bermuda day 2021

Bermuda Day is a public holiday on the final Friday in May. It is Bermuda's National Day and is a day to celebrate the unique cultural heritage of the islands.

Legislation, which was tabled in January 2020, moved the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to the Friday before the final Monday of May.

Prior to 2017, Bermuda Day was observed on May 24th. The date was switched in 2017 in a bid to cut absenteeism when the public holiday fell before a weekday.

It was brought forward a week in 2019 to keep it closer to the United States Memorial Day holiday, an opportune long weekend for the island to court tourists.