3, 2023 (For 5 Days Starting the Last Monday in February)
• National Money Collectors Week - March 10-12, 2022 (2023 TBA)
  
• National Older Workers Employment Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Full Week of March)
• National Pasty Week - February 27 - March 5, 2023 (Closest to St. Piran's Day on March 5th)
• National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
• National Physicians Week - March 25-31
• National Poison Prevention Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Procrastination Week - March 5-11, 2023 (Second Week of March)
• National Protocol Officer's Week - March 26 - April 1, 2023 (Last Week of March)
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Third Week of March)
• National School Breakfast Week - March 6-10, 2023 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Science & Engineering Week - March 10-19, 2023 (Starts on Friday of the First Full Week in March)
• National Second-Hand Shopping Week - March 26 - April 1, 2023 (Fourth Full Week of March)
• National Sleep Awareness Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Week begins with Daylight Savings Time)
• National Tsunami Awareness Week - Varies by State
• National Words Matter Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
• Native American Awareness Week - March 13-17, 2023
• Newspaper in Education Week - March 6-10, 2023 (First Full School Week in March)
• No More Week - March 5-11, 2023 (The Week of International Women's Day)
• North Dakota Winter Show - March 8-12, 2023 (Valley City, ND)
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - February 22 - April 8, 2023 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Paralympic Winter Games - March 4-13, 2023 (Beijing 2023)
  
• Passion Week - March 26 - April 1, 2023 (Week Before Holy Week)
• Passiontide - March 26 - April 8, 2023 (Passion Week + Holy Week)
• Patient Safety Awareness Week - March 12-18, 2023
• Peace Corp Week - February 26 - March 4, 2023
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week - March 12-17, 2023 (Starting the second Sunday in March for 6 days) 
• Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• Purim - Evening of March 6, 2023, to the Evening of March 7, 2023
• Ramadan - Evening of March 22, 2023 - Evening of April 20, 2023
• Read Across America Week - February 27 - March 3, 2023 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
• Read an E-Book Week - March 5-11, 2023
• Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Week of March)
• Save Your Vision Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week of March)
• Schools Library Media Center Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week of March)
• Shakespeare Week - March 20-26, 2023
• Sunshine Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Week of March 16th)
  
• Teen Tech Week - March 5-11, 2023 (First Full Week in March)
• Telecommuter Appreciation Week - February 26 - March 4, 2023 (Week that includes Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday of 3/2)
• Termite Awareness Week - March 5-11, 2023
• Tsunami Awareness Week (California) - March 21-25, 2022 (2023 TBA)
• Tsunami Awareness Week (Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands) - March 7-11, 2022 (2023 TBA)
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign - March 11-17
  
• Ultra Music Festival - March 24-26, 2023 - World's Premier Electronic Music Festival held in Miami, Florida.
• Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
• Universal Women's Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Full Week of March)
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination - March 21-27
• Wellderly Week - March 20-24, 2023 (Five Days Starting on the Third Monday in March)
• Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
• Women in Construction Week - March 5-11, 2023
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week - March 6-12, 2023 (From Sunday before March 8, to Sunday after)
• World Folktales & Fables Week - March 19-25, 2023 (Third Full Week in March)
• World Glaucoma Week - March 12-18, 2023 (Second Full Week of March)
• World Orphan Week - March 4-11
• World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup - March 10-12, 2023 (Second Weekend in March in Sweetwater, TX)

Daily Holidays and Observances

• Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day - March 1
• Baby Sleep Day - March 1
• Beer Day (in Iceland) - March 1
• Endometriosis Awareness Day - March 1
• International Women of Color Day - March 1 
  
• National Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day - March 1
• National Dadgum That's Good Day - March 1
• National Fruit Compote Day - March 1
• National Horse Protection Day - March 1
  
• National Peanut Butter Lover's Day - March 1
  
• National Pig Day - March 1
• National Wedding Planning Day - March 1
• Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day (Bikini Day) - March 1
• Plan a Solo Vacation Day - March 1
• Refired, Not Retired Day - March 1
• Self Injury Awareness Day - March 1
• Share a Smile Day - March 1
• St. David's Day - March 1
• Stop Bad Service Day - March 1, 2023 (First Wednesday in March)
• World Civil Defence Day - March 1
• World Compliment Day - March 1
• Zero Discrimination Day - March 1

