October: List of Monthlong Observances

The month of October has 218 associated awareness designations and observances, shown below. There are also 1386 holidays scheduled on specific days during the month.

1.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

#NationalBreastCancerAwarenes… #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #NBCAM

2.

National Dessert Month

#NationalDessertMonth #DessertMonth

Food / Drink
3.

National Cookie Month

#NationalCookieMonth #CookieMonth

Food / Drink
4.

National Pizza Month

#NationalPizzaMonth #PizzaMonth

Food / Drink
5.

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

#NationalDomesticViolenceAwar… #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMon… #NDVAM

6.

National Women's Small Business Month

#NationalWomensSmallBusinessM… #WomensSmallBusinessMonth #NWSBM

7.

National Pork Month

#NationalPorkMonth #PorkMonth

Food / Drink
8.

LGBT History Month

#LGBTHistoryMonth #NationalLGBTHistoryMonth #GayLesbianHistoryMonth

Nightlife
9.

Children's Health Month

#ChildrensHealthMonth #NationalChildrensHealthMonth #ChildHealthMonth

10.

National Book Month

#NationalBookMonth #BookMonth

11.

National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month

#NationalBullyingPreventionMo… #BullyingPreventionMonth #NationalBullyingPreventionAw…

12.

National Physical Therapy Month

#NationalPhysicalTherapyMonth #PhysicalTherapyMonth

Health
13.

National Campus Sustainability Month

#CampusSustainabilityMonth

14.

National Seafood Month

#NationalSeafoodMonth #SeafoodMonth

Food / Drink
15.

National Pasta Month

#NationalPastaMonth #PastaMonth

Food / Drink
16.

Country Music Month

#CountryMusicMonth #NationalCountryMusicMonth

Nightlife
17.

Head Start Awareness Month

#HeadStartAwarenessMonth #NationalHeadStartAwarenessMo…

18.

National Crime Prevention Month

#NationalCrimePreventionMonth #CrimePreventionMonth

19.

Health Literacy Month

#HealthLiteracyMonth #NationalHealthLiteracyMonth

Health
20.

National Arts and Humanities Month

#NationalArtsAndHumanitiesMon… #ArtsAndHumanitiesMonth

The Arts
21.

Urban October

#UrbanOctober

22.

Farm to School Month

#NationalFarmToSchoolMonth #FarmToSchoolMonth

Food / Drink
23.

Tackling Hunger Month

#TacklingHungerMonth

Food / Drink
24.

World Hunger Awareness Month

#WorldHungerAwarenessMonth #HungerAwarenessMonth

Food / Drink
25.

Antidepressant Death Awareness Month

#AntidepressantDeathAwareness…

26.

Eye Injury Prevention Month

#EyeInjuryPreventionMonth #NationalEyeInjuryPreventionM…

27.

Fair Trade Month

#FairTradeMonth #NationalFairTradeMonth

28.

National AIDS Awareness Month

#NationalAIDSAwarenessMonth #AIDSAwarenessMonth

29.

National Animal Safety and Protection Month

#NationalAnimalSafetyAndProte… #AnimalSafetyAndProtectionMon…

30.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

#NationalCybersecurityAwarene… #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

31.

National Kitchen and Bath Month

#NationalKitchenAndBathMonth #KitchenAndBathMonth #NationalKitchenBathMonth

32.

National Cookbook Month

#NationalCookbookMonth #CookbookMonth

Food / Drink
33.

National Caramel Month

#NationalCaramelMonth #CaramelMonth

Food / Drink
34.

Drawloween

#Drawloween #Drawloween2025

The Arts
35.

International Dinosaur Month

#InternationalDinosaurMonth #DinosaurMonth

36.

National Chili Month

#NationalChiliMonth #ChiliMonth

Food / Drink
37.

Liver Cancer Awareness Month

#LiverCancerAwarenessMonth #NationalLiverCancerAwareness… #LiverCancerMonth

Health
38.

Diversity Awareness Month

#DiversityAwarenessMonth #NationalDiversityAwarenessMo… #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth

39.

Virginia Wine Month

#VirginiaWineMonth

Nightlife
40.

Texas Wine Month

#TexasWineMonth #TXWineMonth

Nightlife
41.

