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Is 8 May a public holiday?

No Saturday 8 May 2027 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are AGFEST on Fri 7 May (parts of TAS), and Reconciliation Day on Mon 31 May (ACT).

Public holidays are set state by state, so the same date can be a day off in one state and a normal Monday in the next. Here is what 8 May looks like in every published year.

  1. Thursday 8 May 2025 Working day

    No public holiday in any state or territory.

  2. Friday 8 May 2026 Regional only

    • AGFEST regional
      TAS
      Circular Head only

    A Friday, so it makes a three-day weekend in TAS (in the areas that observe it). The long weekend planner shows what a few days of leave either side would add.

  3. Saturday 8 May 2027 Working day

    No public holiday in any state or territory.

  4. Monday 8 May 2028 Working day

    No public holiday in any state or territory.

The holidays that fall on 8 May

  • AGFEST

    AGFEST, the field days at Carrick, earn Circular Head a public holiday on the Friday of the event in early May.

    More about AGFEST

May in the public holiday calendar

May belongs to Queensland and the Northern Territory, which take Labour Day and May Day respectively on the first Monday. The ACT's Reconciliation Day falls on the first Monday on or after 27 May, and Tasmania's AGFEST holiday in Circular Head is in the first week. For the other five jurisdictions May is a working month, though a very late Easter can push Anzac Day substitutions or Easter Monday itself to the start of it.

How public holidays are decided, and what you are owed

8 May FAQ

Is 8 May a public holiday in 2025?

Thursday 8 May 2025 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / May Day on Mon 5 May (QLD and NT), and Ipswich Annual Show on Fri 16 May (parts of QLD).

Is 8 May a public holiday in 2026?

Friday 8 May 2026 is AGFEST in parts of TAS (Circular Head only). It is a normal working day everywhere else.

Is 8 May a public holiday in 2027?

Saturday 8 May 2027 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are AGFEST on Fri 7 May (parts of TAS), and Reconciliation Day on Mon 31 May (ACT).

Is 8 May a public holiday in 2028?

Monday 8 May 2028 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are AGFEST on Fri 5 May (parts of TAS), and Reconciliation Day on Mon 29 May (ACT).

Looking for the whole year? Every 2027 public holiday by state