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Many Hua Hin residents and regular visitors have been disappointed that the previously annual Hua Hin Jazz Festival has not happened in recent times.
However initial partner discussions for next year’s 2017 Hua Hin Jazz Festival have now started. The Festival is due to celebrate its 15th year anniversary in 2017 and planned for Friday 26th until Sunday 28 May. Invitations for partners are now being sought by B-Concept, a Bangkok event and entertainment group that focuses on event concepts around the Asia Pacific region and Event Management. Quality international and local artists. DJ’s performers, jazz, soul, funk, r and b, blues, Latin, world and lounge music performers with venues on the beach, in the city and in hotels around Hua Hin are invited to organise festival affiliated events and concerts.
The official website is to be launched soon. Keep your fingers crossed that 2017 will be the rebirth of this iconic Hua Hin event.
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The yearly Hua Hin-Cha Am Golf Festival 2016 will be held during the month of August – September 2016. Major golf courses in Hua Hin and Cha-am will offer you a very special green fees during this 2 months as details below:
Date: August – September ,2016
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan Offices in co-operation with the Phetchaburi-Prachuap Khiri Khan Golf Course Association are organising the Hua Hin-Cha Am Golf Festival 2016.
In its 15th year, the 9-week festival will feature exciting tournaments at 9 participating golf courses, including Royal Hua Hin Golf Course, Palm Hills Golf Club & Residence, Imperial Lake View Resort & Golf Club, Springfield Royal Country Club, Majestic Creek Golf Club Hua Hin, Sea Pine Golf Club, Kaeng Krachan Country Club, Banyan Golf Club Hua Hin, and Black Mountain Golf Resort.
Find a Hotel: Hua Hin & Cha Am Hotels
URL: http://www.tatnews.org/events/hua-hin-cha-am-golf-festival-2016/
The annual Hua Hin Food Festival 2016 is scheduled to take place from 1-31 August at The Queen’s Park (19 Rai), Hua Hin Beach, Prachuap Khiri Khan.
The one-month event will showcase a wide variety of local food and international delicacies prepared by professional chefs of participating hotels and restaurants in Hua Hin. There will be shops and stalls selling tasty dishes and reasonable prices by local clubs and associations.
Visitors will also get the chance to enjoy various exciting competitions, including ice carving, vegetable and fruit carving, and cooking. There are also free evening mini concerts by Thai leading singers.
Date: 1-31 August, 2016
Venue: The Queen’s Park (19 Rai), Hua Hin Beach, Prachuap Khiri Khan
Contact Details:
Hua Hin Municipality
Tel: + 66 (0) 3251 1047, + 66 (0) 3251 1347, + 66 (0) 3253 2433
TAT Call Center 1672
For more information: http://www.tatnews.org/events/hua-hin-food-festival-2016
Venue : Sasi Open Air Theatre, Cicada Market.
Dates: 3-5 June 2559(2016).
Time: 18:30 am. – 23:30 p.m.
HUA HIN’S LIVE MUSIC WEEKEND
Cicada Market – Let’s Music… without Shoes
มาเที่ยวหัวหิน ชวนกันมา ถอดเกือก ฟังเพลง กันครับ ที่ซิเคด้า มาร์เก็ต
ทุกวันหยุดสุดสัปดาห์ (วันศุกร์ เสาร์ และอาทิตย์) ตั้งแต่เวลา 17.30 น. – 23.00 น.
Hua Hin Songkran Festival 2015
This spectacular and fun-filled celebration for the Thai New Year is held in the middle of April from the 13th – 15th.
The point of the festival is to show respect to elders and this is done by sprinkling water over their hands. Whilst this tradition is still widely practiced all over Thailand, the festival has evolved somewhat and you’ll find that everywhere turns into an all-out water fight.
Be prepared to get soaked if your walking around Hua Hin, so keep all valuables either locked away safe or protected in plastic bags. The only people immune to a soaking are monks and babies – certainly you will not be spared, so if you don’t want to get wet, stay at home!!! Even the police keep their guns and walkie-talkies protected from the water as they usually come in for particular attention. Whilst they take it in good spirit, we would advise leaving their soaking to the locals. Another feature of the festival is that your face will be covered in talcum powder. Eye infections are common at this time of year.
