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The Government of the Canary Islands has approved the decree establishing the 2027 Holiday Calendar for the Canary Islands this Monday, June 29th. The text sets the twelve regional and island-wide holidays and opens the window for municipalities to propose their two local holidays, bringing the total to the maximum of fourteen days stipulated by regulations.
The list of holidays for the Canary Islands in 2027:
- January 1 - Año Nuevo (New Year's Day)
- January 6 - Epifanía del Señor/Los Reyes (Epiphany/Three Kings)
- March 25 - Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday)
- March 26 - Viernes Santo (Good Friday)
- May 1 - Fiesta del Trabajo (Labour Day)
- May 30 - Día de Canarias (Canary Islands Day)
- August 16 - Asunción de la Virgen (Assumption of the Virgin) [1]
- October 12 - Fiesta Nacional de España (National Day of Spain)
- November 1 - Todos los Santos (All Saints' Day)
- December 6 - Día de la Constitución Española (Constitution Day)
- December 8 - Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception)
- December 25 - Natividad del Señor (Christmas Day)
Additionally, the decree establishes island-specific holidays, which means, in Tenerife, February 2, the Feast of Our Lady of Candelaria is also a holiday.
[1] August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, is to be observed on Monday the 16th as it falls on a Sunday in 2027.
NB: Now, I'm faithfully translating the list provided on the government's own website, as have various of the local press, however, I'm also a former accountant and can't help counting to reconcile the numbers. The bulleted list above contains 12 dates, which, once you add the island-specific holiday on February 3, brings the running total to 13. If two more days of local holidays were added to this running total, by my calculations, this brings the total to 15, which is clearly one more than 'the maximum of fourteen days stipulated by regulations', so there's an OOPS. Doubtful they'll give away a day extra, so we'll wait to see what might be done to fix the situation.
El Gobierno aprueba el calendario laboral de Canarias para 2027
More information: Public holidays in the Canary Islands