La Ceiba Carnival (San Isidro Festival)
Season or date: Last Saturday of May
Nation's largest street carnival. Float parades and Garifuna music continue all night.
Festivals in Honduras
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Festivals
Semana Santa (Holy Week)
Season or date: Week before Easter
Religious processions and sawdust carpet art occur nationwide; traditional beach vacations also taken.
Tegucigalpa June Fair
Season or date: Around June 20
Capital's traditional civic festival featuring amusement park, horse racing, and markets.
Punta Gorda Festival
Season or date: April 12
Roatán Island Garifuna celebration of landing with music and dance.
Independence Day Parade
Season or date: September 15
National event with nationwide student drum corps marching and presidential review in capital.
Morazán Memorial Week (Feria Morazánica)
Season or date: First week of October
National extended holiday honoring founding hero Francisco Morazán.
Islas de la Bahía Lionfish Fest
Season or date: June
Diving competition doubling as invasive species control and seafood tasting.
Public holidays
- New Year's Day
- Easter (Good Friday, Holy Saturday)
- Labor Day
- Independence Day
- General Morazán's Birthday
- Christmas
- New Year's Eve