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
April 2019May 2019Sunday 12 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 2019Friday 7 June - Randol Fawkes Labour Day in the Bahamas (celebrated on the first Friday in June)July 2019Wednesday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)August 2019Monday 5 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 2019Monday 14 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)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 in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)April 2020
Sunday 12 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 2019Friday 7 June - Randol Fawkes Labour Day in the Bahamas (celebrated on the first Friday in June)July 2019Wednesday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)August 2019Monday 5 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 2019Monday 14 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)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 in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)April 2020
Wednesday 10 July - Bahamas Independence Day (celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973)
August 2019Monday 5 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 2019Monday 14 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)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 in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)April 2020
Monday 14 October - Discovery Day or National Heroes Day or Columbus Day (The Bahamas, Colombia. Second Monday in October)
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 in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)April 2020
Friday 10 January - Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)
April 2020
Saturday 20 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Monday 22 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia (State holiday)
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Monday 22 April 2019
Monday 22 April 2019
Easter Monday in U.S. Virgin Islands
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Monday 22 April 2019
Environmental Awareness Day in Wisconsin
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Tuesday 23 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
Friday 26 April 2019
Friday 26 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Florida (Local observance)
Confederate Memorial Day in Florida - Local observance: When April 26 is a Sunday, it is recognized the following Monday.
History: White settle..→
Friday 26 April 2019
Saturday 27 April 2019
Sunday 28 April 2019
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
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Sunday 28 April 2019
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
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Monday 29 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi (State holiday)
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