What to expect in Animal Crossing in August 2026

Another month has already passed, which means it is time to get caught up with what you can expect in the Animal Crossing world in August 2026. I’m hoping I might have a chance to hop back in my Let’s Go To The City save this month which I’ve abandoned for a couple of years (I just want to turn on the Wii U for a bit).

As usual, some content on this page is adapted from Nookipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Each week in overview

I’ve again worked on refining the weekly overview posts. This time I’ve replaced the game text with various tags: these are Doubutsu no Mori (inc + release) (DnM abbreviated), Animal Crossing (GameCube release outside of Japan) (AC abbreviated), Doubutsu no Mori e+ (e+ abbreviated), Wild World (WW abbreviated), Let’s Go To The City (LGTTC abbreviated), New Leaf (NL abbreviated) and New Horizons (NH abbreviated).

For regional events, they’ll continue to use the old style. I would greatly appreciated some feedback on the tags since I’m a bit concerned about the legibility of it all.

Weekly Outlook: Mon Jul 27 to Sun Aug 2 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Erik & Ketchup), Tue (Truffles), Wed (Lionel), Thu (Frank), Fri (Grizzly & Julia), Sat (Kid Cat), Sun (Vladimir & Harvey) Events: Fireworks Show (Every Saturday in August for Doubutsu no Mori(+) & Wild World, Every Sunday in August for Let's Go To The City to New Horizons) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Aug 3 to Sun Aug 9 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Benjamin & Tad), Tue (Bones), Wed (Poppy), Thu (Chester), Fri (Rory and Boots), Sat (Bud and Leif), Sun (Soleil) Events: Fireworks Show (Every Sat in August in DnM/WW, Every Sun in August in LGTTC/NL/NH) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Aug 10 to Sun Aug 16 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Cole), Tue (Gigi and Ace), Wed (Gloria), Thu (Tabby), Fri (Rod and Leopold), Sat (Wendy), Sun (Nate and Leila) Events: Meteor Shower (Wed in AC/e+), Obon (Sat in NL (Japan), Bug Off (Sat in LGTTC/NL), Bug Off (Sun in WW) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Aug 17 to Sun Aug 23 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Stinky), Tue (Rocco and Tiansheng), Wed (Alice and Tybalt), Thu (Lopez), Fri (Wart Jr), Sat (Rolf), Sun (Nana and K.K.) Events: Founders Day (Fri in AC/e+), Bug Off (Sat in NH (Northern Hemisphere) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Aug 24 to Sun Aug 30 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Nan and Jacob), Tue (Tipper), Wed (Rowan), Thu (Bangle), Fri (Chrissy and Lloid), Sat (Gruff), Sun (Hazel) Events: Fireworks Show (Every Sat in August in DnM/WW, Every Sun in August in LGTTC/NL/NH) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Aug 31 to Sun Sep 6 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Audie), Tue (Violet), Wed (Flo), Thu (Spork and Maggie), Fri (Cally), Sat (Greta), Sun (Cesar and Giovanni) Events: Weeding Day (Thu in NL (Japan), Flea Market (Sat in Wild World) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

There’s not really a lot going on to be honest this month. You have the various Fireworks Shows, as well as the Founder’s Day and Meteor Shower events in Animal Crossing and DnM e+.

Nook Shopping

Here’s all of the Nook Shopping events taking place during August:

  • The Cowboy Festival continues into August 15th (it’s been running from the 15th of July)
  • Cowherd & Weaver Girl Day takes place from August 10th to 19th
  • Obon takes place from August 10th to 16th
  • Tomato Festival takes place from August 20th to 31st

Bugs, creatures & fish

Finally, let’s go through what bugs, creatures and fish are new in August and what is leaving after August in New Horizons.

  • Migratory locust, rice grasshopper & walker cicada are new in August in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Common bluebottle, great purple emperor, brown cicada, robust cicada, giant cicada, evening cicada, cicada shell, jewel beetle, blue weevil beetle, scarab beetle, drone beetle, saw stag, miyama stag, giant stag, cyclommatus stag, golden stag, giraffe stag, horned dynastid, horned atlas, horned elephant & horned hercules are leaving after August in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Tiger beetle is new in August in Southern Hemisphere islands
  • Rajah Brooke’s birdwing, damselfly & dung beetle leaves after August in Southern Hemisphere islands
  • Flatworm is new in August in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Vampire squid & sea pineapple leaves after August in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Sea pig, oyster, sweet shrimp & Venus’ flower basket leaves after August in Southern Hemisphere islands
  • Soft-shelled turtle, moray eel & ray are new in August in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Killifish, frog, giant snakehead, napoleonfish & squid are leaving after August in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Pond smelt and blowfish is leaving after August in Southern Hemisphere islands

Thanks for reading yet another installment of this. I hope you all continue to enjoy this! Before I go, it’s worth reminding you that Nintendo recently released some custom designs to go along with the immensely popular Splatoon Raiders which you may want to grab. Make sure to let me know in the comments on what you’re planning to do in Animal Crossing this month, also feel free to leave your thoughts about Raiders too!

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