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Category: Hobbies


Highlighting global events about hobbies and interests.

The Hobby Events category celebrates our leisure interests, passions and doing what we love. This category may include sports, cultural activities, cooking, and many other things people like to do when they get to do what they want.

Psychic Week: August 3-9

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Psychic Day (the first Sunday of August) was created in 1965 to market psychic services to potential clients. It has now expanded into Psychic Week, which continues to be observed by various communities....

January

Fiddlers' Convention, Old (US-VA): August...

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The Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Virginia, is a week-long competition and camping event that has been going on annually since 1935. It features live bluegrass music, food, dancing, and good old fash...

January

Bowling Day, Ntl.: August 9

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National Bowling Day in the U.S. celebrates bowling, a game involving lanes, balls, and pins. Various forms of bowling have existed since ancient times. However, the country that invented bowling as we...

January

Polka Day, Ntl.: August 9

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International Polka Day commemorates the polka dance. On this day, people who love polka dance to it. Originating in Eastern Europe, the polka was trendy during the pre-WWII period.

January

Allotments Week, Ntl. (UK): August 11-17 (...

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National Allotments Week encourages each Brit to contribute to society by growing some of their food. Growing your food can be as simple as a kitchen herb garden or a full-scale backyard garden. However,...

January

Play in the Sand Day: August 11

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Play in the Sand Day is an excuse to head to the beach. Build sandcastles, bury their friends in the sand, and make sand angels. Whatever you do, make sure you’re having fun. Beaches throughout the Uni...

January

Sewing Machine Day, Ntl. (1851): August 12

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National Sewing Machine Day celebrates Isaac Merritt Singer's patent number 8294, granted August 12, 1851. This innovation in sewing technology created the first sewing machine that could be used in homes...

January

Jyllinge Festival (DK): August 15-16 (est)

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A SLICE OF DANISH CULTURE: THE JYLLING FESTIVAL The Jyllinge Festival in Denmark is a vibrant cultural event that takes place annually in the small town of Jyllinge, located on the shores of Roskilde Fjo...

January

Leathercraft Day, Ntl.: August 15

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Leather creates various items, from belts and handbags to the sculpture pictured above (our founder purchased it from a street artist in Barcelona, Spain). National Leathercraft Day is an initiative of Ta...

January

Geocaching Day, Intl.: August 16

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International Geocaching Day is the day when treasure hunters (geocachers) all around the world enjoy geocaching. This game involves a GPS (Global Positioning System) device to look for clues and prizes....

January

Roller Coaster Day, Ntl.(1878): August 16

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Roller Coaster Day marks August 16, 1878, the anniversary of the first patent for the roller coaster granted to Richard Knudsen and JG Taylor. Several years later, the first roller coaster built by LaMarc...

January

Photography Day, World (1839): August 19

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On August 19, 1839, the French government purchased the patent for the Daguerreotype process from Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce. His is the invention that made photography possible. Rather th...

January

According to Hoyle Day (1769): August 29

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If you play card games, you've been influenced by Edward Hoyle, who died on this day in 1769. Hoyle published the defining book on rules for various games, "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist," in 1742...

January

App Day, Ntl: December 11

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National App Day celebrates the programs, software, and plug-ins that make our lives easier. The history of apps, short for applications, aligns with the evolution of computing and mobile technology. The...

January

Art, Day Without: December 1

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Created in 1989 as a way for artists, museums, and other cultural institutions to raise awareness about AIDS, Day Without Art (DWA) now attracts thousands of institutions worldwide. It has become part of...

January

Basketball Day, World: December 21

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SWOOOOSH! IT'S WORLD BASKETBALL DAY World Basketball Day is celebrated globally to honor and promote the sport of basketball. It encourages participation at all levels and highlights the sport's positive...

January

Bike Shop Day, Ntl.: December 6

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National Bike Shop Day began in 2017. Its purpose is to bring together independent bike stores across the country and educate the public about the economic, ecological, and health benefits of bicycling. A...

January

Bingo Month, Ntl. (1929): December

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International Bingo Month marks the anniversary of the promotion of the modern game of bingo (the one now associated with church basements), in December 1929, by toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe. First seen a...

January

Card Playing Day: December 28

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Card Playing Day is celebrated in the U.S. each year. Organized by several different groups, including the International Playing Card Society, this is a day to honor and celebrate one of the most promin...

January

Caroling Day, Go Ntl.: December 20

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A few nights before Christmas is Go Caroling Day. Caroling, or wassailing, is an English Christian oral tradition of singing songs and walking the neighborhood passed down from generation to generation. T...

January
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