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This is a list of regular named Holidays in Bermuda.^[1] Every Sunday is also considered a holiday.^[2]

Name	2015 Date	2016 Date^[3]	2017 Date	2018 Date	2019 Date	2020 Date	2021 Date^[4]	2022 Date^[5]	2023 Date^[5]	2024 Date^[6]	2025 Date^[7]	Remarks
New Year's Day	1 January	1 January	2 January	1 January	1 January	1 January	1 January	3 January	2 January	1 January	1 January	if on a weekend, will be moved to the next Monday
Good Friday	3 April	25 March	14 April	30 March	19 April	10 April	2 April	15 April	7 April	29 March	18 April	Notable for extensive Bermuda kite flying.
Bermuda Day	25 May	24 May	24 May	25 May	24 May	29 May	28 May	27 May	26 May	24 May	23 May	Previously known as Victoria Day, Empire Day, and Commonwealth Day.
National Heroes Day	15 June	20 June	19 June	18 June	17 June	15 June	21 June	20 June	19 June	17 June	16 June	This holiday began in 2008, first commemorated on October 12 2008 and was moved to replace the Queen's Official Birthday in 2009.^[8]^[9] ^[10]
Emancipation Day	30 July	28 July	3 August	2 August	1 August	30 July	29 July	28 July	3 August	1 August	31 July	First day of Cup Match; formerly Cup Match Day until 2000.
Mary Prince Day	31 July	29 July	4 August	3 August	2 August	31 July	30 July	29 July	4 August	2 August	1 August	Second day of Cup Match. Named after Mary Prince, until 2020 was known as Somers' Day after Sir George Somers.^[11]
Labour Day	7 September	5 September	4 September	3 September	2 September	7 September	6 September	5 September	4 September	2 September	1 September	Established in 1982.^[12]^[13] The symbolic end of summer.
Remembrance Day	11 November	11 November	13 November	12 November	11 November	11 November	11 November	11 November	13 November	11 November	11 November	A service is held at the cenotaph in Hamilton; if on a weekend, will be moved to the next Monday
Christmas Day	25 December	27^[14]^[15] December	25 December	25 December	25 December	25 December	27 December	26 December	25 December	25 December	25 December	normally the 25th, but the day off will be moved, if on a weekend
Boxing Day	28^[16]^[17] December	26 December	26 December	26 December	26 December	28 December	28 December	27 December	26 December	26 December	26 December	normally the 26th, but the day off will be moved, if on a weekend

There are exceptional Holidays from time to time. E.g. the 8th of May 2023 was such a public holiday to commemorate the King's Coronation.^[18]

Nature of Public Holidays

The official list of Public Holidays was set out in 1947 in the Public Holidays Act. Since the Act has been amended a number of times including in 2009 to move the National Heroes Day from October to June to replace the Queen's Official Holiday and the replacement of Somers' Day with Mary Prince Day in 2020.

Emancipation Day and Mary Prince Day (formerly Cup Match Day and Somers' Day) which last two days, are know together be known as Cup Match, during which a intra-island cricket game is played between the Somerset Cricket Club in the east of the island and St. George's Cricket Club in the west. The Cup Match was created to celebrate and commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in Bermuda and has taken place since at least 1902.^[19]^[20]

Public holidays featured nearly a complete shut-down of Bermuda, with all public offices and stores closed. Not only was the sale of goods on public holidays made illegal, but offering items for sale and even allowing customers into a store constituted an offense. Hotel restaurants, pharmacies and stores that had been granted special licenses by the government were exempted from this.

In March 2005, the Bermuda government passed a major amendment to the Act that allowed stores to finally open. It required that employers give their staff at least seven days (written) notice of a need for their service; it also required that employers inform those employees of their right to refuse, and prohibited any sort of disciplinary action or dismissal for employees who did refuse.

References

^ "Public holidays". Government of Bermuda. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "Public Holidays Act 1947" (PDF). Bermuda Laws Online. The Government of Bermuda. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ "GARBAGE AND RECYCLING SCHEDULE 2016" (PDF). The Government of Bermuda. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ cminors (18 January 2021). "PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2021". www.gov.bm. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b cminors (18 January 2021). "PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2022/2023". www.gov.bm. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ cminors (25 March 2022). "PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2024 CABINET OFFICE". www.gov.bm. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ cminors (25 March 2022). "PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2025 CABINET OFFICE". www.gov.bm. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=60&articleId=7d9a4b33003000d^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Bermuda's National Heroes Day changed". jamaica-gleaner.com. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "National Heroes Day – Department of Culture". Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ Bell, Jonathan (23 July 2021). "One year late, Mary Prince Day will be celebrated at Cup Match". www.royalgazette.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "[1]" 2002 newspaper editorial on the subject
^ "[2]^{[dead link]}" 1982 military document noting first Bermuda Labor Day in 1982
^ "Public holidays | Government of Bermuda". 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Bermuda Public Holidays 2016 and 2017". Bermuda. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Holidays in Bermuda in 2015 | Official Holidays". timesles.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Holidays and Observances in Bermuda in 2015". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ cminors (3 April 2023). "PROCLAMATION MONDAY 8TH MAY 2023 PUBLIC HOLIDAY". www.gov.bm. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ "Cup Match Time in Bermuda". Go To Bermuda. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "Just what is Cup Match?". www.royalgazette.com. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2023.