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National Holidays of Nicaragua

Nicaragua certainly has no shortage of national holidays. The country's annual calendar is filled, not only with a large number of national holidays, but also with a certain amount of local holidays that are celebrated only in certain regions. As a Central American nation, Nicaragua enjoys a number of common Central American national holidays. It is also home to a strongly Catholic nation and so many Nicaraguan holidays held to honor saints are celebrated each year.

Holiday celebrations are usually loud and colorful and include fireworks, music, dancing in the streets and parks and parades. If it is a religious holiday the festivities will usually include a float with a statue of the saint in question. Festivities also include large quantities of rum and beer and plenty of laughter and merrymaking. If you’re going to be visiting Nicaragua in time for a Nicaragua national holiday or even a Nicaragua local holiday, make sure you join in on the festivities for a most memorable visit. Below you will find a list and, where possible, a brief description of the event. Keep in mind that sometimes these celebrations change and we may not have had a chance to update them yet.

National and Local Holidays in Nicaragua:

January

New Year’s Day – celebrated on a nationally scale on the 1st of January each year.

February

Air Force Day – held on the 1st of February in honor of the nation’s air force.

April

Holy Thursday – celebrated nationally on the first Thursday of April.
Good Friday – celebrated nationally on the Friday following Holy Thursday.

May

Labor Day – celebrated nationally on the first 1st of May.
Army Day – held on May 27 in honor of the nation’s army.

July

Liberation Day/Sandinista Revolution Day – celebrated on the 19th of July on a national level. It marks the day that the National Liberation Army defeated the Somoze dictatorship.
Fiesta de Santiago – celebrated on the 25th of July in Boaco, Somoto and Managua.
Fiesta de Santa Ana – celebrated on the 26th of July in Nandaime, Niquinohomo, Moyogalpa and Ometepe.

August

Fiesta de Santo Domingo – celebrated on the 1st of August in Managua.
Fiesta de San Roque – celebrated from the 8th to the 16th of August in Chinandega.
Fiesta de Asuncion – celebrated on the 14th and 15th of August in Masaya, Granada, Juigalpa, Ocotal.

September

Battle of San Jacinto – celebrated on the 14th of September on a National level. It is held on the anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto which took place in 1856.
Independence Day – a national holiday held on September 15 to celebrate Central America’s declaration of Independence in 1821.
Fiesta de San Jeronimo – celebrated in Masaya and Leon on the 20th of September.
Virgen de Mercedes – celebrated on September 24th in Leon and Chinandega.
Fiesta de San Miguel – celebrated on the 29th of September in Masaya.

October

Mes del Rosario – celebrated in Granada on all Saturdays of October.
Festividades de San Jeronimo – celebrated on Sundays during October in Masaya.
Fiesta de San Rafael – celebrated on October 29 in Pueblo Nuevo.

November

Fiesta de San Diego – celebrated in Altagracia and Ometepe during November.
All Soul’s Day – celebrated nationally on November 2nd.

December

Immaculate Conception – celebrated nationally on December 8th and in Leon on December 7th.
Pase de la Virgen – celebrated in Granada on December 8th.
Procesion de la Virgen de Guadalupe – celebrated in Masaya on December 12.
Fiesta de Santa Lucia – celebrated in Leon on the 13th of December.
Christmas Day – celebrated nationally on December 25th.
Dia del Nino Dios – celebrated in Masaya and Esteli on December 25th.
Fiesta de San Silvestre – celebrated in Catarina on December 31st.
New Years Eve – celebrated nationally on December 31st.

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