• Dr. Seuss Day - March 2
  
• International Rescue Cat Day - March 2
  
• National Banana Cream Pie Day - March 2
• National Hospitalist Day - March 2, 2023 (First Thursday in March)
• National Old Stuff Day - March 2
• Read Across America Day - March 2, 2023 (Falls during the week of Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd)
• Texas Independence Day - March 2
• World Book Day - March 2, 2023  - First Thursday in March (Primarily in United Kingdom and Ireland - most other Countries observe this day on April 23rd)
• World Teen Mental Wellness Day - March 2

• 33 Flavors Day - March 3
• Bonza Bottler Day - March 3
• Canadian Bacon Day - March 3
• Dress in Blue Day - March 3, 2023 (First Friday in March)
• Employee Appreciation Day - March 3, 2023 (First Friday in March)
• I Want You To Be Happy Day - March 3
• If Pets had Thumbs Day - March 3
• International Tripawd Awareness Day - March 3 
• International Ear Care Day - March 3
• National Anthem Day - March 3
• National Cold Cuts Day - March 3
• National Mulled Wine Holiday - March 3
• National Salesperson Day - March 3, 2023 (First Friday in March)
• National Speech and Debate Education Day - March 3, 2023 (First Friday in March)
• Navy Reserves Birthday - March 3
• Peach Blossom Day - March 3
• Shabbot Across America / Canada - March 3, 2023
• Simplify-Your-Life Day - March 3
• Soup it Forward Day - March 3
• Talk in Third Person Day - March 3
• TB-303 Appreciation Day - March 3
• U.S. Navy Medical Corps - March 3 (Established March 3, 1871)
• World Birth Defects Day - March 3
• World Day of Prayer - March 3, 2023 (First Friday in March)
• World Wildlife Day - March 3

• Benjamin Harrison Day - March 4
• Brain Injury Awareness Day - March 4
• Courageous Follower Day - March 4
• Holy Experiment Day - March 4
• Hug a GI Day - March 4
  
• International GM's Day - March 4 (GM = Game Masters)
• International Open Data Day - March 4, 2023 (First Saturday in March)
• International Scrapbooking Industry Day - March 4
• March Forth Do Something Day - March 4
• Marching Music Day - March 4
• National Backcountry Ski Day - March 4
• National Dance the Waltz Day - March 4
• National Frozen Food Day - March 4, 2023 (First Saturday in March)
• National Grammar Day - March 4
• National Play Outside Day - March 4, 2023 (First Saturday of Every Month)
• National Pound Cake Day - March 4
• National Snack Day - March 4
• National Sons Day - March 4
• Old Inauguration Day - March 4
• Sock Monkey Day - March 4, 2023 (First Saturday in March)
• Toy Soldier Day - March 4
• World Hearing Day - March 4
• World Obesity Day - March 4

• Cinco de Marcho - March 5
  
• Daughter's and Son's Day - March 5, 2023 (First Sunday in March)
• Finisher's Medal Day - March 5, 2023 (First Sunday in March)
• Namesake Day - March 5, 2023 (The Sunday of Celebrate Your Name Week)
• National Absinthe Day - March 5
• National Cheese Doodle Day - March 5
• National Multiple Personality Day - March 5
• National Potty Dance Day - March 5
• National Poutine Day - March 5
• Pasty Day - March 5, 2023
• Reel Film Day - March 5
• World Tennis Day - March 5

• Alamo Day - March 6
• Casimir Pulaski Day - March 6, 2023 (First Monday in March)
• Day of the Dude - March 6
• Dentist Day - March 6
• Eight Hour Day or Labor Day - March 6, 2023 (Observed in Western Australia "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest!"
• Fun Facts About Names Day - March 6, 2023 (Monday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• National Day of Unplugging - March 6
• National Dress Day - March 6
• National Oreo Cookie Day - March 6
• National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day - March 6
• Ta' Anit Ester - March 6, 2023

• Alexander Graham Bell Day - March 7
• National Be Heard Day - March 7
  
• National Cereal Day - March 7
• National Crown Roast of Pork Day - March 7
• National Sportsmanship Day - March 7, 2023 (First Tuesday in March)
• Peace Corps Day - March 7, 2023 (First Tuesday in March)
  
