Type Examples

Sport Superbowl (Feb) Ashes (June) Surf Lifesaving Championships (Apr)

Events, Day of significance / Public Holidays

Australia Day (Jan) International Womens Day (Mar) April Fools Day (Apr)

Cultural / Entertainment

Elvis Festival – Parkes (Jan) Tropfest (Feb) L’Oreal Fashion Festival (Mar)

Celebrity / Historical dates

James Earl (Darth Vader) Jones turns 80 (Jan) Academy Awards (Feb) Dr Spock turns 80 (Mar)

Charity or Cause related

White Ribbon Day (Nov) UN International Day of Happiness (March) Earth Hour (Mar)

Communications Industry Event

Cannes entries due (Mar) Could be a Caxton entries due (Jan & Mar)

School Holidays Astrological dates

JAN 2013 Sport

Advertising Industry

Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertain-

ment

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

Dec 30 Brisbane International Tennis (ends 06/01)

1st Global Family Day

1st Field Day in the Domain (Syd)

1st MELB Autumn Racing Carnival (ends 27th Jul)

3rd Tropfest Entries due

3-6th Summernats Car Festival (ACT)

3-7th 3rd Test Match Australia v Sri Lanka (Syd)

4th World Hypnotism Day

5 -27th Sydney Festival

9-13th Parkes Elvis Festival

11th CBA Series Cricket Australia v Sri Lanka (MCG)

11-20th Flickerfest (Syd)

12th Magic Millions (Gold Coast)

13th 70th Annual Golden Globes (US time)

13th CBA Series Cricket Aust. v Sri Lanka (ADL Oval)

14-27th Australian Open (Melb)

17th James Earl Jones turns 82

18th Celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day

18th CBA Series Cricket Australia v Sri Lanka (Gabba)

18-27th Country Music Festival Tamworth

20th Aquarius astrological sign (ends 18/02)

20th World Religion Day

20th CBA Series Cricket Australia v Sri Lanka (SCG)

20-27th Santos Tour Down Under (ADL)

20-27th Australia’s Healthy Weight Week

23rd CBA Series Cricket Australia v Sri Lanka (Blundstone Arena)

24th Neil Diamond turns 73

24th Global Belly Laugh Day

24th NT Back to School

25-28th Festival of Sails (Vic)

26th Australia Day

26th KFC T20 Cricket Australia v Sri Lanka (SYD)

27th Full Moon

27th Holocaust Memorial Day

27th World Leprosy Day

28th KFC T20 Cricket Australia v Sri Lanka (MELB)

28th NSW Back to School

28th SA Back to School

29th VIC Back to School

29th QLD Back to School

31st Dec / Jan Could Be A Caxton Entries close

TBC Doggie Night at Moonlight Cinema (SYD)

1-28th FebFast

1st Ovarian Cancer Research Month

1st CBA Series Cricket Australia v West Indies (Wacca)

3rd CBA Series Cricket Australia v West Indies (Wacca)

2nd Groundhog Day

3rd Sydney Morning Herald Cole Classic (Manly)

3rd Superbowl (USA)

3rd ACT Back to School

4th WA Back to School

4th Berry Food and Wine Show (NSW)

4th World Cancer Day (WHO)

4th Alice Cooper’s birthday

5th TAS Back to School

5th AIMIA: 9th Future of Digital Advertising

6th CBA Series Cricket Australia v West Indies (ACT)

6th D&AD Awards Deadline

6th Waitangi Day (NZ)

6th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

8th CBA Series Cricket Australia v West Indies (SCG)

8th Perth International Arts Festival – Ends 02/3

8th Gary Coleman’s birthday

9th SYD Autumn Racing Carnival Starts – Ends 27/04

10th CBA Series Cricket Australia v West Indies (MCG)

10th 55th Grammy Awards

10th Mardi Gras Festival (SYD) - Ends 3/03

10th Sydney Chinese New Year; Year of the Snake

FEB 2013 Sport

Advertising Industry

Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertain-

ment

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

11-19th Random Acts of Kindness Week

13th KFC T20 Cricket Australia v West Indies (Gabba)

