Tasmania

No — today is not a public holiday in Tasmania.

Saturday 24 October 2026.

Friday

December 2026

Christmas Day

in 62 days

Before then: Recreation Day on Mon 2 Nov — a local holiday, only in some areas.

Public holidays left in 2026: 2 Plus 2 local holidays in parts of the state
Next long weekend: 25–28 DecemberFriday to Monday
Shops open today?: YesWhich days shops close
Applies in: All of TAS Plus twelve local holidays a year in parts of the state

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TAS public holidays coming up

Checked against Tasmania's own law and the government's published dates. Where each one comes from is at the bottom of the page.

The rest of 2026

TAS public holidays still to come in 2026
Date	Holiday
Mon 2 Nov	Recreation Day Only in everywhere that does not observe the Royal Hobart Regatta
Fri 27 Nov	Devonport Show Only in the municipal areas of Devonport, Kentish and Latrobe
Fri 25 Dec	Christmas Day
Mon 28 Dec	Boxing Day holiday

2027

TAS public holidays 2027
Date	Holiday
Fri 1 Jan	New Year's Day
Wed 6 Jan	Devonport Cup A half day only Only in the municipal area of Devonport, for the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Tue 26 Jan	Australia Day
Mon 8 Feb	Royal Hobart Regatta Only in southern Tasmania — south of and including Oatlands and Swansea, excluding the West Coast
Wed 24 Feb	Launceston Cup Only in the northern municipalities, for the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Tue 2 Mar	King Island Show Only in the municipal area of King Island
Mon 8 Mar	Eight Hours Day
Fri 26 Mar	Good Friday
Mon 29 Mar	Easter Monday
Tue 30 Mar	Easter Tuesday Only in the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Sun 25 Apr	Anzac Day Falls on a Sunday, and again there is no substitute.
Fri 7 May	Agfest Only in the municipal area of Circular Head
Mon 14 Jun	King's Birthday
Fri 1 Oct	Burnie Show Only in the municipal areas of Burnie, Waratah-Wynyard and West Coast
Thu 7 Oct	Royal Launceston Show Only in the northern municipalities — Break O'Day, Dorset, George Town, Launceston, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands and West Tamar
Fri 15 Oct	Flinders Island Show Only in the municipal area of Flinders
Thu 21 Oct	Royal Hobart Show Only in southern Tasmania — south of and including Oatlands and Swansea, excluding the West Coast
Mon 1 Nov	Recreation Day Only in everywhere that does not observe the Royal Hobart Regatta
Fri 26 Nov	Devonport Show Only in the municipal areas of Devonport, Kentish and Latrobe
Sat 25 Dec	Christmas Day Falls on a Saturday, so the following Monday is a public holiday as well — Christmas is the one Tasmania adds to.
Mon 27 Dec	Additional public holiday for Christmas Day
Tue 28 Dec	Boxing Day holiday Boxing Day falls on a Sunday, so the Tuesday is the public holiday — 26 December is not.

2028

Tasmania has already published a third year. Not every state and territory has.

TAS public holidays 2028
Date	Holiday
Mon 3 Jan	New Year's Day holiday
Wed 5 Jan	Devonport Cup A half day only Only in the municipal area of Devonport, for the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Wed 26 Jan	Australia Day
Mon 14 Feb	Royal Hobart Regatta Only in southern Tasmania — south of and including Oatlands and Swansea, excluding the West Coast
Wed 23 Feb	Launceston Cup Only in the northern municipalities, for the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Tue 7 Mar	King Island Show Only in the municipal area of King Island
Mon 13 Mar	Eight Hours Day
Fri 14 Apr	Good Friday
Mon 17 Apr	Easter Monday
Tue 18 Apr	Easter Tuesday Only in the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Tue 25 Apr	Anzac Day A Tuesday, so the question of a substitute never arises.
Fri 5 May	Agfest Only in the municipal area of Circular Head
Mon 12 Jun	King's Birthday
Fri 6 Oct	Burnie Show Only in the municipal areas of Burnie, Waratah-Wynyard and West Coast
Thu 12 Oct	Royal Launceston Show Only in the northern municipalities — Break O'Day, Dorset, George Town, Launceston, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands and West Tamar
Fri 20 Oct	Flinders Island Show Only in the municipal area of Flinders
Thu 26 Oct	Royal Hobart Show Only in southern Tasmania — south of and including Oatlands and Swansea, excluding the West Coast
Mon 6 Nov	Recreation Day Only in everywhere that does not observe the Royal Hobart Regatta
Fri 1 Dec	Devonport Show Only in the municipal areas of Devonport, Kentish and Latrobe
Mon 25 Dec	Christmas Day
Tue 26 Dec	Boxing Day

