Nov32026
Amazing Thailand Grand Diwali Festival 2026, Bangkok
A month of Diwali celebrations across four Bangkok venues, from a riverside diya ceremony at ICONSIAM to street festivities in Little India.
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Festivals in Thailand.
Every festivals event on the calendar, checked against official sources.
Nov42026
Phimai Festival 2026
A five day festival at the great Khmer sanctuary of Phimai, with a light and sound show, longboat races and an ancient style market.
Nov62026
Royal Barge Procession 2026, Chao Phraya River, Bangkok
Fifty two royal barges on the Chao Phraya in full ceremonial order, rowed to a chanted rhythm past the Grand Palace to Wat Arun.
Nov72026
Amazing Thailand Grand Diwali Festival 2026, Pattaya
Pattaya's leg of the national Diwali festival: beachside celebrations, Indian food and cultural performance on the bay.
Nov82026
Amazing Thailand Grand Diwali Festival 2026, Phuket
Phuket's Diwali day celebration at Patong, with Indian food, craft activities and cultural performance on Diwali day itself.
Nov112026
Bua Tong Mexican Sunflower Season at Doi Mae U Kho 2026
Whole hillsides at Doi Mae U Kho in Mae Hong Son turn yellow with wild Bua Tong, or Mexican sunflowers, for a short cool season bloom.
Nov132026
Boek Fa Andaman Festival 2026, Krabi
Krabi's season opening festival on the riverfront, marking the start of the Andaman high season.
Nov132026
Luang Pho Sothon Fair 2026, Chachoengsao
The autumn worship fair for Luang Pho Sothon, one of Thailand's most revered Buddha images, at his riverside temple in Chachoengsao.
Nov152026
Sukhothai Loy Krathong, Burning Candles and Playing with Fire Festival 2026
Ten nights of Loy Krathong in Sukhothai Historical Park, ending on the full moon night of 24 November 2026, with the Light and Sound Show at Wat Mahathat.
Nov172026
Golden Mount Temple Fair at Wat Saket 2026
Bangkok's classic temple fair fills the grounds of Wat Saket for thirteen days and nights around Loy Krathong, opening with the red cloth procession up the Golden Mount.
Nov212026
Loy Krathong Sai Festival 2026, Tak
Tak's Loy Krathong Sai: thousands of coconut shell krathongs floated in a line down the Ping River, 21 to 24 November 2026.
Nov212026
Surin Elephant Round-up 2026
Hundreds of elephants and their Kuy mahouts gather in Surin for parades, an elephant feast and stadium shows re-enacting historic battles.
Nov222026
Bangkok River Festival 2026
Thai Beverage's riverside Loy Krathong festival links nine historic and modern piers along the Chao Phraya with free shuttle boats, temple visits by night, performances and community markets.
Nov242026
Chiang Mai CAD Khomloy Sky Lantern Festival 2026 (Yi Peng)
The largest ticketed Yi Peng mass sky lantern release, held over two nights at the CAD Cultural Center Lanna in Mae On with Lanna dinner, performances and a monk led ceremony.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Ayutthaya 2026
Loy Krathong night on the rivers around Ayutthaya's old city island.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Bangkok 2026
On the full moon night of the twelfth Thai lunar month, Bangkok floats candlelit krathongs on the Chao Phraya River, its canals and its park ponds to honour the water goddess and let go of the past year.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Hat Yai 2026
Loy Krathong night in Hat Yai: floating at the municipal park lake and the town's canal banks.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Hua Hin 2026
Loy Krathong night in Hua Hin: krathong floating along the beach and at the town's ponds and canals.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Kanchanaburi 2026
Loy Krathong night at the River Kwai Bridge in Kanchanaburi.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Nakhon Ratchasima 2026
Loy Krathong night in Korat: floating krathongs on the old city moat and at Bung Ta Lua.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Pattaya 2026
Loy Krathong night on Pattaya Beach, with krathong contests and a stage at Bali Hai.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Phuket 2026
Loy Krathong night in Phuket: krathong floating at Patong Beach and the Saphan Hin lagoon in town.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong in Udon Thani 2026
Loy Krathong night in Udon Thani: the city floats its krathongs on the Nong Prajak lake in the town centre.
