Restaurant Marketing Ideas for April

Restaurant owners and operators are always on the lookout for special events they can use in their online and offline marketing efforts.

April offers many special days that can easily tie in with promotions in the restaurant and across Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets.  For example, Tax Day (April 15th) has become an annual favorite as restaurants across the nation step up to offer tax weary Americans a break with special deals and offers.

Here’s what else April has to offer:

Dental Health Month
Earth Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Month of the Military Child
National Grilled Cheese Month
Poetry Month

1 – April Fools’ Day
3 – Tweed Day
7 – National Beer Day (New Beer’s Eve)
10 – Golfer’s Day
10 – National Siblings Day
11 – Barbershop Quartet Day
11 – National Submarine Day
12 – Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
12 – Walk on Your Wild Side Day
12 – National Licorice Day
13 – Scrabble Day
14 – National Pecan Day
15 – Jackie Robinson Day
15 – Tax Day
15 – That Sucks Day
16 – National Eggs Benedict Day
16 – National Librarian Day
17 – Ford Mustang Day
18 – National High Five Day
19 – National Garlic Day
20 – Look Alike Day
20 – Volunteer Recognition Day
21 – Kindergarten Day
22 – Earth Day
22 – National Jelly Bean Day
23 – Lover’s Day
23 – National Zucchini Bread Day
23 – Talk Like Shakespeare Day
24 – Administrative Professionals’ Day (Secretary’s Day)
24 – Pig in a Blanket Day
26 – National Pretzel Day
27 – Babe Ruth Day
27 – National Prime Rib Day
27 – Tell a Story Day
28 – Great Poetry Reading Day
28 – International Astronomy Day
28 – Kiss Your Mate Day
28 – Astronomy Day
29 – National Shrimp Scampi Day
30 – Hairstyle Appreciation Day
30 – International Jazz Day
30 – National Honesty Day