Earlier in 2026 — seventeen dates already passed

TAS public holidays already passed in 2026
Date	Holiday
Thu 1 Jan	New Year's Day
Wed 7 Jan	Devonport Cup A half day only Only in the municipal area of Devonport, for the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Mon 26 Jan	Australia Day
Mon 9 Feb	Royal Hobart Regatta Only in southern Tasmania — south of and including Oatlands and Swansea, excluding the West Coast
Wed 25 Feb	Launceston Cup Only in the northern municipalities, for the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Tue 3 Mar	King Island Show Only in the municipal area of King Island
Mon 9 Mar	Eight Hours Day
Fri 3 Apr	Good Friday
Mon 6 Apr	Easter Monday
Tue 7 Apr	Easter Tuesday Only in the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system
Sat 25 Apr	Anzac Day Falls on a Saturday. Tasmania observes no substitute and adds nothing.
Fri 8 May	Agfest Only in the municipal area of Circular Head
Mon 8 Jun	King's Birthday
Fri 2 Oct	Burnie Show Only in the municipal areas of Burnie, Waratah-Wynyard and West Coast
Thu 8 Oct	Royal Launceston Show Only in the northern municipalities — Break O'Day, Dorset, George Town, Launceston, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands and West Tamar
Fri 16 Oct	Flinders Island Show Only in the municipal area of Flinders
Thu 22 Oct	Royal Hobart Show Only in southern Tasmania — south of and including Oatlands and Swansea, excluding the West Coast

Good to know: Tasmania has no Easter Saturday or Sunday, calls Labour Day Eight Hours Day, and writes nine local public holidays for named regions into the Act itself.

2026 at a glance

The whole year on one screen, with every public holiday marked and today circled. This is the view worth printing.

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Long weekends in TAS

Three days or more in a row without a working day in the middle. A holiday landing on a Saturday does not make one by itself, which is why these are worked out from the published dates rather than assumed. This models a standard Monday-to-Friday week, which is not everyone's. For the same question asked the other way round — who else is off that weekend — see long weekends month by month.

TAS long weekends, the next twelve months
Dates	Because of
Fri 25 – Mon 28 Dec 4 days	Christmas Day and the Boxing Day holiday
Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 3 days	New Year's Day
Sat 6 – Mon 8 Mar 2027 3 days	Eight Hours Day
Fri 26 – Mon 29 Mar 2027 4 days	Good Friday and Easter Monday
Sat 12 – Mon 14 Jun 2027 3 days	King's Birthday

Turn TAS's public holidays into longer breaks

Worked out from the TAS dates above: which days to book, and what each one buys. Monday-to-Friday assumed, as everywhere else on this page.

TAS, the next twelve months — days off per day of leave booked
Book	What you get
Tue 29 – Thu 31 Dec 3 days of leave	10 days off, Fri 25 Dec – Sun 3 Jan 2027 Christmas Day, the Boxing Day holiday and New Year's Day
Mon 25 Jan 2027 1 day of leave	4 days off, Sat 23 – Tue 26 Jan Australia Day Best value: the most days off per day of leave
Tue 9 – Fri 12 Mar 2027 4 days of leave	9 days off, Sat 6 – Sun 14 Mar Eight Hours Day
Mon 22 – Thu 25 Mar 2027 4 days of leave	10 days off, Sat 20 – Mon 29 Mar Good Friday and Easter Monday
Tue 15 – Fri 18 Jun 2027 4 days of leave	9 days off, Sat 12 – Sun 20 Jun King's Birthday

A public holiday inside booked annual leave does not come out of your balance, and the rule turns on where you are based for work rather than where you live — what a day of leave is worth sets out the section and what it means for a regional day.

Which days do TAS shops have to close?

The trading list is not the holiday list

Tasmania restricts only two days, and only for large retailers: WorkSafe Tasmania states that the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 places trading restrictions on large retailers on Christmas Day and Good Friday.

