Ireland awareness days and key dates

Monday 1 November 2032

• Wexford Festival Opera

  Religious and cultural21 October to 6 November 2032

  Autumn opera festival in Wexford. The 2026 edition, the 75th, runs from 15 to 31 October.

• Stand Up Awareness Week

  Awareness1 to 5 November 2032

  BeLonG To's annual LGBTQ+ anti-bullying week for schools, youth services and Youthreach centres, held each November. In 2026 it runs from 2 to 6 November.

Monday 15 November 2032

• Bereaved Children's Awareness Week (Ireland)

  Awareness15 to 21 November 2032

  Irish Hospice Foundation week supporting children and young people who are grieving, held in November. In 2025 it ran from 17 to 23 November.

Sunday 21 November 2032

• World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

  Awareness

  The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, on the third Sunday of November, remembers people killed and injured on the roads.

Thursday 25 November 2032

• 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

  Awareness25 November to 10 December 2032

  An international campaign running from 25 November to 10 December calling for an end to violence against women and girls.

Friday 26 November 2032

• Black Friday

  Commercial and retail

  The big retail sales day, held the day after US Thanksgiving and now widely marked by UK shops too.