Pokémon Day

Pokémon Day is an annual event in Pokémon GO that takes place around the day of February to celebrate the anniversary of the  franchise.

2017 Event
This event took place between February and March, 2017.

Features
To celebrate Pokémon Day, any Pikachu that were encountered in the wild wore a festive party hat. Any Pikachu captured during the event keeps its hat forever and every Raichu evolved from Pikachu with such hat have the same hat as well.

2018 Event
This event took place between February and February, 2018.

Features
Festive party hat Pikachu returned and offered 300 Stardust per catch, but this time trainers could also hatch Pichu with the party hat and also there was possibility of getting shiny variation of any member of Pikachu family with this party hat.

Features
Pokémon from the Kanto region appeared more frequently in the wild.

Pikachu and Eevee wearing flower crowns made a special appearance as Field Research encounters and in the wild. Flower crown Eeveelutions can only be acquired by evolving a flower crown Eevee.

Moreover, these Shiny Pokémon were available with the start of the event.

The following Raid Bosses were available for the duration of the event.

Shop special offer
The following offers were available from the shop from the start of the event.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively available only for the time of Pokémon Day 2019.