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Events, celebrations, awareness events, saint's days, annual campaigns, major sporting events - UK and global festivities happening in March 2025.
Spring is finally here and we celebrate St. David's Day, St. Patrick's Day, World Book Day and at the end of the month British Summer Time begins.
Here are the key dates and events happening this October in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as around the world.
1st Mar 2025
St. David is the patron saint of Wales, and celebrations include wearing daffodils and leeks, eating traditional Welsh food and wearing Welsh national costume.
– St. David's Day Free Printable Wordsearch
– St. David's Day Crafts & Activities For Kids
3rd Mar 2025
World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people.
3rd Mar to 9th Mar 2025
Celebrate the humble pie in all its glory! From the savoury classics like steak and ale to the sweet sensations of apple or cherry.
4th Mar 2025
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent begins, when people would traditionally use up all their fat and eggs by making pancakes.
6th Mar to 5th Mar 2025
Annual celebration of books and reading celebrated by reading, book related activities and dressing up as characters from books.
– Easy World Book Day Costume Ideas Using Clothes You Already Have
7th Mar 2025
Have a 24-hour respite from technology, to inspire you to have a more healthy life/tech balance. Take an hour or a full day away from technology.
7th Mar to 16th Mar 2025
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. The week aims to to raise awareness, spark enthusiasm and celebrate science, engineering, technology and maths with people of all ages and from all walks of life.
8th Mar 2025
A worldwide celebration of women's rights and celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
More About International Woman's Day
– 10 Books About Amazing, Strong and Brilliant Women For Children
9th Mar 2025
On 9th March 1959, this 11-inch tall bombshell made her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Barbie Day celebrates this ever-popular toy.
– Free Printable Barbie Wordsearches
10th Mar 2025
Mar10 Day, held on 10th March each year is a celebration of the whole Super Mario franchise.
14th Mar 2025
A day for celebrating the wonder of mathematics. The 14th March was chosen because the value of Pi is often taken as 3.14.
17th Mar 2025
Ireland's national day celebrates the Irish patron saint, Patrick. The day is celebrated all around the world with internationally famous parades, as well as by drinking Guinness and decorating everything in green.
– St. Patrick's Day Printable Wordsearch
– 25 St. Patrick's Day Crafts For Kids
17th Mar to 23rd Mar 2025
A whole week of action to raising awareness of the environmental consequences of wasting food, and promoting activities that help to reduce the amount of food we waste.
18th Mar 2025
A day to recognize, and celebrate, the importance recycling plays in preserving our precious primary resources and securing the future of our planet. It is a day for the world to come together and put the planet first.
– Recycling Colouring Pictures
19th Mar 2025
A celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving.
20th Mar 2025
Today is the first day of astronomical spring in the northern hemisphere (Spring or Vernal Equinox). From today the days will get longer.
– Spring Easy & Hard Wordsearches
20th Mar 2025
A celebration of frogs which are are an important indicator of an ecosystem's health and help to keep the ecosystem balanced.
20th Mar 2025
The first day of astronomical autumn in the southern hemisphere (Autumnal Equinox).
– 5 Autumn Outdoor Activities For Kids
– Autumn Wordsearches, Hard & Easy!
21st Mar 2025
The day when people across the land join forces to raise money for brilliant causes in the UK and around the world, by having a good laugh!
– Red Nose Day Crafts, Recipes & Games
21st Mar 2025
A UNESCO day to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.
– Eat The Frog Colouring Picture
21st Mar 2025
A celebration of more than a millennium of music, through concerts, events, and happenings taking place simultaneously across Europe.
21st Mar 2025
A day to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. Every country is encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns.
21st Mar 2025
Nowruz is the Persan New Year which is celebrated on the day of the Spring Equinox. It is celebrated with festivals, parades, food and music in Iran, Azerbaijan and many other countries across Central Asia.
21st Mar 2025
Single Parents Day is a time for single parents to reflect on and celebrate their successes. It?s also a chance for the world to show single parents how much they are valued.
22nd Mar 2025
A day to to promote awareness and to stop cruelty against seal populations around the world. It is also used to promote the conservation of seals and to prevent the extinction of seals due to hunting by humans.
22nd Mar 2025
Organised by the World Wildlife Fund, individuals, organisations and businesses are asked to turn off non-essential electric lights for one hour as a symbol of commitment to the planet.
22nd Mar 2025
This day is about promoting the importance of water to our survival, and highlighting the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water in the world.
24th Mar to 30th Mar 2025
Shakespeare Week is a national annual celebration giving primary school aged children opportunities for enriching and enjoyable early encounters with Shakespeare.
– Shakespeare Printable Puzzles
25th Mar 2025
Organised by The Tolkien Society, to encourage fans to celebrate and promote the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien by reading their favourite passages from his books.
– Lord of the Rings Wordsearch
27th Mar 2025
A UNESCO recognised day for celebrate all aspects of theatre. The aim is to promote theatre in all its forms across the world and to impress on governments, politicians and institutions the financial and cultural importance of theatre.
28th Mar 2025
This fundraising day is in aid of Brain Tumour Research. Wear A Hat Day arrives as the culmination of weeks of awareness and campaigning as part of Brain Tumour Awareness Month.
29th Mar 2025
A day for piano players and lovers to share the joy of the piano. It takes place on the 88th day of the year, for the number of keys on a piano.
30th Mar 2025
Also known as Mothering Sunday, this is the day where we show Mum just how much we love her in the UK. Mothering Sunday was traditionally the day when you returned to the "Mother Church" where you were baptised.
– Mother's Day Wordsearch - Free Printable
30th Mar 2025
Daylight saving begins today, so remember that the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am in the morning.
30th Mar to 10th Mar 2025
A religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. It is celebrated with prayer and different festivities and foods in different countries.
Here are some more important events that are coming soon.