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Cayman will have 13 public holidays in 2025

With the addition of General Election Day in April, next year will have 13 public holidays.

Week of events to mark reinstated Emancipation Day

The newly reinstated Emancipation Day will be celebrated with a full week of public events next month, starting 3 May with 345 Day.

Discovery Day will be retained as public holiday

Cayman's Discovery Day holiday, which was initially dropped to make way for Emancipation Day in May, will make its return to the official schedule of public holidays this year.

Dates of Cayman’s 2024 public holidays released

The government has released the dates for Cayman's 11 public holidays for 2024.

Emancipation Day reinstated as a holiday

Emancipation Day will be formally recognised and reinstated in May 2024, replacing Discovery Day as a public holiday, government has announced.

May public holiday set for King Charles’ coronation

Cabinet has approved 8 May next year as a public holiday to mark the coronation of King Charles.

Platinum Jubilee long weekend among public holidays for 2022

A long weekend set for June next year, to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee is among the official public holidays confirmed by the Deputy Governor's Office on Monday. 

2021 public holidays announced

The Office of the Deputy Governor on Tuesday confirmed the list of public holidays in the Cayman Islands for 2021.

2020 public holidays announced

The deputy governor’s office on Sunday confirmed all public holidays for 2020.
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Referendum Day holiday gazetted

The 19 Dec. date was gazetted this week and will facilitate the vote on government’s $200 million cruise berthing and cargo port facility, which Premier Alden McLaughlin announced last week.
Residents and visitors gaze up at fireworks launched just before midnight on New Year’s Eve along Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

2019 public holidays announced

The Deputy Governor’s Office has announced the dates of 11 public holidays that will be held in 2019.

Here are your 2018 public holidays

The Deputy Governor’s Office released on Monday the list of Cayman Islands public holidays for 2018. Next year, there will be 11 public holidays. The confirmed dates are as follows:

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