Buckets of water are hurled about with abandon, some of it ice-cold and high powered water pistols are everywhere, so it’s really important to be careful if you’re out on the roads, particularly on a motorbike. There are always far too many road casualties during the festivities, so make sure you don’t become one of the statistics. Quite simply, it’s best to walk everywhere – leave your bike at home.
Songkran can be celebrated for a number of days – strictly speaking it’s for three – but you’ll find that the water throwing in Hua Hin is restricted to one, the 13th April. However, do not assume that you won’t be ambushed on the 14th and 15th, although you should be safe in the centre of town.
Songkran etiquette
There are a few do’s and don’t’s with this festival so it is good to be aware of what is and isn’t acceptable from a foreigner. As mentioned above do not douse monks, babies or the elderly. Most of the older generations of locals will stay indoors for Songkran, they have seen it and done it all before and are probably not too keen on catching pneumonia either.
Do not throw water with ice in it, you may as well be hurling rocks, the recipient will not be amused.
Never throw water over anyone driving a vehicle, you will see others doing it but it really will not be funny if you cause them to come off a motorbike.
Do not drink and drive – this time of year the death toll on the road simply sky rockets due to a lethal combination of good times, alcohol, vehicles – they don’t mix.
The holiday is celebrated all over Thailand, especially in those areas with large populations of Chinese. It’s important to note that, while there may be large celebrations on the day, the Lunar New Year is not an official national holiday. Government offices and services remain open.
Some businesses may close for the day but as with every other holiday in Thailand, most shops will remain open for business as usual.
You can find several areas that will celebrate in Hua Hin. S0, go out and have fun!
National Holiday in Thailand and the date depends on Lunar cycle, also known as Magha Puja.
On this day, the full moon of the third lunar month; seven months after Buddha began his teachings, 1,250 monks gathered to hear Buddha preach. Buddha ordained these monks and spread the principles of Buddhism. This marked a key event in the development of the religion.
45 years later, on the same full moon in the third lunar month, Buddha again delivered his teachings shortly before his death.
This third lunar month on which both events occurred is known in Buddhist Pali language as ‘Makha’. ‘Bucha’, means to honour.
Despite the great age of these events, (Buddha was teaching over 2,500 years ago) Makha Bucha only became a holiday in 1957. Prior to 1957, the third lunar month was celebrated as a Buddhist Holy Day.
In the morning many Thai people wake up early to give alms to monks. In the evening, temples are full of people listening to sermons. They often perform a ritual known as the the candle ceremony where they walk clockwise three times around the temple. holding flowers, incense and a lighted candle.
Information provided by: Office Holidays
Hello Hua Hin Jazz Fans, we will be watching for updates on the 2016 Hua Hin Jazz Festival and look forward to letting you know when and where you can come and enjoy a great line up of Jazz entertainers.
กลับมาตามคำเรียกร้องอีกครั้งกับปรากฎการณ์เทศกาลดนตรีแจ๊สริมชายหาดหัวหิน
Back by popular demand again is the phenomenal jazz festival on the beach.
“ Jazz Up” Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2015
This year will be held November 28th 2015 Starting from 17:00-00:00
Location: “The Wave Beach Club ” Hyatt Regency Hua Hin
2015 will prove to be a great year with a fabulous line up of musicians!
July 26 @ 19 Rai Queen’s Park
Jointly presented and organised by BOFFO Thailand and the Hua Hin Municipality, this year’s jazz event will be held on Saturday, 26 July, 2014, at Suan Luang Rachinee 19 Rai park from 17:00-23:00 hrs. It is free of charge for all jazz lovers, both local and international.
This year, the festival will be organised under a “Going back to the Roots” theme, featuring a quality musical expression in Jazz, Soul, Nu Jazz, New Orleans Jazz and Dixieland, Electronic Jazz, Soul, Blues and Bossa Nova.
According to the organiser, a number of hotels in and around Hua Hin have confirmed support of The New Hua Hin Jazz Festival with attractive room rates and festival sponsor support. These hotels can soon be selected on the official website and through online distributors and booked together with the festival package of choice.
The event’s organiser, B-Concept Media Entertainment Group.
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For more information, contact:
The New Hua Hin Jazz Festival
Tel: 66 (0) 2207 9243
Email: newsletter@thehuahinjazzfestival.com
– See more at:
Contact Information: TAT Call Center – 1672.
