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The UK social media calendar for 2027

Every date worth a post next year, with the British ones in the right place. Mothering Sunday is 7 March. Most calendars you will find put it in May, because most calendars you will find are American.

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01 · Before you start

How to actually use it

Do not post on all of them. A calendar is a list of what is available, not a list of obligations, and a business that posts on every national day looks like a business with nothing to say.

Pick the six or eight that a customer of yours would actually care about, put them in your planner now, and give yourself a fortnight of warning on each. The value is not knowing that Bonfire Night is on 5 November. It is knowing it in October, while there is still time to take a photograph.

The dates marked ⚑ are the ones where UK businesses reliably see demand rather than just engagement — the ones worth building an offer around, not just a post.

02 · The year

2027, month by month

15 of these are trading days, not just posting days — the ones worth an offer.

  1. January

    • 1 Fri New Year's Day Bank holiday.
    • 25 Mon Burns Night Worth it if you serve food. Ignored by every US calendar.

  2. February

    • 9 Tue Shrove Tuesday ⚑ Pancake Day. Cafés and pubs — this is a trading day, not a post.
    • 10 Wed Ash Wednesday
    • 14 Sun Valentine's Day ⚑ Falls on a Sunday, so the trade lands on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th. Plan for the weekend, not the day.

  3. March

    • 1 Mon St David's Day
    • 7 Sun Mothering Sunday ⚑ THE UK date. Florists, salons, restaurants, gift shops. Two and a half months earlier than the American Mother's Day, which is why this page exists.
    • 17 Wed St Patrick's Day Pubs and bars.
    • 26 Fri Good Friday Bank holiday.
    • 28 Sun Easter Sunday ⚑
    • 29 Mon Easter Monday Bank holiday. Everything moveable in this calendar hangs off this weekend.

  4. April

    • 1 Thu April Fools' Day Tempting. Usually a mistake for a small business — the joke has to be good enough to be worth the customer who does not get it.
    • 23 Fri St George's Day

  5. May

    • 3 Mon Early May bank holiday ⚑ First Monday. The start of the outdoor trading season for a lot of businesses.
    • 31 Mon Spring bank holiday ⚑ Last Monday. Half-term week for most of England — check your own council's dates, they vary.

  6. June

    • 20 Sun Father's Day ⚑ Third Sunday in June — the UK and US agree on this one.
    • 21 Mon Summer solstice

  7. July

    • School summer holidays begin Late July in England and Wales, late June or early July in Scotland. Set locally, so check yours rather than a national list.

  8. August

    • 30 Mon Summer bank holiday ⚑ Last Monday, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland's is the first Monday, 2 August.

  9. September

    • Back to school The quiet reset. A good week to post about being open, being local, and being ready — nobody else bothers.

  10. October

    • 31 Sun Halloween ⚑ On a Sunday, so the trade is Friday 29th and Saturday 30th.

  11. November

    • 5 Fri Bonfire Night ⚑ A Friday. Good for anyone who sells food, drink or warmth.
    • 11 Thu Remembrance Day Post only if you mean it, and never with an offer attached.
    • 26 Fri Black Friday ⚑
    • 29 Mon Cyber Monday ⚑
    • 30 Tue St Andrew's Day

  12. December

    • 4 Sat Small Business Saturday UK ⚑ First Saturday in December. If you are reading this page, this one is about you.
    • 25 Sat Christmas Day Falls on a Saturday in 2027.
    • 26 Sun Boxing Day ⚑
    • 27 Mon Substitute bank holiday Because Christmas Day is a Saturday.
    • 28 Tue Substitute bank holiday Because Boxing Day is a Sunday. Two substitute days is unusual — plan staffing early.
    • 31 Fri New Year's Eve ⚑

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