Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in the Bahamas 2027

The Bahamas has 11 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 8 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Bahamas 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 11
Of those, on a working day: 8
Of those, on a weekend: 3
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
Bridge days: 0
Most nationwide holidays in: January (2)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in the Bahamas, 2027

Public holidays in the Bahamas in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
11 January	Monday	Majority Rule Day	Majority Rule Day	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday	Nationwide
2 April	Friday	Perry Christie Day	Perry Christie Day	Nationwide
17 May	Monday	Whit Monday	Whit Monday	Nationwide
10 July	Saturdayweekend	Independence Day	Independence Day	Nationwide
6 August	Friday	Emancipation Day	Emancipation Day	Nationwide
11 October	Monday	National Heroes' Day	National Heroes' Day	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Christmas Day	Nationwide
26 December	Sundayweekend	St. Stephen's Day	Boxing Day	Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on 3 November 2026. Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in the Bahamas

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (7)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 9 January to Monday 11 January 2027: 3 days off, with Majority Rule Day.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Friday 2 April to Sunday 4 April 2027: 3 days off, with Perry Christie Day.
Saturday 15 May to Monday 17 May 2027: 3 days off, with Whit Monday.
Friday 6 August to Sunday 8 August 2027: 3 days off, with Emancipation Day.
Saturday 9 October to Monday 11 October 2027: 3 days off, with National Heroes' Day.

Bridge days (0)

No working day in 2027 sits between two days off, so there is no bridge day by this rule.

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

Every public holiday in the Bahamas applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.

Add the Bahamas to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/bahamas/2027.ics

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Check how many working days a trip really needs, with the Bahamas's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.

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