Nov242026
Loy Krathong on Koh Samui 2026
Loy Krathong night at Chaweng Lake and the island's temples.
Nov242026
Phra Pathom Chedi Festival 2026, Nakhon Pathom
The great temple fair of Nakhon Pathom: nine days and nights around the world's tallest chedi, opening on the Loy Krathong full moon.
Nov242026
Yi Peng and Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai 2026
Chiang Mai marks the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month with both Loy Krathong krathongs on the Ping River and the Lanna Yi Peng lantern tradition on one night.
Nov252026
River Kwai Bridge Week 2026
Kanchanaburi's bridge week commemorates the Thailand Burma Railway with a nightly light and sound show at the River Kwai Bridge, historical exhibitions, a Red Cross fair and local food and craft markets.
Nov272026
Pattaya International Fireworks Festival 2026
International pyrotechnic teams light up Pattaya Bay over two free nights, Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2026, with concerts, food stalls and cultural shows along the beachfront.
Nov282026
Land of King: Continuing the Treasures of Khiri Khan 2026
Prachuap Khiri Khan's provincial heritage festival, celebrating the town's royal history, local culture and food over ten days.
Nov292026
Khon Kaen International Silk Festival 2026
Khon Kaen celebrates its mudmee silk heritage with weaving displays, silk contests, parades and the Phuk Seow friendship tying ceremony.
Nov292026
Lopburi Monkey Banquet Festival 2026
Lopburi lays out tonnes of fruit, vegetables and sweets in repeated banquets for the long tailed macaques that live around its Khmer ruins.
Dec12026
Colours of Doi Tung 2026 (13th edition)
The Mae Fah Luang Foundation's winter festival at Doi Tung, with flower gardens, a hill tribe walking street, food and cultural performances on weekends and holidays.
Dec62026
Ayutthaya World Heritage Fair 2026
The World Heritage Fair celebrates Ayutthaya's UNESCO listing each December with light and sound shows among the ruins, historical reenactments, cultural performances and a night market in the historical park.
Dec182026
Chiang Rai ASEAN Flower Festival 2026
A provincial winter flower festival along the Kok River in Chiang Rai, with themed gardens, light shows, Lanna culture, tea and coffee, run with the TAT Chiang Rai office.
Dec182026
Hua Hin Vintage Car Parade 2026
Classic cars parade through Hua Hin each December, ending with a beachfront display.
Dec262026
Chiang Rai Flower Festival (Dok Mai Ngam) 2026 to 2027
Chiang Rai Municipality's long winter flower show by the Kok River, with tulips, lilies and temperate flower gardens lit into the evening.
Dec262026
Tsunami Remembrance Ceremony 2026, Ban Nam Khem
The annual multi faith remembrance at Ban Nam Khem, the village worst hit by the 2004 tsunami.
Dec282026
King Taksin Maharaj Fair 2026-27, Tak
Tak's year end fair at the King Taksin Shrine, starting on Taksin Day, 28 December.
Dec292026
Pattaya Countdown 2027
Pattaya City's three night New Year countdown on Central Pattaya Beach, with concerts, light and sound shows and fireworks over the bay.
Dec312026
Amazing Thailand Countdown 2027 at ICONSIAM
ICONSIAM's riverside countdown on 31 December 2026 pairs live performances at River Park with a long fireworks display over the Chao Phraya at midnight.
Dec312026
Bangsaen Countdown 2026
Bang Saen's New Year's Eve celebration at Laem Thaen, with concerts by well known Thai artists and a fireworks display over the beach.
Dec312026
CentralWorld Bangkok Countdown 2027
Bangkok's best known city centre countdown fills the plaza in front of CentralWorld with a concert stage, big screens and midnight fireworks at the Ratchaprasong intersection.
Dec312026
Chiang Mai CAD New Year Countdown 2027
A ticketed New Year countdown at the CAD Cultural Center Lanna in Mae On, with a mass lantern release, fireworks and Lanna performances on 31 December 2026.
Jan72027
Phraya Phichai Dap Hak Fair 2027, Uttaradit
Uttaradit's hero fair, ten days at the Phraya Phichai Dap Hak monument in January.
Jan122027
Chaopho Phraya Lae Festival 2027, Chaiyaphum
Chaiyaphum's biggest annual fair honours city founder Phraya Lae with an elephant offering procession and district parades.
