Public holidays in Barbados

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates There are 12 public holidays in Barbados,^[1] which includes Christian holidays and secular holidays. Holidays in Barbados are also referred to as bank holidays locally:^[2]

Holiday	Date	Date in Template:Year	Remarks
New Year's Day	1 January	1 January Template:Year	Celebrates the first day of every year in the Gregorian calendar.
Errol Barrow Day	21 January	21 January Template:Year	A day of recognition for Errol Barrow, the Father of the Nation.^[3]
Good Friday	Date varies	Template:Calendar date	Commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
Easter Monday	Date varies	Template:Calendar date	Day after Easter Sunday.
National Heroes' Day	28 April	28 April Template:Year	Celebrated in honour of the eleven Barbadian National Heroes.
Labour Day	1 May	1 May Template:Year	Celebrated in recognition of International Workers' Day.^[4]
Whit Monday	Date varies	Template:Calendar date	Day after Pentecost.
Emancipation Day	1 August	1 August Template:Year	The date on which Trans-Atlantic African slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire.
Kadooment Day	First Monday in August	5 August 2024	Climax of Crop Over celebrations.^[5]
Independence Day	30 November	30 November Template:Year	The anniversary of Barbadian National Independence, from the United Kingdom in 1966 and Saint Andrew's Day. It is also the anniversary of the proclamation of Barbados as a Republic within the Commonwealth on 30 November 2021.
Christmas Day	25 December	25 December Template:Year	Celebrates the birth of Jesus.
Boxing Day	26 December	26 December Template:Year	Day after Christmas.

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