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Events & Celebrations

Check below for a list of events and celebrations to help with your program planning.

Month	Celebrations	Events
January	Financial Wellness Month Martin Luther King Jr. Day	ALA Midwinter Meeting
February	African American History Month Groundhog Day Valentine’s Day
March	National Women’s History Month Teen Tech Week Read Across America	PLA National Conference (held on even-numbered years) Tucson Festival of Books
April	National Poetry Month Jazz Appreciation Month School Library Month National Library Week Global Youth Service Day Earth Day El día de los niños/El día de los libros National Bookmobile Day	Border Book Festival Free Library Festival Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
May	Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month Mental Health Awareness Month National Bike Month/Bike-to-Work Day Children’s Book Week May Day Cinco de Mayo Mother’s Day Memorial Day	Book Expo
June	Gay and Lesbian Pride Month Black Music Month Flag Day Father’s Day	ALA Annual Conference Printers Row Bookfair New York Book Festival
July	National Culinary Arts Month National Ice Cream Month Independence Day
August	National Inventors’ Month International Friendship Day
September	National Hispanic Heritage Month Library Card Sign-up Month Banned Books Week Constitution Day International Day of Peace Labor Day
October	National Arts & Humanities Month National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Teen Read Week Columbus Day Halloween	Texas Book Festival Wisconsin Book Festival
November	Native American Heritage Month National Novel Writing Month National Gaming Day @ your library Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day	Miami Bookfair International National Book Awards Ceremony
December	Learn a Foreign Language Month