Thailand Local Travel

HM Queen Sirikit's Birthday
2024-08-12
Celebrating Her Majesties birthday. Queen Sirikit (born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara); 12 August 1932) is a member of the Thai royal family who was Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhumibol (Rama IX) and mother of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).

Y'S Men International Convention 2024
2024-08-08 - 2024-08-11 | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand
YMI is thrilled to announce an International Convention destination that promises an enriching and memorable experience for all. Chiang Mai, Thailand, a city renowned for its rich history and captivating culture is set to host the 2024 International Convention.
Our clubs in Chiang Mai, coupled with the YMCA Chiangmai, are wholeheartedly ready to welcome the world in a unique festival atmosphere which promises to be nothing short of spectacular.
RBM Golf Tournament (International Mosquito Cup).
https://web.cvent.com/event/98af6634-fb9c-43f9-8c58-c27deed4fe5a/websitePage:a8568374-4ba1-4d74-90be-4511a7fe01a9?locale=en

Birthday of HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)
2024-07-28
The only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sirikit, he was made crown prince by his father in 1972, at the age of 20. After his father’s death on 13 October 2016, he was expected to ascend to the Thai throne but asked for time to mourn before taking the throne.[4] He accepted the throne on the night of 1 December 2016. His coronation took place from 4–6 May 2019.

Full Moon Party Koh Phangan
2024-07-22 | Koh Phangan Thailand, Koh Pha Ngan, Surat Thani, 84280, Thailand
The Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan is one of the most famous and vibrant beach parties in the world, attracting thousands of revelers each month. Held on the night of the full moon on Haad Rin Beach, this legendary event is renowned for its energetic atmosphere, eclectic music, and stunning location.
The first Full Moon Party is said to have been improvised at a Paradise Bungalows on the beach in 1983 as a token of thanks to about 20–30 travelers, though the accuracy of this is disputed, as is the date of the original event. The parties gained fame through word of mouth, and the event now draws a crowd of about 5,000–30,000 every full moon.
Located Near Koh Samui Island. Learn more about Koh Samui here.
What to expect:
Fire rope jumping
Neon body paint
Thai bucket drinks
Rocking music
For Accommodations:
Agoda
Full Moon Party Cruise from Viator
Getting There:
12Go for Transportation
Fly into Koh Samui (USM) or Surat Thani (URT), both conveniently linked to Bangkok. Upon arrival, secure a transfer to Koh Phangan at the airport counter. Opt for the Haadrin Queen Ferry for a direct route to Full Moon Party at Haadrin Pier or explore various ferry options like Lomrayah, Seatran, and Raja Ferry.
2024 Dates:
August 19, 2024
September 17, 2024
October 18, 2024
November 15, 2024
December 15, 2024
December 31, 2024 (New Year’s Eve Party!)
2025 Dates: Not Confirmed
• Tuesday 14th January
• Wednesday 12th February
• Friday 14th March
• Sunday 13th April
• Monday 12th May
• Wednesday 11th June
• Thursday 10th July
• Saturday 9th August
• Sunday 7th September
• Tuesday 7th October
• Wednesday 5th November
• Saturday 27th December
• Wednesday 31st December 2025/26 (New Year’s party!)

Khao Phansa
2024-07-21
Asahna Bucha Day is one of the most important events in the Buddhist calendar commemorating the occasion when Buddha delivered his first sermon. The exact date of Asahna Bucha varies from year to year depending on the lunar calendar, but usually falls in July or August. Asahna Bucha Day is a public holiday in Thailand and although most businesses remain open as usual, government offices are closed.
The day after Asahna Bucha is known as Wan Khao Phansa and marks the start of the three-month ‘Phansa‘ period. This is the rains retreat period when monks would traditionally stay within the confines of their own temple. The Phansa retreat period is sometimes referred to as ‘Buddhist Lent’.

Asahna Bucha Day- National Holiday
2024-07-20
Asahna Bucha is a national Holiday in Thailand.
Buddhist Lent.
This day, the first full moon of the eighth lunar month commemorates the Buddha’s first sermon in the Deer Park in Benares, India and the founding of the Buddhist sangha (monkhood) about 2,500 years ago.
To mark the day, ceremonies are held in Buddhist temples across Thailand. Many Thai people return to their ancestral homes to donate offerings to temples and listen to sermons. Traditionally, candles are amongst the items donated to the wat for Asahna Bucha and processions featuring candles are held at various towns in Thailand.

Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival
2024-07-19 - 2024-07-21
The Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival, known in Thai as “ประเพณีแห่เทียนพรรษาอุบลราชธานี,” is an annual celebration held in Ubon Ratchathani, a province in northeastern Thailand. This festival is one of the most important and unique Buddhist events in Thailand, marking the beginning of the Buddhist Lent, known as Khao Phansa.
Key Features and Significance
Historical Background:
The festival has been celebrated for centuries, rooted in the Buddhist tradition of offering candles to temples. Historically, candles were essential for providing light in temples and were offered as a merit-making act.
Buddhist Lent (Khao Phansa):
Khao Phansa marks the start of the three-month Buddhist Lent, during which monks traditionally retreat to their temples to meditate and study. The Candle Festival takes place on Asanha Bucha Day, the day before Khao Phansa begins.
Elaborate Candle Processions:
The highlight of the festival is the grand procession of elaborately carved candles. These candles can be several meters tall and are intricately decorated with scenes from Buddhist mythology and Thai culture.
Local artisans and communities spend months preparing these candles, showcasing their carving skills and creativity.
Cultural Celebrations:
The festival includes various cultural activities such as traditional music and dance performances, parades, beauty pageants, and exhibitions of local crafts and cuisine.
There are also contests for the best candle carving, adding a competitive spirit to the event.
Community Involvement:
The festival is a community effort, with people of all ages participating in the preparations and celebrations. It strengthens community bonds and preserves traditional Thai arts and crafts.
Tourist Attraction:
The Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival attracts tourists from around the world, offering them a unique insight into Thai Buddhist culture and traditions. Special tours and travel packages are often available during this period.
Festival Schedule
Candle Parade: The main parade usually takes place in the morning, featuring the candle floats, traditional dancers, and musicians.
Cultural Performances: Throughout the festival period, various performances and exhibitions are held at different locations in the city.
Candle Carving Workshops: Workshops and demonstrations on candle carving are often organized, allowing visitors to learn about this intricate art form.
Visiting Tips
Plan Ahead: Since the festival attracts many visitors, it is advisable to book accommodations and travel arrangements well in advance.
Explore Beyond the Festival: Ubon Ratchathani offers other attractions such as beautiful temples, natural parks, and local markets that are worth exploring.
The Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival is not only a religious observance but also a vibrant display of Thai art, culture, and community spirit. It offers a memorable experience for both locals and visitors, blending tradition with festivity.

Pai Jazz & Blues Festival
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-14
A small music festival in the small, friendly town of Pai to create entertainment and good impressions for tourists and local people, including a variety of quality jazz and blues performances.

PAI JAZZ & BLUES FEST VOL.07 2024
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-14 | Pai, Pai, Mae Hong Son, 58130, Thailand
The Pai Jazz and Blues Festival is an annual event attracting ever larger crowds wanting to enjoy great music in a relaxed friendly atmosphere.

ACIS STEM Plus Summer Camp
2024-07-01 - 2024-07-26 | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ready for an unforgettable summer? Dive into the exciting world of STEM at the ACIS Summer Camp! From Science to Sports, there’s something for everyone.
Explore our STEM Plus program, where kids engage in thrilling activities focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Plus, choose from electives like Personal Fitness, Team Sports, Arts, English, and Chinese classes.
Our camp runs from July 1st to July 26th, 2024, offering flexible scheduling. Don’t miss out on making lasting memories and gaining new skills!
Camp weeks:
Week 1: July 1 – 5, 2024
Week 2: July 8 – 12, 2024
Week 3: July 15 – 19, 2024
Week 4: July 22 – 26, 2024
Whether it’s the full 4-week program or specific weeks that suit your schedule, ACIS promises a summer your child won’t forget!
Ready to sign up? Fill in the Google Form to reserve your child’s spot: https://forms.gle/8hqtJhieTT6NpQLy9
For more information, contact us at 052-135 069 or email admissions@acis.ac.th. Hurry, spaces are filling up fast!

Harry Potter Summer Camp Chiang Mai
2024-07-01 - 2024-07-05 | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sessions will be held at CMDC Mae Hia Market on the Monday-Thursday.
Friday rehearsals and a 2:30pm performance will take place at a local theatre.
Please check the attached schedule for your booked camp.
9am: Drop-off time
12pm: Lunchtime
3pm: Pick up time (Please be on time)
Cost: 7000 Baht lunch and snacks included.
Clothing: Children will need to wear comfortable clothing for dance workshops, and clothes that may get paint on during the afternoon art sessions.
Food/Drink: Lunch is provided to those who paid. Water will be provided each day but please bring your own named water bottles.
Safety: Please check we have your correct phone number and contact details when you drop your child off on Monday.

