US Public Holidays 2027: Long Weekend Guide

2027 is an unusually generous year for US workers. Several federal holidays fall on a Friday or Monday — or are observed on one — so the weekend does half the planning for you. This guide lists every 2027 US public holiday, then shows exactly where a single day of paid leave turns into a four-day break, plus the one year-end stretch that delivers ten days off for four days of leave.

All US public holidays in 2027

• Fri, Jan 1 — New Year's Day
• Mon, Jan 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Fri, Feb 12 — Lincoln's Birthday (observance)
• Mon, Feb 15 — Presidents Day
• Fri, Mar 26 — Good Friday (regional)
• Sat, May 8 — Truman Day (Missouri)
• Mon, May 31 — Memorial Day
• Fri, Jun 18 — Juneteenth National Independence Day (observed; Jun 19 falls on Saturday)
• Mon, Jul 5 — Independence Day (observed; Jul 4 falls on Sunday)
• Mon, Sep 6 — Labour Day
• Mon, Oct 11 — Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day
• Thu, Nov 11 — Veterans Day
• Thu, Nov 25 — Thanksgiving Day
• Fri, Dec 24 — Christmas Day (observed; Dec 25 falls on Saturday)
• Fri, Dec 31 — New Year's Day 2028 (observed; Jan 1 falls on Saturday)

Dates marked observed reflect the federal day off when the holiday lands on a weekend.

Easy four-day weekends (one bridge day)

Because so many 2027 holidays sit next to a weekend, a single day of leave stretches them to four days off:

• Presidents Day — take Fri, Feb 12 (also Lincoln's Birthday) for Feb 12–15 off.
• Memorial Day — take Fri, May 28 for a May 28–31 escape.
• Juneteenth — observed Fri, Jun 18; take Mon, Jun 21 for Jun 18–21.
• Independence Day — observed Mon, Jul 5; take Fri, Jul 2 for a Jul 2–5 break.
• Labour Day — take Fri, Sep 3 for Sep 3–6.
• Christmas — observed Fri, Dec 24; take Mon, Dec 27 for Dec 24–27.

Each of these costs one paid day and returns four — an efficiency of 4x.

The best play: a 10-day year-end break

2027 ends with a rare alignment — Christmas is observed on Friday, Dec 24 and New Year's on Friday, Dec 31. Book the four working days in between (Mon, Dec 27 through Thu, Dec 30) and you are off from Fri, Dec 24 all the way through Sun, Jan 2 — ten consecutive days for just four days of leave.

Thanksgiving week

Thanksgiving falls on Thu, Nov 25. Take Fri, Nov 26 for an automatic four-day weekend, or add Mon–Wed (Nov 22–24) to turn it into nine days off for three or four leave days.

Spring options

• Good Friday (Fri, Mar 26, observed regionally) pairs with the weekend for a three-day break; add Thu, Mar 25 for four.
• Truman Day (Sat, May 8) is a Missouri state holiday — most workers won't see it, but it's worth noting if you're in-state.

Plan it around your leave balance

Want the exact bridge-day math for your situation? Build a custom calendar with our US leave planner for 2027, or compare with our 2026 US holiday guide.

The takeaway: 2027 rewards early planners. Six holidays give you four-day weekends for a single leave day, and the year-end stretch is the easiest ten-day vacation you'll book all decade. Get the popular dates — July and late December — on the calendar before your coworkers do.