Calendar of Redhead Events 2026
Here it is! The annual list of events that allow you to celebrate your gingerness with your fellow redheads. From performances, to pints, and pizzas – plan your year right here!
World Redhead Day – 26 May 2026
To celebrate less than 2% of the world’s population, the day has been dedicated to empowering redheads all over the globe, and is recognised in the day of the year calendar.
Redhead Sicily – 2026 event TBA
This festival usually takes on the coast of Marsala in Sicily. This event greets you with, not only the picturesque views of the ocean, but also games, music, stalls, and competitions.
This event last ran in May 2024, with a 2026 date to be confirmed by organisers.
Redhead Days (Roodharigendag), Netherlands – 28-30 August 2026
The most famous (and largest) ginger gathering of all. This late summertime festival is held in Tilburg, Netherlands. The festival focuses on art, lectures, music and demonstrations connected to red hair.
The festival was founded by the Dutch artist Bart Rouwenhorst, who advertised his need for ginger models back in 2005. Instead of the 15 he asked for, 150 redheads volunteered. The group took part in a photoshoot, and for years later, the tradition continued. There you have it! Roodharigendag!
Ginger Cat Appreciation Day – 1 September 2026
No word of a lie, the USA has officially dedicated a day of the year to celebrate the ginger felines in our lives. This day appreciates the unique beauty and orange coat of ginger cats!
Night of the Walking Red – Troy, New York – (2026 event TBC, usually October)
[Image: Andy Kainz & Neil Grabowsky]
The concrete jungle where your dreams are made of! The League of Extraordinary Redheads hosts a ‘Night of the Walking Red’ pretty much every year, held in Troy, New York. There are drinks, games, and food available to all of the guests. There is also an opportunity to witness lectures and have your photos taken on a red (of course) carpet!
Redhead Celebration Day on the Hellerick’s Family Farm, Pennsylvania – (2026 event TBC, expected November)
Every year, the Hellerick’s family of (mostly) redheads use their farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to host Redhead Celebration Day. Guests are to be greeted with a photoshoot on the ‘Orange Carpet’, drinks, food, plenty of activities, a ‘Goat Experience’, sunflower fields, and live music!
Love Your Red Hair Day – 5 November 2026:
This day is recognised as an international celebration day. It is dedicated to appreciating those with red hair, whether you consider it to be auburn, ginger, burgundy, or red – this one is for every single one of you!
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Past redhead events:
- Redhead Day Germany by MC1R magazine: Redheads from all over Germany gathered in the city of Hamburg for “Redhead Day Germany”! From a big group photo to getting to know each other, redheads enjoyed basking in each other’s gingerness.
- Festival des Ch’tis Roux: This festival took place in Arras, a city in northern France. The event hosted fashion shows, a ‘redheads got talent’ competition, stalls, music, and great food.
- Redhead Day UK: A gingertastic all-day event taking place in London, welcoming redheads from all over the world to its stalls, live music, comedy, games and more. The mission was simple: celebrate red hair and everything that makes gingers unique.
- Irish Redhead Convention: Raising money for the Irish Cancer Society, the Convention gathered more and more natural redheads every year, coming together in Crosshaven, Cork. With activities including carrot tossing, a redhead parade, live music and an award for the best dressed redhead, there was always fun for all the family.
- Ginger Pride Parade: Armed with sunscreen and souls, dozens of redheads marched through Rome’s city centre in Georgia, waving flags of gingerful shades and brandishing signs of pride for their red hair.
- Ginger Pride Rally, Melbourne: Established by Buderim Ginger and supported by R.A.N.G.A. (Red And Nearly Ginger Association), 2016’s Ginger Pride Rally was Australia’s first redhead event of its kind, complete with ginger beer sampling, beer pong and live music.
- Redhead Event: Aaaalmost breaking Redhead Days’ world record in 2013, the Redhead Event reeled in gingers aplenty in the centre of Portland, USA.
- Rossitalia: Taking place on the last Sunday of May since 2012, the glamorous surrounds of Milan, Italy set the backdrop for redheads to gather, mingle and celebrate their ginger hair, all wearing white.
- Redhead Days Chicago: An affiliate of the world-renowned Redhead Days event in the Netherlands.
- National Meeting of Natural Redheads: Hundreds of redheads of all ages met for two days in Porto Alegre, Brazil to celebrate their rare hair colour.
- Gingerfest: Running for five years, this event in Boise, Idaho celebrated all elements of gingerness with family-friendly games, including 99 Red Balloons, Bowling for Inmates and the Strawberry Shortcake Walk.
- Redhead Day Georgia: Dozens of redheads and their appreciators congregated together to celebrate ginger hair and everything that goes with it. The free event hosted ginger-themed games, competitions and surprises for all ages, and even the crowning of Mr and Mrs Redhead Day!