March 2026
There are 2 different March long weekends, depending on where you live.
Every March long weekend this year has been and gone. The 2027 dates are below.
Who gets a long weekend in March 2026
Three days or more in a row without a working day in the middle, computed from each jurisdiction's own gazetted dates rather than assumed from the holiday name.
| Where | Dates | Days | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA | Sat 28 Feb – Mon 2 Mar | 3 | Labour Day |
| ACT | Sat 7 Mar – Mon 9 Mar | 3 | Canberra Day |
| SA | Sat 7 Mar – Mon 9 Mar | 3 | Adelaide Cup Day |
| TAS | Sat 7 Mar – Mon 9 Mar | 3 | Eight Hours Day |
| VIC | Sat 7 Mar – Mon 9 Mar | 3 | Labour Day |
No March long weekend in: NSW, QLD, NT. Those are ordinary working weeks there.
Same weekend, different holiday
The dates line up and the reasons do not
7–9 March is a long weekend in ACT, SA, TAS, VIC — but for 4 different reasons: ACT for Canberra Day; SA for Adelaide Cup Day; TAS for Eight Hours Day; VIC for Labour Day.
It matters more than a trivia note. A national employer running one roster across those states is covering different public holidays on the same calendar days, and the penalty rates follow the holiday, not the date.
March 2027
| Where | Dates | Days | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA | Sat 27 Feb – Mon 1 Mar | 3 | Labour Day |
| ACT | Sat 6 Mar – Mon 8 Mar | 3 | Canberra Day |
| SA | Sat 6 Mar – Mon 8 Mar | 3 | Adelaide Cup Day |
| TAS | Sat 6 Mar – Mon 8 Mar | 3 | Eight Hours Day |
| VIC | Sat 6 Mar – Mon 8 Mar | 3 | Labour Day |
| ACT | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
| NSW | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
| NT | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
| QLD | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, The day after Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
| SA | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
| TAS | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday and Easter Monday |
| VIC | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, Saturday before Easter Sunday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
| WA | Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 4 | Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday |
How these are worked out
Measured from the gazetted dates, not from the holiday's name
A long weekend here means three or more days in a row with no working day in the middle — a weekend plus at least one public holiday touching it. It is computed from each jurisdiction's own list rather than assumed, which matters because a public holiday landing on a Saturday does not make one by itself.
Anzac Day 2026 is the case in point. It falls on a Saturday everywhere, and only New South Wales and Western Australia get a long weekend out of it — because only those two add a Monday. The same holiday, the same weekend, and six states and territories go back to work on the Monday.
This models a standard Monday-to-Friday week, which is not everyone's, and it counts only whole-day public holidays: an evening part-day holiday does not extend a weekend. Every date traces to the Act named on the jurisdiction's own page.