Yaowarat Vegetarian Festival ★ 4.6
The Yaowarat Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok runs nine days each October aligned to the first nine days of the Chinese ninth lunar month, with stalls flying.
Focus: Thai-Chinese jay vegan cuisine
Food festivals in Bangkok worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Bangkok worth planning a trip around, by month.
The Yaowarat Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok runs nine days each October aligned to the first nine days of the Chinese ninth lunar month, with stalls flying.
Focus: Thai-Chinese jay vegan cuisine
Songkran in Bangkok runs 13 to 15 April as the Thai New Year water festival, with pop-up Thai dessert stalls, traditional khao chae cold-rice dishes.
Focus: Thai street food and seasonal dishes
Loy Krathong in Bangkok lights the Chao Phraya river with floating banana-leaf lanterns each November full moon, with Thai-sweet stalls and seasonal.
Focus: Thai sweets and seasonal river dishes
The World Gourmet Festival in Bangkok at Anantara Siam runs each late September with visiting Michelin-starred chefs cooking guest dinners and pop-up tasting.
Focus: International celebrity-chef collaborations
Wongnai Bangkok Restaurant Week runs two weeks each June across 80-plus participating Bangkok restaurants, prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus from 599 to 1,899.
Focus: Multi-restaurant prix fixe menus