Public Holidays and Observances Scheduled in Barbados for 2023
by Karen Rollins Jan 16, 2023
The following public holidays will be observed in Barbados in 2023:
2 January – New Year’s Day holiday
21 January – Errol Barrow Day (read our profile on Barbados’ first Prime Minister Errol Walton Barrow)
7 April – Good Friday
10 April – Easter Monday
28 April – National Heroes Day (click to read more about our 10 original national heroes)
1 May – May Day
29 May – Whit Monday
1 August – Emancipation Day (read 10 facts about the slave trade in the Caribbean)
7 August – Kadooment Day (look back at the launch of Crop Over 2022)
30 November – Independence Day (click to recall the celebrations for Barbados’ 55th Independence Day and transition to a Republic)
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Boxing Day