Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) – France

The next Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) is on Wednesday, July 14, 2027 – in 302 days.

Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) on July 14 commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and is celebrated with military parades and fireworks across France. In France it's a public holiday, so schools, government offices and most businesses close.

When is it? Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) falls on the same date every year, July 14. The date itself never changes, but the day of the week does, and that decides whether you get a long weekend out of it. Next time round is Wednesday, July 14, 2027, 302 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Across the eleven years in the table, Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) lands twice on a Monday, twice on a Saturday, twice on a Friday and twice on a Wednesday. In four of those it sits next to a weekend, turning it into a three-day break. Those are the years to book early. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Banks, government offices and schools close. Supermarkets and larger shops usually open on reduced hours, smaller independents often don't bother, and public transport tends to run a Sunday timetable. Post isn't collected or delivered. If you need something from a council, a bank or a doctor's surgery, the working day before it is the one to aim for, and it will be busier than usual for exactly that reason. In 2027 it falls in July, and nothing else of note shares the month with it.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Every date here is worked out from the official rule rather than copied off a list, so the later years are as reliable as this one. If a date looks wrong for your region, please say so. Regional holiday rules do change, and we'd rather fix the rule than leave it.

Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) dates 2026–2036