Thailand Festival

เทศกาลที่ไทย

Name of Festival	Date
New Year Day	1 Jan*
Chinese New Year	14 Feb
Makha Bucha Day	28 Feb*
Substitution for Makha Bucha Day	1 Mar*
Chakri Memorial Day	6 Apr*
Songkran Festival	13-16 Apr*
National Labour Day	1 May*
Coronation Day	5 May*
Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day	9 May*
Visakha Bucha Day	28 May*
Asarnha Bucha Day	26 Jul*
Buddhist Lent Day	27 Jul*
H.M. The Queen’s Birthday	12 Aug*
Naga Festival	4 Oct
End of Buddhist Lent Day	22 Oct
Thot Kathin	23 Oct
Chulalongkorn Memorial Day	23 Oct*
Substitution of Chulalongkorn Memorial Day	25 Oct*
Full moon night of the 12th lunar months – Loy Kratong	2/20 Nov
H.M. The King’s Birthday	5 Dec*
Constitution Day	10 Dec*
New Year’s Eve	31 Dec*

All dates with a * are public and / or bank holidays.
If a public holiday occurs on a weekend, there will be a substitution day the following Monday. This way some weekends are longer and very likely to be travel time for Thai people.