Nov302026
Chumphon Hawk Migration Festival 2026
The raptor migration over Khao Dinsor, one of Asia's great hawk watching sites, listed by the TAT festival portal from 1 September to 30 November 2026.
Season · 48 events
Green season in Thailand.
The rains from May to October turn the country green: rice terraces at their best, waterfalls at full flow, whale sharks off the Gulf islands, national parks reopening, and the great Buddhist Lent festivals of the north east. Fewer visitors, lower prices, and rain that usually arrives in the afternoon and leaves.
May152027
Mu Ko Similan National Park Season 2026-27
The dated visitor season for the Similan Islands marine national park, open through the dry months and closed for the monsoon.
May152027
Mu Ko Surin National Park Season 2026-27
The dated visitor season for the Surin Islands marine national park, known for shallow reefs and Richelieu Rock diving.
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.
Jun12027
Pang Sida Butterfly Watching Season 2027, Sa Kaeo
The eastern forest's butterfly season, when hundreds of species gather at stream crossings and mineral licks in Pang Sida National Park.
Jun182027
Koh Tao Festival 2027
Koh Tao's conservation festival, with turtle releases, reef clean ups and night markets.
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.
The full list is on the events calendar, filterable by month and region.