Major Events and Festivals in Chiangmai
Chiang Mai has several annual festivals that attract a large number of both Thai and foreign tourists that visit
Chiang Mai throughout the year.
New Year's Day 1st of January, Celebrated throughout Thailand.
Bo Sang Umbrella and Handicraft Festival in the middle of January, Bo Sang village displays traditional village
life, parades and village handicrafts.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival on the first weekend of February taking place for 3 days from the first Friday of
February, over 20 flower covered floats parade through the city on Saturday morning. Beauty contest, flower
exhibitions, cultural performances at Park. This festival is held to promote the growing of flowers and
decorative plants inChiangmai, featuring a parade of colourful petalled floats and beauty contests.
Songkran Festival During 12 – 15, April, The traditional Thai New Year, joyfully celebrated throughout the
country with rituals of merit making, honouring elders, and parades of dancers and music troupes. Water
splashing, an amusing way to make you cook in the hot season makes the festivalmost interesting. It is
celebrated in a grand way in Chiangmai and at Phra Pradang near Bangkok. Thai people celebrate New Year by
throwing water in the moated city of Chiang Mai and nearby. The parade of pouring sacred water on image of
Buddha and parades of “Rod Nam Dam Hua to Chiang Mai Provincial Governor” will be pass through the city
on 13 April and 15 April accordingly.
City Pillar Inthakin Festival this ceremony is held to invoke blessing of peace, happiness and prosperity for
the city and its residents. Buddha image are paraded around the city. It is held at Wat Chedi Luang for 7
auspicious days and nights in the 7th lunar month.
Joon la Kathin the name of the special celebration of the Buddhist holy season “Awk Pansa”. It marks the end
of both lent and the rainy season. Throughout the month there are, Tod Kathin, colorful, noisy processions
and donations of food and necessities to monk. Joon la kathin, it is different from Tod Kathin that it could do
whenever as readiness at Wat Yaang Laung in Mae Jeam District.
Yee Peng Festival or Loy Krathong Festival most charming of all Thai festivals; the custom of placing
handmade floats decorated with flowers and candles on waterways goes back over 700 years to Sukhothai
period. In the north “Yee Peng” is celebrated for two nights under the full moon. As the moon rise on the
second night, a procession of beautiful maidens and floats parades through the city of Chiang Mai to the Mae
Ping River
Chiang Mai throughout the year.
New Year's Day 1st of January, Celebrated throughout Thailand.
Bo Sang Umbrella and Handicraft Festival in the middle of January, Bo Sang village displays traditional village
life, parades and village handicrafts.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival on the first weekend of February taking place for 3 days from the first Friday of
February, over 20 flower covered floats parade through the city on Saturday morning. Beauty contest, flower
exhibitions, cultural performances at Park. This festival is held to promote the growing of flowers and
decorative plants inChiangmai, featuring a parade of colourful petalled floats and beauty contests.
Songkran Festival During 12 – 15, April, The traditional Thai New Year, joyfully celebrated throughout the
country with rituals of merit making, honouring elders, and parades of dancers and music troupes. Water
splashing, an amusing way to make you cook in the hot season makes the festivalmost interesting. It is
celebrated in a grand way in Chiangmai and at Phra Pradang near Bangkok. Thai people celebrate New Year by
throwing water in the moated city of Chiang Mai and nearby. The parade of pouring sacred water on image of
Buddha and parades of “Rod Nam Dam Hua to Chiang Mai Provincial Governor” will be pass through the city
on 13 April and 15 April accordingly.
City Pillar Inthakin Festival this ceremony is held to invoke blessing of peace, happiness and prosperity for
the city and its residents. Buddha image are paraded around the city. It is held at Wat Chedi Luang for 7
auspicious days and nights in the 7th lunar month.
Joon la Kathin the name of the special celebration of the Buddhist holy season “Awk Pansa”. It marks the end
of both lent and the rainy season. Throughout the month there are, Tod Kathin, colorful, noisy processions
and donations of food and necessities to monk. Joon la kathin, it is different from Tod Kathin that it could do
whenever as readiness at Wat Yaang Laung in Mae Jeam District.
Yee Peng Festival or Loy Krathong Festival most charming of all Thai festivals; the custom of placing
handmade floats decorated with flowers and candles on waterways goes back over 700 years to Sukhothai
period. In the north “Yee Peng” is celebrated for two nights under the full moon. As the moon rise on the
second night, a procession of beautiful maidens and floats parades through the city of Chiang Mai to the Mae
Ping River