Holidays and Festivals

We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.

MEXICO

Date 2008	Occasion
January 1	New Year's Day
February 5	Anniversary of the Constitution
March 21	Benito Juárez Day
March 21 - 24	Good Friday to Easter Monday
May 1	Labour Day
May 5	Battle of Puebla
September 1	President's address/Bank Holiday
September 16	Independence Day*
October 12	Dia de la Raza/Columbus Day - most places close
November 2	Dia de los Muertos. Most places close
November 20	Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
December 12	Virgin of Guadalupe, Government and banks only
December 25	Christmas Day
*Independence was declared at Midnight so 15 and 16 September both count as part of the "Noche del Grito" or Shout of Freedom. Only the 16th is a holiday, however.^{1Most businesses close though these are not official holidays. They are official for government and banks.}