August Social Media Holidays 2024

Add some extra sparkle to your social media feed with these unique opportunities. Let's make August a month to remember with these social media holidays!

Get ready to kick off August with some excitement!

We're in the peak of summer, and the content opportunities are endless. 🌞 Let's dive into the main event! 🎉

Below, you'll find a list of holidays and observances coming your way in August. From celebrating book lovers everywhere to embracing a lazy day, there's something for everyone.

So, why not add some extra sparkle to your social media feed with these unique opportunities? Let's make August a month to remember!

August social media holidays:

  • August 1st - Colorado Day
  • August 8th - International Cat Day
  • August 9th - National Book Lovers Day 
  • August 10th - Lazy Day 
  • August 15th - National Relaxation Day
  • August 16th - Tell a Joke Day
  • August 17th - National Nonprofit Day 
  • August 18th - Hawaiian Shirt Day
  • August 21st - Discovery Day (Free template below)
  • August 24th - Folklore Day
  • August 26th - Women’s Equality Day
  • August 28th - National Red Wine Day
  • August 29th - National Sports Day

You’re not going to want to miss our FREE Canva template of the month! Click this link to access a fully customizable Canva template for Discovery Day! 

Looking for more inspiration? 

It’s only right you learn a few new jokes for Tell a Joke Day!

Virginia Tech Football took advantage of this holiday to show off some of their players’ personalities and senses of humor.

While the holiday has nothing to do with football or their team, they used it to connect the players to their fans in a fun and entertaining way.

If you need a little help coming up with unique and fresh content or copy for your holiday posts, don’t worry!

Cloud Campaign offers a FREE caption generator that can help you come up with tons of holiday copy in a flash! Check that out here.

We also have a whole article on how to use AI in content creation that can help take your content creation game to the next level! 

If you want to browse even more social media holidays, check out our 2024 social media holidays calendar. With multiple FREE Canva templates, AI caption prompts, and hundreds of holidays!See you next month for a breakdown of September’s holidays!

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