National Soul Food Month (The yearly recognition grew out of the “Grits and Green Conferences” developed and produced by the [Culinary Historians of Chicago] in 2000 and 2001).
June was temporarily National Seafood Month a few years ago as a marketing experiment, but was moved back to its original month, October.
VARIABLE DATE EVENTS
DAYS
1st day of Summer (June 20, 2025). Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. It is the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere. (can be June 20 or 21)
Father's Day: Cook your father his favorite meal today. (3rd Sunday - June 15, 2025)
Family Health & Fitness Day (June 14, 2025 - 2nd Sat) [National Recreation & Park Association] Promotes the importance of parks and recreation in keeping communities healthy and active.
National Moonshine Day (June 5, 2025 - 1st Thurs - some sources say it is always on June 5)
World Tapas Day (June 19, 2025, 3rd Thurs) (Designated by Spain's Tourism Institute in 2016) (Tapas: Magic Mouthfulls)
Denmark: Jyllinge Eel Festival (June 7, 2025 - 1st Sat in June) Festival celebrated since 1968. Every restaurant in town serves fried eel. (Eel Trivia & Facts --- Eel Recipes)
Japan: Day of the Rice God (June 1, 2025 - 1st Sun) Annual rice-transplanting festival. Shinto rice god Wbai-sama. (Rice Trivia --- Rice Recipes)
Capitol Hill Ocean Week (June 3-4, 2025) [National Marine Sanctuary Foundation] Explore the ocean-climate connection and how we can make ocean conservation part of climate strategies and nationally determined contributions to address climate change.
[National Pollinator Week] (June 16-22, 2025) Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food.
June is a very big month for Food Festivals of all kinds: Barbecue, Chicken, Food Truck, Peach, Strawberry, Watermelon, Beer & Wine and many others. See Food Festivals section for over 9,000 festivals!
