City of Richmond Holiday Closings

The City of Richmond observes 14 holidays each year. On these holidays, all City offices are closed, and some services are impacted. Information about services will be available on the homepage of rva.gov ahead of each holiday.

Please note that City closures sometimes differ from the Commonwealth of Virginia calendar and the Richmond Public Schools calendar. For questions about state or school closures, please visit the respective link.

2026 Observed Holidays

• Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Day
• Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Monday, February 16: Presidents’ Day
• Monday, March 9: International Women’s Day (observed)
• Friday, April 3: Spring Holiday
• Monday, May 25: Memorial Day
• Friday, June 19: Juneteenth
• Friday, July 3: Independence Day (observed)
• Monday, September 7: Labor Day
• Monday, October 12: Richmond Indigenous Peoples’ Day
• Tuesday, November 3: Election Day
• Wednesday, November 11: Veterans Day
• Wednesday, November 25, through Friday, November 27: Thanksgiving Holidays
• Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25: Winter Holiday