🇧🇸 Bahamas public holidays 2026
Bahamas has 17 public holidays in 2026, plus 13 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is Day off for Boxing Day on December 28.
15 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.
Explore the world holiday mapAll holidays in Bahamas in 2026
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| January 1Thursday | New Year's Day |
| January 2Friday | New Year's Day |
| January 10Saturday | Majority Rule Day |
| January 12Monday | Majority Rule Day |
| March 8Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts |
| March 20Friday | March Equinox |
| April 3Friday | Good Friday |
| April 3Friday | Perry Christie Day |
| April 5Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| April 6Monday | Easter Monday |
| May 10Sunday | Mother's Day |
| May 24Sunday | Pentecost Sunday |
| May 25Monday | Whit Monday |
| May 25Monday | Pentecost Monday |
| June 5Friday | Randol Fawkes Labour Day |
| June 21Sunday | Father's Day |
| June 21Sunday | June Solstice |
| July 10Friday | Independence Day |
| August 3Monday | Emancipation Day |
| August 7Friday | Emancipation Day |
| September 22Tuesday | September Equinox |
| October 12Monday | National Heroes' Day |
| November 1Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends |
| December 21Monday | December Solstice |
| December 24Thursday | Christmas Eve |
| December 25Friday | Christmas Day |
| December 26Saturday | St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day |
| December 26Saturday | Boxing Day |
| December 28Monday | Day off for Boxing Day |
| December 31Thursday | New Year's Eve |