This is a list of holidays in Grenada.
- January 1: New Year's Day
- February 7: Independence Day, from the United Kingdom in 1974.
- (variable): Good Friday
- (variable) Easter Monday
- May 1: Labour Day
- (variable): Whit Monday
- (variable): Feast of Corpus Christi
- first Monday of August: Emancipation Day, marks the end of slavery in the British Empire in 1834.
- August 11: Carnival
- October 19: National Heroes Day, commemorating the 1983 killing of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, several of his cabinet colleagues and civilians at Fort Rupert, also called Fort George.
- October 25: Thanksgiving Day, celebrates the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983.
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 26: Boxing Day
References
- List
- Government of Grenada: Public holidays and events Archived 2012-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- "Corpus Christi in Grenada in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- "Emancipation Day in Grenada in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- "Government to make 19 October a public holiday from 2023". Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- "Thanksgiving in Grenada in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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