Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe carry a towel in his honour.

People all over the world celebrated Towel Day and sent them pictures of themselves with their towels. Due to its success, Towel Day became an annual celebration, but the creators ended up moving on to other projects.

THe Hindustan Times ran May 25 is Towel Day, here’s why it’s celebrated across the world. Paul Skinner (Skinnytecboy) is releasing a story and humour driven mod for Skyrim on Towel Day 2018. The mod was inspired by our beloved Wowbagger .

A newspaper article about the Towel Day 2019 festivities in Cambridge appeared in Cambridge News of 17 May 2019. Read it here; A week before Towel Day 2019, you can get in the mood by attending a theatrical production of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency! (16-18 May in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire). Tickets are £13 & £11.

Stand Up for Towel Day is back in an online version, presented by Save the Rhino, a charity dear to Douglas Adams' heart, and Stand Up for Towel Day. Join them for a raucous evening of fun and merriment to celebrate a day of towel-carrying and all …

In Innsbruck, at 21:00, members of the local hackerspace staged their annual Hackerspace party on Towel Day. There were Pangalaktische Donnergurgler and music was provided by Milicent Ingram, the Phonetics, DJ Badspin und DJ Norbert Unfug.

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The Hindustan Times mentioned Towel Day: "Towel Day is May 25. Douglas Adams fans worldwide will openly carry one to honour the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. A towel, Adams says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. In sweaty May, we concur."

This was Towel Day 2010. Mark and Martha celebrating Towel Day 2010 in Toronto. AUSTRALIA. Geocachers had a Towel Day Pub Lunch. They were asked to bring their towel and, or course, a GPS! At the Mana Bar in Brisbane, hitchhikers had the chance to win games and prizes for the "best" towels. It started at 17:00, free entry, free games.

There's a Towel Day thread on reddit. Happy Towel Day, redditors! Thinkgeek.com is selling a limited edition Towel Day 2017 towel for $12.99. Until May 14th or until they run out you get it for free with orders $50+ if you use the code HOOPYFROOD.