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With so many holidays, awareness days, education weeks, and activism months happening all year long, we’ve been slowly collecting all of these events in a private internal calendar for years.
We made our Monthly Cause Awareness Calendar publicly available earlier this year. We’ve also published:
- The Ultimate Calendar of Heritage Months
- Disability Awareness Days Calendar
- Black & African American Holidays
- LGBTQ+ Pride Days, Weeks, & Months Calendar
- Animal & Pet Awareness Calendar
- Mental Health Days & Awareness Months Calendar
- Environmental & Sustainability Holidays Calendar
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Days & Months Calendar
- Cancer Awareness Days & Months Calendar
And now we’re publishing our guide to Hispanic holidays!
Our hope is this resource will help you or your organization bring attention to these important days — not just around Hispanic Heritage Month or famous holidays like Dia De Los Muertos — but all year long.
Hispanic and Latino holidays are an important way to celebrate and honor the rich history and culture of the Hispanic community. The holidays included in this guide recognize the diverse traditions, heritage, and cultural expressions across Spanish speaking countries, encompassing both religious observances and national commemorations.
Where applicable, we’ve included resources around highlighted holidays — usually in the form of good news around particular topics, relevant quotes or recommendations, or action steps on how to make a difference. We encourage you to share them if you find them helpful.
We’ve worked hard to make this among the most comprehensive collection of Hispanic holidays and celebrations on the internet. Always double-check dates, as they may shift from year to year or country to country.
Bookmark this page and revisit it as often as you need. We’ll continue to update it and add to it over time.
Hispanic Holidays, Cultural Celebrations, and Latin American Events
January
Days
Día de la Liberación / Liberation Day (Cuba) - January 1
Día de la Victoria / Victory Day (Cuba) - January 2
Día de los Reyes Mago / Three Kings Day - January 6
Epiphany Day (Dominican Republic) - January 6
Tamborrada (Spain) - January 20
Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic) - January 21
Juan Pablo Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) - January 26
Weeks
Dance of the Parachicos (Mexico) - January 15 to 23
Fiestas Calle San Sebastian (Puerto Rico) - 2nd or 3rd week of January
National Festival of Folklore (Argentina) - 9-day celebration near the end of January
El Carnaval del Pais (Argentina) - Every Saturday of January and February
February
Days
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico) - February 2
Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria (Bolivia, Uruguay) - February 2
Día de San Blas (Paraguay) - February 3
Anniversary of the Constitution (Mexico) - 1st Monday of February
Caravana del Zorro (Guatemala) - 1st Saturday of February
Día de la Marimba (Guatemala) - February 20
Flag Day (Mexico) - February 24
Independence Day (Dominican Republic) - February 27
Weeks
El Carnaval del Pais (Argentina) - Every Saturday of January and February
March
Days
Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico) - March 22
National Day of Life, Peace, and Justice (El Salvador) - March 26
César Chávez Holiday (California, Arizona, and Texas) - March 31
Weeks
Carnival / Carnaval - Festive season taking place before Lent
Las Fallas de Valencia (Spain) - March 15 to 19
April
Days
Malvinas Day (Argentina) - April 2
National Heroes Day (Costa Rica) - April 11
Punta Gorda Festival (Honduras) - April 12
Pan American Day - April 14
Anniversary of the Beginning of the Independence Movement (Venezuela) - April 19
33 Patriots Day (Uruguay) - April 19
Spanish Language Day - April 23
Sant Jordi Festival (Spain) - April 23
Día del Niño (Mexico) - April 30
Weeks
La Semana Santa / (Holy Week) - Week before Easter Sunday
Months
La Feria de Abril (Spain)
May
Days
La Batalla de Puebla / (Cinco de Mayo) - May 5
Mother’s Day / Día de la Madre (Spain) - 1st Sunday of May
Mother’s Day / Día de la Madre (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala) - May 10
Mother’s Day / Día de la Madre (Most Hispanic countries) - 2nd Sunday of May
Independence Day (Paraguay) - May 15
Battle of Las Piedras (Paraguay) - May 18
Independence Day (Cuba) - May 20
The Battle of Pichincha (Ecuador) - May 24
Día de la Revolución (Argentina) - May 25
Verbana de San Juan (Paraguay) - May 28 and 29
Weeks
Fiesta de los Patios (Spain) - 1st week of May
Feria de San Isidro (Honduras) - A week preceding the 3rd Saturday of May
June
Days
Liberation Day (Nicaragua) - June 18
Natalicio de Artigas (Uruguay) - June 19
Feast of Corpus Christi - Thursday after Trinity Sunday
Artigas Day (Uruguay) - June 19
Father’s Day / Día del Padre - 3rd Sunday of June
Flag Day (Argentina) - June 20
Año Nuevo Andino (Bolivia) - June 21
National Day of Indigenous Peoples (Chile) - June 21
El Colacho (Spain) - Sunday after the celebration of Corpus Christi