• Plant Power Day - March 7
  
• Town Meeting Day Vermont - March 7, 2023 (First Tuesday of March)
• Unique Names Day - March 7, 2023 (Tuesday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• World Math Day - March 7

• Discover What Your Name Means Day - March 8, 2023 (Wednesday of First Full Week which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• Girls Write Now Day - March 8
  
• International (Working) Women's Day - March 8 
• National Be Nasty Day - March 8
• National Peanut Cluster Day - March 8
• National Proofreading Day - March 8
  
• National Retro Video Game Day - March 8
• No Smoking Day (U.K.) - March 8, 2023 (Second Wednesday in March)
• Registered Dietitian Day - March 8, 2023 (Second Wednesday in March)
• UN Day for Women's Rights & International Peace - March 8

• Amerigo Vespucci Day - March 9
  
• Bang-Clang Day - March 9
• Barbie Day - March 9
• False Teeth Day - March 9
• Get Over It Day - March 9
• Joe Franklin Day - March 9
• Nametag Day - March 9, 2023 (Thursday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• National Crabmeat Day - March 9
• National Meatball Day - March 9
• National Panic Day - March 9
• Popcorn Lover's Day - March 9, 2023 (Second Thursday in March)
• World Kidney Day - March 9, 2023 (Second Thursday in March)

• Festival of Life in the Cracks Day - March 10
  
• Harriet Tubman Day - March 10
• Histotechnology Professionals Day - March 10
• International Bagpipe Day - March 10
• International Day of Awesomeness - March 10
• Land Line Telephone Day - March 10
• Mario Day - March 10
  
• Middle Name Pride Day - March 10, 2023 (Friday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• National Blueberry Popover Day - March 10
• National Pack Your Lunch Day - March 10
• National Preschooler's Day - March 10, 2023 (Second Friday in March)
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - March 10
• Salvation Army Day - March 10
• U.S. Paper Money Day - March 10

• COVID-19 Global Pandemic Day - March 11
• Debunking Day - March 11
• Dream Day - March 11
• International Fanny Pack Day - March 11, 2023 (Second Saturday in March)
• Johnny Appleseed Day - March 11
• Key Deer Awareness Day - March 11
• National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day - March 11
• National Genealogy Day - March 11, 2023 (Saturday of the First Full Week in March)
• National Promposal Day - March 11
• National Urban Ballroom Dancing Day - March 11, 2023 (Second Saturday in March)
• National Worship of Tools Day - March 11
• Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day - March 11
• World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film - March 11
• World Plumbing Day - March 11

• Academy Awards Ceremony - March 12, 2023
• Check Your Batteries Day - March 12, 2023 (Second Sunday in March)
• Daylight Savings Start - March 12, 2023 (Ahead 1 hour @2:00am)
• Girl Scouts Day - March 12 (Founded March 12, 1912)
• Girl Scout Sunday - March 12, 2023 (The Sunday in Girl Scout Week, or closest to March 12)
• National Alfred Hitchcock Day - March 12
• National Baked Scallops Day - March 12
• National Dry Shampoo Day - March 12, 2023 (Second Sunday in March)
• Plant a Flower Day - March 12
• World Day Against Cyber Censorship - March 12

• Canberra Day - March 13, 2023 (Second Monday in March) (See Holidays in Australia)
• Coconut Torte Day - March 13
• Commonwealth Day - March 13, 2023 (Second Monday in March)
• Donald Duck Day - March 13
• Earmuff Day - March 13
• Eight Hour Day or Labor Day - March 13, 2023 (Observed in Victoria and Tasmania Australia); March 6, 2023 (Observed in Western Australia) "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest!"
• Fill Our Staplers Day - March 13, 2023 (also on November 6, 2023) (Observed on the days after daylight savings time starts and stops)
• Good Samaritan Involvement Day - March 13
• IUGR Awareness Day - March 13 (IUGR = Intrauterine Growth Restriction)
• K-9 Veterans Day - March 13
• Ken Day - March 13
• L. Ron Hubbard Day - March 13
• National Jewel Day - March 13
• National Napping Day - March 13, 2023 (Monday after Daylight Savings Starts)
• National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day - March 13
• Smart & Sexy Day - March 13

