Public holidays in Bulgaria 2027

There are 17 public holidays in 2027. 12 of them fall on a working day.

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All 17 public holidays in Bulgaria 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 Jan 2027	Friday	New Year's Day	Нова година
3 Mar 2027	Wednesday	Liberation Day	Ден на Освобождението на България от османско иго
30 Apr 2027	Friday	Good Friday	Велики петък
1 May 2027	Saturday	Holy Saturday	Велика събота
1 May 2027	Saturday	Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day	Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност
2 May 2027	Sunday	Easter	Великден
3 May 2027	Monday	Easter	Великден
4 May 2027	Tuesday	Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (observed)	Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност (почивен ден)
6 May 2027	Thursday	Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army	Гергьовден, Ден на храбростта и Българската армия
24 May 2027	Monday	Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture	Ден на светите братя Кирил и Методий, на българската азбука, просвета и култура и на славянската книжовност
6 Sep 2027	Monday	Unification Day	Ден на Съединението
22 Sep 2027	Wednesday	Independence Day	Ден на Независимостта на България
24 Dec 2027	Friday	Christmas Eve	Бъдни вечер
25 Dec 2027	Saturday	Christmas Day	Рождество Христово
26 Dec 2027	Sunday	Christmas Day	Рождество Христово
27 Dec 2027	Monday	Christmas Day (observed)	Рождество Христово (почивен ден)
28 Dec 2027	Tuesday	Christmas Day (observed)	Рождество Христово (почивен ден)

Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.

Long weekends 2027

11 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:

Take leave	Off	Days of leave	Days off	Ratio	Occasion
Mon 1 Mar, Tue 2 Mar	27 Feb – 3 Mar 2027	2	5	2.5	Liberation Day
Thu 4 Mar, Fri 5 Mar	3 Mar – 7 Mar 2027	2	5	2.5	Liberation Day
Mon 26 Apr, Tue 27 Apr, Wed 28 Apr, Thu 29 Apr	24 Apr – 4 May 2027	4	11	2.8	Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Easter, Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (observed)
Wed 5 May	30 Apr – 6 May 2027	1	7	7	Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Easter, Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (observed), Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
Fri 7 May	6 May – 9 May 2027	1	4	4	Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
Tue 25 May, Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May, Fri 28 May	22 May – 30 May 2027	4	9	2.3	Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
Tue 7 Sep, Wed 8 Sep, Thu 9 Sep, Fri 10 Sep	4 Sep – 12 Sep 2027	4	9	2.3	Unification Day
Mon 20 Sep, Tue 21 Sep	18 Sep – 22 Sep 2027	2	5	2.5	Independence Day
Thu 23 Sep, Fri 24 Sep	22 Sep – 26 Sep 2027	2	5	2.5	Independence Day
Mon 20 Dec, Tue 21 Dec, Wed 22 Dec, Thu 23 Dec	18 Dec – 28 Dec 2027	4	11	2.8	Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Day, Christmas Day (observed), Christmas Day (observed)
Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec, Fri 31 Dec	24 Dec – 3 Jan 2028	3	11	3.7	Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Day, Christmas Day (observed), Christmas Day (observed), New Year's Day, New Year's Day (observed)

Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.

Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Bulgaria have in 2027?

17 public holidays. 5 of them fall on a weekend in 2027.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2027?

Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (observed), Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army: take 1 day of leave (5 May) and you get 7 days off in a row, 30 Apr – 6 May 2027.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code BG (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.bulgarian) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026