Jan152027
Bo Sang Umbrella and San Kamphaeng Handicraft Festival 2027
Bo Sang village decorates its main street with hand painted paper umbrellas for three days of parades, craft demonstrations and the famous bicycle parade.
Jan172027
King Ramkhamhaeng Day 2027, Sukhothai
Worship and a fair at the King Ramkhamhaeng Monument in Sukhothai Historical Park on 17 January.
Jan172027
Koh Chang Naval Battle Memorial Week 2027, Trat
A week of remembrance at Laem Ngop for the 1941 Battle of Koh Chang, centred on 17 January.
Jan182027
Don Chedi Memorial Fair 2027, Suphan Buri
Suphan Buri's great historical fair at the Don Chedi monument, with nightly elephant duel reenactments honouring King Naresuan.
Jan262027
King Mengrai Festival (Wai Sa Phaya Mengrai) 2027
Chiang Rai honours its founder King Mengrai with ten days of homage ceremonies, parades, cultural performances and a local products fair.
Feb32027
King Rama II Memorial Fair 2027, Amphawa, Samut Songkhram
The annual fair at King Rama II's birthplace in Amphawa: traditional performance, desserts and crafts in the memorial park.
Feb42027
Bang Rachan Heroes Fair 2027, Sing Buri
The annual fair honouring the Bang Rachan village heroes of 1767, at the camp park and Wat Pho Kao Ton in Sing Buri.
Feb42027
Burapa Pattaya Bike Week 2027 (30th Anniversary)
Thailand's biggest motorcycle festival, marking its 30th anniversary in Pattaya in February 2027.
Feb52027
Chai Nat Straw Bird Festival 2027
Chai Nat's straw bird festival: giant rice straw birds paraded at the Chao Phraya Dam, celebrating the province's rice and its bird park.
Feb52027
Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2027
Chiang Mai's flower weekend, centred on a Saturday morning parade of floats covered in fresh blooms and displays at Nong Buak Haad Park.
Feb52027
Hat Yai Chinese New Year 2027
Chinese New Year in Hat Yai: lion dances, shrine worship and festival markets in the south's Thai Chinese hub.
Feb52027
Khantok Chang Fair, Lampang 2027
At the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, elephants are feasted from giant khantok trays of fruit and vegetables, with shows and a Lanna khantok dinner for visitors.
Feb52027
Nakhon Sawan Chinese New Year and Pak Nam Pho Festival 2027
Nakhon Sawan's Thai Chinese community stages one of Thailand's grandest Chinese New Year celebrations, with a golden dragon, lion dances and shrine processions at Pak Nam Pho.
Feb52027
Suphan Buri Chinese New Year 2027, Dragon Descendants Museum
Chinese New Year at Suphan Buri's Dragon Descendants Museum: celebrations around the giant dragon building and city pillar shrine.
Feb52027
Udon Thani Chinese New Year 2027, Chao Pu Ya Shrine
Chinese New Year at Udon Thani's Chao Pu Ya Shrine: golden dragon dances and the Thai Chinese cultural street festival.
Feb62027
Chinese New Year in Yaowarat 2027
Chinese New Year falls on Saturday 6 February 2027, opening the Year of the Goat, and Bangkok's Yaowarat Road hosts the country's biggest street celebration with dragon dances, lanterns and food stalls.
Feb102027
Singha Park Chiang Rai International Balloon Fiesta 2027
Southeast Asia's largest hot air balloon fiesta, with international balloons, night glow shows, concerts and Valentine's events over five days at Singha Park.
Feb122027
King Narai the Great Festival Lopburi 2027
Lopburi turns its old town into a 17th century court scene, with residents in period dress, palace performances, parades and a historical market.
Feb122027
Phra Buddha Chinnarat Fair 2027, Phitsanulok
Six days of temple fair at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, home of the Phra Buddha Chinnarat image.
Feb122027
Phra That Cho Hae Festival, Phrae 2027
Ten days and nights of worship at Phrae's sacred relic temple, with the great Tung Luang banner procession, light installations and a cultural market.
Feb132027
Phra That Phanom Temple Fair 2027, Nakhon Phanom
Nine days of worship at Phra That Phanom, Isan's most sacred stupa, in the Makha Bucha season.
