Victoria public holidays 2026 and 2027: dates and substitute days

Business Victoria’s Victorian public holidays pages lists, for 2027: New Year's Day (Friday 1 January 2027), Australia Day (Tuesday 26 January 2027), Labour Day (Monday 8 March 2027), Good Friday (Friday 26 March 2027), Saturday before Easter Sunday (Saturday 27 March 2027), Easter Sunday (Sunday 28 March 2027), Easter Monday (Monday 29 March 2027), Anzac Day (Sunday 25 April 2027), King's Birthday (Monday 14 June 2027), Christmas Day (Saturday 25 December 2027; additional day Monday 27 December 2027), Boxing Day (Sunday 26 December 2027; additional day Tuesday 28 December 2027). Friday before the AFL Grand Final: Not yet declared. Business Victoria’s 2027 page, as archived on 26 April 2026, printed “Subject to AFL schedule”; the live page could not be read on 5 November 2026. The Public Holidays Act 1993 (version as at 6 April 2020, Authorised Version No. 027) appoints the Friday before the Australian Football League Grand Final (section 6(ia)), so the date follows the 2027 AFL schedule. Also listed, with limits: Melbourne Cup Day (Tuesday 2 November 2027). Victoria-wide unless a non-metro council has arranged an alternate local holiday; some regional areas hold it on a different date.

Not yet declared. Business Victoria’s 2027 page, as archived on 26 April 2026, printed “Subject to AFL schedule”; the live page could not be read on 5 November 2026. The archived page said: “Friday before AFL Grand Final typically falls on the last Friday in September. This website will be updated with the exact date upon release of the 2027 AFL schedule.” The Public Holidays Act 1993 (version as at 6 April 2020, Authorised Version No. 027) appoints “(ia) the Friday before the Australian Football League Grand Final;” The 2026 date was Friday 25 September 2026.

Business Victoria’s 2027 page lists Tuesday 2 November 2027 and says: “Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday across all of Victoria unless alternate local holiday has been arranged by a non-metro council.” The Public Holidays Act 1993 (version as at 6 April 2020, Authorised Version No. 027) provides: “(1) A non-metropolitan Council may request in writing that the Minister make a declaration under section 8(1)— (a) that the day appointed under section 6 being the first Tuesday in November (Melbourne Cup Day) is not in a specified year such a public holiday in the whole or any part of the municipal district of that Council; and (b) that another day or 2 half-days (one half-day of which may be Melbourne Cup Day) be appointed as a public holiday or 2 public half-holidays in that year.” It also provides: “(4) A public holiday or 2 public half-holidays appointed under section 8(1) on a request under subsection (1) in respect of part of a municipal district of a Council applies or apply only in that part of the municipal district.” The Fair Work Ombudsman’s 2027 list says: “Tuesday 2 November: Melbourne Cup (some regional areas in Victoria hold the Melbourne Cup public holiday on a different date)”

No. In 2027 Anzac Day is on Sunday 25 April 2027, and Business Victoria’s page says: “ANZAC Day is commemorated on the day it falls. There is no replacement holiday when ANZAC Day falls on a weekend.”

In 2027, 25 December is a Saturday and 26 December a Sunday, and 25 April is a Sunday. The Public Holidays Act 1993 (version as at 6 April 2020, Authorised Version No. 027) appoints “(ka) the Monday after Christmas Day when Christmas Day is a Saturday or the Tuesday after Christmas Day when Christmas Day is a Sunday;” and “(m) the Monday after 26 December (Boxing Day) when Boxing Day is a Saturday or the Tuesday after Boxing Day when Boxing Day is a Sunday.” Business Victoria’s 2027 page lists Saturday 25 December 2027; additional day Monday 27 December 2027 for Christmas Day and Sunday 26 December 2027; additional day Tuesday 28 December 2027 for Boxing Day.

Yes, in some places. Business Victoria’s non-metropolitan page says: “Non-metropolitan public holidays are declared in accordance with the Public Holidays Act 1993 and details are published throughout the year when supplied by local municipalities.” Its 2026 list names councils such as Warrnambool City Council and Greater Geelong City Council, each for its own municipality. The newest capture we could read was of the 2026 list (archived 26 April 2026), and the live pages could not be read on 5 November 2026, so a 2027 non-metropolitan list was not found. The Public Holidays Act 1993 text read is the version as at 6 April 2020, Authorised Version No. 027.