Holidays & Festivals
Switzerland
Holidays:
January 1—New Year’s Day
January 2—Berchtold’s Day
Early April—Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday
May 1—Labor Day
June 1—Ascension Day
Mid-June—Whit Sunday/Whit Monday
August 1—Confederation Day
November 1—All Saints’ Day
December 8—Immaculate Conception
December 25—Christmas Day
December 26—St. Stephen’s Day
Festivals:
February—Carnival
July—Montreux Jazz Festival
Fourth Monday in November—Onion Market in Bern
France
Holidays:
January 1—New Year’s Day
Early April—Easter
Late April—Ascension Thursday
May 1—May Day/Labor Day
May 8—End of WWII
Late May—Whit Monday
Early June—Ascension Day
July 14—Bastille Day
August 15—Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
November 1—All Saints’ Day
November 11—Armistice Day
December 25—Christmas Day
Festivals:
February—Carnival in Nice
Early February—prêt à porter
Mid-May—Cannes Film Festival
Late May—Gypsy Festival in Provence
June—International Music Festival in Strasbourg
Mid-July—Festival d’Avignon
October—Jazz Festival in Nancy
Italy
Holidays:
January 1—New Year’s Day
January 6—Epiphany
March–April—Easter
May 1—May Day/Labor Day
June 2—Anniversary of the Republic
June 29—St. Peter Day (Rome only)
November 1—All Saints’ Day
December 8—Immaculate Conception
December 25—Christmas Day
Festivals:
February—Carnival in Venice
May—May Music Festival in Florence
May—Festival of Snakes in Abruzzo
June—Feast of St. Antonio in Padua
July—Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia
September—Historical Regatta in Venice
Austria
Holidays:
January 1—New Year’s Day
January 6—Epiphany
May 1—Labor Day
April—Easter
August 15—Assumption of the Virgin Mary
October 26—National Day
November 1—All Saints’ Day
December 8—Immaculate Conception
December 25—Christmas Day
December 26—Boxing Day
Festivals:
Late January—Mozart Festival
Mid-Feb–late March—Carnival; Dance Festival in Vienna
Late May–late June—Vienna Festival
Mid-July–late—August Bregenz Festival
Late July–August—Salzburg Festival
December 5—St. Nicholas Day
Germany
Holidays:
January 1—New Year’s Day
Early April—Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
May 1—May Day
Early May—Ascension Day
Late May—Pentecost Sunday, Pentecost Monday
Early June—Corpus Christi
August 15—Assumption Day
October 3—Day of German Unity
October 31—Reformation Day
November 1—All Saints’ Day
Mid-November—Repentance Day
December 25—Christmas Day
December 26—Second Day of Christmas
Festivals:
February—Carnival
July/August—Wagner Festival in Bayreuth
September—Kulmbach Beer Festival; Wolznach Hop Festival; Durkheim Sausage Market
September/October—Berlin Festival; Oktoberfest in Munich
September/October—Moselle Wine Festivals
End of October—Frankenstein Festival in Darmstadt
