2019 Comping Calendar

Roald Dahl Day, International Sushi Day, Naked Gardening Day… each year sees more unusual dates on the comping calendar, with an accompanying social media hashtag of course!

Each year I publish a list of the days and dates likely to be of most interest to compers – so you can expect to find Twitter, Facebook and Instagram competitions if you do a search on that day’s hashtag. I’ve also mentioned dates of 2019’s major entertainment and sporting events as well as annual favourites like Pancake Day & Easter! I’ll keep this post updated as more dates are confirmed.

If you love foodie days in particular, then do check out mylegoman’s 2019 calendar which features LOADS of them.

If you use Google Calendar, you’ll find most of the best comping related events listed on my Comping Calendar too – check it out at http://bit.ly/CompingCalendar (click +GoogleCalendar to add it to your own Calendar – it shows Twitter parties too!)

2019 National Days and Events

19 January #NationalPopcornDay
21 January #BlueMonday
22 January #NationalTelevisionAwards
28 January #NationalStorytellingWeek

3 February #YorkshirePuddingDay
3 February #SuperBowl
5 February #ChineseNewYear (2019 is the year of the pig)
9 February #NationalPizzaDay
10 February #BAFTAS award ceremony at Royal Albert Hall
14 February #ValentinesDay
20 February #BRITS award ceremony at O2
24 February #CarabaoCup Final at Wembley
25 February #FairTradeFortnight

1 March #StDavidsDay
4 March #BritishPieWeek
5 March #PancakeDay
7 March #WorldBookDay
15 March #RedNoseDay
17 March #StPatricksDay
29 March #WearAHatDay
31 March #MothersDay

1 April #AprilFoolsDay
19 April #Easter (Good Friday)
22 April #EarthDay

20 April #RecordStoreDay
23 April #StGeorgesDay
29 April #NationalStationeryWeek
29 April #NationalGardeningWeek

4 May #StarWarsDay
4 May #NakedGardeningDay
13 May #NationalVegetarianWeek
17 May #WorldBakingDay
18 May #FACupFinal Final at Wembley
18 May #EurovisionSongContest
21 May #ChelseaFlowerShow
29 May #NationalBiscuitDay
29 May #EuropaLeague Final in Azerbaijan

1 June #UCL (Champions League) Final in Madrid
1 June #NationalPicnicWeek
1 June #WorldMilkDay
8 June #WorldGinDay
15 June #BeerDayBritain
16 June #FathersDay
18 June #InternationalSushiDay

1 July #Wimbledon
6 July #TourdeFrance

13 September #RoaldDahlDay
20 September #RugbyWorldCup (Japan)
21 September #BritishFoodFortnight

6 October #GrandparentsDay
11 October #WorldEggDay
21 October #UKSausageWeek
21 October #AppleDay
31 October #Halloween

1 November #Movember
1 November #WorldVeganDay
3 November #NationalSandwichDay
5 November #FireworksNight
29 November #BlackFriday
30 November #StAndrewsDay

13 December #ChristmasJumperDay (tbc)
31 December #NationalChampagneDay

Giveaway (now closed)!

I have a brilliant poster calendar featuring some of 2019’s unmissable food-related events (and other strange celebrations) to give away courtesy of mylegoman. These fabulous posters are available in the mylegoman shop for just £15 – plus this year, you can even buy a tea towel version!

To enter, log in to the Gleam widget below – ends 8th January 2019.

mylegoman National Days Poster