World Lemur Day and the World Lemur Festival
Celebrate World Lemur Day on October 31!
World Lemur Day is celebrated on the last Friday of October. The World Lemur Festival is celebrated around the world all October.
In 2025, World Lemur Day falls on Halloween!
To help you celebrate, this year’s logo features the nocturnal aye-aye and mouse lemur. Our online art challenge focuses on nocturnal animals, and we encourage you to celebrate Halloween with a lemur costume, lemur-themed pumpkins, and lemur coloring sheets celebrating Halloween!
Plan Your Event
2025 graphic designed by Catmouse James.
RESOURCES FOR CELEBRATING WORLD LEMUR DAY
These resources help zoos, conservation organizations, educators, and individuals participate in World Lemur Day and the World Lemur Festival. Find inspiration in media created for other wildlife days, and contact us to learn more about participating.
2025 Event Calendar
Find virtual and in person events in Madagascar and around the world, as well as fun social media from zoos and lemur fans!
Download 2025 Logos and Activities
Use our Google Drive to download the 2025 logo files, coloring sheets, mask templates, our activity guide, and photos.
World Lemur Day Shop
Buy shirts, stickers, and other items with the World Lemur Festival logo. Shop on Bonfire or RedBubble.
ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOU CELEBRATE
Don’t miss this year’s new Halloween-themed lemur coloring sheets! (PDF)
Activity Guide (PDF)
Download our PDF activity guide to help children of all ages learn about lemurs! This 41 page guide has 10 activities including a board game, trivia, coloring sheets, and masks. Also find a flyer to display at your event.
Lemurs! Card Game
Learn about lemurs with card games from LCN. Find 94 cards — including 29 species flashcards — and instructions for 6 games. Zoos and teachers in the USA get one box for free!
#LemurArtChallenge
Join us each week in October and create lemur-themed art from our prompts on social media. Win lemur swag from our shop!
HOW TO HELP LEMURS FOR THE WORLD LEMUR FESTIVAL
Top 10 Ways to Help Lemurs for World Lemur Day
Find fun and easy ways to help lemurs as we celebrate these endangered primates.
Participation Guide for Zoos and Educators
Find virtual event ideas and easy ways that zoos, conservation organizations, educators, and individuals can participate in World Lemur Day.
Social Media Guide
Find tips for social media messaging, including event hashtags, key messages, and examples of social media posts.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD LEMUR FESTIVAL
The first World Lemur Festival was celebrated in 2014, and was organized by Professor Jonah Ratsimbazafy of GERP Madagascar.
The first festival was held only in the capital city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It raised awareness about the value of lemurs as Madagascar’s unique natural heritage among scientists and the general public. It aimed to awaken pride for lemurs in Malagasy people, improve the economy through tourism, and promote lemur conservation and education worldwide.
Events from 2015 to Present
The next year in 2015, zoos, organizations, and individuals around the world joined the annual celebration for World Lemur Day and the World Lemur Festival.
- 2024 Event Calendar
- 2023 Event Calendar
- 2022 Event Calendar
- 2021 Event Calendar
- 2020: Blog post: Lemurs Celebrated Worldwide for the 2020 World Lemur Festival
- 2019 Event Calendar
- 2018: Blog post: The 5th World Lemur Festival in Antananarivo, Madagascar
- 2018: Blog Post World Lemur Festival Recap
- 2017: Blog post: World Lemur Festival Recap
- 2016: Blog post: World Lemur Festival Recap
- 2015 Blog post: World Lemur Festival Wrap-Up