Vaccine-Injury Awareness Month

#VaccineInjuryAwarenessMonth #VaccineInjuryMonth #NationalVaccineInjuryAwarene…

Health
42.

National Community Planning Month

#NationalCommunityPlanningMon… #CommunityPlanningMonth #NCPM

43.

National Dental Hygiene Month

#NationalDentalHygieneMonth #DentalHygieneMonth

Food / Drink
44.

American Pharmacists Month

#AmericanPharmacistsMonth

45.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

#NationalDisabilityEmployment… #DisabilityEmploymentAwarenes… #NDEAM

46.

Workplace Politics Awareness Month

#WorkplacePoliticsAwarenessMo…

47.

Pennsylvania Wine Month

#PennsylvaniaWineMonth #PAWineMonth

Nightlife
48.

National Pretzel Month

#NationalPretzelMonth #PretzelMonth

Food / Drink
49.

National Dyslexia Awareness Month

#NationalDyslexiaAwarenessMon… #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth

Health
50.

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

#NationalDownSyndromeAwarenes… #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth

Health
51.

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month

#AdoptAShelterDogMonth #NationalAdoptAShelterDogMonth

52.

Adopt-A-Dog Month

#AdoptADogMonth #NationalAdoptADogMonth

53.

Arachtober

#Arachtober

54.

Black Speculative Fiction Month

#BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth

55.

Children's Magazine Month

#ChildrensMagazineMonth

56.

Employee Ownership Month

#EmployeeOwnershipMonth #NationalEmployeeOwnershipMon…

57.

Fire Prevention Month

#FirePreventionMonth #NationalFirePreventionMonth

58.

Lost Species Month

#LostSpeciesMonth

59.

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month

#NationalCeliacDiseaseAwarene… #CeliacDiseaseAwarenessMonth

60.

National Reading Group Month

#NationalReadingGroupMonth #ReadingGroupMonth

61.

American Cheese Month

#AmericanCheeseMonth #NationalAmericanCheeseMonth

Food / Drink
62.

National Sustainable Seafood Month

#SustainableSeafoodMonth #NationalSustainableSeafoodMo…

Food / Drink
63.

Dysautonomia Awareness Month

#DysautonomiaAwarenessMonth #NationalDysautonomiaAwarenes…

Health
64.

Facial Pain Awareness Month

#FacialPainAwarenessMonth

Health
65.

National Medical Librarians Month

#NationalMedicalLibrariansMon… #MedicalLibrariansMonth #NationalMedicalLibrarianMonth

Health
66.

International Gaucher Disease Awareness Month

#GaucherMonth #GaucherDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Health
67.

American Magazine Month

68.

Clergy Appreciation Month

#ClergyAppreciationMonth #NationalClergyAppreciationMo…

69.

National Cryptocurrency Month

#NationalCryptocurrencyMonth #CryptocurrencyMonth #NationalCryptoMonth

70.

Global ADHD Awareness Month

#GlobalADHDAwarenessMonth #ADHDAwarenessMonth

71.

National High School Activities Month

#NationalHighSchoolActivities… #HighSchoolActivitiesMonth

72.

National Women in AI Month

#NationalWomenInAIMonth #WomenInAIMonth

73.

Filipino American History Month

#FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #NationalFilipinoAmericanHist… #FAHM

74.

Youth Justice Action Month

#YouthJusticeActionMonth #YouthJusticeAwarenessMonth #YJAM

75.

National Audiology Awareness Month

#NationalAudiologyAwarenessMo… #AudiologyAwarenessMonth

Health
76.

National Sensory Processing Awareness Month

#SensoryProcessingAwarenessMo… #SPDAwarenessMonth

Health
77.

National Orthodontic Health Month

#NationalOrthodonticHealthMon… #OrthodonticHealthMonth #NOHM

Health
78.

World MRSA Awareness Month

#WorldMRSAAwarenessMonth #WorldMRSAMonth #MRSAAwarenessMonth

Health
79.

International Strategic Planning Month

#InternationalStrategicPlanni… #StrategicPlanningMonth

Military
80.

Agent Orange Awareness Month

#AgentOrangeAwarenessMonth #NationalAgentOrangeAwareness…

81.

