City Hall Selfie Day
Celebrate the best day of the year!
City Hall Selfie Day turns 10 on Aug. 12, 2025City Hall Selfie Day is Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.
Organized by ELGL, City Hall Selfie Day is a celebration of public service showcasing pride in local government institutions.
ELGL is excited to celebrate the 10th annual City Hall Selfie Day in 2025! Every year since 2016, government employees, elected officials, members of the media, and community members participate in the event across the United States and around the world.
City Hall Selfie Day is all about local government pride.
It doesn't matter if you work for a town, city, county, library, special district — or if you work remotely or from home. City Hall Selfie Day is for everyone!
City Hall Selfie Day Toolkit
ELGL is proud to support City Hall Selfie Day with a toolkit featuring logos and suggested content. Use our sample social media posts, proclamation, email, newsletter article, and web content as a springboard to start spreading the word in your organization and community.
Recognition
Together, we reached more than 6 million people during the most recent City Hall Selfie Day in August 2024. We saw so much community pride on display in small towns, big cities, and everywhere in between.
While City Hall Selfie Day is a celebration and not a competition, ELGL awards recognition and prizes to the people and organizations showing the most pride and creativity in the following categories:
- People's Choice Award: City Hall Selfie Excellence
- Best Community Engagement for City Hall Selfie Day
- Most Creative City Hall Selfie
- Funniest City Hall Selfie
- Most Selfies Taken by 1 Person on City Hall Selfie Day
- Best-Dressed City Hall Selfie
- Best City Hall Selfie Photography
- Best City Hall Selfie Short-Form Video
- City Hall Selfie with the Most Famous Figure
- Best City Hall Selfie from Another Type of Government Building
Every year we also recognize the smallest and largest communities participating in City Hall Selfie Day, plus the state with the most City Hall Selfie Day posts. And we add special awards to reflect what's happening or popular around City Hall Selfie Day — and City Hall Selfie Day's 10th anniversary!
Previous Honorees
See standout individuals and communities recognized for going above and beyond to celebrate City Hall Selfie Day since its inception. Congratulations to the honorees!