Noche de San Juan (Spain) - June 23
Aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo (Colombia, Venezuela) - June 24
King’s Day (Spain) - June 24
Día de San Pedro (Puerto Rico) - June 24
Haro Wine Festival (Spain) - June 28 to 30
July
Days
Independence Day (Venezuela) - July 5
Independence Day (Argentina) - July 9
Guelaguetza Festival (Mexico) - 2nd Monday following July 16
Revolution Day (Nicaragua) - July 19
Independence Day (Colombia) - July 20
Natalicio del Libertador (Colombia, Venezuela) - July 25
Santiago Apóstol (Spain) - July 25
Constitution Day (Peru) - July 25
Constitution Day (Puerto Rico) - July 25
Conmemoración del asalto a Moncada (Cuba) - July 25
Revolution Day (Cuba) - July 26
Independence Day (Peru) - July 28 and 29
Nanduti Festival (Paraguay) - Held on the last weekend of July
Weeks
San Fermín Festival (Spain) - July 6 to 14
August
Days
Santo Domingo de Guzman Festival (Nicaragua) - August 1 to 10
Día de la Revolución Agraria (Bolivia) - August 2
Independence Day (Bolivia) - August 6
Batalla de Junin (Peru) - August 6
Batalla de Boyacá - August 7
Independence Day (Ecuador) - August 10
Feast of the Virgen de Ukrupiña - August 14
Feast of the Assumption - August 15
Mother’s Day / Día de la Madre (Costa Rica) - August 15
Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) - August 16
San Martín Day (Argentina) - August 17
National Parks Day (Costa Rica) - August 14
Independence Day (Uruguay) - August 25
La Tomatina (Spain) - Last Wednesday of August
La Raima (Spain) - Last Friday of August
Weeks
Fiestas Agostinas - August 1 to 6
Festa Major de Gràcia (Spain) - 8-day celebration in August
Months
Las Fiestas Patronales (Puerto Rico)
September
Days
Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre (Cuba) - September 8
Anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto (Nicaragua) - September 14
Independence Day (Costa Rica) - September 15
Independence Day (Ecuador) - September 15
Independence Day (Guatemala) - September 15
Independence Day (Honduras) - September 15
Independence Day (Nicaragua) - September 15
El Grito de Dolores (Mexico) - September 15
Independence Day (Mexico) - September 16
Independence Day (Chile) - September 18
Army Day (Chile) - September 19
Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico) - September 23
The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel - September 29
Months
Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 to October 15
Read and share this guide on how to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month — plus, check out these Hispanic Heritage Month quotes
October
Days
Children’s Day (El Salvador) - October 1
Combate de Angamos (Peru) - October 8
Independencia de Guayaquil (Ecuador) - October 9
Grito de Yara (Colombia) - October 10
National Day of Spain / Independence Day (Spain) - October 12
Día de La Raza (Most Hispanic countries) - October 12
National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day - October 15
El Señor de los Milagros (Peru) - October 18
Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution (Guatemala) - October 20
Mother’s Day / Día de la Madre (Argentina) - 3rd Sunday of October
Reformation Day (Chile) - October 31
Weeks
Festival Internacional Cervantino - 1st three weeks of October
Months
Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 to October 15
Read and share this guide on how to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month — plus, check out these Hispanic Heritage Month quotes
Native American Heritage Month
Read and share this guide on how to celebrate Native American Heritage Month
November
Days
Día de los Angelitos (Mexico) - November 1
Día de Todos los Santos / All Saints’ Day - November 1
Skach Koyl Day (Guatemala) - November 1
Día de Los Muertos / Day of the Dead - November 2
Independencia de Cuenca (Ecuador) - November 3
Independence Day (Panama) - November 3
Flag Day (Panama) - November 4
Colón Day (Panama) - November 5
National Pupusa Day (El Salvador) - 2nd Sunday of November
Constitution Day (Dominican Republic) - November 6
Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos (Panama) - November 10
Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia (Puerto Rico) - November 19
Discovery of Puerto Rico Day - November 19
Mexican Revolution Day - November 20
Feast of Nuestra Señora de La Paz - November 21
Día de Santa Cecilia - November 22
San Miguel Carnival (El Salvador) - Last Saturday of November
December
Days
Constitution Day (Spain) - December 6
Día de las Velitas / Day of the Little Candles (Colombia) - December 7
La Quema del Diablo (Guatemala) - December 7
La Immaculada Concepción de María - December 8
Batalla de Ayacucho (Peru) - December 9
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - December 12
National Mourning Day (Panama) - December 20
Noche de Rabanos (Mexico) - December 23
Noche Buena - December 24
Día de los Inocentes / Feast of the Holy Innocents (Mexico, El Salvador, Spain, Venezuela) - December 28
Els Enfarinats (Spain) - December 28
Weeks
Las Posadas - December 16 to 24
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