August 5

Holidays

Alberta Heritage Day (First Monday in August) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
All-American Soap Box Derby (First Saturday in August) Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2023
Bahamas Emancipation Day (First Monday in August) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
Baths of Caracalla (First week in July to second week in August)
Billy the Kid Pageant (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
British Columbia Day (First Monday in August) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
Burkina Faso Independence Day
Croatia Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
Crop Over (Last three weeks in July to first Monday in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2019; Aug 5, 2023
Dog Days (July 3-August 11)
Dublin Irish Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Emancipation Day (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023Celebrated in: Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Florida, Kansas, Puerto Rico, Texas
Feast of the Blessed Sacrament (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Festas Gualterianas (Four days beginning the first Sunday in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2014; Aug 5, 2015; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2019; Aug 5, 2020
Festival Interceltique (First Friday in August until second Sunday in August) Aug 5, 2011; Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2014; Aug 5, 2016; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2019; Aug 5, 2022; Aug 5, 2023
Festival of El Salvador del Mundo (First week in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2014; Aug 5, 2015; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2019; Aug 5, 2020; Aug 5, 2021
First Monday Trade Days (Thursday through Sunday before first Monday of each month) Aug 5, 2011; Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2016; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2022; Aug 5, 2023
Gift of the Waters Pageant (First full weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Great Wardmote of the Woodmen of Arden (First week in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2014; Aug 5, 2015; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2019; Aug 5, 2020; Aug 5, 2021
Grotto Day (August 5; July 25)
Hambletonian Harness Racing Classic (First Saturday in August) Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2023
Icelandic Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Jamaica Independence Day (First Monday in August) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
'Ksan Celebrations (Friday evenings in July and August) Aug 5, 2011; Aug 5, 2016; Aug 5, 2022
Marian Days (First weekend of August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Merengue Festival (Last week in July-first week in August)
Natal Day in Nova Scotia (First Monday in August) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
National Czech Festival (First full weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Nebuta Matsuri (August 2-7)
New Brunswick Day (First Monday in August) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
Oakley Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Sheboygan Bratwurst Days (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Sinjska Alka (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Steinbeck Festival (First week in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2014; Aug 5, 2015; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2019; Aug 5, 2020; Aug 5, 2021
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (First Monday of August through following Sunday) Aug 5, 2013; Aug 5, 2019
Telluride Jazz Festival (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Thjodhatid (First weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Twins Days Festival (First full weekend in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2017; Aug 5, 2018; Aug 5, 2023
Volksfest (First Sunday in August) Aug 5, 2012; Aug 5, 2018

Legal Holidays by Countries

August Holiday	Ireland
August Monday	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Commerce Day	Iceland
Emancipation Day	Dominica, Bahamas, Grenada
Farmers' Day	Zambia
Independence Day	Burkina Faso
J'ouvert	Antigua and Barbuda
Last Lap	Antigua and Barbuda
Victory and Homeland Gratitude Day	Croatia