The next upcoming National Wear Red Day is on Friday February 7th, 2025.
Celebration\ Observance
As it states in the name "National Wear Red Day" people are to wear the color red to bring about more awareness to heart disease and its dangerous threat to our health. National Wear Red Day is not a national holiday but is an observance.
History
The observance was originally started as a campaign to bring awareness to women about heart disease. The Heart Truth was a national campaign sponsored by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and other national organizations and introduced the red dress as a national symbol.