Chiang Mai Events

Chiang Mai Art and Culture Festival

To celebrate the birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, this Chiang Mai festival features live outdoor Thai music and dancing, stage performances, Lanna art exhibitions and entertaining puppet shows (for the kids!) There's also a lot of really good food at...  see full details

Chiang Mai Songkran

Songkran is the Thai New Year, celebrated with exuberance and ceremony in Chiang Mai – this is possibly the city's biggest party event of the year! Songkran in Chiang Mai is one of the biggest parties of the year. Chiang...  see full details

Loy Kratong

Similar to Valentines Day in the west, Loy Kratong is celebrated in Chiang Mai on the full moon night nearest November. Decorated banana leaf boats, beautifully lit with candles, float along the waterways. Hot air balloons made from colourful bags...  see full details

Bor Sang Umbrella Festival

Near Chiang Mai and often referred to as 'the Umbrella Village', Bor Sang hosts the annual Bor Sang Umbrella Festival. This event celebrates the traditional crafts and skills of the local people with features such as exhibitions, a Miss Bor...  see full details

Yasothon Rocket Festival

The skies around the town of Yasothon light up on this night with fireworks and rockets, tempting the clouds to spill their precious rain over the rice fields. Originating in pre-Buddhist times, it is a fertility rite held to celebrate and to encourage the...  see full details

Naga Fireball Festival

One of the world's most awesome phenomena is this natural event which coincides with the end of the Buddhist Rains Retreat. Hundreds, often thousands of balls of fire rise out of the water to a few hundred metres before disappearing. It is not...  see full details