Feb132027
Trang Underwater Wedding Ceremony 2027
Trang's famous Valentine's season underwater wedding, where couples in Thai dress exchange vows beneath the Andaman Sea off Koh Kradan.
Feb152027
Phra That Na Dun Festival 2027, Maha Sarakham
A week of worship at Phra That Na Dun, the Buddhist Park of Isan, centred on Makha Bucha Day.
Feb192027
Hok Peng Festival 2027, Wat Phra That Chae Haeng, Nan
The north's Makha Bucha celebration at Nan's most sacred temple, Phra That Chae Haeng.
Feb192027
Malai Khao Tok Festival 2027, Yasothon
Yasothon's Makha Bucha garland festival: giant garlands strung from popped rice are offered at Wat Mahathat.
Feb192027
Phra Mongkhon Ming Mueang Festival 2027, Amnat Charoen
Worship of Amnat Charoen's principal Buddha image in the Makha Bucha season.
Feb192027
Phra Nakhon Khiri Mueang Phet Festival 2027 (40th edition)
Phetchaburi's ten day heritage festival around the Khao Wang palace hill, with royal tribute parades, nightly fireworks, food and OTOP stalls.
Feb192027
Wat Phra Phutthabat Fair 2027, Saraburi (Makha Bucha season)
The annual worship fair at the Buddha footprint shrine, held across the Makha Bucha week in February.
Feb202027
Nop Phra Len Phleng Festival 2027, Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet's Makha Bucha tradition of worshipping the relic and playing folk games, revived from the chronicles.
Feb212027
Hae Pha Khuen That Festival 2027
Devotees carry a long sacred cloth in procession to wrap around the main chedi at Wat Phra Mahathat on Makha Bucha Day.
Feb212027
Makha Bucha at Ton Si Mahapho 2027, Prachinburi
Makha Bucha worship at Thailand's oldest and largest bodhi tree, the Ton Si Mahapho in Prachinburi, a pilgrimage tree for over a thousand years.
Feb212027
Phuket Old Town Festival 2027
Phuket Town's heritage street festival, closing the Sino-Portuguese Old Town streets for parades, performances and food stalls in February.
Feb262027
Kalasin Pong Lang, Phrae Wa and Red Cross Fair 2027
Kalasin parades giant pong lang xylophones from all eighteen districts, with Phrae Wa silk displays, cultural contests and a Red Cross fair.
Feb272027
Chiang Mai Pride 2027
Chiang Mai's Pride parade and street festival, held in the city in late February.
Mar32027
Pho Khun Ngam Mueang Festival 2027, Phayao
Phayao's city founder fair, centred on the Pho Khun Ngam Mueang monument on 5 March.
Mar52027
Bun Pha Wet Festival 2027, Roi Et
Roi Et's great Bun Pha Wet: three days of sermons on the Vessantara Jataka, processions and merit making around Bueng Phlan Chai lake.
Mar52027
Dok Lamduan Festival and Four Tribes Festival 2027, Si Sa Ket
Si Sa Ket's lamduan blossom festival, celebrating the cultures of the province's four ethnic groups.
Mar52027
Prap Ho Monument Fair 2027, Nong Khai
Nong Khai's March fair at the Prap Ho Monument, with shows, games and local goods stalls.
Mar52027
Roi Et Bun Phawet Festival 2027
Roi Et retells the Vessantara Jataka over three days with thirteen chapter processions, sermons, massed dancing and free khao pun noodles for visitors.
Mar62027
ASEAN Barred Ground Dove Festival 2027, Yala
Dove cooing contests in Yala, drawing bird keepers from across Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Mar122027
On Son Klong Yao Festival 2027, Wapi Pathum
Wapi Pathum's long drum festival brings klong yao contests, drum floats and Isan performance to Maha Sarakham each March.
Mar132027
Thao Thep Kasattri and Thao Si Sunthon Festival 2027, Phuket
Phuket's heroines festival at Thalang, with a historical light and sound show about the 1785 Burmese invasion.
Mar162027
World Wai Kru Muay Thai Ceremony 2027, Ayutthaya
Thousands of muay thai fighters honour their teachers at Wat Mahathat on Nai Khanom Tom Day, 17 March.