Rio Summer Camp Chiang Mai
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-21 | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Hua Hin jazz festival 2024- June Dates TBD
2024-06-07 - 2024-06-09 | Hua Hin, Hua Hin, 77110, Thailand
Check back for dates. These are not confirmed!
Visit Viator for Activity information.
You can relax and enjoy breezy waves of the sound at the Hua Hin Jazz Festival which features both renowned Thai and International Jazz musicians, familiar all-time favorite and contemporary works.

Circuit Asia Weekend 2024 Pattaya Beach
2024-06-07 - 2024-06-09 | Pattaya, Chon Buri, 20150, Thailand
Pattaya Beach: Circuit festival Asia takes place over the weekend 7/9th June 2024. Circuit festival Asia Weekend is produced by the creators of Asia’s biggest gay dance parties: White Party Bangkok & S2O Songkran Music Festival in collaboration with the producers of Circuit Festival Barcelona.

Birthday of Queen Suthida- National Holiday
2024-06-03
Across Thailand, buildings are decorated to honor their queen, with the most splendid are in Bangkok, where many buildings and streets are festooned with colored lights, flowers, and portraits of the queen.
June 3 will now be an annual public holiday in honor of HM Queen Suthida’s birthday.
The widow of the late king has been reassigned the royal title of Queen Dowager Sirikit.

Fruit Day in Chanthaburi- 2024 Dates TBD
2024-05-24 - 2024-06-09 | Rayong, Chanthaburi, Chanthaburi, 22000, Thailand
Chanthaburi Province Activities
This event is a series of sales fairs organized by community housewives and One Tumbon One Product (OTOP), featuring fruit-decorated floats on parade, best fruit products showcase and modified fruit product contest.
One of the activities you get involved with is durian speed consumption competition. Aside from that, there are enough rides for the children at the amusement park, and daily musical performances where various bands perform at the center stage.

Visakha Bucha Day 2024 Chiang Mai
2024-05-23 | Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Huai Kaeo Road, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Visakha Bucha Day is an important Thai holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Tebet and Mongolia. The festival is marked on the full moon day of every sixth lunar month, which typically falls in May each year. The day marks three Key Events in Buddha’s life: the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha.
In Thailand, where Vesak Day is known as Visakha Buja Day (Visakha Puja Day), Buddhists usually make merits by going to temples, vowing to keep the Buddhists precepts, offering food to monks, listening to Dhamma Talks and practicing Vipassana meditation in the temples.
In Chiang Mai, Visakha Bucha Day is celebrated by many locals walking 11kms to the summit of Doi Suthep Temple.

Coronation Day- National Holiday
2024-05-04

Full Moon Party Koh Phangan
2024-04-23
Spring Break on the island of Koh Phangan is known for its epic Jungle Party, Half Moon Party, and, of course, the legendary Full Moon Party!, there’s no better place for it! It’s large stretch of powder-like sand, drink shacks providing the booze, and thriving beach clubs blaring out the beats; it’s a Full Moon Party paradise.

Songkran – Thailand New Year 2024
2024-04-09 - 2024-04-15 | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Songkran is the Thai New Year’s national holiday. Songkran is on 9 April every year, but the holiday period extends from 14 to 15 April. In 2018 the Thai cabinet extended the festival nationwide to seven days, April 9–16Songkran is also a time to pay reverence to ancestors. Splashing water to symbolize the washing away of sins and bad luck is a theme throughout the festival. The final day is known as Wan Payawan, or Bathing the Buddha day.
Enjoy crowds of people in the streets splashing water on each other, parades, and parties.

Chakri Memorial Day- National Holiday
2024-04-06
Thailand observes Chakri Memorial Day as a public holiday on April 6th every year. Officially known as “King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great Day and Chakri Dynasty Memorial Day,” this holiday commemorates the establishment of the Chakri Dynasty by King Rama I in 1782, over two centuries ago. One of King Rama’s first decrees was to make Krung Thep (“City of Angels,” also known as Bangkok) the capital of Siam.
Chakri Memorial Day not only commemorates the coronation and contributions of King Rama I but all the kings of the Chakri Dynasty, culminating in His Majesty King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), the current reigning monarch.
The tradition on Chakri Memorial Day each year is that members of the royal household pay respect to previous monarchs of the Chakri Dynasty at the Royal Palace temple. Many Thais will place flowers on statues of King Rama I around the country.
On this national public holiday, government offices, banks, and schools are closed.

