Star Citizen Annual Events Calendar

The Red Festival is a lively UEE holiday celebrated in late January or early February, rooted in old Earth lunisolar traditions that traveled with humanity during the Colonial Expansion and took hold across the stars. Today it’s celebrated with lucky red and gold attire, long symbolic foods, and gilded red envelopes filled with fortune—or credits—often hidden for fate to uncover. Even the Banu join in, stashing red envelopes of their own in honor of Cassa, the Patron of Luck.

Coramor is a UEE holiday celebrated on February 11, inspired by the tragic love story of Yuri Ilyin, who vanished in SEY 2486 while trying to reach his lover Corazon Tan beyond a collapsed jump point. Remembered through the vid Coramor and Yuri’s final message ending in “...amor…”, the day is marked by exchanging gifts and comms, romantic travel, and messages sent into space for new or lost love, with pink and black as its signature colors.

Stella Fortuna is a UEE holiday celebrated on March 15 that honors good fortune, bold risks, and new beginnings, rooted in humanity’s against-the-odds success in colonizing Mars. Marked by gold and green, the day features feasting, fireworks, parades, and carnivals—especially on Mars—where people toast the stars, launch new ventures, and tempt fate in hopes of luck and success.

Triggerfish is a UEE holiday celebrated on April 1, dedicated to pranks, hoaxes, and good-natured trickery, punctuated by the cry of “Triggerfish!” once a joke lands. The name dates to the 2600s, when Borea locals convinced visitors a fake fourth planet existed in the Magnus system—a ruse so widespread the UEE had to debunk it, turning “Triggerfish” into both a holiday name and a synonym for the easily fooled.

Invictus Launch Week, also known as Fleet Week, is held during the last week of May to celebrate the start of the UEEN recruiting year and the graduation of new officers and pilots. Originating in SEY 2542 during the First Tevarin War as a system-spanning recruitment effort centered on Invictus Base on Mars, it was formalized as an annual event in 2581 and continues today as a major UEE Navy celebration. Drake hosts a competing event at a nearby venue.

Over half a millennium since First Contact with the Banu, Humanity continues to honor the extraterrestrials who have helped shape our destiny among the stars. Join us as we celebrate Alien Week with Esperia’s first cargo hauler, otherworldly ship paints, a gastronomic contest, and Bar Citizen events in each of our home cities around the world.

The Foundation Festival is a month-long UEE civic program held each July that encourages Citizens and civilians to volunteer with local and imperial organizations. Proposed in SEY 2861, it promotes community involvement through service projects, mentorships, and cleanup efforts, with volunteer work also counting toward Citizenship qualifications.

Show your support for your favorite flyable or drivable vehicles across eight divisions by submitting original creations to the Community Hub or taking them out for a spin. Vote and share your favorite entries to help them reach the Sweet Sixteen, unlocking free test flights from August 26 to September 2, with special in-game paints for the final four and a championship pennant for the 2955 winner.

Talk Like a Pirate Day returns with a tongue-in-cheek celebration of all things piratical across the ’verse. The festivities encourage players to embrace a bit of roguish flair and high-seas humor. To mark the occasion, Pirate Swarm in Arena Commander takes center stage, offering daring crews a chance to earn the infamous pirate Gladius.

Day of the Vara is a UEE holiday observed each year on October 27, blending public festivals and private remembrance to honor the dead, marked by black-and-green decorations, costumes, and the sharing of eerie spacefaring tales. It originated after the mysterious 2557 disappearance of the exploration ship Vara in the Hades system and has since become a day that balances celebration of life with the macabre, officially recognized as a holiday in 2595.

CitizenCon is Star Citizen’s annual community convention, bringing players and developers together to celebrate the game and share what lies ahead. The event features major reveals, developer panels, gameplay showcases, and key announcements that often shape the future direction of the ’verse.

The Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE) is an annual UEE spacecraft exhibition where manufacturers unveil new ships and offer special sales. Founded in 2670, the event is now permanently hosted on Severus in the Kiel system and typically runs for ten days, with satellite events and special Whitley’s Guide episodes helping bring the expo to audiences across the ’verse.

Luminalia is a holiday celebrated each year on December 22 by both Humans and Banu, centered on gift-giving, glowing lights, shared food and drink, and communal gatherings. Originating from the Banu Glow Festival tsikti efanga, it evolved into a Human-Banu tradition following early interstellar contact and was officially added to the UEE calendar in 2557, with green and red as its signature colors.