Bat Appreciation Month

#BatAppreciationMonth #NationalBatAppreciationMonth

82.

Church Library Month

#ChurchLibraryMonth

83.

Co-op Awareness Month

#CoOpAwarenessMonth #NationalCoOpAwarenessMonth

84.

Creole Heritage Month

#CreoleHeritageMonth #InternationalCreoleHeritageM… #InternationalCreoleMonth

85.

Mental Illness Awareness Month

#MentalIllnessAwarenessMonth

86.

National Learning and Development Month

#NationalLearningAndDevelopme… #LearningAndDevelopmentMonth

87.

TeenTober

#TeenTober

88.

Zombie Preparedness Month (Illinois)

#ZombiePreparednessMonth

89.

Zombie Preparedness Month (Kansas)

#ZombiePreparednessMonth

90.

National Bake and Decorate Month

#NationalBakeAndDecorateMonth #BakeAndDecorateMonth

Food / Drink
91.

Vegetarian Awareness Month

#VegetarianAwarenessMonth #NationalVegetarianAwarenessM…

Food / Drink
92.

National Sausage Month

#NationalSausageMonth #SausageMonth

Food / Drink
93.

Eat Better, Eat Together Month

#EatBetterEatTogetherMonth

Food / Drink
94.

Spinach Lovers Month

#SpinachLoversMonth #NationalSpinachLoversMonth

Food / Drink
95.

National Pickled Peppers Month

#PickledPeppersMonth #NationalPickledPeppersMonth

Food / Drink
96.

National Applejack Month

#NationalApplejackMonth #ApplejackMonth

Food / Drink
97.

Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month

#CaffeineAddictionRecoveryMon…

Food / Drink
98.

HCU Awareness Month

#HCUAwarenessMonth

Health
99.

Dwarfism Awareness Month

#DwarfismAwarenessMonth #NationalDwarfismAwarenessMon…

Health
100.

Eczema Awareness Month

#EczemaAwarenessMonth #NationalEczemaAwarenessMonth

Health
101.

Global Niemann-Pick Disease Awareness Month

#GlobalNiemannPickDiseaseAwar… #GlobalNiemannPickDiseaseMonth #NiemannPickMonth

Health
102.

Indoor Air Quality Month

#IndoorAirQualityMonth #NationalIndoorAirQualityMonth

Health
103.

International Longevity Month

#LongevityMonth

Health
104.

International Walk to School Month

#InternationalWalkToSchoolMon… #WalkToSchoolMonth

Health
105.

HOLOctober

#HOLOctober #HOLOctober2025

The Arts
106.

Progtober

#Progtober

The Arts
107.

4-H STEM Challenge

#4HSTEMChallenge

108.

American Archives Month

#AmericanArchivesMonth

109.

Church Safety and Security Month

#ChurchSafetyAndSecurityMonth

110.

Class Reunion Month

#ClassReunionMonth

111.

Computer Learning Month

#ComputerLearningMonth #NationalComputerLearningMonth

112.

Cut Out Dissection Month

#CutOutDissectionMonth

113.

Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month

#EmotionalIntelligenceAwarene…

114.

Energy Awareness Month

#EnergyAwarenessMonth #NationalEnergyAwarenessMonth

115.

Energy Management is a Family Affair - Improve your Home Month

#EnergyManagementIsAFamilyAff…

116.

Fall Car Care Month

#FallCarCareMonth #CarCareMonth

117.

Financial Planning Month

#FinancialPlanningMonth

118.

Halloween Safety Month

#HalloweenSafetyMonth

119.

Healthy Lung Month

#HealthyLungMonth #NationalHealthyLungMonth

120.

Home Eye Safety Month

#HomeEyeSafetyMonth #NationalHomeEyeSafetyMonth

121.

National Critical Illness Awareness Month

#CriticalIllnessAwarenessMonth

122.

National Depression Education and Awareness Month

#NationalDepressionEducationA…

123.

National Ergonomics Month

#NationalErgonomicsMonth #ErgonomicsMonth

124.

National Family Health Month

#NationalFamilyHealthMonth #FamilyHealthMonth

125.