13th Jerry Springer’s birthday

15th Matt Groening’s birthday

15th ABC Circulation Results Oct-Dec released

15th Adelaide Fringe Festival – Ends 17/03

15th Super Rugby Union Season begins

16th Cathy Freeman’s birthday

17th Paris Hilton and Michael Jordan birthdays

17th Tropfest

17th Birthday of Louisa Lawson (1848) "Mother of Suffrage in NSW“

17th Banjo Paterson’s birthday (1864)

17th Barry Humphries ‘s birthday

18th President’s Day (USA)

19th Pisces astrological sign (ends 20/03)

22nd World Thinking Day

22nd Steve Irwin ‘s birthday

22nd NSW Boardies Day Surf Life Saving Australia

24th 85th Academy Awards

25th Full Moon

28th Clipsal 500 Adelaide (ends 03/3)

TBC Dec/Jan Could Be a Caxton Winners Announced

MAR 2013 1st Justin Bieber turns 19

1st Cannes: Creative Effectiveness entries close

1st ADL Autumn Racing Carnival Starts – ends 1/05

1st NRL Season begins

1-17th Melbourne Wine & Food Festival

2nd Mardi Gras Parade

3rd Clean Up Australia Day

4th Labour Day (WA)

7th Russell Crow’s birthday

8th International Women’s Day

8-25th Sculpture by the Sea (Perth)

8-12th Canberra Festival; Canberra turns 100

9th World Naked Bike Ride

9-10th Audi SYDNEY Harbour Regatta

10th Steven Seagal’s birthday

10-16th World Glaucoma Week

11th Labour Day (VIC) 8 Hours Day (TAS)

11th Adelaide Cup Day

14th Pi Day

14-17th World’s Greatest Shave Week

14-17th F1 Australian Grand Prix (MELB)

15th The Ides of March

15th Fabio turns 52

15th World Consumer Rights Day: 2013 theme: Consumer Justice Now!

17th St Patrick's Day

18-24th L’Oreal Fashion Festival (Melb)

20th Equinox Southern Autumnal and Northern Vernal

20th UN's International Day of Happiness

20-24th Intl. Flower & Garden Show (MELB) – Ends 01/04

21st Aries astrological sign (ends 20/04)

21st Royal Easter Show (ends 3/04)

21st Oxfam: Close the Gap day

22nd William Shatner turns 82

22nd AFL Season begins

22nd UN’s World Water Day

23rd Archibald Wynne and Sulman Prizes

24th Palm Sunday

26th Leonard Nimoy (Dr Spock) turns 82

26th Australian Surf Life Saving Championship (GC)

27th World Theatre Day

27th Full Moon

27th International Comedy Festival (MELB) - Ends 21/04

27th Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (ends 7/04)

28th Lady Gaga turns 27

28th Vic School Holidays start (back on 15/04)

29th Good Friday / Easter 2013

30st Earth Hour

31st Feb/Mar Could be a Caxton entries close

TBC TASTE Food Festival (Syd)

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertain-

ment

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

APR 2013 1st April Fools Day

1st Change your smoke alarm battery day

2nd Passover

2nd International Children’s Book Day

2nd World Autism Awareness Day

4th International Carrot Day

4th Heath Ledger’s birthday

5-14th National Youth Week

6th Golden Slipper Rosehill (NSW)

6th International Pillow Fight Day

7th Daylight Savings Ends

7th WHO World Health Day

7th Cooly Classic Coolangatta Ocean Swim

7th Russell Crowe’s birthday

8-12th Mercedes-Benz Australian Fashion Week (SYD)

8-14th Golf: US Masters

9th Hugh Hefner’s birthday

10th Steven Seagal’s birthday

12-21st Food Week Orange (NSW)

13th Alice Springs Cup Carnival – Ends 6/05

13th Alan Jones’ birthday

15th Canberra Wine Harvest Festival

15th NT, QLD, VIC, School Term 2 starts

16th World Voice Day

20th Miranda Kerr’s birthday

21st Queen Elizabeth 2nd turns 87

21st World Creativity and Innovation Day

21st Taurus astrological sign (ends 20/05)

21st Iggy Pop’s birthday

22nd Earth Day

22nd Daniel Johns turns 34

22nd Jack Nicholson’s birthday

22nd World Water Day

23rd World Book Night

24th Sydney Comedy Festival – Ends 12/05

24th Admin Professionals Day (or Secretary’s Day)