TAT Phetchaburi Office
Tel. +66 3251 3885, +66 3251 3871, +66 3251 3854.
This important and fun-filled festival occurs every year at the full moon in the 12th month of the Thai calendar. In the western calendar, this means November. The importance of the event is probably only overshadowed by the Thai New Year Songkran which is held in April.
Translated literally, “loy” means to float and a “krathong” is a floating vessel which is traditionally made out of banana leaves, although it is not uncommon to see them constructed from synthetic materials these days.
The “raft” will contain a flower, a candleand three incense sticks that are lit before the vessel is floated away. It is customary to make a wish before the launch and it is believed that if the candle remains burning until out of sight, the wish will be granted.
The practise is generally recognised as originating in India from Hindu traditions of thanking the gods for the rains and the start 
of the main rice harvest. Buddhist beliefs embraced the festival in Sukhothai some 700 years ago and the candle is a symbol of Buddha. Modern-day Thais believe that the act of floating the krathong away releases them from any pent-up bad feelings and that their life starts anew from this day. As with the Hindu gods of water, the festival is in honour of Phra Mae Khongkha, The Thai Goddess of Water.
If you’re in Hua Hin for this festival, you really should make a point of joining in. It usually incorporates a 
beauty pageant that follows a set route route around the centre of town and firework displays. All the Thais will be heading for a stretch of water, be it lake, canal or even the sea to set their krathongs afloat. (Hopefully, the tide is not incoming on this day). You will be able to find many stalls around Hua Hin selling ready made krathongs for you to “wash away your troubles and woes”.
You’re also sure to hear one song in particular that will be played and sung all over town on the day. The English version of it goes thus:
November full moon shines,
Loy Krathong, Loy Krathong,
and the water’s high in the river and local klong,
Loy Loy Krathong, Loy Loy Krathong,
Loy Krathong is here and everybody’s full of cheer,
We’re together at the klong,
Each one with his krathong,
As we push away we pray,
We can see a better day.
Enjoy yourselves!!
EXPERIENCE CHINESE FOOD FESTIVAL with an Authentic Sichuan Cuisine by Executive Chinese Chef YE WEN CHIAN From the Intercontinental Shanghai Puxi, China
Where: Intercontinental Resort Hua Hin
When: 21st – 29th SEPTEMBER 2015
Pirom Restaurant
Monday 21st – Friday 25th September 2015: CHEF YE CREATIVE CHINESE MENU Saturday 26th September 2015: SUMPTUOUS CHINESE BUFFET
Azure Restaurant
Sunday 27th September 2015: SUNDAY FUSION BRUNCH
Our famous Sunday Chill &Grill Brunch enriched by savory Chinese specialties from our invited Chinese chef YE WEN CHIAN
THB 1,200 ++per person Available from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM.
Pirom Restaurant
Monday 28th – Tuesday 29th September 2015: CHEF YECREATIVE CHINESE MENU
Dine at Pirom or Azure restaurants during any of our Chinese Food Festival Events and enter the lucky draw to win a 3-night stay at the InterContinental Shanghai in a Junior Suite including breakfast.
Join us for the popular and annual Cha Am Shellfish festival!
During the Cha-am Shellfish Festival 2015 you can enjoy all types of shellfish, crab, clams and squid as well as many other types of seafood that will be available. Many of the top resorts set up and have chefs prepare food for people to try as well as booths with OTOP products available.
While you are here in Cha-Am, you will also find plenty of entertainment with live music, entertainers and carnival rides. Most of the festivities are in the early evening but you can also find many seafood restaurants during the day to enjoy.
Cha-am Shellfish Festival 2015
September 25 – October 3
Date: 28-30 August 2015
Venue: Hua Hin’s Queen Sirikit Park 19 Rai, Prachuap Khiri Khan
The Hua Hin Food Festival 2015, organised in honour of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 88th Birthday Anniversary this year, is set to be held from 28th-30th August. The event will highlight a wide variety of local food and international delicacies cooked by professional chefs from participating hotels and restaurants in Hua Hin and Cha-am. Visitors will get the chance to taste a very special menu created for this event – the 88 pans of hot and spicy fried rice with fresh seafood.
