MOBILE VERSION Holiday Calendar for Bahamas
Imagine a world where you can’t tell where dreams begin and reality ends. Discover paradise in the exotic Caribbean on your Bahamas holiday. It’s the smiles on the faces of the Bahamian people. The unique sounds of our rich culture. The warm hospitality of our heritage and our colorful history.
National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2019-2020 year
December 2019Thursday 26 December - The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas); Boxing Day (Belgium, Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa...)January 2020Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)April 2020May 2020Sunday 10 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)June 2020Friday 5 June - Randol Fawkes Labour Day in the Bahamas (celebrated on the first Friday in June)July 2020Friday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)August 2020Monday 3 August - Emancipation Day in Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands (celebrated on the first Monday of August. Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)October 2020Monday 12 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)
Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)
April 2020May 2020Sunday 10 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)June 2020Friday 5 June - Randol Fawkes Labour Day in the Bahamas (celebrated on the first Friday in June)July 2020Friday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)August 2020Monday 3 August - Emancipation Day in Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands (celebrated on the first Monday of August. Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)October 2020Monday 12 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)
Sunday 10 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
June 2020Friday 5 June - Randol Fawkes Labour Day in the Bahamas (celebrated on the first Friday in June)July 2020Friday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)August 2020Monday 3 August - Emancipation Day in Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands (celebrated on the first Monday of August. Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)October 2020Monday 12 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)
Friday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)
August 2020Monday 3 August - Emancipation Day in Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands (celebrated on the first Monday of August. Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)October 2020Monday 12 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)
Monday 12 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)
Sunday 17 November 2019
Sunday 17 November 2019
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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Tuesday 19 November 2019
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Puerto Rican Culture and Puerto Rico Discovery Day
Celebration of Puerto Rican Culture and Puerto Rico Discovery Day is connected with the fact of discovery of the land by Christopher Columbus in..→
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
Friday 22 November 2019
Friday 22 November 2019
Saturday 23 November 2019
Monday 25 November 2019
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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Wednesday 27 November 2019
Day before Thanksgiving in Virginia (noon)
The first documented thanksgiving services in territory currently belonging to the United States were conducted by Spaniards and the French in t..→
Thursday 28 November 2019
Friday 29 November 2019
Friday 29 November 2019
Day after Thanksgiving or Black Friday (shopping)
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