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🇧🇧 Barbados public holidays 2026

Barbados has 14 public holidays in 2026, plus 11 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is Boxing Day on December 26.

12 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in Barbados in 2026

DateHolidayType
January 1ThursdayNew Year's DayPublic holiday
January 21WednesdayErrol Barrow DayPublic holiday
March 20FridayMarch EquinoxObservance
April 3FridayGood FridayPublic holiday
April 5SundayEaster SundayObservance
April 6MondayEaster MondayPublic holiday
April 28TuesdayNational Heroes' DayPublic holiday
May 1FridayLabour DayPublic holiday
May 1FridayLabor DayPublic holiday
May 10SundayMother's DayObservance
May 24SundayPentecost SundayObservance
May 25MondayWhit MondayPublic holiday
May 25MondayPentecost MondayPublic holiday
June 21SundayFather's DayObservance
June 21SundayJune SolsticeObservance
August 1SaturdayEmancipation DayPublic holiday
August 3MondayKadooment DayPublic holiday
September 22TuesdaySeptember EquinoxObservance
October 31SaturdayHalloweenObservance
November 30MondayIndependence DayPublic holiday
December 21MondayDecember SolsticeObservance
December 24ThursdayChristmas EveObservance
December 25FridayChristmas DayPublic holiday
December 26SaturdayBoxing DayPublic holiday
December 31ThursdayOld Year's NightObservance