August 1

August 1

Holidays

Alberta Heritage Day (First Monday in August) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

All-American Soap Box Derby (First Saturday in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous (Last weekend in July) Aug 1, 2021

Bahamas Emancipation Day (First Monday in August) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

Baths of Caracalla (First week in July to second week in August)

Benin Independence Day

Billy the Kid Pageant (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Birthday of George Tupou V

British Columbia Day (First Monday in August) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

Crop Over (Last three weeks in July to first Monday in August)

Cross-Quarter Days (February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1)

Dog Days (July 3-August 11)

Doggett's Coat and Badge Race

Dublin Irish Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Emancipation Day (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Celebrated in: Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Florida, Kansas, Puerto Rico, Texas

Feast of Forgiveness (August 1-2)

Feast of the Blessed Sacrament (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Festas Gualterianas (Four days beginning the first Sunday in August) Aug 1, 2021

Festival Interceltique (First Friday in August until second Sunday in August) Aug 1, 2014

Festival of El Salvador del Mundo (First week in August) Aug 1, 2021

First Monday Trade Days (Thursday through Sunday before first Monday of each month) Aug 1, 2013; Aug 1, 2014; Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2019; Aug 1, 2020; Aug 1, 2021

Gift of the Waters Pageant (First full weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Great Wardmote of the Woodmen of Arden (First week in August) Aug 1, 2021

Hambletonian Harness Racing Classic (First Saturday in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Icelandic Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Jamaica Independence Day (First Monday in August) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

'Ksan Celebrations (Friday evenings in July and August) Aug 1, 2014

Lammas

Lumberjack World Championships (Last weekend in July) Aug 1, 2021

Manitoba Sunflower Festival (Last weekend in July) Aug 1, 2021

Marian Days (First weekend of August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Merengue Festival (Last week in July-first week in August)

Natal Day in Nova Scotia (First Monday in August) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

National Czech Festival (First full weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

New Brunswick Day (First Monday in August) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

Nicodemus Emancipation and Homecoming Celebration (Last weekend in July) Aug 1, 2021

Oakley Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Pardon of Ste. Anne d'Auray (Last weekend in July) Aug 1, 2021

Sheboygan Bratwurst Days (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Sinjska Alka (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Steinbeck Festival (First week in August) Aug 1, 2021

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (First Monday of August through following Sunday) Aug 1, 2011; Aug 1, 2016; Aug 1, 2022

Swiss National Day

Celebrated in: Switzerland

Telluride Jazz Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Thjodhatid (First weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Trinidad and Tobago Emancipation Day

Twins Days Festival (First full weekend in August) Aug 1, 2015; Aug 1, 2020

Volksfest (First Sunday in August) Aug 1, 2021

Legal Holidays by Countries

August Holiday	Ireland
August Monday	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Commerce Day	Iceland
Emancipation Day	Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
Farmers' Day	Zambia
Independence Day	Benin
J'ouvert	Antigua and Barbuda
Last Lap	Antigua and Barbuda
Official Birthday of the Reigning Sovereign of Tonga	Tonga
Parents' Day	Democratic Republic of Congo
Swiss National Day	Switzerland