Holidays 2026: When are the long weekends?
2026 offers several opportunities for long weekends, as many holidays fall close to weekends.
The holidays of 2026 are:
- New Year's Day (1/1): Thursday
- Epiphany (6/1): Tuesday
- Clean Monday (23/2): Monday
- March 25th: Wednesday
- Easter: April 12th
- Good Friday: Holiday (part of a four-day weekend)
- Easter Monday: Holiday (part of a four-day weekend)
- May Day: Creates a three-day weekend
- Holy Spirit Day (1/6): Monday (three-day weekend)
- Assumption of Mary: Saturday
- October 28th: Wednesday
- Christmas: Friday (three-day weekend)
Easter creates the only four-day weekend of the year.