Special Events

Special Events


Bo Sang Umbrella Festival
January

Held at the Bo Sang Handicraft Centre, the festival features
paper products, particularly painted paper parasols, cultural shows,
beauty contests and a parade showing traditional ways of life.


Flower Festival
February

This 3-day event, held on the first Friday and weekend of February,
coincides with the blossoming of Chiang Mai’s temperate
and tropical flowers.  Festivities include a parade of floral floats,
ornamental garden flower contests, beauty pageants, music and
dancing.  The parade begins at Chiang Mai Railway Station,
passes over Nawarat Bridge and ends at Nong Buak Hat Park.

 
Songkran Festival
April 13-15

The Thai New Year is celebrated with particular gusto in Chiang
Mai.  Among the events are a parade of the revered Phra Phutthasihing
Buddha image around Chiang Mai town for ritual bathing, sand
pagoda-making, blessing of elders, and water splashing.



Doi Suthep Pilgrimage
May

The Buddhist festival of Visakha Puja is celebrated with a candlelit
procession to the temple on Doi Suthep.


Yi Peng Festival
Late October / Early November

Coinciding with the Loi Krathong Festival on the full-moon
night of the 12th lunar month, the event features the release of
lanterns into the sky to worship the gods.  There are also fireworks,
lantern contests, and beauty pageants.