Public holidays
Public Holidays in Bulgaria 2026
Next holiday: Christmas Eve, Thursday, 24 December 2026
National · 2026
- January
- 1New Year's Day
- 2Non-working day
- February–
- March
- 3Liberation Day
- April
- 10Good Friday
- 11Holy Saturday
- 12Easter
- 13Easter
- May
- 1Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day
- 6Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
- 24Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
- 25Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
- June–
- July–
- August–
- September
- 6Unification Day
- 7Unification Day
- 22Independence Day
- October–
- November–
- December
- 24Christmas Eve
- 25Christmas Day
- 26Christmas Day
- 28Christmas Day
National · 2026
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan Thu | New Year's Day |
| 2 Jan Fri | Non-working daylong weekend |
| 3 Mar Tue | Liberation Day |
| 10 Apr Fri | Good Fridaylong weekend |
| 11 Apr Sat | Holy Saturday |
| 12 Apr Sun | Easter |
| 13 Apr Mon | Easterlong weekend |
| 1 May Fri | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Daylong weekend |
| 6 May Wed | Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army |
| 24 May Sun | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture |
| 25 May Mon | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Cultureobservedlong weekend |
| 6 Sept Sun | Unification Day |
| 7 Sept Mon | Unification Dayobservedlong weekend |
| 22 Sept Tue | Independence Day |
| 24 Dec Thu | Christmas Eve |
| 25 Dec Fri | Christmas Daylong weekend |
| 26 Dec Sat | Christmas Day |
| 28 Dec Mon | Christmas Dayobservedlong weekend |
National · 2027
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan Fri | New Year's Daylong weekend |
| 3 Mar Wed | Liberation Day |
| 30 Apr Fri | Good Fridaylong weekend |
| 1 May Sat | Holy Saturday · Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day |
| 2 May Sun | Easter |
| 3 May Mon | Easterlong weekend |
| 4 May Tue | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Dayobserved |
| 6 May Thu | Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army |
| 24 May Mon | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culturelong weekend |
| 6 Sept Mon | Unification Daylong weekend |
| 22 Sept Wed | Independence Day |
| 24 Dec Fri | Christmas Evelong weekend |
| 25 Dec Sat | Christmas Day |
| 26 Dec Sun | Christmas Day |
| 27 Dec Mon | Christmas Dayobservedlong weekend |
| 28 Dec Tue | Christmas Dayobserved |