Northern Territory Calendar 2027 with Public Holidays

The Territory’s holidays

Schedule 2 of the Public Holidays Act 1981 lists New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Good Friday and the Saturday, Sunday and Monday after it, Anzac Day, May Day on the first Monday in May, the King’s Birthday on the second Monday in June, Picnic Day on the first Monday in August, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, plus Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve from 7pm. The calendar prints the full days in red and the evenings in grey, on A4 with Monday-first weeks. 2027’s dates are in the table below, and the page switches to the next year in September.

May Day and Picnic Day

The NT names its Labour Day May Day and keeps it on the first Monday in May, the same Monday as Queensland’s Labour Day. Picnic Day in August has no counterpart elsewhere, and in the Top End it lands in the dry season, the time of year for rodeos, races and the regional shows.

Show days and Boxing Day

Show days are gazetted a year at a time for five regions, from Alice Springs to Borroloola, so the calendar marks them only for the years that have been published and tells you when a year hasn’t. Boxing Day has its own rule: on a Saturday it adds the Monday, and on a Sunday or a Monday it adds the Tuesday, while a weekend Christmas Day adds the Monday. The Minister can add or move a day by Gazette notice at least 28 days ahead.

Other calendars

The Australia calendar links to every state and territory, and the calendar maker prints any range or layout.

Public holidays in Northern Territory, 2027

These are the dates marked on the calendar above, worked out from the same rules. Change the start month or year and the list under the preview follows.