25th ANZAC Day

25th Full Moon

27th Save the Frogs Day

29th ACT , SA, NSW School Term 2 starts

29th International Dance Day

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertain-

ment

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

MAY 2013 1st May Day

2nd Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Racing Carnival

3rd World Press Freedom Day

3-4th Kentucky Derby (USA)

4th International Firefighters Day

4th Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You)

4-5th Wild Endurance 100km Blue Mountains Trek

4-5th Narooma Oyster Festival

5th Save Lives Clean Your Hands

6th Labour Day (QLD) or May Day (NT)

6th WA , TAS School Term 2 starts

7-11th International Ideas Week

8th David Attenborough’s birthday

8th World Red Cross Day

10th ABC Circulation Results Jan-Mar released

10th Bono’s Birthday (aka Paul Bono Hewson)

11th Random Huggers Day

12th World Fair Trade Day

12th Mothers’ Day

12th International Nurse’s Day

13-19th National Volunteer Week

15th International Day of Families

18th Eurovision Finals

18th International Museum Day

18-19th The North Face 100, Blue Mountains (NSW)

20-26th Writers Festival (SYD)

21st Gemini Astrological sign (ends 20/06)

21st Mr T’s birthday

22nd International day of Biological Diversity

22nd World Goth Day

23rd World Turtle Day

24th National Walk Safely to School Day

25th Full Moon

26th Sorry Day

26th Tennis French Open begins (ends 9/06)

27th Memorial Day USA

27th Wayne Carey’s birthday

28th World Hunger Day

28th Kylie Minogue’s birthday

30th Pro Hart’s birthday (died 2006)

31st 65 Roses Day (Cystic Fibrosis)

31st World No-Tobacco Day

31st Apr/May Could be a Caxton entries close

31st Melbourne International Jazz Festival (ends 09/06)

TBC TV Week Logies

TBC Media Federation Awards: Call for entries

TBC D&AD Awards

TBC Biggest Morning Tea (Cancer Council)

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

JUN 2013 1st International Children’s day

3rd Foundation Day (WA)

5th Lara Bingle turns 26

5th World Environment Day

5th Adelaide Cabaret Festival (SA) commences

5th Rugby League: State of Origin – Match One

5-9th Melbourne Boat Show

5-16th Sydney Film Festival

7-10th Good Food & Wine Show (MELBOURNE)

8th Parkes Picnic Races

10th Queens Birthday (NSW, SA, VIC, ATC, NT)

w/c 14th Apr/May Could be a Caxton Winners announced

14th World Blood Donor Day

14th Donald Trump’s birthday

14-16th SKYCITY Triple Crown, V8 Supercars Championship Series, (DARWIN)

16 -22nd Cannes Lions

20th Nicole Kidman turns 46

20th UN World Refugee Day

20th International Surfing Day

21st Cancer astrological sign (Ends 22/07)

21st Prince William’s birthday

22nd Australia v British and Irish Lions – 1st Test

22nd Winter Magic Festival Katoomba (NSW)

22nd Last day of school term 2 (QLD)

23rd Full Moon

23rd UN Public Service Day

24th Wimbledon Championships commence

26th International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking

26th Rugby League: State of Origin – Match Two

26-30th Glastonbury Festival (UK)

28th Last day of school term 2 (NSW & VIC)

28th Red Nose Day

28-30th Good Food & Wine Show (SYDNEY)

29th Australia v British and Irish Lions – 2nd Test

29th Tour de France starts (ends 21/07)

29th Melbourne Magic Festival (ends 13/07)

30th End of Financial Year (EoFYS)

TBC Hunter Valley Food & Wine month

TBC Manly Food and Wine and Sustainability Festival (NSW)

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

JUL 2013 3rd Tom Cruise’s birthday

4th Independence Day US

5th Last day of school term 2 (SA)

5-15th Grafton July Racing Carnival (NSW)

6th Dalai Lama turns 78

6th Geoffrey Rush turns 62

6th International Kissing Day

6th Australia v British and Irish Lions – 3rd Test

6th Wimbledon Women’s Finals

6th International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship; it's Spit-tacular!!

