Independence Day 2024, 2025 and 2026 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines celebrates Independence Day on 27 October, looking back to the day in 1979 when the country gained full autonomy from the UK.

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2024	27 Oct	Sun	Independence Day
	28 Oct	Mon	Independence Day Holiday
2025	27 Oct	Mon	Independence Day
2026	27 Oct	Tue	Independence Day
2027	27 Oct	Wed	Independence Day
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

The islands were long inhabited by Amerindian tribes, but they were first sighted by Europeans when Columbus sailed by in 1498. The Caribs continued to live on the islands and fiercely resisted all settlement attempts, which were few and feeble anyway for centuries.

Long disputed among Spain, France, and Britain, Britain gained rights to the islands in the Treaty of Versailles in 1783 and soon began settling them. An economy based on sugar plantations, slave labour, and the slave trade emerged during the 1800s. In the mid-1800s, slavery was abolished.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a part of the UK’s Federation of the West Indies for a time, but that entity was dissolved in 1962. In 1969, it gained limited self-government, meaning only over its internal affairs. Finally, on 27 October 1979, full independence was granted by the UK after a referendum indicated this as the islanders’ wishes.

Previous Years

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2023	27 Oct	Fri	Independence Day
2022	27 Oct	Thu	Independence Day