Grenada : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Friday June 3, 2022 | Carriacou Regatta | Sports events | |
Friday June 3, 2022 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday June 6, 2022 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday June 7, 2022 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Thursday June 16, 2022 | Corpus Cristi | Catholic | |
Thursday June 23, 2022 | Parliamentary election | Special Events | |
Thursday June 23, 2022 | Parliamentary election | Special Events | |
Friday July 8, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday August 1, 2022 | Emancipation Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday August 8, 2022 | Carnival | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday August 9, 2022 | Carnival Tuesday | Secular holiday | |
Monday August 15, 2022 | Regional holiday | Secular holiday | |
Thursday September 1, 2022 | Kirani James day | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday September 5, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday October 25, 2022 | Thanksgiving | Secular holiday | |
Friday December 9, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Secular holiday | |
Carriacou Regatta
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Friday June 3, 2022
Sports events : Lasts 8 days
https://www.caribbean-multihulls.com/caribbean-yachting/agenda/ 2022 edition confirmed
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 3, 2022
School holidays :
Whit Monday
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Monday June 6, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday June 7, 2022
School holidays :
Corpus Cristi
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Thursday June 16, 2022
Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
Parliamentary election
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Thursday June 23, 2022
Special Events :
Parliamentary election
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Thursday June 23, 2022
Special Events :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 8, 2022
School holidays :
Emancipation Day
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Monday August 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Celebrating the abolition of slavery.
Carnival
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Monday August 8, 2022
Secular holiday : From dawn on Carnival Monday, the streets of Grenada's towns are filled with traditional masqueraders depicting Devils (Jab-Jabs) and social commentaries of the highlights of the past year (Ole Mas). Spectators and masqueraders dance to the sounds of steel bands and DJs playing the latest carnival melodies.
Carnival Tuesday
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Tuesday August 9, 2022
Secular holiday : Carnival celebrations come to an end on Carnival Tuesday with the parade of the bands. Masqueraders dance through the streets showcasing their brightly coloured costumes to the delight of the crowd with sounds of steel bands and DJs playing the latest carnival songs
Regional holiday
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Monday August 15, 2022
Secular holiday : in St George only http://www.grenadagrenadines.com/cal.html
Kirani James day
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Thursday September 1, 2022
Culture : Kirani James won gold at the 2012 Olympics in London
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 5, 2022
School holidays :
Thanksgiving
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Tuesday October 25, 2022
Secular holiday : Relations with the United States were strained when Maurice Bishop took power in a bloodless coup and suspended the 1974 Constitution. Following another coup in which Bishop among others were executed, the United States invaded Grenada on October 25, 1983. They were accompanied by troups from Jamaica, Barbados, and other countries. The Constitution was reinstated, and elections were held the following year.
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 9, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Christmas Day in Grenada is marked by religious celebrations and an increased generosity of spirit among the local population. Christmas traditions include the display of Nativity scenes, the decoration of Christmas trees and homes, Christmas parties with Santa Claus being the special guest at children's parties and the exchange of gifts during the festive season.
Boxing Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday : Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would traditionally receive gifts known as a Christmas box from their masters, employers or customers.
Due to historical reasons, depending on the year, Boxing Day can be celebrated BEFORE Christmas in the UK. [Wikipedia]