Full Moon Party 2024 Koh Phangan
2024-03-24
The island of Koh Phangan is known for its epic Jungle Party, Half Moon Party, and, of course, the legendary Full Moon Party!, there’s no better place for it! It’s large stretch of powder-like sand, drink shacks providing the booze, and thriving beach clubs blaring out the beats; it’s a Full Moon Party paradise.

Makha Bucha Day- National Holiday
2024-02-24
Makha Bucha Day is a Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar.
It is the second most important Buddhist festival after Vesak.
In Thailand it is designated as a national holiday, on which sale of alcohol has been strictly prohibited. On the evening before, urban temples in Thailand hold a candlelight procession and circumambulation around the main ubosot in the temple. Furthermore, people will make merit by going to temples and by joining in with activities.

Thailand-Chinese New Year Celebrations
2024-02-10 - 2024-02-11
Chinese New Year Celebrations 2024 Thailand (วันตรุษจีน 2567 / 2024年泰国新春庆祝活动) will be held for 2 days from 10 – 11 February 2024 at various locations across the country. Based on past traditions, a series of celebratory activities from dragon & lion dance performances, lantern displays, concerts, and food fairs are expected to take place in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Pattaya, Ayutthaya, Phuket, Samut Prakan, Trang, Nakhon Sawan, Ratchaburi and more during this festive period.

Amazing Muay Thai Festival 2024 Thailand
2024-02-02 08:00 - 2024-02-05 17:00 UTC | LUMPINEE STADIUM, No.6 Ramintra Rd. Anusawaree, Bang Khen, Bangkok, 10220, Thailand
This will be Thailand’s second time hosting the Muaythai Festival, with an 4-day action packed schedule featuring more than 90 nations.
The Amazing MuayThai Festival was born from the WBC MuayThai project aimed at supporting young athletes in the development of their careers.

Bo Sang Umbrella & Sankampang Handicrafts Festival 2024-Chiang Mai
2024-01-19 - 2024-01-21 | Bo Sang, Bo Sang, Chiang Mai, 50130, Thailand
Bo Sang is famous for it’s Umbrella Making Center and it’s Handcrafts Center.
Located about 20 minutes to the West of Chiang Mai City Center.
Every year they have a festival celebrating these items. It is a colorful festival featuring contests, cultural performances, stalls selling traditional paper umbrellas and handicrafts to be found in the main street of Bo Sang.

Loy Krathong/ Yi Peng Lantern Festival 2023 Chiang Mai
2023-11-27 20:00 - 2023-11-28 20:00 (Asia/Bangkok) | Chiang Mai Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Experience the magic of the annual Loy Krathong and Yi Peng Lantern Festivals in Chiang Mai, where a sky full of floating lit lanterns.
Witness two notable Northern Thai celebrations that happen annually during the full moon of the 12th lunar month.
Observe thousands of lanterns as they float upwards, illuminating the night sky during the Yi Peng Lantern Festiva.

Chiang Mai Street Jazz Festival 2023
2023-11-25 17:00 - 2023-12-03 23:00 (Asia/Bangkok)
Join us from November 25th to December 3rd for a celebration of music, culture, and community!
This year’s festival is all about:
Revitalizing Chiang Mai’s Streets with Music: Let’s fill our streets with the sound of music and see more community-based performances.
Music as a Learning Journey: From the young to the elderly, we’re integrating music into learning with workshops throughout the week.

Ok Phansa Naga Fireball World Festival
2023-10-29
29 October 2023, at the Naga statues plaza by the Mekong River in Mueang District, Lan Naga Boek Fa in Phon Phisai District, Lan Boeng Wiang in Si Chiang Mai District, and Rattanawapi District Hall, Nong Khai. One of the more mysterious of events on the Thailand events calendar, this event centers around the as yet unexplained fireballs that annually erupt into the sky from the Mekong River

Thailand Grand Prix 2023
2023-10-27 - 2023-10-29
27-29 October 2023
Chang International Circuit, Buri Ram
This is the fourth MotoGP event taking place in the Northeastern province of Buri Ram. The event is the 17th of the 20-race calendar. Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati currently leads the 2023 MotoGP season’s world championship standings with 194 points, followed by Ducati-Pramac’s Jorge Martin with 159 points, and Ducati-VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi with 158 points.
Tickets for the event are available for purchase at 7-Eleven stores or at www.allticket.com. Fans are offered a range of seating options, including the Grand Stand, Marquez Stand, Quartararo Stand, Chantra Stand, and Side Stand.