Mar172027
Ranong Travel Festival 2027
Ranong's hot springs and travel festival, with a retro market, spa events and Thai-Myanmar culture.
Mar202027
Poy Sang Long Festival Season, Mae Hong Son 2027
Shan novice ordination season in Mae Hong Son, when boys aged 7 to 14 are carried in procession in princely dress before entering the monkhood.
Mar222027
Chumphon Marine Festival 2027
Chumphon's sea festival at Thung Wua Laen Beach, with seafood, water sports and conservation events.
Mar232027
Thao Suranari Victory Festival 2027
Korat honours its heroine Ya Mo with twelve days of parades, worship ceremonies, silk fashion, a Red Cross fair and concerts.
Mar272027
Laanta Lanta Festival 2027
Koh Lanta's multicultural Old Town festival, celebrating the island's sea gypsy, Muslim, Buddhist and Chinese Thai communities with food, music and parades.
Apr92027
Phuket Bike Week 2027
One of Asia's big motorcycle gatherings, held at Patong over the Songkran period.
Apr112027
Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Festival 2027, Pattani
Pattani's great Chinese shrine festival, with the goddess carried through the town, fire walking and a river crossing.
Apr122027
Hat Yai Midnight Songkran 2027
Hat Yai's Songkran starts a night early: the famous midnight water festival in the city centre, a day ahead of the national holiday.
Apr132027
Bubble Wave Phayao Songkran Fest 2027
Phayao's Songkran foam and water festival on the Kwan Phayao lakefront.
Apr132027
Phrae Songkran Mo Hom Festival 2027 (Doklomlaengban Songkran Muang Phrae)
Phrae's distinctive Songkran, where the city celebrates Thai New Year dressed in mo hom indigo.
Apr132027
Song Nam Luang Pho Ban Laem 2027, Samut Songkhram
A week of water pouring rites for Luang Pho Ban Laem, Samut Songkhram's most revered Buddha image, at Wat Phet Samut Worawihan.
Apr132027
Songkran Dok Khun Siang Khaen Festival Khon Kaen 2027
Khon Kaen's Songkran pairs water play on Sri Chan Road with merit making, a flower procession and festivities around Bueng Kaen Nakhon lake.
Apr132027
Songkran Kanchanaburi Festival 2027
Kanchanaburi's Songkran programme, listed by the government events calendar on 13 and 14 April in 2026.
Apr132027
Songkran in Ayutthaya 2027
Songkran among the ruins of Ayutthaya, famous for water play with elephants.
Apr132027
Songkran in Bangkok 2027
Songkran, the Thai New Year, runs from Tuesday 13 to Thursday 15 April 2027, combining temple merit making and Buddha bathing with the world's biggest street water festival.
Apr132027
Songkran in Chiang Mai 2027
Chiang Mai's Songkran, the country's best known city celebration, around the Old City moat and Tha Phae Gate.
Apr132027
Songkran in Hua Hin 2027
Hua Hin's Songkran, a family oriented version of the Thai New Year on the Gulf coast.
Apr132027
Songkran in Krabi 2027
Songkran in Krabi Town and Ao Nang, on the fixed Thai New Year dates.
Apr132027
Songkran in Si Satchanalai 2027, Sukhothai
Songkran at Si Satchanalai, known for its traditional processions and the Haad Siao elephant ordination tradition in Songkran week.
Apr132027
Songkran on Khao San Road and Silom Road 2027
Bangkok's two famous Songkran streets, backpacker Khao San Road and office district Silom Road, close to traffic for three days of organised water play under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration management.
Apr132027
Songkran on the Beach, Patong, Phuket 2027
Patong's beachfront Songkran, the party version of the Thai New Year in Phuket.
Apr132027
Songkran on the Mekong 2027, Mukdahan
Songkran on Mukdahan's Mekong promenade, facing Savannakhet across the river, with water play along the Indochina Market strip.
Apr162027
Wan Lai Bang Saen 2027
Bang Saen's own Wan Lai, with sand stupa building on the beach after the main Songkran days.
Apr182027
Pattaya Wan Lai (Songkran finale) 2027
Pattaya's extended Songkran finale, with Wan Lai in Naklua on 18 April and the main water festival day in Pattaya on 19 April, when Beach Road closes to traffic.
