Face calendar
Beard days and championships, eyewear fairs, sight days and the festivals of face paint.
November 2026
1 to 30 Nov 2026MovemberA month of growing moustaches to raise money and talk about men's health, begun in Melbourne in 2003.
15 Nov 2026Gillette safety razor patentOn 15 November 1904 King Camp Gillette was granted a US patent for a safety razor with a thin, throwaway blade.
about 17 to 24 Nov 2026Pushkar Fair moustache contestRajasthan's camel fair at Pushkar, which ends on Kartik Purnima, includes a moustache competition among its events.
15 Nov 2026Gillette safety razor patentOn 15 November 1904 King Camp Gillette was granted a US patent for a safety razor with a thin, throwaway blade.
about 17 to 24 Nov 2026Pushkar Fair moustache contestRajasthan's camel fair at Pushkar, which ends on Kartik Purnima, includes a moustache competition among its events.
February 2027
March 2027
1 to 31 Mar 2027Mustache MarchA United States Air Force tradition: airmen grow moustaches through March, in memory of a famous fighter pilot.
6 Mar 2027Maha ShivaratriThe great night of Shiva, when devotees fast, keep vigil and wear three lines of sacred ash across the forehead.
11 to 13 Mar 2027Vision ExpoNorth America's main eyewear and eye care trade show. In 2027 it is held in Las Vegas, 11 to 13 March.
22 Mar 2027HoliThe spring festival of colours, when people across India and beyond smear coloured powder on each other's faces.
23 Mar 2027World Optometry DayA day on 23 March for the optometrists who test eyes and fit glasses and contact lenses.
27 Mar 2027World Theatre DayA day for theatre on 27 March, and for the stage make-up traditions of Kabuki, Peking opera and Kathakali.
August 2027
4 Aug 2027Hariyali TeejThe monsoon festival of Teej, when women in north India dress in green and wear bridal adornment for Parvati.
9 Aug 2027International Day of the World's Indigenous PeoplesThe UN day for Indigenous peoples, 9 August, a time when many face-marking traditions are being revived.
about 21 to 22 Aug 2027World Beard and Moustache ChampionshipsThe biennial world contest for styled facial hair, with classes from the Dalí moustache to the Garibaldi beard. Blackpool hosts in 2027.September 2027
4 Sept 2027World Beard DayAn informal day for beards, kept on the first Saturday of September by barbers, beard clubs and the bearded.
about 11 to 17 Sept 2027GuérewolThe Wodaabe courtship gathering in Niger, where young men paint their faces and dance to be chosen by women.
24 to 27 Sept 2027SILMO ParisThe Paris optics and eyewear fair, with its Silmo d'Or awards. 24 to 27 September 2027, its 60th anniversary edition.
30 Sept to 8 Oct 2027Nine Emperor Gods FestivalA nine-day Taoist festival, best known in Phuket, where spirit mediums pierce their cheeks in street processions.
30 Sept to 8 Oct 2027Nine Emperor Gods FestivalA nine-day Taoist festival, best known in Phuket, where spirit mediums pierce their cheeks in street processions.October 2027
about 9 Oct 2027Sindur KhelaOn the last day of Durga Puja, Bengali married women smear sindoor on the goddess and on each other's faces.
9 to 13 Oct 2027Dashain tikaOn Vijaya Dashami, Nepali elders place a red tika of rice, yoghurt and vermilion on the foreheads of younger relatives.
14 Oct 2027World Sight DayThe second Thursday of October, a world day for eye health, eye tests and access to glasses.
18 Oct 2027Karva ChauthA one-day fast kept by married Hindu women in north India, who dress in bridal finery with sindoor, bindi and jewellery.
22 Oct 2027Jidai MatsuriKyoto's Festival of the Ages, a procession in the dress and make-up of Japan's past, from the Meiji era to the Heian court.
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Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mustache March: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, source
- Pushkar Fair: sheetal saini, CC BY 2.0, source
- Karva Chauth: Iamwiki001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hariyali Teej: Ganesh Paudel at ne.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gangaur: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sindur Khela: Diganta Talukdar, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dashain Tika: Unknown author, CC0, source
- Holi: Jitenderasingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Maha Shivaratri: Navneesh Ramessur, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thaipusam: hams Nocete, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Nine Emperor Gods Festival: Kirill Kay, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Day Of The Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jidai Matsuri: PlusMinus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ash Wednesday: Oxh973, Public domain, source
- World Theatre Day: Agencia de Noticias ANDES, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Safety Razor Patent: Evan-Amos, Public domain, source