6 -7th Gold Coast Marathon

6-14th Running of the Bulls (Spain)

7th Wimbledon Men’s Finals

9th First day of school term 3 (QLD)

9th Ramadan commences

10 -14th England v Australia (1st Ashes Test)

11th World Population Day

14th Bastille Day France

15th First day of school term 3 (NSW & VIC)

17th Rugby League: State of Origin – Match Three

18 -22nd England v Australia (2nd Ashes Test)

19-21st Good Food & Wine Show (PER)

20th First Moon Landing

22nd Full Moon

22nd First day of school term 3 (SA)

23rd Leo astrological sign (ends 22/08)

25th International Film Festival (MELB) (ends 11/08)

26th Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville (ends 03/08)

28th National Tree Day (Planet Ark)

28th World Hepatitis Day

29th The Rocks Aroma Festival (SYD)

31st June / July Could Be a Caxton entries close

TBC Media Federation Awards: Deadline

TBC State of Design Festival (MELB)

TBC Splendor in the Grass (Woodford, QLD)

TBC Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week

TBC Hunter Valley Gardens Chocolate Festival

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

AUG 2013 1st Horse’s birthday – Southern Hemisphere

1-31st Fireside Festival (ACT)

1-5th England v Australia (3rd Ashes Test)

1-8th World Breastfeeding Week

2-4th Byron Bay Writers Festival

4th Mission Australia Winter Sleepout

4th Barack Obama turns 52

5th Bank Holiday NSW

5th Picnic Day (NT)

5th Friendship Day

7th Ramadan ends

8-17th Royal Show – EKKA (QLD)

w/c 9th Jun/July Could be a Caxton Winners announced

9th Intl. Day of the World’s Indigenous People

9 -13th England v Australia (4th Ashes Test)

10 -18th National Science Week

11th Sun Herald City to Surf

12th (UN) International Youth Day (Madrid)

13th International Left Handers’ Day

12-14th Iron Ore Expo (WA)

14th Royal Show Holiday (QLD)

15th ABC Circulation Results Apr-Jun released

16 -18th Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

17 – 23rd Children’s Book Week

19th Cupcake Day for RSPCA

19–25th Keep Australia Beautiful Week

21st Full Moon

21-25th England v Australia (5th Ashes Test)

22nd Writers Festival (MELB) (ends 01/09)

23rd Virgo astrological sign (ends 23/09)

23rd Titanic is found in 1985

25–31st Hearing Awareness Week

27th Tennis: US Open begins (ends 10/09)

29th Noosa Jazz Festival (ends 1/09)

TBC Helpmann Awards

TBC 40 Hour Famine

TBC Daffodil Day

TBC City to Surf (PER)

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

SEP 2013 1st Start of Spring

1-7th Legacy Week

2nd Fathers Day

3rd Australian National Flag Day

6-14th Royal Show (ADEL)

8th World Literacy Day

8th Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV (1966)

8-9th Brisbane Festival

10th World Suicide Prevention Day

10th James Packer turns 46

13-29th Oz Asia Festival (ADEL)

15th International Day of Democracy

15th Victorian Spring Racing Carnival starts (ends 25/11)

17th Baz Luhrmann turns 51

19th International Talk Like A Pirate Day

19th Full Moon

21st VIC School Holidays begin (back 7/10)

21st World Alzheimers Day

21st World Gratitude Day

21st Day of Peace

21st Oktoberfest begins (ends 6/10)

21st QLD School Holidays begin (back 08/10)

21st NSW School Holidays begin (back 08/10)

22nd Sydney Running Festival

22nd Royal Show MELB (ends 2/10)

22nd World Carfree Day

22nd Elephant Appreciation Day

22nd World Carfree Day

23rd Libra astrological sign (ends 22/10)

26th Beatles release album ‘Abbey Road’ (1969)

26th Melbourne Fringe Festival (ends 14/10)

26th World School Milk Day

28th Brownlow Medal

28th AFL Grand Final

28th World Rabies Day

29th World Heart Day

29th NRL Grand Final

30th Queen’s Birthday (WA)

30th Aug / September Could Be a Caxton entries close

30th Melbourne Golf Presidents Cup (ends 6/10)

TBC Gold Coast 600

TBC Spring Festival of Flowers Hunter Valley

TBC Effie Awards

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

OCT 2013 1-31st Breast Cancer Awareness Month

1-31st Cancer Council Girls Night In

1-31st Ocsober (Alcohol Reduction)