National Field Trip Month

#NationalFieldTripMonth #FieldTripMonth #NationalGoOnAFieldTripMonth

126.

National Learn to Bowl Month

#LearnToBowlMonth

127.

National Liver Awareness Month

#NationalLiverAwarenessMonth #LiverAwarenessMonth

128.

National Pet Wellness Month

#NationalPetWellnessMonth #PetWellnessMonth

129.

National Quality Month

#NationalQualityMonth #QualityMonth

130.

National RSV Awareness Month

#NationalRSVAwarenessMonth #RSVAwarenessMonth

131.

National Roller Skating Month

#NationalRollerSkatingMonth #RollerSkatingMonth

132.

National Spinal Health Month

#NationalSpinalHealthMonth #SpinalHealthMonth

133.

National Stranger Violence Awareness Month

#StrangerViolenceAwarenessMon… #SVAM

134.

National eSport Month

135.

Photographer Appreciation Month

#PhotographerAppreciationMonth #NationalPhotographerApprecia…

136.

Raptor Month

#RaptorMonth #NationalRaptorMonth

137.

Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

#RettSyndromeAwarenessMonth

138.

Right Brainers Rule! Month

#RightBrainersRuleMonth

139.

Writetoberfest

#Writetoberfest #Writetoberfest2025

140.

National Popcorn Poppin' Month

#NationalPopcornPoppinMonth #PopcornPoppinMonth

Food / Drink
141.

National Cranberry Month

#NationalCranberryMonth #CranberryMonth

Food / Drink
142.

Eat Country Ham Month

#EatCountryHamMonth #NationalEatCountryHamMonth

Food / Drink
143.

Celebrate Sun Dried Tomatoes Month

Food / Drink
144.

Go Nuts Over Texas Peanuts Month

Food / Drink
145.

Texas Restaurant Month

Food / Drink
146.

National Kink Month

#NationalKinkMonth #KinkMonth #InternationalKinkMonth

Nightlife
147.

Locktober

#Locktober

Nightlife
148.

National Substance Abuse Prevention Month

#NationalSubstanceAbusePreven… #SubstanceAbusePreventionMonth

Nightlife
149.

Raynaud's Awareness Month

#RaynaudsAwarenessMonth #NationalRaynaudsAwarenessMon…

Health
150.

Walktober (Maryland)

#Walktober

Health
151.

Lewdtober

#Lewdtober #Lewdtober2025

The Arts
152.

Florida Greenways and Trails Month

Travel / Lodging
153.

Abuse By a Politician Awareness Month

#ABPAM #NABPAM

154.

Campaign For Healthier Babies Month

#CampaignForHealthierBabiesMo…

155.

Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month

#CelebratingTheBilingualChild…

156.

Consumer Information Month

157.

Freethought Month

#MonthOfFreeThought

158.

German American Heritage Month

#GermanAmericanHeritageMonth

159.

Hicatee Awareness Month (Belize)

#HicateeAwarenessMonth

160.

Hog Out Month / Feral Hog Month

#HogOutMonth #FeralHogMonth

161.

I'm Just Me Because Month

162.

International Augmentative and Alternative Communication Awareness Month

#AACAwarenessMonth

163.

International Starman Month

#InternationalStarmanMonth

164.

Italian American Heritage and Culture Month

#ItalianAmericanHeritageAndCu… #ItalianAmericanHeritageMonth #NationalItalianAmericanHerit…

165.

Jocktober

#Jocktober

166.

Long Term Care Planning Month

#LongTermCarePlanningMonth

167.

Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month

#MedicalUltrasoundAwarenessMo…

168.

Month Of Luigi

#MonthOfLuigi #SuperLuigiMonth

169.

National "Gain the Inside Advantage" Month

#NationalGainTheInsideAdvanta…

170.

National Aesthetician Month

#NationalAestheticianMonth

171.

National Chiropractic Health Month

#NationalChiropracticHealthMo… #ChiropracticHealthMonth

172.

National Communicate with Your Kids Month

173.

National Dollhouse and Miniatures Month

174.

National Dropout Prevention Month

#NationalDropoutPreventionMon… #DropoutPreventionMonth

175.

National Family Sexuality Education Month

#NationalFamilySexualityEduca… #FamilySexualityEducationMonth

176.