• Bake a Pie in Solidarity Day - March 14
• Celebrate Scientists Day - March 14
• Crowdfunding Day - March 14
• Dribble to Work Day - March 14, 2023
• Genius Day - March 14
• International Ask A Question Day - March 14
• International Day of Action for Rivers - March 14
• International Day of Mathematics - March 14
• Learn About Butterflies Day - March 14
• Legal Assistance Day - March 14
• Moth-er Day - March 14
• National Children's Craft Day - March 14
• National Pi Day - March 14
• National Potato Chip Day - March 14
• Organize Your Home Office Day - March 14, 2023 (Second Tuesday in March)
• Save a Spider Day - March 14
• Science Education Day - March 14
• White Day - March 14
• Write Your Story Day - March 14

• AAPI Women's Equal Pay Day - March 15, 2023
• Ag Day, Celebrating Our Bountiful Food Supply - March 15
  
• Brutus Day - March 15
• Buzzards Day - March 15
• Dumbstruck Day - March 15
• Ides of March - March 15
  
• International Day Against Police Brutality - March 15
• International Day of Action Against Canadian Seal Slaughter - March 15
• International Eat an Animal for PETA Day - March 15
• Kick Butts Day - March 15, 2023 (Third Wednesday in March)
• National Equal Pay Day - March 15, 2023
• National Everything You Think is Wrong Day - March 15
  
• National Peanut Lovers Day - March 15
• National Pears Helene Day - March 15
• National Shoe The World Day - March 15
• National VO Day - March 15
• True Confessions Day - March 15
• World Consumer Rights Day - March 15

• Absolutely Incredible Kid Day - March 16, 2023 (Third Thursday in March)
• Black Press Day - March 16
• Companies that Care Day - March 16, 2023 (Third Thursday in March)
• Curlew Day - March 16
• Freedom of Information Day - March 16, 2023 (On or near March 16, which is the birthday of James Madison)
• Goddard Day - March 16
• Lips Appreciation Day - March 16
• National Artichoke Hearts Day - March 16
• National Everything You do is Right Day - March 16
• National Farm Rescuer Day - March 16, 2023 (Third Thursday in March)
• National Panda Day - March 16
• No Selfies Day - March 16
• Oranges and Lemons Day - March 16, 2023 (Third Thursday in March)
• St. Urho's Day - March 16

• Camp Fire Girls Day - March 17
• Corned Beef and Cabbage Day - March 17
• Doctor-Patient Trust Day - March 17
• Evacuation Day - March 17 (State Holiday in Massachusetts)
• Evacuation Day Observed - March 17, 2023 (State Holiday in Massachusetts)
• National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence - March 17, 2023 (Third Friday in March)
• National Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day - March 17, 2023 (Third Friday in March)
• Red Nose Day - March 17, 2023
• St. Patrick's Day - March 17
• Submarine Day - March 17
• Transit Driver Appreciation Day - March 17, 2023 (March 18th unless on weekend, then closest working day)
• World Sleep Day - March 17, 2023 (Friday of Second Full Week in March)

• Forgive Mom and Dad Day - March 18
  
• Goddess of Fertility Day - March 18, 2023
• International Sports Car Racing Day - March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday in March)
• Maple Syrup Saturday - March 18, 2023 - (Third Saturday of March)
• National Awkward Moments Day - March 18
• National Biodiesel Day - March 18
  
• National Corndog Day - March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday of March)
• National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day - March 18
• National Quilting Day - March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday of March)
• National Sloppy Joe Day - March 18
• Oatmeal Cookie Day - March 18
• Play the Recorder Day - March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday of March)
• Save the Panther Day - March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday in March)
• Supreme Sacrifice Day - March 18
• Worldwide Quilting Day - March 18, 2023 (Third Saturday in March)

• Certified Nurses Day - March 19
• Client's Day - March 19
• International Clients Day - March 19
• Let's Laugh Day - March 19 
• Mothering Sunday - March 19, 2023 (21 Days before Easter)
• National Chocolate Caramel Day - March 19
• National Poultry Day - March 19
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Day - March 19
• Saint Joseph's Day - March 19
• Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day - March 19

