The Regional Government in the Canary Islands establishes, within an annual limit of fourteen such dates, a list of official bank holidays for the year 2025, following the publication of the Laboral Calendar in the Official State Gazette (BOE). The local municipality holidays are then published at the end of the year.
The island of Gran Canaria and the Canary Islands share official holidays with the rest of Spain. In addition to these, each of the Canary Islands has its official holiday and each municipality has its own two.
In view of the 2025 calendar, and taking into account that the holiday of October 12, Spain’s National Holiday, falls on a Sunday, it has been deemed appropriate to replace the work holiday corresponding to October 13 with May 30, the Canary Islands Festival.
Areas of large tourist influx are exceptions to the general schedule regime. Gran Canaria has many of these, so there are always places open on a Sunday.
See all the local holidays in the Canary Islands HERE
Many of the patron saints’ celebrations will include a range of local and regional events scheduled for several days, and weekends, with Romería, pilgrimage offerings, religious processions, traditional fiestas, live performances, and nighttime events free for all to attend; many attendees dress in traditional clothing to mark the occasion of the main feast day or the day before.
As for the municipalities, Carnival Tuesday, Martes de Carnival’ stands out again, a holiday in many of them. This year, it will be March 4.
Some of the most popular festivities are of Our Lady of the Pine in Teror, Fiestas del Pino, the patron saint of Gran Canaria, “La Rama” festivities in Agaete. Fiestas del Charco in La Aldea as well as multiple Fiestas Santiago “the apostle” and Virgen del Carmen around the island. And not forgetting the Carnival and Holy Week.
You will find much more information and loads of local events in The Canary Guide calendar, where they are added as soon as the programs are published.
JANUARY
Wednesday, 1 January
Public Holiday in Spain: New Year/Año Nuevo
Monday, 6 January
Public Holiday in Spain: The Epiphany of the Lord/Epifanía del Señor/Reyes Magos
Monday, 20 January
Local Holiday in Agüimes: festividad de San Sebastián
FEBRUARY
Monday 3 February
Local bank holiday in Ingenio: Festividad de San Blas
MARCH
Tuesday 4 March
Local bank holiday in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Lucía, Teror,
Arucas, Firgas, Moya, Tejeda, Valleseco, Vega de San Mateo, Santa Brígida:
Martes de Carnaval/ Carnival Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday
Thursday 6 March
Local bank holiday in Agüimes, Ingenio: Jueves de Carnaval/Carnival Thursday
Wednesday 19 March
Local bank holiday in Santa Maria de Guía: Festividad de San José
Friday 28 March
Local bank holiday in San Bartolomé de Tirajana: Día del Turista
APRIL
Thursday 17 April
Public Holiday in The Canary Islands – Holy Thursday/Jueves Santo/Maundy Thursday
Friday 18 April
Public Holiday in Spain – Good Friday/Viernes Santo/Holy Friday
MAY
Thursday 1 May
Public Holiday in Spain – MayDay, Fiesta del Trabajo
Thursday 15 May
Local bank holiday in Gáldar: Feast of San Isidro Labrador- Festividad de San Isidro Labrador
Friday, May 30
Public Holiday in the Canary Islands – Canary Islands’ Day, Día de Canarias
JUNE
Monday 9 June
Local bank holiday in Valleseco: Patron Saint of the municipality San Vicente Ferrer
Friday 13 June
Local bank holiday in Mogán: Festividad de San Antonio
Local bank holiday in Santa Brígida: Festividad de San Antonio de Padua
Monday 16 June
Local bank holiday in Moya: Festividad de San Antonio de Padua
Tuesday 24 JuneLocal bank holiday in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Conmemoración de la Fundación de la Ciudad, Commemoration of the Foundation of the City
Local bank holiday in Telde, Artenara, Arucas, Valsequillo: Festividad de San Juan/ San Juan Bautista
Friday 27 June
Local bank holiday in Teror: Festividad del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
JULY
Wednesday 16 July
Local bank holiday in Mogán: Festividad de la Virgen del Carmen
Friday 25 July
Local bank holiday in Gáldar: Feast of Santiago Apóstol- Festividad de Santiago Apóstol
Local bank holiday in San Bartolomé de Tirajana: Festividad de Santiago Apóstol
AUGUST
Monday 4 August
Local bank holiday in Agaete: “La Rama” in honour of Our Lady of the Snows – La Rama en honor a Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Tuesday 5 August
Local bank holiday in Agaete: Feast of Our Lady of the Snows -Festividad de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Friday 15 August
Public Holiday in Spain: The Feast of Assumption of the Virgin, Asunción de la Virgen
Saturday 16 August
Local bank holiday in Firgas: Festividad de San Roque
SEPTEMBER
Monday 1 September
Local bank holiday in Artenara: Festividad de la Virgen de la Cuevita
Monday 8 September
Bank Holiday on Gran Canaria: The feast of the Patron Saint of Gran Canaria Our Lady of the Pine, Nuestra Señora del Pino.
Wednesday 10 September
Local bank holiday in La Aldea de San Nicolás: Festividad del Santo Patrono San Nicolás de Tolentino
Thursday 11 September
Local bank holiday in La Aldea de San Nicolás: Día del Charco
Monday 15 September
Local Bank holiday in Tejeda: Festividad de la Virgen del Socorro
Monday 22 September
Local bank holiday in Vega de San Mateo: Festividad en honor al Apóstol San Mateo
Local bank holiday in Santa Maria de Guía: Day after the Feast of the Las Marías
Monday 29 September
Local bank holiday in Valsequillo: Festividad de San Miguel
OCTOBER
Friday 24 October
Local bank holiday in Santa Lucía: Festividad de San Rafael
NOVEMBER
Saturday, 1 November
Public Holiday in Spain – All Saints’ Day, All Hallows Day, Halloween, Día de todos los Santos
Monday 17 November
Local bank holiday in Telde: Festividad de San Gregorio Taumaturgo
DECEMBER
Saturday 6 December
Public Holiday in Spain – Day of the Spanish Constitution, Día de la Constitución Española
Monday 8 December
Public Holiday in Spain – Immaculate Conception, Día de la Inmaculada Concepción.
Saturday 13 December
Local bank holiday in Santa Lucía: Patron Saint festivities, Saint Lucy’s Day, Festividad de Santa Lucía
Thursday 25 December
Public Holiday in Spain – Christmas, Natividad del Señor
