Here's your October Marketing Calendar, full of ideas and inspiration in the month ahead.

The month of October celebrates Black History Month, Fairtrade, but also computer learning and pizzas (there's a whole month dedicated to pizzas??)

It's also know for highlighting the awareness of Domestic Violence, ADHD, Dyslexia, Breast Cancer, Cyber Security, LGBTQ+ and Fire Prevention!

This month, we'll also start to see PSL's in the coffee shops (that's Pumpkin Spiced Lattes to the uninitiated!)

Speaking of coffee shops, here's a photo from my own award-winning coffee shop in Surrey, taken in October 2013. I hung an old fashioned bike on the wall and during halloween, the staff dressed it up with cobwebs and big spiders!

So, here it is... I've carefully curated lots of other occasions this month that you can plan your marketing calendar around them.

Specific Dates for marketing in October are...

  • 1st – International Coffee Day
  • 1st - Grandparents Day (UK)
  • 1st to 31st – Black History Month
  • 1st - World Vegetarian Day
  • 1st to 31st – Unblocktober - Check this out!
  • 2nd – 8th – National Curry Week
  • 2nd to 8th – Dyslexia Week
  • 3rd – ‘Buy British’ Day*
  • 3rd - National Poetry Day
  • 4th – Taco Day*
  • 4th - World Smile Day
  • 4th to 10th – World Space Week
  • 5th – World Teacher’s Day*
  • 7th - National Work Life Week
  • 8th - – World Dyslexia Awareness Day
  • 8th - International Lesbian Day
  • 9th - Beer and Pizza Day*
  • 10th – World Porridge Day*
  • 10th - World Mental Health Day*
  • 8th – Own Business Day
  • 13th – National Train Your Brain Day
  • 13th to 19th - Dyspraxia Awareness Week
  • 14th - Thanksgiving (Canada)
  • 14th – 20th – UK Coffee Week
  • 15th – World Student’s Day*
  • 15th – Shwmae Su’mae Day (annual celebration of the Welsh Language)
  • 16th – Dictionary Day*
  • 16th – National Burn Awareness Day
  • 16th – World Food Day (United Nations)*
  • 17th – Harry Potter Book Day
  • 18th – Chocolate Cupcake Day*
  • 18th - World Menopause Day
  • 18th – Get to Know Your Customers Day
  • 19th – International Gin and Tonic Day*
  • 19th - International Archaeology Day
  • 19th – National Sweetest Day
  • 19th – World Singing Day
  • 19th – International Repair Day
  • 20th – International Chef Day*
  • 20th – Office Chocolate Day
  • 20th - Invisible Disabilities Week
  • 20th - National Adaption Week
  • 21st – National Apple Day
  • 21st – Trafalgar Day*
  • 23rd to 30th – Half Term
  • 24th – United Nations Day*
  • 25th – Global Champagne Day #ChampagneDay (I like this one!)
  • 26th – Pumpkin Day*
  • 26th – Make A Difference Day
  • 29th – Clocks go back (2am)
  • 29th - World Stroke Day
  • 29th – International Internet Day
  • 30th – Checklist Day* (See below)
  • 31st – Halloween*
  • 31st to 2nd Nov – The day of the Dead

(*Denotes it's the same date every year.)

Random fact:
I don’t know about you, but I really LOVE A good checklist! So when I heard there’s a ‘Checklist Day’ I had to learn more.
I wasn’t expecting to find that in the 1930s, early aviators created such a list to ensure flying could be much safer and avoid the all-too-common crash during take-off.
It is believed that a group of pilots came up with the idea to create a checklist before setting off on the journey.
Just like in business, we need to create checklists before we make a new journey!
As you can imagine, I’ve got the perfect A4 printable checklist to ensure that you have all the right Marketing Touchpoints covered for your business. Download your free marketing checklist here!

October Marketing Calendar

My aim is to make it easier for you to plan ahead for your social media schedule, create a relevant blog that speaks to your audience about something from this list, or even consider a limited edition product or service to capitalise on an event!

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