• Act Happy Day - March 20, 2023 (Third Monday in March)
• Atheists Pride Day - March 20 and June 6
• Bed in for Peace Day - March 20
  
• Bibliomania Day - March 20
• Bock Beer Day - March 20
• Extraterrestrial Abductions Day - March 20
• First Day of Spring - March 20, 2023
• Great American MEAT-OUT Day - March 20
• Hufflepuff Pride Day - March 20
• International Astrology Day - March 20, 2023 (Usually either March 20 or March 21 - falls on the same day as the Northward Equinox - Spring equinox in the Northern hemisphere, Fall equinox in the Southern Hemisphere)
• International Day of Happiness - March 20
• International Earth Day - March 20, 2023 (Same day as Spring Equinox, and different than Earth Day observed on April 22 each year)
• International Francophonie Day - March 20
• Kiss Your Fiance Day - March 20
• March Equinox (First Day of Spring) - March 20, 2023
• National Jump Out Day - March 20
  
• National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - March 20
• National Ravioli Day - March 20
• Ostara (Spring Equinox) - March 20, 2023
• Proposal Day - March 20, 2023 and September 23, 2023 (First Day of Spring and the First Day of Fall)
• Snowman Burning Day - March 20, 2023 (First Day of Spring)
• Spring Equinox - March 20, 2023
• UN French Language Day - March 20
• Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day - March 20, 2023 (Third Monday in March)
• Won't You Be My Neighbor Day - March 20
• World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People - March 20
• World Frog Day - March 20
• World Sparrow Day - March 20
• World Storytelling Day - March 20, 2023 (same day as Spring Equinox)

• Afghanistan Day - March 21
  
• Big Bang Day - March 21
• California Strawberry Day - March 21
• Education Freedom Day - March 21
• Gallo Wine Day - March 21
• International Colour Day - March 21
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21
• International Day of Forests and the Tree - March 21
  
• International Day of Nowruz - March 21
• Memory Day - March 21
• National Agriculture Day - March 21, 2023 (Falls During National Ag Week Each Year)
• National Common Courtesy Day - March 21
• National Countdown Day - March 21
• National Crunchy Taco Day - March 21
• National Day of Action on Syringe Exchange - March 21
• National Flower Day - March 21
• National Fragrance Day - March 21
• National French Bread Day - March 21
• National Healthy Fats Day - March 21
• National Renewable Energy Day - March 21
• National Rosie The Riveter Day - March 21
• National Teenager Day - March 21
• Nowruz - March 21
• Single Parents Day - March 21
• Slytherin Pride Day - March 21
• Spring Fairy Fun Day - March 21
  
• Twitter Day - March 21
• World Down Syndrome Day - March 21
• World Poetry Day - March 21
• World Puppetry Day - March 21
• World Social Work Day - March 21, 2023 (Third Tuesday in March)

• American Red Cross Giving Day - March 22, 2023 (Fourth Wednesday in March)
• As Young As You Feel Day - March 22
  
• Coq Au Vin Day - March 22
• Gryffindor Pride Day - March 22
• International Day of the Seal - March 22
• International Talk Like William Shatner Day - March 22
• National Bavarian Crepes Day - March 22
  
• National Goof Off Day - March 22
  
• National Sing Out Day - March 22
• National Water Day - March 22
  
• World Day of Metta - March 22
• World Water Day - March 22

• Cuddly Kitten Day - March 23
  
• National Chia Day - March 23
• National Chip and Dip Day - March 23
• National Melba Toast Day - March 23
• National Organize Your Home Office - March 23
  
• National Puppy Day - March 23 (Normally observed on March 23)
• National Tamale Day - March 23
• Near Miss Day - March 23
• OK Day - March 23
  
• Ravenclaw Pride Day - March 23
• World Meteorological Day - March 23

• International Day for Achievers - March 24
  
• International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims - March 24
• National Cheesesteak Day - March 24
• National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day - March 24
• National Cocktail Day - March 24
• World Tuberculosis Day - March 24