Apr232027
Phra Pradaeng Songkran Festival 2027 (Mon Songkran), Samut Prakan
The Mon Songkran of Phra Pradaeng, held a week after the main festival: beauty pageants, Mon food and the famous fish release procession.
Apr232027
Smile @ Pattani 2027
Pattani's community tourism festival, listed by the government events calendar in April 2026.
Apr252027
ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Hellfire Pass 2027
The ANZAC Day dawn service at Hellfire Pass, on the Death Railway in Kanchanaburi province.
May12027
Southern Talung and Travel Festival 2027, Phatthalung
A festival of nang talung shadow puppetry and southern travel, first listed in Phatthalung in May 2026.
May22027
Inthakin City Pillar Festival, Chiang Mai 2027
A week of flower tray offerings at Chiang Mai's city pillar shrine in Wat Chedi Luang, honouring the guardian spirit of the city at the start of the rains.
May72027
Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival Yasothon 2027
Yasothon parades giant homemade rockets through town, then launches them to call down rain from Phaya Thaen before the rice planting season.
May72027
Samui Bike Week 2027
Motorcycle gathering at Chaweng Lake, one of the Gulf islands' big bike events.
May142027
Song Nam Phra That Hariphunchai Festival, Lamphun 2027
Lamphun's relic bathing festival at Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, a week of drum competitions, parades and processions ending on Visakha Bucha.
May152027
Baba Peranakan Wedding Festival 2027, Phuket
Traditional Peranakan wedding ceremonies staged in the mansions of Phuket Old Town each May.
May152027
Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival 2027, Kuchinarai, Kalasin
Kuchinarai's rocket festival: Isan's rain calling rockets launched over the Phu Phan foothills in May.
May182027
Elephant Back Ordination Tradition 2027, Surin
Dozens of novice monks ride elephants from Wat Chaeng Sawang to Wang Thalu in Surin's mass ordination tradition.
May192027
Doi Suthep Pilgrimage on the Eve of Visakha Bucha 2027
Thousands walk the 9 to 11 km mountain road to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep through the night before Visakha Bucha, helped by food and drink stations along the way.
May192027
Song Nam Phra That Doi Suthep Festival 2027
The annual bathing of the Doi Suthep relic, on the eve of Visakha Bucha, distinct from the pilgrimage walk already in the dataset.
May202027
Bang Fai Sky Rocket Festival 2027, Prachinburi
Sky rockets are launched at Wat Ton Pho Si Maha Pho on Visakha Bucha Day in Prachinburi's Si Mahosot District.
Jun182027
Phuket Peranakan Festival 2027
A street festival of Baba Peranakan culture in Phuket Old Town, with a costume parade of thousands.
Jun182027
Siam Tulip Dok Krachiao Season Opening Chaiyaphum 2027
Fields of pink Siam tulips open the rainy season in Chaiyaphum's highland national parks, viewed from raised boardwalks above the flower beds.
Jun252027
Phi Ta Khon and Bun Luang Festival Dan Sai 2027
Dan Sai's ghost festival fills the town with dancers in huge hand painted masks, music, rockets and merit making at Wat Ponchai.
Jun262027
Pattaya Pride 2027
Pattaya's Pride parade along Beach Road, closing Pride Month in June.
Jun262027
Phuket Pride Parade 2027
Phuket City Municipality's Pride parade through Phuket Town, planned as an annual June event.
Jun262027
Sunthon Phu Day 2027, Rayong
Rayong honours Thailand's great poet Sunthon Phu at his monument in Klaeng on 26 June.
Jul162027
Kathu Street Culture Festival 2027, Phuket
A street festival in old Kathu, the mining town where Phuket's vegetarian festival began.
Jul172027
Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2027
Giant carved wax candles paraded at Thung Si Mueang for the start of Buddhist Lent, Isan's finest spectacle.
Jul182027
Ayutthaya Aquatic Phansa Festival 2027, Lad Chado
Candle processions by boat on the Lad Chado canal at the start of Buddhist Lent.
Jul192027
Tak Bat Dok Mai (Flower Alms) Festival 2027, Wat Phra Phutthabat, Saraburi
Thailand's only flower alms ceremony: thousands offer dok khao phansa flowers to monks climbing to the Buddha footprint shrine on Khao Phansa day.
