Public holidays in Venezuela

The table below shows a list of the most notable holidays in Venezuela. Popular and public holidays are included in the list.

Other public holidays may be observed. In 2019, several days were announced as national holidays based on widespread blackouts.^[1]

Official holidays

Information adapted from the Office of National Holidays.^[2]

Date	Local name	English name
January 1	Día de Año Nuevo	New Year's Day
January 6	Día de Reyes	Epiphany
Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday	Carnaval	Carnival
From Palm Sunday to Easter (movable)	Semana Santa	Holy Week
30 days after Easter (movable)	Día de la ascención	Feast of the Ascension
March 19	Día de San José	Saint Joseph's Day
April 19	Diecinueve de abril	Anniversary of the Beginning of the Independence movement/19 April
May 1	Día del Trabajador	Labor Day
Second Sunday of May (movable)	Día de las Madres	Mother's Day
Third Sunday of June (movable)	Día de los Padres	Father's Day
Approx. 60 days after Easter	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi
June 24	Día de San Juan Bautista y Aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo	Feast of Saint John the Baptist and the Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo
June 29	Día de San Pedro y San Pablo	Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
July 5	Cinco de julio	Independence Day
July 24	Natalicio del Libertador	Birth of Simón Bolívar
August 15 (usually)	Día de la Asunción	Assumption Day
Second Monday of September	Aparicion del Virgen del Coromoto	Feast of Our Lady of Coromoto
October 12	Día de la Resistencia Indígena	Day of Indigenous Resistance
November 1	Día de Todos los Santos	All Saints' Day
December 8	Inmaculada Concepción	Immaculate Conception
December 24	Nochebuena	Christmas Eve
December 25	Navidad	Christmas
December 31	Nochevieja	New Year's Eve

Popular holidays

Date	Local name	English name
January 14	Día de la Divina Pastora	Feast of the Divina Pastora
January 15	Día del Maestro	Teachers' Day
February 12	Día de la Juventud	Youth Day
February 20	Dia de la Federacion	Federation Day
March 8	Dia Internacional de la Mujer	International Women's Day
March 21	Día del abolición de la esclavitud	Slavery Abolition Anniversary
March 28	Día Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural	National Cultural Patrimonies Day
March 31	Aniversario del fundacion del San Cristóbal	Foundation anniversary Day of San Cristóbal, Táchira
May 3	Día del Cruz del Mayo	Fiesta de las Cruces
May 25	Día del Himno Nacional	National Anthem Day
June 27	Día del Periodista y Aniversario de la instauración del Decreto de Instrucción pública gratuita y obligatoria	Journalists' Day and the Anniversary of the 1872 Public Education Decree
Third Sunday of July (movable)	Dia del niño	Children's Day
July 24	Dia de la Armada Nacional	Navy Day and the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo
July 25	Aniversario del fundacion del Caracas	Caracas City Foundation Day
August 3	Día de la Bandera	Flag Day
August 4	Día de la Guardia Nacional	National Guard Day
September 8	Día del Virgen del Valle	Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, feast of the Virgen del Valle
September 24	Día del Virgen de las Mercedes	Feast of the Our Lady of Mercy
November 2	Día de los fieles difuntos	All Souls' Day
November 17 to November 19	Feria de la Chinita	Feria of La Chinita
November 21	Día del estudiante universitario	University Students' Day
December 8	Dia de la Lealtad	Loyalty Day
December 10	Día de la Aviacion Militar	Venezuelan Air Force Day
December 17	Aniversario de la muerte de Libertador Simón Bolívar	Simón Bolívar Memorial Day