Free · UK dates

UK social media calendar 2026 and 2027 for small businesses

Plan your posts around key UK dates, seasonal events and awareness days. We use the UK dates where they differ from other countries, including Mothering Sunday.

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October to December

Take part in any of these. The first 4 dates of each are free.

Opens 1 Dec January to March 9 events. Read ahead now, take part from 1 Dec.

Further ahead

April to June 2027 Opens 1 Mar · 6 events
July to September 2027 Opens 1 Jun · 3 events
How to use this page One event a quarter is plenty.

Do not post on all of them. Pick one a quarter your customers care about, 4 across the year, which is what is free. Open the event's page and take part: you get up to 8 dates, written for your trade, and the first 4 are free.

Post on the dates it gives you, while people are still planning, not after.

The flag marks a trading day: a date when people spend, not just scroll. Build an offer around those, not just a post.

All of next year

All of 2027, month by month

15 of these are trading days, not just posting days.

  1. January

  2. February

  3. March

  4. April

  5. May

  6. June

  7. July

  8. August

  9. September

  10. October

  11. November

  12. December

Sources

Where the dates come from

We follow the official UK bank holiday rules, including the replacement days when a holiday falls on a weekend. Dates that change each year, such as Easter and Mothering Sunday, are worked out for each year rather than copied from last year.

  • All UK bank holidays, including Scotland's dates and the substitute days when Christmas falls at a weekend

    GOV.UK

  • The statutory basis for bank holidays and substitute days: Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971

    legislation.gov.uk

  • School term dates are set locally. Look yours up by postcode rather than trusting a national list

    GOV.UK

  • Small Business Saturday UK takes place on the first Saturday in December

    Small Business Saturday UK