Throughout three-day, the event will showcase professional skills from talented kitchen staff in a series of competition, including ice carving, vegetable and fruit carving, and cooking. There are also free evening mini concerts by Thai leading singers. The event is organised by Hua Hin local authorities in cooperation with Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Authority, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Prachuap Khiri Khan Office, and the Chef Association of Cha-am – Hua Hin.
Hua Hin’s Queen Sirikit Park 19 Rai is situated on Petchkasem Road, a little further north of Hua Hin beach, after Klai Kangwon Palace. It is an ideal venue for a long walk on the beach.
เทศกาลอาหาร หัวหิน 2015 ณ สวนหลวงราชินี 19 ไร่ พบกับบูธอาหารจากโรงแรม 5 ดาวและร้านอาหารชั้นนำมากมาย สนใจติดต่อสำรองห้องพักได้ที่ 083-2944326
For more information, contact:
TAT Prachuap Khiri Khan Office
Tel: +66 (0) 3251 3885, +66 (0) 3251 3854, +66 (0) 3251 3871
Email: www.tatprachuap@tat.or.th
Hua Hin Tourism Promotion Office
Tel: +66 (0) 3251 1047 ext 100
Source: Thailand Festivals & Events
The Long Tail boats racing in Chainat have been organized since 2006, and it has become an annual event with participants from all over Thailand. Boat racing has been a part of Thai culture for centuries. Chainat Boat Races are held for 3 days followed by an important religious ceremony of the province, the annual offering of huge saffron robe to cover the highly revered shrine at Wat Phra Barommathad built in early Ayutthaya period.
Chainat is one of the ancient cities in the central region of Thailand. It is located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River at the mouth of Phraek Si Racha canal. The community was moved from the old site at Sankhaburi in the reign of King Rama IV. Chainat was an important town used several times as a base to confront the Burmese army. Every time, the Burmese were defeated, thus originating the name of Chainat which means a place of victory.
Chainat has beauty natural, historical sites, park and many more cultural attractions, including the Chao Phraya Dam, the Chainat Bird Sanctuary, which protects over 100 species of bird.
Enjoy a long-tailed boat competition, boat parades competitions, products stores and performances.
LONG-TAILED BOAT COMPETITION FOR ROYAL CHAMPIONSHIP CUP @ Nan River in front of Wat Tah Luang, Pichit
Phone: 056 613 465
When: July 2015
Where: Chainat
Asahna Bucha Day
This commemorates the first sermon Buddha gave to his first five disciples. It is always held on the day before the start of Buddhist Lent.
Khao Phansa Buddhist Lent Day
Buddhist Lent Day is a period of three lunar months during the rainy season when monks are required to remain in one particular place or wat (temple). Khao Phansa Day is on the first day after the full moon of the eighth lunar month and marks the beginning of the three-month Buddhist ‘lent’ period. The tradition of Buddhist Lent or the annual three-month rains retreat known in Thai as “Phansa”. Khao Phansa means to remain in one place during the rainy season. Phansa represents a time of renewed spiritual vigor and Khao Phansa festival is a major Buddhism merit-making festival.
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in cooperation with Phetchaburi province, Naresuan Camp, The Rama VI Camp (or Phra Ram VI Camp) the Thai Sports World under Royal Patronage, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Thailand Kite Fliers Association. With each subsequent year, the Thailand International Kite Festival attracts an ever-growing number of devoted kite fans, participants and spectators, from all over Thailand as well as from countries around the region, and beyond. The colourful kite festival thus presents a golden opportunity for visitors to savour the international flavour of kite culture in a single trip. As well as kite events there will also be a parachute show, a radio controlled airplane show and competition. As with any Thai festival there will be plenty of food and handicraft booths everywhere to keep you occupied as well. This annual event is really one not to be missed and definitely one of the more colorful events of the year.
On 31 December from 6 p.m. around Queens Park Hua Hin residents gather every year for the New Year celebrations. Hua Hin Municipality organize the Countdown Festival to welcome New Year. Local officials provide about thousand tables and chair for the public. About one hundred food stalls set up to sell sea food, steaks, padthai and Somtam. On the stage there performances of well known music bands from Bangkok. At midnight Lord Mayor wishes everybody Happy New Year. On the stage nine monks pray and wish Happy New Year to people and bless them with holly water.
