The Calendar: How to add public holidays

Want to see your regional public holidays on your Sonas calendar? You can add holidays and more by adding custom calendars into Sonas. 

At the Company level you can add and remove custom calendars. Most commonly, this will be used to add public holidays in your region/country. 

Note: Since this is at the company level, all custom calendars will be visible by all Venues and users. It is not advisable to add personal calendars to the shared Sonas calendar. 

Step-by-Step Guide:

Navigate to Company and then to the Calendar section. Company > Calendars

Click the + icon to add a new custom calendar.

Name your customer calendar.

Enter the Google Calendar ID (see below for a suggested list).

Choose the text and background colours. 

Be sure to click Save after each entry.

Click + to add additional calendars.

Suggested Google holiday calendar IDs that you can copy and paste: 

Country

Google Calendar ID

UK

en.uk#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

Ireland

en.irish#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

Australia

en.australian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

New Zealand

en.new_zealand#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

South Africa

en.sa#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

USA

en.usa#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

Canada

en.canadian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

Spain

en.spain#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

Cyprus

en.cy#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

France

en.french#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com

Updated on: 16/03/2026