Holidays occur during most weekends, starting on Thursday night at midnight and continuing until Tuesday morning. During a holiday, emmissaries from that Battleground will be found in the major cities, and honor/faction rewards for performing objectives in that battleground are increased.
Battleground holidays currently follow a four week rotation schedule as follows:
- Week 1 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Week 2 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Week 3 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Week 4 = no holiday weekend
Note: The official calendar [1] lists the same schedule for every month. The fact that Mar 31 2006 turned out to be an AB weekend and not an off weekend as listed suggests that calendar is wrong.
2006 Schedule
Beginning on Friday:
- Jan 06 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Jan 13 = no holiday weekend
- Jan 20 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Jan 27 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Feb 03 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Feb 10 = no holiday weekend
- Feb 17 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Feb 24 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Mar 03 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Mar 10 = no holiday weekend
- Mar 17 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Mar 24 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Mar 31 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Apr 07 = no holiday weekend
- Apr 14 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Apr 21 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Apr 28 = Arathi Basin weekend
- May 05 = no holiday weekend
- May 12 = Alterac Valley weekend
- May 19 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- May 26 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Jun 02 = no holiday weekend
- Jun 09 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Jun 16 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Jun 23 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Jun 30 = no holiday weekend
- Jul 07 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Jul 14 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Jul 21 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Jul 28 = no holiday weekend
- Aug 04 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Aug 11 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Aug 18 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Aug 25 = no holiday weekend
- Sep 01 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Sep 08 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Sep 15 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Sep 22 = no holiday weekend
- Sep 29 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Oct 06 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Oct 13 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Oct 20 = no holiday weekend
- Oct 27 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Nov 03 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Nov 10 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Nov 17 = no holiday weekend
- Nov 24 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Dec 01 = Warsong Gulch weekend
- Dec 08 = Arathi Basin weekend
- Dec 15 = no holiday weekend
- Dec 22 = Alterac Valley weekend
- Dec 29 = Warsong Gulch weekend