Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday 2024

Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday 2024. Melbourne cup day is a public holiday in victoria and the biggest horse race of the spring racing carnival; The melbourne cup carnival will begin on saturday 2nd november 2024, also known as melbourne cup carnival derby day.

The first assertions to provide for a public holiday on melbourne cup day were made in 1873. Known as “the race that stops a nation,” this is a public holiday in metropolitan melbourne.