March 2027 Marketing Calendar by Date

Mar 1, 2027

World Compliment Day

Start the month with specific recognition for staff, customers, volunteers, or local partners. Starting the month with gratitude is never a bad way to start your month.

Mar 2, 2027

Read Across America Day

Partner with a library, recommend all-ages reading, or connect storytelling with roleplaying and creative play. If you carry comics or books, this should be an easy marketing and event add on to your business. Bonus points if you can connect with Reach Out and Read non-profit to help children. Learn more about them here. 

Mar 3, 2027

World Wildlife Day

Support a credible conservation resource, highlight nature-themed products, or begin an Earth Day project. Earth Day is April 22nd, 2027. Even something as simple as outreach into your local community for a park clean up or working with your local government for tips and tricks to help keep your local community and wildlife cleaner and safer.

Mar 4, 2027

International Game Master Day

Thank game masters, provide an easy recruitment path for new hosts, or run a low-pressure learn-to-GM session. For your seasoned game masters, today is a great day to reward them with a small reward or acknowledgement for their work making the games they run as great as they could be.

Mar 5, 2027

Employee Appreciation Day

Thank staff directly, protect break time, and recognize specific contributions rather than relying only on a public post. Private one on one time with each employee will go a long way.

Mar 8, 2027

International Women’s Day

Highlight women creators, staff, leaders, or community members with accurate context and permission. Highlighting women owned businesses that you’ve previously partnered with or purchased from is a great way to highlight women in your community as well as cross-promoting each other.

Mar 9, 2027

National Barbie Day

For stores that carry toys or collectibles, feature fashion-doll collectibles and related games. Skip it if it does not fit your product mix.

National Organize Your Home Office Day

Organize the back office, filing, and stock records, and suggest storage boxes, card binders, and shelf organizers for customers’ game rooms. It’s also a good idea to look at the pile of paperwork that needs to be filed or shredded on your office desk and your home desk today.

Mar 10, 2027

MAR10 Day

“IT’SA ME, MARIO!” The Super Mario Brothers franchise is almost everywhere and it’s likely you carry something from them. If not, use today as an easy day for a social media engagement. To create an in store event, add a prize or bonus for anyone who comes into your business today dressed as Mario or Luigi, consider the same bonus for them saying, “ITS’A ME MARIO!”

Mar 12, 2027

National Plant a Flower Day

Tie in with a local community garden or feature nature, garden, and flower-themed board games for spring. Consider a tie in to a possible month long Earth Day community building and clean up event. 

Mar 14, 2027

Daylight Saving Time Begins

Most U.S. locations move clocks forward one hour. Confirm automated hours, event reminders, and opening procedures. Most electronics will automatically adjust, look over any analog or timers you may have in your business.

Pi Day

Use a quick math, puzzle, circular-display, or pie-themed prompt that works online or in store. Also consider working with a local bakery to sample pies in your store today. 

Test Your Batteries Checkpoint

Pair the clock change with a battery check on smoke detectors, scanners, wireless equipment. Fire safety is important, having a dedicated time to check all of these things is a good way to ensure safe practices. 

National Potato Chip Day

Use a light snack prompt or offer individually packaged chips at a game night. An online poll of what is everyone’s favorite flavor of chip is a great way for engagement. Follow up with a give away of small bags at the next following big event night in your business. Don’t forget to tell everyone about the snack give away if they attend.

Mar 17, 2027

St. Patrick’s Day

Don’t forget to wear green! If you are one of the businesses that also serves beer, don’t forget your food coloring. If not, feel free to try and partner with a local bakery or food service and offer green cupcakes, fried green eggs, or run an event where the only color or powers allowed are green.

Mar 19, 2027

National Let’s Laugh Day

Feature party games, comedy card games, and silly staff picks, and invite customers to share the funniest moment from a recent game night. 

Mar 20, 2027

Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness

Launch a spring display, refresh store presentation, or invite customers to share the hobby activity that brings them joy.

Hufflepuff Pride Day (Fan Theme)

An informal fan theme, not an official holiday. Celebrate loyalty and kindness with cooperative games. If you sell any Harry Potter merchandise, these few days are a great way to promote them online and in store.

Mar 21, 2027

Slytherin Pride Day (Fan Theme)

An informal fan theme, not an official holiday. Feature strategy and bluffing games. If you sell any Harry Potter merchandise, these few days are a great way to promote them online and in store.

Mar 22, 2027

Gryffindor Pride Day (Fan Theme)

An informal fan theme, not an official holiday. Feature bold adventure and dueling games. If you sell any Harry Potter merchandise, these few days are a great way to promote them online and in store.

Mar 23, 2027

Ravenclaw Pride Day (Fan Theme)

An informal fan theme, not an official holiday. Feature puzzle, trivia, and deduction games. If you sell any Harry Potter merchandise, these few days are a great way to promote them online and in store.

Mar 25, 2027

Tolkien Reading Day

Highlight fantasy reading, maps, adventure games, and miniatures, and invite customers to share a favorite passage from Lord of the Rings. If you carry any LOTR merchandise, today is a good day to promote it.

Mar 26, 2027

Live Long and Prosper Day

Celebrated for the late Leonard Mimoy, March 26th was the actor’s birthday. Take a moment to celebrate Star Trek and fan moments for space exploration games, collectibles, and a space or Star Trek themed game demo night

Mar 27, 2027

National Scribble Day

Set out paper and markers for a doodle wall or feature drawing and sketching games for families.

Mar 28, 2027

Easter Sunday

Publish holiday hours early and offer family-friendly recommendations without assuming every customer observes the holiday. 

Mar 29, 2027

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

Explain how local purchases support expertise, events, jobs, and community services. Thank neighboring independent businesses and customers for supporting your business.

Mar 30, 2027

National Pencil Day

Feature pencils for character sheets, score pads, and puzzle books, or hand out store pencils at game night. Pencils are inexpensive and a great marketing tool.

Mar 31, 2027

World Backup Day

Test backups, document restore steps, test your UPS (uninterruptible power supply) to your key computer systems, and verify that you have a backup of all your business records.

National Crayon Day

Offer a kids’ coloring table, feature coloring and drawing games, and share a simple craft prompt for families. Crayola offers free coloring pages here.