1-31st Crave Sydney International Food Festival

1st World Vegetarian Day

4th International Lesbian Day

4th Jeans for Genes Day

4th RSPCA Happy Tails Day

5th World Teachers Day

5th World Smile Day

6th Daylight savings begin

7th Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA)

7th Queen’s Birthday (QLD)

7th Perth International Golf Championships

8th World Ironman

w/c 9th Aug /Sept Could Be a Caxton winner announced

10th World Mental Health Day

12th R U OK? Day

12th Hugh Jackman turns 45

13th Bathurst 1000

16th National Ride to Work Day

16th World Food Day

17th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

18-20th Phillip Island Jazz Festival (VIC)

18-20th Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix

19th Full Moon

20th Coolangatta Gold

21st Kim Kardashian turns 32

23rd Scorpio astrological sign (ends 21/11)

24th Royal Hobart Show (Public Holiday)

26th Jazz in the Vines (Hunter Valley)

28th Pink Ribbon Day

30th Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival (ends 3/11)

31st Halloween

TBC Sculpture by the Sea (SYD)

TBC Melbourne International Arts Festival

TBC Medibank Melbourne Marathon

TBC V8 Supercar Challenge

TBC Caxton Seminar and Awards

TBC Canteen Bandana Day

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

NOV 2013 1 -30th Movember

1-30th International Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

1st All Saints Day

1st World Vegan Day

1-3rd Taste at the Bay Food & Wine Festival Nelsons Bay (NSW)

2-9th Melbourne Carnival

3rd Islamic New Year

4th Hunter Valley Uncorked at Balmoral

5th Melbourne Cup

8th Louvre opened in Paris (1793)

8th ABC Circulation results Jul-Sep released

8-10th Good Food & Wine Show (BRIS)

11th Remembrance Day

11-17th National Recycling Week

13th National Kindness Day

14th World Diabetes Day

16th International day for Tolerance

16-23rd Schoolies - Week 1 (QLD)

17th Full Moon

19th World Toilet Day

19th International Men’s Day

20th Universal Children’s Day

21st World Hello Day

21-25th England v Australia (1st Ashes Test)

22nd Sagittarius astrological sign (ends 21/12)

22nd National Go Home On Time Day

22-24th Queenscliff Music Festival

23rd Schoolies - Week 2 (NSW & VIC; ends 1/12)

24th Buy Nothing Day

25th White Ribbon Day - Violence against Women

27th Hanukkah (ends 5/12)

29th Queens Bohemian Rhapsody goes to number 1 in the UK (1975)

30th Oct / Nov Could Be a Caxton entries close

30th Schoolies - Week 3 (NSW & VIC; ends 8/12)

TBC ARIAS

TBC City of Sydney Peace Prize

TBC Wine, Roses and all that Jazz (ACT)

TBC Phillip Island Jazz Festival (VIC)

TBC Media Federation Awards

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

DEC 2013 1st World AIDS Day

1st Woody Allen’s birthday

1st Start of Summer

2nd Britney Spears Birthday

2nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3rd International Day of Disabled Persons

5th International Day of The Ninja

5-9th England v Australia (2nd Ashes Test)

7th International Civil Aviation Day

9th World Anti Corruption Day

10th Human Rights Day

10th International Animal Rights Day

10th World Plain English Day

11th Oct / Nov Could Be a Caxton Winners announced

12th Last day of school for NT (back 22/01)

13th Last day of school for QLD & SA (back 27/01)

13-17th England v Australia (3rd Ashes Test)

17th Full Moon

19th Last day of school for WA & TAS (back 2/02)

20th Last day of school for NSW, VIC & ACT (back 27/01; ACT back 30/01 )

21st Solstice – Southern Summer and Northern Winter

22nd Capricorn astrological sign (Ends 20/01)

25th Christmas Day

26th Boxing Day

26th Cricket Boxing Day Test (VIC)

Sport Advertising

Industry Event

Event, Day of

significance

Cultural / Entertainm

ent

Celebrity / Historical

dates

Charity/ Cause

related

26th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

26-30th England v Australia (4th Ashes Test)

27th Taste Festival (Ends 02/01) TAS

31st New Years Eve

31st Falls Festival Lorne (VIC & TAS)

TBC B&T Awards (may also be held late November)

TBC Bondi to Bronte Swim (held Dec 02 in 2012)

TBC Carols in the Domain (SYD)

TBC Emirates Australian Open