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month

#NationalMedicineAbuseAwarene… #MedicineAbuseAwarenessMonth #NMAAM

177.

National PTA Membership Month

#PTAMembershipMonth

178.

National Pet CBD Month

#NationalPetCBDMonth #PetCBDMonth

179.

National Pit Bull Awareness Month

#NationalPitBullAwarenessMonth #PitBullAwarenessMonth

180.

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

#NationalPregnancyAndInfantLo… #PregnancyAndInfantLossAwaren…

181.

National Protect Your Hearing Month

#NationalProtectYourHearingMo… #ProtectYourHearingMonth

182.

National Sarcastic Awareness Month

#NationalSarcasticAwarenessMo… #SarcasticAwarenessMonth #NationalSarcasmAwarenessMonth

183.

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month

#NationalSpinaBifidaAwareness… #SpinaBifidaAwarenessMonth

184.

National Squirrel Awareness Month

#NationalSquirrelAwarenessMon… #SquirrelAwarenessMonth #SquirrelAppreciationMonth

185.

National Stamp Collecting Month

#NationalStampCollectingMonth #StampCollectingMonth

186.

National Toilet Tank Repair Month

#NationalToiletTankRepairMonth #ToiletTankRepairMonth

187.

National Work and Family Month

#NationalWorkAndFamilyMonth #WorkAndFamilyMonth

188.

Open Hardware Month

#OHM2025

189.

Organize Your Medical Information Month

#OrganizeYourMedicalInformati…

190.

Ostomy Awareness Month

#OstomyAwarenessMonth

191.

Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month

#PatientCenteredCareAwareness… #PCCAM

192.

Polish American Heritage Month

#PolishAmericanHeritageMonth

193.

Positive Attitude Month

#PositiveAttitudeMonth #NationalPositiveAttitudeMonth

194.

Preptober

#Preptober #Preptober2025

195.

Scary Movie Month

#ScaryMovieMonth #NationalScaryMovieMonth

196.

Self-Promotion Month

#SelfPromotionMonth

197.

Subaru Loves Pets Month

#SubaruLovesPetsMonth

198.

Talk About Prescriptions Month

#TalkAboutPrescriptionsMonth #TAPmonth #NationalTalkAboutPrescriptio…

199.

Window Covering Safety Month

#WindowCoveringSafetyMonth #NationalWindowCoveringSafety…

200.

Women Walking in Their Own Shoes Month

201.

World Animal Month

#WorldAnimalMonth #AnimalMonth

202.

World Blindness Awareness Month

#WorldBlindnessAwarenessMonth #BlindnessAwarenessMonth

203.

World Menopause Month

#WorldMenopauseMonth #MenopauseMonth #MenopauseAwarenessMonth

204.

Youth Against Tobacco Month

205.

Rhizomes and Persimmons Month

#RhizomesAndPersimmonsMonth

Food / Drink
206.

Ride His Face Month

Nightlife
207.

National Cholesterol Month (UK)

#NationalCholesterolMonth #CholesterolMonth

Health
208.

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Month (Virginia)

#VAPOTSAwareness #Month #POTSAwarenessMonth

Health
209.

Black History Month (UK)

#BlackHistoryMonthUK #UKBlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth

210.

Boiler Switch On Awareness Month (UK)

#BoilerSwitchOnMonth #BoilerSwitchOnAwarenessMonth

211.

Disability History Month (Massachusetts)

#DisabilityHistoryMonth

212.

French-Canadian Heritage Month (Michigan)

#FrenchCanadianHeritageMonth

213.

National Foot Health Month (Australia)

#FootHealthMonth #NationalFootHealthMonth

214.

National Home Security Month

#NationalHomeSecurityMonth #HomeSecurityMonth #NHSM

215.

National Occupational Therapy Month (Canada)

#NationalOccupationalTherapyM… #OccupationalTherapyMonth

216.

National Tyre Safety Month (UK)

#NationalTyreSafetyMonth #TyreSafetyMonth

217.

Pro-Touch Awareness Month (UK)

#ProTouchAwarenessMonth

218.

Canadian Library Month (Canada)

#CanadianLibraryMonth #CDNLibraryMonth

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