Hair calendar
Hair days, first-haircut ceremonies, festivals of hair and the shows of the hairdressing world.
November 2026
15 Nov 2026Shichi-Go-SanJapan's "seven-five-three" day for young children, whose first rite, for three-year-olds, was once about letting the hair grow.
about 23 Nov 2026British Hairdressing AwardsThe yearly awards night of British hairdressing at Grosvenor House in London, crowning the British Hairdresser of the Year.
January 2027
11 Jan 2027Coming of Age Day (Japan)Japan's January holiday for those turning adult, when many women wear the furisode kimono with an elaborate updo.
22 Jan 2027Thaipusam at PalaniThe full-moon festival of Murugan in the Tamil month of Thai, when many pilgrims to Palani shave their heads as an offering.February 2027
March 2027
April 2027
9 Apr 2027Long Hair Festival, HuangluoThe Red Yao women of Huangluo, famous for hair that can reach the floor, show it off at the Sanyuesan festival in spring.
about 14 Apr 2027VaisakhiThe spring festival on which Sikhs remember the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, with kesh, uncut hair, as one of its five articles of faith.
about 14 Apr 2027VaisakhiThe spring festival on which Sikhs remember the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, with kesh, uncut hair, as one of its five articles of faith.May 2027
16 May 2027Head shaving on the Day of SacrificeOn 10 Dhu al-Hijjah, pilgrims at the Hajj shave or trim their hair, one of the rites that ends the state of ihram.
17 May 2027Coming of Age Day (South Korea)The third Monday of May, when Korea marks turning twenty, and some places restage the old topknot and hairpin rites.
25 May 2027Upsherin on Lag BaOmerThe day many Jewish boys who turned three in spring get their first haircut, most famously at Meron in northern Israel.July 2027
September 2027
12 Sept 2027OnamKerala's harvest festival, when many women wear the cream-and-gold kasavu sari with jasmine strung through a plait or bun.
13 Sept 2027Bald Is Beautiful DayAn informal US day for being comfortable with a bald or shaved head, with roots in a long-running North Carolina convention.
15 Sept 2027World Afro DayA yearly day for Afro-textured hair, founded in London in 2017 to celebrate natural hair and to push back against hair discrimination.
23 Sept 2027Japan's haircut edictOn 23 September 1871 the Meiji government freed men to cut off the samurai topknot, the start of its long decline.
27 Sept 2027Kushi Matsuri (Comb Festival)Kyoto's comb festival at Yasui Konpiragu, where old combs are blessed and women parade in hairstyles from Japanese history.
about 30 Sept to 8 Oct 2027Tirumala Brahmotsavam and hair offeringThe great yearly festival of the Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, where pilgrims in their thousands offer their hair.October 2027
8 Oct 2027First public permanent waveOn 8 October 1905 the German hairdresser Karl Nessler first showed his machine for giving hair a lasting curl.
about 9 to 11 Oct 2027OMC Hairworld World CupThe world championship of competitive hairdressing, run by the Organisation Mondiale Coiffure and often called the Olympics of hair.
about 10 to 11 Oct 2027Salon InternationalThe UK's largest hairdressing trade show, held each October at ExCeL London, with stage shows by leading salons.Ceremonies
Festivals
Shows and awards
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Upsherin: Vered Peer, CC BY 4.0, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source
- Perm: Louis Calvete, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Hajj Halq: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Vaisakhi: Michael Clark, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tirumala Brahmotsavam: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thaipusam Palani: hams Nocete, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shichi Go San: Bergmann at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Coming Of Age Day Japan: moguphotos, CC BY-SA 2.0, source