Aug122027
Wichit Phrae Wa Silk Festival 2027, Kalasin
Kalasin celebrates Phrae Wa, the queen of silks, with a silk contest, fashion show and weaving demonstrations on 12 August.
Aug252027
Por Tor Hungry Ghost Festival 2027, Phuket
Phuket's Hungry Ghost festival, marked with red turtle cakes and offerings at the Por Tor shrine and markets.
Sep82027
Samui Festival 2027
Samui's island festival at Nathon, with a run and bike event, art street and music.
Sep172027
Hello Songkhla Festival 2027
Songkhla's old town festival weekend: food, craft and performance among the Nang Ngam and Nakhon Nai heritage streets.
Sep172027
Salak Yom Festival 2027, Lamphun
Lamphun's Salak Yom: towering decorated offering trees presented by young women at Wat Phra That Hariphunchai in the tenth month season.
Sep172027
Tenth Month Festival (Bun Sat Duean Sip) 2027, Nakhon Si Thammarat
The south's great ancestor merit festival, when families return home to feed the spirits of their forebears with hamrap offerings and the five symbolic tenth month sweets.
Sep182027
Narathiwat Fair and Kolae Boat Racing 2027
Narathiwat's annual fair, with racing of the painted kolae fishing boats on the Bang Nara River.
Sep282027
Um Phra Dam Nam Festival 2027, Phetchabun
Phetchabun's diving Buddha festival: the provincial governor dives into the Pa Sak River carrying the Phra Phuttha Mahadhamaracha image.
Sep292027
San Don Ta Festival 2027, Surin
The Khmer ancestor festival of Surin: families honour their forebears with offerings, processions and traditional performance.
Sep302027
Krabi Vegetarian Festival 2027
The Nine Emperor Gods festival at Krabi Town's Chinese shrines, on the same lunar dates as Phuket.
Sep302027
Phang Nga Vegetarian Festival 2027, Takua Pa
The Nine Emperor Gods festival in Takua Pa's Chinese-Thai old town, on the same lunar dates as Phuket.
Sep302027
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2027
The Nine Emperor Gods festival in Phuket Town: nine days of jay food, street processions and ritual at the Chinese shrines.
Sep302027
Trang Vegetarian Festival 2027
Trang's nine day Vegetarian Festival: shrine processions and vegetarian food across the town in the ninth lunar month.
Oct82027
Rap Bua Festival 2027 (Lotus Throwing), Bang Phli, Samut Prakan
Thailand's lotus throwing festival, when crowds line the Samrong Canal to toss lotus blooms into the Luang Pho To procession boat.
Oct92027
Nan Traditional Boat Racing Festival 2027
Long boat racing on the Nan River in Nan town, in the end of Lent racing season.
Oct92027
Wax Castle Procession and Longboat Racing 2027, Sakon Nakhon
Sakon Nakhon's Ok Phansa spectacle: villages parade towering beeswax castles to Wat Phra That Choeng Chum, with royal trophy longboat racing on Nong Han.
Oct102027
Bun Krathup Ok Phansa Festival 2027, Nong Bua Daeng, Chaiyaphum
Chaiyaphum's incense offering festival at the end of Lent: giant decorated krathup trees carried in procession at Nong Bua Daeng.
Oct142027
Chonburi Buffalo Racing Festival 2027
Buffalo racing in front of Chonburi City Hall, held the day before the end of Buddhist Lent.
Oct142027
Ok Wa Festival 2027, Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son
Mae Sariang's Ok Wa, the town's end of Lent festival: a cultural plaza at Wat Uthayaram, sound and light shows and a candle procession.
Oct152027
Naga Fireball Festival 2027, Nong Khai
The Naga fireballs over the Mekong at Phon Phisai, on Ok Phansa night, the end of Buddhist Lent.
Oct162027
Chak Phra Festival 2027, Surat Thani
Surat Thani's Chak Phra, pulling the Buddha by land and river the day after the end of Buddhist Lent.
Oct162027
Tak Bat Devo Festival 2027, Uthai Thani
Uthai Thani's great Devo alms giving: hundreds of monks descend the 449 steps of Khao Sakae Krang to receive offerings the day after Ok Phansa.