• Be Mad Day - March 25, 2023 (Fourth Saturday in March)
• Brothers' and Sisters' Day - March 25, 2023 (Last Saturday in March)
• Earth Hour - March 25, 2023 at 8:30pm (Worldwide event - turn off your power for 60+ minutes to help save the planet!)
• Endometriosis March Day - March 25, 2023 (Fourth Saturday in March)
• Greek Independence Day: National Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy - March 25
• International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - March 25
• International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members - March 25
• International Day of the Unborn Child - March 25
• International Waffle Day - March 25
• Maryland Day - March 25, 2023 (On or around March 25th each year)
• Maryland Day Observed - March 25, 2023
• National Cerebral Palsy Day - March 25
  
• National Lobster Newberg Day - March 25
• National Medal of Honor Day - March 25
  
• National Pecan Day - March 25
• Old New Year's Day - March 25
• The Annunciation - Known also as The Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity) - March 25
• Tolkien Reading Day - March 25
• Walk in the Sand Day - March 25, 2023 (Saturday after the March Equinox)

• Black Marriage Day - March 26, 2023 (Fourth Sunday in March)
• Legal Assistants Day - March 26
• Live Long and Prosper Day - March 26
• Make Up Your Own Holiday Day - March 26
• National Nougat Day - March 26
• Orthodox Forgiveness Sunday - March 26, 2023
• Passion Sunday - March 26, 2023 (5th Sunday of Lent)
• Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day - March 26
• Purple Day - (Supporting Epilepsy Around the World) - March 26
  
• Solitude Day - March 26
• Spinach Day - March 26

• Celebrate Exchange Day - March 27
• National Joe Day - March 27
• National Scribble Day - March 27
• National Spanish Paella Day - March 27
• Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day - March 27
• Seward's Day - March 27, 2023 (Last Monday in March)
• Viagra Day - March 27
• World Theatre Day - March 27
  

• American Diabetes Association Alert Day - March 28, 2023 (Fourth Tuesday in March)
• Barnum & Bailey Day - March 28
• Children's Picture Book Day - March 28
• Eat an Eskimo Pie Day - March 28
• National Black Forest Cake Day - March 28
• National Hot Tub Day - March 28
• National Triglycerides Day - March 28
• Respect Your Cat Day - March 28
• Something on a Stick Day - March 28
• Virtual Advocacy Day - March 28
• Weed Appreciation Day - March 28

• Knights of Columbus Founders Day - March 29
  
• Little Red Wagon Day - March 29, 2023 (Last Wednesday in March)
• Manatee Appreciation Day - March 29, 2023 (Last Wednesday in March)
• National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day - March 29
• National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - March 29
  
• Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day - March 29
• Piano Day - March 29, 2023 (88th Day of the Year)
• Smoke and Mirrors Day - March 29
• Texas Loves the Children Day - March 29
• Vietnam Veterans Day or Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day - March 29
• Whole Grain Sampling Day - March 29, 2023 (Last Wednesday in March)

• Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day - March 30
• International Folding Laundry Day - March 30
• National Doctors Day - March 30
• National I Am In Control Day - March 30
• Pencil Day - March 30
• Take A Walk In the Park Day - March 30
  
• Torrents Day - March 30
• Turkey Neck Soup Day - March 30
• Virtual Vacation Day - March 30
• World Bipolar Day - March 30

• Anesthesia Tech Day - March 31
• Cesar Chavez Day - March 31, 2023 (Usually on March 31st)
  
• Dance Marathon Day - March 31
• Eiffel Tower Day - March 31
• International Hug a Medievalist Day - March 31
• International Transgender Day of Visibility - March 31
• National Bunsen Burner Day - March 31
• National Clams on the Half Shell Day - March 31
• National Crayon Day - March 31
• National Farm Workers Day - March 31
• National Prom Day - March 31
• National She's Funny That Way - March 31
• No Homework Day - March 31, 2023 (also on May 6)
• Tater Day - March 31
  
• Transfer Day - March 31 (U.S. Virgin Islands)
• World Backup Day - March 31

March Daily Holidays Detail

Below, you will find a Daily page for each day of March that will have lots of information pertaining to that specific day of the year! (pages will be linked up as they are completed)

If you know of any March Holidays, or Observances that we have left off this March Holidays list, please contact us, and let us know!  We want to include them all!

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