May 2026 calendar
Holidays, religious days, the sky, sports, elections and more, with sources.
May 2026
181 events
| Date | Event | When | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1Fri | Buddha PurnimaTentativeReligion · Buddhism | – | annual | WikipediaComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago |
| BeltaneReligion · Pagan and Wiccan | – | annual | Wheel of the YearComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| Full moon: Flower MoonSky · Moon phases · 12:23 pm CT | – | monthly | NASAComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| 450th anniversary: Stephen Báthory and Anna Jagiellon were crowned as the elected rulers of the...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage MonthObservances · Heritage months · to May 31 | – | annual | Library of Congress and partnersComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| International Workers Day (Italy)Holidays · Italy · Italy | Italy | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| International Workers' Day (Sweden)Holidays · Sweden · Sweden | Sweden | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| International Workers' Day (Ukraine)Holidays · Ukraine · Ukraine | Ukraine | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Argentina)Holidays · Argentina · Argentina | Argentina | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Brazil)Holidays · Brazil · Brazil | Brazil | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (China)Holidays · China · China | China | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (France)Holidays · France · France | France | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Germany)Holidays · Germany · Germany | Germany | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Kenya)Holidays · Kenya · Kenya | Kenya | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Mexico)Holidays · Mexico · Mexico | Mexico | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Norway)Holidays · Norway · Norway | Norway | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (South Korea)Holidays · South Korea · South Korea | South Korea | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Spain)Holidays · Spain · Spain | Spain | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| May Day (Poland)Holidays · Poland · Poland | Poland | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Workers' Day (Nigeria)Holidays · Nigeria · Nigeria | Nigeria | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Workers' Day (South Africa)Holidays · South Africa · South Africa | South Africa | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| MN DNR: Bear hunt lottery deadlineOutdoors · Hunting · Minnesota | Minnesota | annual | Minnesota DNR | 5 mo ago | |
| Vesak, the Day of the Full MoonObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago | |
| May 2Sat | 2026 Kentucky DerbySports · Horse racing · Churchill Downs, Louisville | Churchill Downs, Louisville | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Minnebar20Data and AI · Conferences · Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN; Minnestar | annual | Minnestar | 5 mo ago | |
| Twelfth Day of RidvanReligion · Baha’i | – | annual | Baha’i World CentreComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| World Tuna DayObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago | |
| May 3Sun | World Press Freedom DayObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago |
| Constitution Day (Poland)Holidays · Poland · Poland | Poland | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| May 4Mon | 250th anniversary: American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| 400th anniversary: Having been appointed the director-general of New Netherland, Peter Minuit...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Met Gala 2026Culture · Events · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| IBM Think 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 7 · Boston, MA | Boston, MA; IBM | annual | IBM | 5 mo ago | |
| Early May Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)Holidays · United Kingdom · United Kingdom | United Kingdom | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Greenery Day (Japan)Holidays · Japan · Japan | Japan | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| May Day (Ireland)Holidays · Ireland · Ireland | Ireland | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Palantir earnings (Q1 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | Palantir (PLTR) | quarterly | Quarterly | 5 mo ago | |
| May 5Tue | ServiceNow Knowledge 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 7 · Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV; ServiceNow | annual | ServiceNow | 5 mo ago |
| Children's Day (Japan)Holidays · Japan · Japan | Japan | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Children's Day (South Korea)Holidays · South Korea · South Korea | South Korea | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Lag BaOmerReligion · Judaism | – | annual | HebcalComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| Cinco de MayoObservances · Days | – | annual | WikipediaComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| World Portuguese Language DayObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago | |
| AMD earnings (Q1 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | AMD (AMD) | quarterly | Quarterly | 5 mo ago | |
| Shopify earnings (Q1 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | Shopify (SHOP) | quarterly | Quarterly | 5 mo ago | |
| May 6Wed | Eta Aquariids meteor shower peakSky · Meteor showers | – | annual | International Meteor OrganizationComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago |
| 50th anniversary: An earthquake struck Northern ItalyHistory · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| AWS Summit Singapore 2026Data and AI · Conferences · Singapore, Singapore | Singapore, Singapore; Amazon Web Services | annual | Amazon Web Services | 5 mo ago | |
| Code with Claude San Francisco 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 7 · San Francisco, CA | San Francisco, CA; Anthropic | annual | Anthropic | 5 mo ago | |
| Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)Holidays · Japan · Japan | Japan | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| 225th anniversary: French Revolutionary Wars: The 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo was captured by...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Uber earnings (Q1 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | Uber (UBER) | quarterly | Quarterly | 5 mo ago | |
