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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Bermuda

The list of Bermuda bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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10 Apr 2008 (The Bermuda Sun) The Government of Bermuda has decided to create a new holiday called "Heroes' Day", to be held for the first time on October 13, 2008. In addition it was announced that the Queen's Birthday public holiday, usually observed in mid-June, will no longer be observed, beginning in 2009. • 16 Mar 2008 (The Royal Gazette-Hamilton) A few months after it made the change, faced with widespread negative public reactions, the Government of Bermuda has announced that it was restoring the May 24th public holiday name from National Heroes' Day to its original form of Bermuda Day. • 19 Sep 2007 (The Royal Gazette-Hamilton) Yesterday, the government of Bermuda announced the renaming of the May 24 public holiday from "Bermuda Day" to "Heroes' Day", with Dame Lois Browne-Evans to be celebrated as Bermuda's first 'national hero' on May 24, 2008. • 31 May 2007 (The Bermuda Sun) The funeral of Dame Lois Browne-Evans has been set for next Tuesday, June 5, 2007. As we announced yesterday, the date of the funeral will be a public holiday in Bermuda. • 30 May 2007 (The Bermuda Sun) Following the overnight death of Lois Browne-Evans, Bermuda Premier, Dr. Ewart Brown, announced that the day of her funeral will be a public holiday (presumably later this week, although no date has been announced yet). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bermuda public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Law of Record: Official public holidays in Bermuda, and their observances, are governed by the Public Holidays Act 1947. • Public holidays occurring on the weekend are normally moved to the following Monday. If Christmas and Boxing Day both fall on a weekend then they are observed on the following Monday and Tuesday. If December 25 is a Sunday, then the day off work for Christmas is Tuesday. • Bermuda grinds to a complete halt for two days every summer to turn its attention to a cricket game. Over 7,000 people attend one or both days. It is also broadcast live. The festive game began officially in July 1902 between the Somerset Cricket Club in the west end and the St. George's Cricket Club in the east end. Venues of the game change yearly between both clubs. The popularity of the annual game was such that it caused continued absences from employment. As a direct result, the 2-day public holiday was first introduced in 1947 and has been in effect ever since. Since 1999, a celebration of emancipation is now part of the ritual of the first day of Cup Match, formally renamed Emancipation Day. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bermuda Monetary Authority (Bermuda central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Bermuda, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bermuda, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Bermuda, before planning any trip to Bermuda. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.