Calendar of Holidays and Festivities of Costa Rica 2023
Costa Rica has different events, festivities and anniversaries throughout the year 2023.
Days that remember facts, historical dates and important achievements for the country.
JANUARY
- January 1 – New Years
- January 6 – Three Kings Day
- January 3 to 4 – Fiesta de los Diablitos
- January 1 to 8 – Civic Festivals of Palmares
- January 9 – Patron Saint Festivities of Santa Cruz
- January 1 to 12 – The Zapote Fiestas continue
- January 9 to 15 – Alajuelita Festivities
- January 9 to 15 – Patron Saint Festivities of Santa Cruz
FEBRUARY
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February 2 – Day of Our Lady of Calendaria
- February 5 to 6 – Fiesta de los Diablitos in Rey Curré
MARCH
- March 2 – National Boyero Day
- March 19 – Saint Joseph’s Day
APRIL
Holy Week in Costa Rica from Sunday April 2 to Saturday April 8, 2023
- April 11 – Battle of Rivas and heroic act of Juan Santamaría
MAY
- May 1 – International Labor Day
- May 15 – San Isidro Labrador Day
- May 30 – Journalist’s Day
JUNE
- May 19 – Corpus Christi Day
- May 19 – Father’s Day
- May 29 – Saint Peter and Saint Paul Day
JULY
- July 16 – Day of the Virgin of the Sea (Puntarenas)
- July 19 – Social Worker’s Day
- July 25 – Guanacaste Day – The annexation of the Nicoya party in 1824 is celebrated
AUGUST
- August 2 – Day of Our Lady of the Angels
- August 15 – Mother’s Day
- August 31 – Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture
SEPTEMBER
- Civic Week – From September 1
- September 9 – Children’s Day Civic Week
- September 14 – Lantern Parade
- September 14 – Commemoration of the Creation of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
- September 15 – National Independence
- September 18 – XXXII National Occupational Health Day
- September 26 – National Poetry Day
- September 18 – Day for the Prevention of Childhood Burns
- September 18 – Anniversary of the death of the Próceres Juan Rafael Mora and José María Cañas
OCTOBER
- October 1 – Day of the Elderly
- October 1 – Values Day
- October 2 – International Day of Nonviolence
- October 3 – Chinese Culture Day
- October 13 – Corn Festival
- October 17 – Day of Cultures
- October 31 – Halloween
- October 31 – National Masquerade Day
NOVEMBER
- November 2 – Day of the Dead
- November 10 – Sabanero Day
DECEMBER
- December 12 – Festival of Light
- December 12 – Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe
- December 12 – Yegüita Festival
- December 25 – Christmas