Look at the links below, for what to do, in Hua Hin, during your New Year Celebration!
Many people celebrate Christmas Day on December 25. The day celebrates Jesus Christ’s birth. It is often combined with customs from pre-Christian winter celebrations. Many people erect Christmas trees, decorate their homes, visit family or friends and exchange gifts.
People celebrate Christmas Day in many ways. In the days or even weeks before Christmas Day, many people decorate their homes and gardens with lights, Christmas trees and much more. It is common to organize a special meal, often consisting of turkey and a lot of other festive foods, for family or friends and exchange gifts with them. Children, in particular, often receive a lot of gifts from their parents and other relatives and the mythical figure Santa Claus. This has led to Christmas Day becoming an increasingly commercialized holiday, with a lot of families spending a large part of their income on gifts and food.
Many Sunday schools, churches and communities organize special events. These can include decorating the neighborhood or a shopping mall, putting up a Christmas tree and planning a Nativity display, concert or performance. A lot of plays and songs have a aspect of Christmas as a theme. Some groups arrange meals, shelter or charitable projects for people without a home or with very little money.
The original meaning of Christmas is a special church service, or mass, to celebrate the birth of Christ. The story of the Nativity, or the events surrounding the birth of Jesus, are particularly important in religious celebrations of Christmas. However, many traditions that are around today have their roots in pre-Christian winter festivals. These include the importance of candles and decorations made from evergreen bushes and tree, symbolizing everlasting light and life.
In Roman times, a mid-winter festival was held. This was a relaxing time with a lot of parties and merry making. It was also common to give other people small gifts, such as dolls for children and candles for adults. This festival culminated with the celebration of the winter solstice, which fell on December 25 in the Roman calendar. In Scandinavia, a festival called Yule and lasting up to twelve days was held in late December and early January. In this time people burnt logs and held parties. These customs have influences how Christmas Day is celebrated today in the United States.
The Bible does not give a precise date for the birth of Jesus. It is also unclear when December 25 became associated with the birth of Jesus, although it may have been around two hundred years after his birth. In the early centuries of Christianity, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus was not a cause for celebrations. The idea of turning this day into a celebration started in the early Middle Ages in Europe.
During Reformation and up until the middle of the 1800s, Christmas was often not celebrated because partying and merry making was seen as unchristian. From about 1840, celebrating Christmas became more widespread. December 25 was declared a federal holiday in the United States in 1870. Since then Christmas Day has become a steadily more important holiday.
A wide range of people and objects represent Christmas. These include baby Jesus, the Nativity and the Three Kings, but also Santa Claus, reindeer and elves. Common objects at this time of year are pine trees, holly, decorations, fairy lights, candles and presents. Christmas Day is now truly a mix of religious celebration and commercial interests.
Information provided by: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/christmas-day
11th Anniversary Preserve Hua Hin Charity Music Festival
The Chairperson of Preserve Hua Hin Group under the Patronage of Princess Maha Chai Sirindhorn, Mr. Krit Rojanasthira has announced the 11th Preserve Hua Hin Concert.This is an annual music event in Hua Hin, takig place on 13th December 2014.The main objective of the concert is to honour His Majesty the King and celebrate his 87th birthday. The concert will also raise awareness about environmental issures; protection and preservation of the City’s natural resources is the main concept of the music event in this year.Concert-goers will be able to savour food and drink prepared specially by well-khown hotels and restaurants in Hua Hin. Not to bemissed will be stage performances by many Thai artists,namely O Olarik, Khunsit and Cham the Winnwe Is. The main highlight will be popular Thai sigers, Joe and Kong from Nuvo.The Preserve Hua Hin Group woild like to invite Thai and forign visitars to join the event. Tickets are now available.
For preservation of the urban mangrove forest in Hua Hin. Another Night of Classic Rock, Pop, Blues, Country. At Hin Lek Fai Viewpoint, Hua Hin. 13 December 2014, 5:30 pm till midnight. Fundraising raffle with great prizes from local businesses, Atrwork Sale VIP Reserved Seating for THB 1,000 includes wine, beer, food and concert T-shirt. Rear Seating for THB 500 includes food and concert T-shirt.
Tickets & Reservations : preservehuahin@chivasom.com or Brian 087-146-3258
