There are two kinds of holidays in Slovenia - national holidays and work-free days. National holidays are those celebrated by the state - this includes official functions and flying of the national flag. The latter are actually Catholic religious holidays (Christmas, Easter and Assumption), which are equivalent to any Sunday - companies and schools stay closed, but there is no official celebration.

Date	English Name	Slovenian Name	Remarks
1 and 2 January	New Year	novo leto
8 February	Prešeren Day, the Slovenian Cultural Holiday	Prešernov dan, slovenski kulturni praznik	anniversary of the death of Slovenian poet France Prešeren, established as the national cultural day in 1944 (work-free day from 1991)
-	Easter Sunday and Monday	velika noč in velikonočni ponedeljek	work-free day, date varies
27 April	Day of Uprising Against Occupation	dan upora proti okupatorju	Formerly Liberation Front Day (dan Osvobodilne fronte), marks the establishment, in 1941, of the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian and Hungarian occupation of Slovenia
1 and 2 May	Labour Day	praznik dela
-	Pentecostal Sunday	binkoštna nedelja	work-free day, date varies
25 June	Statehood Day	dan državnosti	Commemorates the proclamation of independence in 1991
15 August	Assumption Day	Marijino vnebovzetje (veliki šmaren)	work-free day
17 August	Union of the Slovenians in Prekmurje with the Fatherland Day	dan združitve prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom po prvi svetovni vojni	not a work-free day
15 September	Restoration of Primorska to the Fatherland Day	dan vrnitve Primorske k matični domovini	not a work-free day
31 October	Reformation Day	dan reformacije	work-free day
1 November	All Saints	dan spomina na mrtve	work-free day, Formerly called The Day of the Dead (dan mrtvih)
23 November	Rudolf Maister Day	dan Rudolfa Maistra	not a work-free day
25 December	Christmas	Božič	work-free day
26 December	Independence and Unity Day	dan samostojnosti in enotnosti	Commemorates the proclamation of the independence plebiscite results in 1990

In addition to these, several other holidays are traditionally and popularly celebrated by the people of Slovenia. The most well known are:

• Mardi Gras (pust, date varies),
• St. George's Day (jurjevanje, the welcoming of spring; 23 April),
• St. Martin's day (martinovanje, changing of must into wine; 11 November) and
• Saint Nicholas Day (miklavž, when children get presents; 6 December).

The former Yugoslav Day of the Youth - Dan mladosti on 25 May is also celebrated by some young people.