Holidays and Observances
- May Day (beginning of Summer in the Northern hemisphere) observances (see April 30):
- Beltane (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Celtic Neopagans and Wiccans in the Northern hemisphere)
- Samhain (Celtic Neopagans and Wiccans in the Southern hemisphere)
- Walpurgis Night, celebrated before dawn (Central and Northern Europe)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Augustin Schoeffer
- Andeolus
- Brioc
- James the Less
- Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic optional feast)
- Marcouf
- Philip the Apostle
- Sigismund of Burgundy
- Walpurga (canonization)
- May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Marshall Islands)
- Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (India):
- Gujarat Day
- Maharashtra Day
- Earliest day on which National Day of Prayer can fall, while May 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Thursday in May. (United States)
- Festival in honor of Bona Dea (Roman Empire)
- International Workers' Day (International), and its related observances:
- EuroMayDay (Western Europe)
- Labour Day
- Law Day, U.S.A., formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labor Day. (United States)
- Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labor Day. (United States)
- Lei Day (Hawaii)
- International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day
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