The law: Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 (Tas).

The restricted list is shorter than the holiday list above and does not line up with it: whether a day is a public holiday and whether shops must shut are two separate questions, with two separate Acts behind them.

Two days under the Shop Trading Hours Act is the shortest list of any jurisdiction that restricts trading at all — New South Wales closes on five, Queensland on four and Victoria on two and a half, while the ACT and the Northern Territory restrict nothing. Anzac Day comes under a separate Act, the Anzac Day Observance Act 1929, which this page has not read. Boxing Day, which shuts NSW shops, is an ordinary trading day in Tasmania.

The exemptions:

The restriction is aimed at large retailers; smaller shops are outside it.
Anzac Day trading is dealt with separately, under the Anzac Day Observance Act 1929, which the Department of Premier and Cabinet administers rather than WorkSafe.

Does your council get it?

Some public holidays apply to part of the state only

Section 5 and Schedule 1 make nine local days real public holidays for named parts of the State — the Royal Hobart Regatta, four agricultural shows, two island shows, Agfest and Recreation Day. Each is defined by a rule rather than a date, so they can be computed years ahead, and the Minister may amend the Schedule only by public notice gazetted at least 14 days out with both Houses' approval. Recreation Day is the elegant part: it applies everywhere that does not observe the Regatta, so between them the two cover the State.

So whether you get one of these days depends on where in Tasmania you are based, not only on the state. The statewide table above is complete, and the local days in the tables above are every one the state publishes.

Where these dates come from

Public holidays in Tasmania are set by the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 (Tas) No 96 of 2000, with some dates set by orders, proclamations or notices made under it. Every date was checked against the dates published by WorkSafe Tasmania on Saturday 12 September 2026.

Which part of the law sets each day

New Year's Day — section 4(a) of the Act
Devonport Cup — section 6 and Schedule 2 of the Act
Australia Day — section 4(b) of the Act
Royal Hobart Regatta — Schedule 1 of the Act
Launceston Cup — section 6 and Schedule 2 of the Act
King Island Show — Schedule 1 of the Act
Eight Hours Day — section 4(c) of the Act
Good Friday — section 4(d) of the Act
Easter Monday — section 4(e) of the Act
Easter Tuesday — section 6 of the Act
Anzac Day — section 4(g) of the Act
Agfest — Schedule 1 of the Act
King's Birthday — section 4(h) of the Act
Burnie Show — Schedule 1 of the Act
Royal Launceston Show — Schedule 1 of the Act
Flinders Island Show — Schedule 1 of the Act
Royal Hobart Show — Schedule 1 of the Act
Recreation Day — Schedule 1 of the Act
Devonport Show — Schedule 1 of the Act
Christmas Day — section 4(i) of the Act
Boxing Day holiday — section 4(j) of the Act
Additional public holiday for Christmas Day — section 4(ia) of the Act
New Year's Day holiday — section 4(a) of the Act
Boxing Day — section 4(j) of the Act

Notes on particular dates

Eight Hours Day (Mon 9 Mar 2026): The Act's own name for Labour Day, and the second Monday in March — the same Monday Victoria and South Australia take.
Easter Tuesday (Tue 7 Apr 2026): Not a general public holiday. Section 6 gives it to one class of employees, and someone who does not ordinarily work Tuesdays gets no pay or time in lieu for it.
Boxing Day holiday (Mon 28 Dec 2026): Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, so the Monday is the public holiday — 26 December is not. Tasmania moves Boxing Day and adds to Christmas Day, in the same section.
New Year's Day holiday (Mon 3 Jan 2028): 1 January 2028 is a Saturday, so under s4(a) the Monday is the public holiday and 1 January is not one — a substitution, not an addition. WorkSafe Tasmania's own 2028 column prints “1 January”, which contradicts both the Act and the footnote under its own table; the same table prints the substitute for Christmas 2027. Read 2026-09-12.

If the day affects your pay or your trading

Whenday answers what the date is. Two sibling sites answer what it costs, and they are written by the same author — see about Whenday for how they fit together.

Working this day? Public-holiday penalty rates and how they stack with leave loading — Payjoey works from the Fair Work rules.
Trading this day? Your state's restricted-trading rules for small business — Bizroo covers the obligations that follow.

Frequently asked questions

Is today a public holiday in TAS?

