How sure is each date?
There are three labels, because they don't carry the same weight. "Set by law" means the date is on the list of official holidays the Municipality of Mykonos published in July 2026 under Law 1157/1981. "Calculated" means it depends on Orthodox Easter and we worked it out from that date.
"Expected" means an official source shows it repeating, but nobody has confirmed 2027, so it can move. Anything with no law, calculation or repeated pattern behind it stays off the list.
Mykonos month by month in 2027
The Municipality's list says when its public services close. It says nothing about bars, shops or beach clubs, which keep their own hours.
| Date | What | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 1 January 2027 | New Year's Day | Set by law |
| Wednesday, 6 January 2027 | Epiphany, with the cross dive the Municipality announced for 2024 | Set by law |
| Saturday, 13 March 2027 and Sunday, 14 March 2027 | Mykonos Carnival, the Municipality's events | Expected, pending official confirmation: same weekend before Clean Monday in 2022, 2023 and 2025 |
| Monday, 15 March 2027 | Clean Monday | Set by law; date calculated (Easter minus 48 days) |
| Saturday, 20 March 2027 | The icon of Panagia Tourliani goes down to Chora | Calculated (Saturday of the first week of Lent) |
| Thursday, 25 March 2027 | National anniversary of the 1821 Revolution | Set by law |
| Saturday, 24 April 2027 | The icon returns to its monastery | Calculated (Lazarus Saturday, Easter minus 8 days) |
| Friday, 30 April 2027 | Good Friday | Set by law; date calculated (Easter minus 2 days) |
| Saturday, 1 May 2027 | Labour Day, on Holy Saturday | Set by law; the observance may move (see below) |
| Sunday, 2 May 2027 | Orthodox Easter Sunday | Calculated; Church of Greece table |
| Monday, 3 May 2027 | Easter Monday | Set by law; date calculated (Easter plus 1 day) |
| Monday, 21 June 2027 | Whit Monday | Set by law; date calculated (Easter plus 50 days) |
| Sunday, 15 August 2027 | Dormition of the Virgin | Set by law |
| Monday, 23 August 2027 | Feast of the Panagia Tourliani monastery, Ano Mera | Expected, pending official confirmation: every 23 August, says the Municipality |
| Late September | Panigiri at Agios Ioannis beach | Expected, no exact date: "the last days of September", says the Municipality |
| A Saturday in October | Mykonos Choral Festival | Expected, no date: 18 October 2025 and 10 October 2026 in the last two years |
| Wednesday, 20 October 2027 | Saint Artemios, patron of Mykonos | Set by law; local holiday listed by the Municipality |
| Thursday, 28 October 2027 | Ochi Day, national anniversary | Set by law |
| Friday, 24 December 2027 | Christmas Eve: public services stop at 13:00 | Set by law (half-day) |
| Saturday, 25 December 2027 | Christmas Day | Set by law |
| Sunday, 26 December 2027 | Synaxis of the Mother of God | Set by law |
| Friday, 31 December 2027 | New Year's Eve: public services stop at 13:00 | Set by law (half-day) |
When is Orthodox Easter in 2027?
On Sunday, 2 May 2027. That is the date in the Church of Greece's official table, and we checked it with Meeus's Julian Easter algorithm, adding the 13 days between the two calendars. The same script gives 12 April for 2026, which also matches the table.
Every movable holiday hangs from it. Clean Monday comes 48 days earlier, Good Friday two days earlier, and Whit Monday 50 days later. So does the island's own custom with the icon, below.
What happens to 1 May in 2027?
It stays on the official list, but in 2027 it lands on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. The last time that happened, in 2021, the observance moved to Tuesday, 4 May 2021, according to ERT, the Greek public broadcaster. Nothing has been published for 2027, so treat that date as a precedent and not as a forecast.
It matters if you're sailing. On Friday, 1 May 2026 the seafarers' federation called a 24-hour strike on all ships and crossings moved to other times. If your trip falls around these days, check with your ferry company; the routes are in ferries from Piraeus or Rafina.
Which feasts belong only to Mykonos?
Four, and two involve the same icon. Panagia Tourliani, the island's protector according to the Municipality, leaves its monastery in Ano Mera on the Saturday of the first week of Lent, Saturday, 20 March 2027 in 2027. Islanders walk with it the 7 km to Chora, where it stays in one of the three parish churches.
It goes back on Lazarus Saturday, Saturday, 24 April 2027. The Municipality traces the custom to 1542. The monastery's own feast comes on Monday, 23 August 2027, when the feast of the Dormition closes; Ano Mera and the quiet side tells you how to get there.
Saint Artemios, the patron, has the local holiday on Wednesday, 20 October 2027. In 2025 the Municipality attended his vespers on the eve, and in October 2026 it approved the cost of the celebrations again. Agios Ioannis beach has its well-known panigiri, a village feast, in the last days of September; the Municipality gives no exact day.
When is carnival in Mykonos in 2027?
It is expected on the weekend of Saturday, 13 March 2027 and Sunday, 14 March 2027, pending the Municipality's programme. That is the last weekend before Clean Monday, when the Municipality held its events in 2022, 2023 and 2025. The programme tends to appear only days or weeks ahead.
In 2025 the parade left the old port at 15:30 on Sunday, 2 March 2025 and ended on the Gialos waterfront, with Cycladic dances and the traditional burning of the carnival. The programmes also bring back the gaitanaki, a ribbon dance, and a treasure hunt after Mermelechas, the island's famous pirate. These are daytime, family events, not club nights.
Does any of this change a night out?
Not directly, because the clubs set their own calendars, and none we follow listed 2027 dates on 5 November 2026. In 2026, WE ❤ MYK Club ran from 5 June 2026 to 30 August 2026 and Cavo Paradiso from 9 May 2026 to 26 September 2026. Paradise Beach Club gives April to October and already advertises summer 2027.
If 2027 looks like 2026, Easter weekend comes before the big openings, 15 August falls in the thick of the season, and Saint Artemios comes after it, as Mykonos in October explains. That is a comparison, not a promise. Published nights appear in the calendar and on the 2027 page.
