Holidays
- Beginning of Summer observances (see April 30):
- Beltane (Gaelic floklore, Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
- 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)
- Philip the Apostle
- Sigismund of Burgundy
- Walpurga (cannonization)
- May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Marshall Islands)
- Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti:
- 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)
- Labor Day
- Law Day, U.S.A., formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)
- Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)
- May Day, a term also used for the beginning of summer celebration.
- Lei Day (Hawaii)
- Moving Day (New York City, during the colonial period until c.1945)
- National Love Day, couples flock to the memorial of the poet Karel Hynek Mácha in Prague and kiss. (Czech Republic)
- The first day of Yotaka Matsuri (Fukuno, Toyama)
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