I noticed that Google Calendar doesn’t seem to automatically show the beginning of Black History Month or Pride Month anymore. These used to appear as calendar events or reminders, but now they’re missing from my calendar view.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? I’m wondering if there’s a setting I need to enable or if Google changed how they handle cultural observances and awareness months. I’d like to have these important dates visible in my calendar again.
Are there alternative ways to add these observances back to my Google Calendar? Maybe through a specific calendar subscription or manual entry? Any suggestions would be helpful since I rely on these reminders for planning related activities and events.
Google stripped most cultural observances from their default calendar years back - that’s why they’re missing now. I ran into the same problem organizing community events. Your best bet is subscribing to third-party feeds that cover diversity holidays. The National Museum of African American History has one for Black History Month, and tons of LGBTQ+ orgs offer Pride calendars. You can also just create recurring events yourself - set Black History Month to repeat every February 1st and Pride every June 1st. I’ve been doing this for my org’s awareness campaigns and it works great.
I’ve had the same frustrating experience. Google definitely cut back on their cultural observance notifications - caught me completely off guard when planning workplace content. The Smithsonian Diversity Calendar saved me though. They keep a comprehensive feed with Black History Month, Pride Month, and tons of other cultural dates. Just search “Smithsonian diversity calendar subscription” and add the URL straight to your Google Calendar settings. The Human Rights Campaign calendar is another great option for LGBTQ+ observances. Both feeds update automatically each year, so you won’t have to manually recreate everything like some people end up doing.
Google trashed their observance calendar in 2019. Total pain for planning company events.
I got fed up with broken feeds and built my own fix. Made a spreadsheet with the dates I need - Black History Month, Pride, Hispanic Heritage, whatever. Then used Google Apps Script to auto-create calendar entries from it. Takes 30 minutes to set up, works forever. Way better than relying on third-party feeds that die randomly.
Make them recurring yearly events with solid descriptions. I write stuff like “Black History Month - February 1-28” so people know it’s the whole month, not just one day.
Can’t code? The Smithsonian feed someone mentioned works well. Test it in a throwaway calendar first though - feeds break without warning and you don’t want to nuke your main setup.
Had this same headache at work with our diversity initiatives. Manual entries and third-party feeds work okay, but they fall apart when you need team syncing or workflow triggers.
Built something much better with Latenode. Created a workflow that auto-pulls cultural observance data from multiple sources and pushes it straight to everyone’s Google Calendar. Best part? You can hook it up to Slack notifications, email campaigns, whatever tools your team uses.
Runs monthly, checks for updates automatically, so new observances just appear without me doing anything. I can pick which months and events actually matter for us. Ten minutes to set up, then it’s hands-off forever.
Beats waiting for Google to fix their old system or babysitting subscription feeds that randomly break.