| May 7Thu | 1675th anniversary: Jews in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina rebelled against the rule of...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| AWS Summit Stockholm 2026Data and AI · Conferences · Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden; Amazon Web Services | annual | Amazon Web Services | 5 mo ago | |
| Labour Day (Egypt)Holidays · Egypt · Egypt | Egypt | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| 2026 Scottish Parliament electionPolitics · Elections worldwide · Scotland | Scotland | every few years | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Gary Cooper, born 1901 (125 years)People · Birth anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| CoreWeave earnings (Q1 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | CoreWeave (CRWV) | quarterly | Quarterly | 5 mo ago | |
| Datadog earnings (Q1 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | Datadog (DDOG) | quarterly | Quarterly | 5 mo ago | |
| May 8Fri | 50th anniversary: Great American Revolution opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, CaliforniaHistory · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Victory day over Nazism in World War II (Ukraine)Holidays · Ukraine · Ukraine | Ukraine | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| Victory in Europe Day (France)Holidays · France · France | France | annual | Nager.Date | 5 mo ago | |
| David Attenborough, born 1926 (100 years)People · Birth anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World WarObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago | |
| May 9Sat | Minnesota fishing openerOutdoors · Fishing · Minnesota waters | Minnesota waters | annual | Minnesota DNR | 5 mo ago |
| 2026 Giro d'ItaliaSports · Cycling · to May 31 · Bulgaria to Rome | Bulgaria to Rome | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Take a Mom Fishing WeekendOutdoors · Fishing · to May 10 · Statewide | Statewide | annual | Minnesota DNR | 5 mo ago | |
| Last quarter moonSky · Moon phases · 4:11 pm CT | – | monthly | NASAComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago | |
| 25th anniversary: Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| Glenda Jackson, born 1936 (90 years)People · Birth anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| World Migratory Bird DayObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago | |
| May 10Sun | Mother’s Day (US)Observances · Days | – | annual | US CodeComputed (rule) | 5 mo ago |
| 225th anniversary: First Barbary War: The Barbary corsairs of Tripoli declared war on the United...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago | |
| International Day of ArganiaObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 5 mo ago | |
| May 11Mon | Gartner Data & Analytics Summit London 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 13 · London, England, United Kingdom | London, England, United Kingdom; Gartner | annual | Gartner | 4 mo ago |
| Red Hat Summit 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 14 · Atlanta, GA | Atlanta, GA; Red Hat | annual | Red Hat | 4 mo ago | |
| SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 13 · Orlando, FL | Orlando, FL; SAP | annual | SAP | 4 mo ago | |
| Web Summit Vancouver 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 14 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Web Summit | annual | Web Summit | 4 mo ago | |
| May 12Tue | 100th anniversary: The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald Amundsen, became the...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| 2026 Cannes Film FestivalCulture · Film festivals · to May 23 · Cannes | Cannes | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| International Day of Plant HealthObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 4 mo ago | |
| May 13Wed | AWS Summit Sydney 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 14 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Amazon Web Services | annual | Amazon Web Services | 4 mo ago |
| Cisco earnings (Q3 FY2026)Economy · Earnings | Cisco (CSCO) | quarterly | Quarterly | 4 mo ago | |
| May 14Thu | Ascension DayReligion · Christianity | – | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | 4 mo ago |
| 2026 PGA ChampionshipSports · Golf · to May 17 · Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania | Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| Ascension Day (France)Holidays · France · France | France | annual | Nager.Date | 4 mo ago | |
| Ascension Day (Germany)Holidays · Germany · Germany | Germany | annual | Nager.Date | 4 mo ago | |
| Ascension Day (Netherlands)Holidays · Netherlands · Netherlands | Netherlands | annual | Nager.Date | 4 mo ago | |
| Ascension Day (Norway)Holidays · Norway · Norway | Norway | annual | Nager.Date | 4 mo ago | |
| Ascension Day (Sweden)Holidays · Sweden · Sweden | Sweden | annual | Nager.Date | 4 mo ago | |
| 75th anniversary: Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| May 15Fri | AI Engineer Singapore 2026Data and AI · Conferences · to May 17 · Singapore, Singapore | Singapore, Singapore; AI Engineer with 65Labs | annual | AI Engineer with 65Labs | 4 mo ago |
| Data Tech 2026Data and AI · Conferences · Richfield, MN | Richfield, MN; MinneAnalytics | annual | MinneAnalytics | 4 mo ago | |
| 25th anniversary: A runaway train loaded with hazardous chemicals traveled driverless for 66...History · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| International Day of FamiliesObservances · UN international days | – | annual | United Nations | 4 mo ago | |
| May 16Sat | New moonSky · Moon phases · 3:01 pm CT | – | monthly | NASAComputed (rule) | 4 mo ago |
| 2026 Preakness StakesSports · Horse racing · Laurel Park, Maryland | Laurel Park, Maryland | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| 600th anniversary: Mohnyin Thado captured Sagaing to become the king of Ava, in present-day MyanmarHistory · Anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| Eurovision Song Contest 2026 finalCulture · Music · Vienna | Vienna | every few years | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago | |
| Janet Jackson, born 1966 (60 years)People · Birth anniversaries | – | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
Sources: official schedules and published calendars, linked on every event; computed dates name their rule. Refreshed nightly.