Stand By Me takes place around what holiday?

Stand by Me takes place around Labor Day weekend in 1959.

Rob Reiner's 1986 coming-of-age film adapts Stephen King's novella “The Body,” which is set in the fictional Oregon town of Castle Rock. Four boys—Gordie Lachance, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio—set out during their summer vacation to find the body of a missing teenager. The holiday weekend provides the story's late-summer setting before the boys return to school.

The film is often remembered as a timeless summer adventure, but its period details place it firmly in 1959. The boys travel through rural Oregon, encounter a threatening older group led by Ace Merrill, and confront the emotional consequences of growing up. Another common mix-up is assuming the title refers to the plot's central mystery; it actually comes from Ben E. King's 1961 song, which plays over the closing credits.