Bank holiday (disambiguation)
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Bank holiday may refer to:
Business
Music and entertainment
Business
- Bank holidayBank HolidayA bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract...
, a public holiday in the UK and Ireland during which banking institutions are closed for business - Federal holidayFederal holidayIn the United States, a federal holiday is a public holiday recognized by the United States federal government. Non-essential federal government offices are closed...
, a public holiday in the US during which banking institutions are closed for business - See the Emergency Banking ActEmergency Banking ActThe Emergency Banking Act was an act of the United States Congress spearheaded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It was passed on March 9, 1933...
for Bank holiday declared in the USA on March 9, 1933 during the Great Depression
Music and entertainment
- "Bank Holiday", a song by the Britpop band Blur on their 1994 album ParklifeParklifeParklife is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in April 1994 on Food Records. After disappointing sales for their previous album Modern Life Is Rubbish , Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "End of a...
- Bank Holiday, a musical composition by Albert KetèlbeyAlbert KetèlbeyAlbert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...
- "Bank Holiday Monday", a song by the Britrock band Stereophonics
- The Bank HolidaysThe Bank HolidaysThe Bank Holidays are an indie pop band from Perth, Western Australia.-Biography:The Bank Holidays were conceived by James Crombie and Wibekke Reczek whilst holidaying in Norway , who several weeks later in London enlisted old school friend Nat Carson to form the band...
, an Australian indie pop band - Bank Holiday (film)Bank Holiday (film)Bank Holiday is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison...