Here’s the regular look ahead…
…this time at the coming month of November 2020…
…for events, occasions and anniversaries to use for campaigns and promotions in your marketing calendar for November 2020.
FIRST…a reminder that the end of the year and CHRISTMAS is fast approaching!
The first Sunday in Advent is on November 29.
For pretty much all marketers, Christmas and the New Year is a time of peak opportunity to make sales…
…BUT there is a lot of competition of course. So, it’s important to be well prepared.
Before that…in the USA it’s Election Day on November 3…
…and also in the USA it’s…THANKSGIVING (this year on November 26).
(In Canada, Thanksgiving Day is a month earlier on October 12).
“Black Friday” follows, which marks the start of the Christmas season shopping frenzy!
On a more somber note, November 11 is Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the USA).
One other occasion to note…
…”Singles’ Day” in China on November 11…which has become one of the world’s biggest online shopping days of the year.
Here’s a more comprehensive list of events and occasions…
November 1 – All Saints’ Day
November 1 – Extra Mile Day
November 1 – Authors’ Day
November 1 – World Vegan Day
November 2 – All Souls’ Day
November 3 – Election Day USA
November 3 – Cliche Day
November 3 – Sandwich Day
November 4 – Use Your Common Sense Day
November 5 – Gunpowder Day (Guy Fawkes/Firework Night in the UK)
November 8 – International Day Of Radiology (anniversary of the discovery of X-rays)
November 8 – Bram Stoker’s birthday (author of “Dracula”)
November 8 – World Quality Day
November 9 – World Freedom Day (anniversary of the “fall” of the Berlin Wall in 1989)
November 10 – World Science Day
November 11 – Remembrance Day / Armistice Day (marking the end of World War 1)
November 11 – Veterans Day (USA )
November 12 – World Pneumonia Day
November 13 – World Kindness Day
November 14 – World Diabetes Day
November 15 – Philanthropy Day
November 15 – Day Of The Imprisoned Writer
November 16 – International Day For Tolerance
November 16 – Fast Food Day
November 17 – International Students’ Day
November 17 – Entrepreneurs’ Day (third Tuesday in November). NOTE…this is a US occasion…there is also a World Entrepreneurs’ Day on August 21
November 18 – Mickey Mouse Day (anniversary of the first appearance of Mickey in “Steamboat Willie” in 1928)
November 18 – Occult Day
November 18 – Guinness World Record Day
November 19 – International Men’s Day (in 60 countries, including Australia, Canada, USA and UK)
November 19 – World Philosophy Day (third Thursday in November)
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
November 21 – World Television Day
November 21 – World Hello Day
November 23 – Birthday of notorious Wild West outlaw William “Billy The Kid” Bonney
November 23 – Fibonacci Day
November 26 – Charles Schultz’s birthday (cartoonist and creator of “Peanuts”)
November 26 – Thanksgiving (USA)
November 27 – “Black Friday” (USA)
November 28 – Small Business Saturday (USA)
November 29 – First Sunday of Advent (first of four Sundays before Christmas Day)
November 30 – St Andrew’s Day
November 30 – International Computer Security Day
November 30 – “Cyber Monday”
Taking a look at events and occasions in individual countries…
In the USA…
November 1 – All Saints’ Day
November 1 – Daylight Saving Time ends
November 2 -All Souls’ Day
November 3 – Election Day
November 5 – Return Day (Delaware)
November 10 – US Marine Corps Day
November 11 – Veterans Day
November 26 – Thanksgiving Day
November 27 – Black Friday
November 27 – State Holiday (Georgia)
November 27 – Presidents’ Day (New Mexico)
November 27 – Lincoln’s Birthday/Lincoln’s Day (Indiana, West Virginia)
November 27 – American Indian Heritage Day (Maryland)
November 27 – Family Day (Nevada)
November 27 – Acadian Day (Louisiana)
November 28 – Small Business Saturday
November 29 – First Sunday in Advent
November 30 – Cyber Monday
Canada…
November 1 – Daylight Saving Time ends
November 11 – Remembrance Day
The UK…
November 5 – Guy Fawkes Day / “Bonfire Night”
November 8 – Remembrance Sunday
November 11 – Remembrance Day
November 29 – First Sunday in Advent
November 30 – St Andrew’s Day (patron saint of Scotland)
Australia…
In Australia…the “main event” is undoubtedly…
…MELBOURNE CUP DAY…on Tuesday 3 November.
Remember this is the Spring Racing Season so it’s not just about the one race on the big day.
Melbourne Cup Day also marks the unofficial start of the Christmas run-in.
November 2 – Recreation Day (Tasmania)
November 3 – Melbourne Cup Day (Victoria)
November 11 – Remembrance Day
November 25 – Thanksgiving Day (Norfolk Island)
November 29 – First Sunday in Advent
Wishing you every success with your event-driven marketing in November 2020!