MOBILE VERSION Holiday Calendar for Barbados
A cocktail of swaying coconut palms, sugar-soft sands and calm turquoise waters, holidays to Barbados are the stuff of glossy mags and smug holiday postcards. Barbados traditions are drawn from the West African and British cultures that shaped the island. The majority of the population is of African descent however the island was a colony of the British Empire for over 300 years so the English influence is very strong.
National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2019-2020 year
April 2019Sunday 28 April - National Heroes Day in BarbadosMay 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)July 2019Friday 26 July - Day of National Significance in BarbadosAugust 2019Thursday 1 August - Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica (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)Monday 5 August - Kadooment Day in Barbados (Harvest Home or Crop Over celebrated on the first Monday of August)November 2019Saturday 30 November - Barbados Independence Day (celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966)December 2019Sunday 8 December - CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community)January 2020Tuesday 21 January - Errol Barrow Day in BarbadosApril 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)
July 2019Friday 26 July - Day of National Significance in BarbadosAugust 2019Thursday 1 August - Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica (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)Monday 5 August - Kadooment Day in Barbados (Harvest Home or Crop Over celebrated on the first Monday of August)November 2019Saturday 30 November - Barbados Independence Day (celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966)December 2019Sunday 8 December - CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community)January 2020Tuesday 21 January - Errol Barrow Day in BarbadosApril 2020
Thursday 1 August - Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica (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)
Monday 5 August - Kadooment Day in Barbados (Harvest Home or Crop Over celebrated on the first Monday of August)
November 2019Saturday 30 November - Barbados Independence Day (celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966)December 2019Sunday 8 December - CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community)January 2020Tuesday 21 January - Errol Barrow Day in BarbadosApril 2020
Sunday 8 December - CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community)
January 2020Tuesday 21 January - Errol Barrow Day in BarbadosApril 2020
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.
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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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Monday 29 April 2019
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
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