Punta Cana Guide · 3 articles
Festivals and big dates
This is the Dominican year as it touches a trip to Punta Cana: the public holidays published by the Ministry of Labour and the long weekends they create, a month-by-month calendar of the feasts and big events, and the carnival that fills February and March in La Vega, Santiago and Santo Domingo. Nothing here is a guess dressed up as a fact. Each date says whether it is official, calculated from the rule for Easter or only expected from earlier years, and the expected ones get checked again when the ministries publish theirs. Once you know your dates, our calendar shows the nights on sale.
Festivals & big dates
Dominican Republic festivals 2027: a month-by-month calendar, with the basis for every date
Planning a trip to Punta Cana in 2027? Here is the year month by month: public holidays, Semana Santa, carnival, feast days and the biggest date on the local sports calendar. Some of it is official and some is only expected, so every row says which.
Festivals & big dates
Dominican carnival 2027: expected dates, the national parade and how to go from Punta Cana
Carnival is the country's biggest street party, and most of it happens far from the beaches of Bávaro. As of 5 November 2026 no authority has published the 2027 dates, so this guide marks them as expected, says what that rests on, and sets out what each carnival is like and what the trip from Punta Cana costs.
Festivals & big dates
Dominican Republic public holidays 2027: the official dates and the long weekends
The Ministry of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo) published the official 2027 calendar on 2 November 2026, applying Law 139-97, which moves some holidays to a Monday. Here are the twelve dates, the two that move, the long weekends they create and how they fit with the return of Punta Cana's party season.