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2026 holiday calendar

US federal holidays and UK bank holidays for 2026, with the actual day of the week and observed-day notes where they apply. Verified against the US Office of Personnel Management (opm.gov) and gov.uk/bank-holidays.

US federal holidays 2026

DateDayHoliday
Jan 1, 2026Thursday
New Year's Day
Jan 19, 2026Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Third Monday in January
Feb 16, 2026Monday
Presidents' Day
Third Monday in February
May 25, 2026Monday
Memorial Day
Last Monday in May
Jun 19, 2026Friday
Juneteenth National Independence Day
Jul 3, 2026Friday
Independence Day (observed)
Jul 4 falls on Saturday; federal observance is Friday Jul 3
Sep 7, 2026Monday
Labor Day
First Monday in September
Oct 12, 2026Monday
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day
Second Monday in October
Nov 11, 2026Wednesday
Veterans Day
Nov 26, 2026Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
Fourth Thursday in November
Dec 25, 2026Friday
Christmas Day

UK bank holidays 2026

DateDayHoliday
Jan 1, 2026Thursday
New Year's Day
Apr 3, 2026Friday
Good Friday
Apr 6, 2026Monday
Easter Monday
England, Wales, Northern Ireland
May 4, 2026Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
May 25, 2026Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
Aug 31, 2026Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
England, Wales, Northern Ireland
Dec 25, 2026Friday
Christmas Day
Dec 28, 2026Monday
Boxing Day (substitute)
Boxing Day Dec 26 falls on Saturday

Plan around holidays, not through them

Holiday weeks are a common source of skewed productivity data . fewer working days, fewer meetings, sometimes radically lower cognitive load. LifeLoad respects the public-holiday calendar you have subscribed in Google Calendar: those days are excluded from focus time blocking, after hours flagging, and cognitive load averaging, so a holiday week does not distort your burnout signal.

For official sources: US . opm.gov/federal-holidays. UK . gov.uk/bank-holidays.