Categories Bahamian Public Holiday Off Island Performance On Island Performance Agenda Agenda Day Month Week April – August 2020 Apr – Aug 2020 Collapse All Expand All Apr 10 Fri Good Friday Tickets Apr 10 all-day Apr 13 Mon Easter Monday Tickets Apr 13 all-day Jun 1 Mon Whit Monday Tickets Jun 1 all-day Jun 5 Fri Sir Randol Fawkes Day Tickets Jun 5 all-day Jul 10 Fri Independence Day Tickets Jul 10 all-day Bahamas Independence Day is celebrated on 10 July. If 10 July falls on either a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday will be a public holiday. This public holiday marks independence from the United Kingdom in 1973 and is the National Holiday of the Bahamas. Aug 3 Mon Emancipation Day Tickets Aug 3 all-day Emancipation Day holiday, on the first Monday in August, celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the British colonies in 1834. It is celebrated with a Junkanoo Rush-out, a day of beaching, sailing, and regattas in most islands. April – August 2020 Apr – Aug 2020