On Saturday 24 October 2026, no.

How many public holidays are there in TAS in 2026?

Nine across the whole state — the first is New Year's Day on Thursday 1 January 2026 and the last is the Boxing Day holiday on Monday 28 December 2026, with twelve more that apply only in part of the state or to some workers. The total moves from year to year because several days gain a substitute or an extra Monday when they land on a weekend; the bottom of this page lists which part of the law sets each one.

When is the next public holiday in TAS?

Christmas Day, on Friday 25 December 2026: 62 days after Saturday 24 October 2026. Tasmania has published 2027 as well, so the list on this page carries on past New Year — those are the dates to plan travel or rosters around.

When is the next long weekend in TAS?

Friday 25 to Monday 28 December 2026 — 4 days around Christmas Day, with 2 public holidays in it. After that, Friday 1 to Sunday 3 January 2027 — 3 days around New Year's Day. A local holiday gives some areas one sooner: Saturday 31 October to Monday 2 November 2026, for Recreation Day (everywhere that does not observe the Royal Hobart Regatta).

Are Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday public holidays in TAS?

Neither. The TAS public holidays for Easter 2027 are Good Friday (Friday 26 March) and Easter Monday (Monday 29 March). Saturday 27 March and Sunday 28 March are not public holidays there.

Are Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve public holidays in TAS?

No. Neither is a public holiday in TAS. Its public holidays at Christmas are Friday 25 and Monday 28 December 2026, and at New Year Friday 1 January 2027.

Is Boxing Day a public holiday in TAS?

Yes, but not on the 26th in 2026: Saturday 26 December 2026 is not itself a public holiday in TAS. Monday 28 December 2026 is the Boxing Day holiday, because 26 December falls on a Saturday.

Is Anzac Day a public holiday in TAS?

Yes. In 2027 the TAS public holiday for Anzac Day is Sunday 25 April 2027 — under the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 (Tas) No 96 of 2000. Whether a jurisdiction adds a day, swaps the day or leaves a weekend Anzac Day where it falls is the rule that differs most across the country, so a list giving one date for everyone gets it wrong somewhere; the Anzac Day page sets all eight answers side by side.

Is Easter Tuesday a public holiday in Tasmania?

For most Tasmanians, no, and it is widely misreported. Easter Tuesday is not in section 4, which is the list of statutory holidays observed as public holidays generally. It sits in section 6, which gives it to people outside the national workplace relations system: in practice the Tasmanian State Service.

Section 6 goes further. Someone covered by it who does not ordinarily work on a Tuesday gets no payment and no time in lieu for the day. So "Tasmania has Easter Tuesday" is true of a minority of Tasmanian workers, and false of most of the people who read it.

Which parts of Tasmania get their own public holidays?

Almost all of it, and the Act does the dividing. Schedule 1 makes nine local days real public holidays for named areas — the Royal Hobart Regatta, four agricultural shows, the King Island and Flinders Island shows, Agfest and Recreation Day.

The neat part is Recreation Day, which applies to every part of the State that does not observe the Regatta. Between the two, the whole of Tasmania is covered: the south takes a February Monday for the Regatta and the rest takes a November Monday instead.

Why does Tasmania move Boxing Day but not Christmas Day?

Because section 4 uses two different mechanisms a few lines apart, and it is worth reading twice. Christmas Day on a Saturday adds the following Monday, so both days are holidays. Boxing Day on a weekend is moved — the Monday or Tuesday becomes the holiday and 26 December is not one.

In 2027 that plays out in a single week: 25 December is a Saturday and 27 December is added, while 26 December is a Sunday and the holiday shifts to Tuesday the 28th, leaving the 26th itself an ordinary day.

What is Eight Hours Day?

Tasmania’s name for the second Monday in March, and the Act uses it rather than "Labour Day". It commemorates the eight-hour working day rather than the labour movement in general, which is the same event Victoria marks on the very same Monday under the other name.

So the second Monday in March is a public holiday in four jurisdictions for four stated reasons: Eight Hours Day in Tasmania, Labour Day in Victoria, Adelaide Cup Day in South Australia and Canberra Day in the ACT. New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory all work that day.

Verified

Checked against the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 (Tas) No 96 of 2000 and the dates published by WorkSafe Tasmania on Saturday 12 September 2026. If the date affects your pay, check your award or agreement.