Public Holiday Nationwide

Emancipation Day

Saturday, August 1, 2026

August 2026

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🏪 What's open

Banks Closed
Government offices Closed
Schools Closed
Shops Varies
Restaurants Varies
Public transit Reduced
Stock market Closed
Post office Closed

📣 Traveler notes

Grenada is a Caribbean island known as the 'Spice Isle' for its production of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and cocoa. The archipelago consists of three large islands and several smaller ones located between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.

The primary population is concentrated in the southwest of the main island.

About this holiday

Emancipation Day commemorates the freedom of enslaved African descendants, a historical milestone observed in several former European colonies across the West Indies and parts of the United States.