Holidays in Haiti 2026: Mark your calendar with the full list of official public holidays and important cultural observances.
List of Holidays in Haiti 2026
January 1 (Thursday): Independence Day & New Year’s Day
January 2 (Friday): Ancestry Day
January 6 (Tuesday): Epiphany / Le Jour des Rois
February 16-18 (Monday-Wednesday): Carnival / Mardi Gras
April 3 (Friday): Good Friday
April 14 (Tuesday): Pan American Day
May 1 (Friday): Labor and Agriculture Day
May 14 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 18 (Monday): Flag and University Day
June 23 (Tuesday): Corpus Christi
August 15 (Saturday): Assumption of Mary
October 17 (Saturday): Anniversary of the Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
November 1 (Sunday): All Saints’ Day
November 2 (Monday): All Souls’ Day
November 18 (Wednesday):: Vertières Day / Army Day
December 5 (Saturday): Discovery Day
December 25 (Friday): Christmas Day
Other Important Holidays
- January 1: Haitian Independence Day
- January 2: Jour des Aïeux (Ancestors’ Day)
- March/April: Rara (season culminates around Easter)
- May 25: Father’s Day
- July 16: Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- July 25: Feast of Saint James
- August 10: Feast of Saint Lawrence
- October 4: Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
- October 17: Dessalines Day
- November 1 & 2: Fèt Gede (Vodou celebrations for the ancestors)
- November 18: Battle of Vertières Day
- December 25: Christmas
This is the complete list of Haitian holidays for 2026. Please contact us if you notice any discrepancies.
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