Festivals in Thailand

Festivals

Season or date: April 13-15

Major event celebrating traditional New Year. Family returns home, water blessing Buddha images, street water splashing.

Season or date: 12th lunar month full moon (around November)

Festival of lights floating banana leaf boats decorated with candles and flowers on rivers to wash away sins and impurities.

Season or date: Same period as Loy Krathong

Sky lantern release around Chiang Mai. Countless khom loi dance in night sky.

Season or date: Nine Emperor Gods Festival in September-October

Chinese-Thai event purifying body through vegetarian diet and ascetic practices, various odd festivals held.

Season or date: December 5

Late King Rama IX birthday. Parades praising royal family and building illuminations.

Season or date: May

Traditional Isan event launching handmade gunpowder rockets for rain prayer.

Season or date: July, before Buddhist Lent

Buddhist event with giant wax sculpture floats parading through town.

Season or date: June

Loei Province folk festival welcoming ancestral spirits in bamboo masks and colorful costumes.

Season or date: Early February

Floats and parades decorated with tropical flowers touring old city.

Season or date: November

Large-scale international fireworks competition held along beach.