When you use National Days and weeks for your party theme, you could some fundraising for them as well.
- Easter Themed Party – a great excuse for lots of chocolate!
- Supanova Pop Culture Expo comes to the Gold Coast and Melbourne in April – time for Steampunk, Cosplay and all things sci-fi and fantasy
- The annual Jane Austin Festival is held in April in Canberra each year. If you can’t go, you could always hold your own party.
- 1 April is April Fools Day
- Good Friday Appeal for the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
- 11 April is World Parkinson’s Day – see Parkinson’s Australia for local fundraising contacts.
- 22 April is Earth Day.
- 23 April is World Book Day – Dress as your favourite book characters.
- 25 April is Red Hat Society Day – have a hat party where everyone must wear a red hat of some kind.
- 25 April is ANZAC Day
- National Smile Day, fun-raising for Clown Doctors.
- International Guide Dogs Day – check with Guide Dogs Australia for state contacts.
- World Creativity and Innovation Week have a party to celebrate your favourite inventions, discuss and debate the changes going on around us or changes you’d like to see.
- World Malaria Day
- Great Australian Bite fundraiser for diabetes research.
Famous April Birthdays
- 1 April – Susan Boyle, singing sensation. Have a karaoke party and discover your own hidden talents – see Music party for more ideas.
- 2 April – Sir Alec Guinness, actor, famous for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.
- 2 April – Marvin Gaye, Motown and soul singer.
- 2 April – Hans Christian Andersen, fable writer
- 3 April – Jennie Garth, actor, starred as Kelly Taylor in TV soap Beverly Hills, 90210.
- 3 April – Marlon Brando, famously charismatic and mercurial Hollywood star.
- 5 April – Agnetha Fältskog, one of the ‘A’s from ABBA.
- 8 April – Betty Ford, former First Lady of the USA and founder of the Betty Ford Center.
- 9 April – Cynthia Nixon, played Miranda on TV Series Sex and the City.
- 9 April – Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine.
- 12 April – Shannen Doherty, played bitchy Brenda Walsh in TV soap Beverly Hills, 90210.
- 12 April – David Letterman
- 14 April – Sarah Michelle Gellar, actor, most famous for Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Have a Vampire party.
- 15 April – Leonardo da Vinci.
- 16 April – Dusty Springfield – Revisit the Sixties with the White Queen of Soul.
- 16 April – Charlie Chaplin, comic silent movie star.
- 16 April – Wilbur Wright, one of the Wright brothers, pioneers of early airflight.
- 17 April – Victoria Beckham, Posh Spice turned icon of high fashion.
- 19 April – Dudley Moore, musician and comedian, famous for his work with Peter Cook.
- 21 April – Iggy Pop, punk rocker.
- 21 April – Queen Elizabeth II
- 22 April – Aaron Spelling, producer of many iconic TV series, including Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, Starsky and Hutch, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, The Love Boat, 7th Heaven, and Charmed.
- 23 April – Roy Orbison
- 23 April – William Shakespeare
- 24 April – Barbra Streisand
- 25 April – Björn Ulvaeus, one of the ‘B’s from ABBA.
- 27 April – Samuel Morse, co-inventor of Morse code.
- 28 April – Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
- 29 April – Andre Agassi, tennis champion – celebrate Agassi and other sporting heroes with a sports party.
- 29 April – Jerry Seinfeld, comedian.