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The following is overview of special days in Thailand, in particular in Chiang Mai and the north of Thailand.

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Songkran Festival at Nawrat Bridge, Chiang Mai

YEAR 2016

date	name	HOLIDAY	NO HOLIDAY	EVENT	MOON
1 Jan	New Year's Day	✓
9 Jan	Children's Day		✓	✓
15-17 Jan	Bo Sang Umbrella Festival San Kamphaeng Chiang Mai		✓	✓
16 Jan	Teacher Day		✓
17 Jan	King Ramkhamhaeng Day		✓
18 Jan	Royal Thai Armed Forces Day & King Naresuan Day		✓
5-7 Feb	Chiang Mai Flower Festival		✓		✓
8 Feb	Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey			✓
22 Feb	Magha Puja	✓			✓
13 Mar	Thai Elephant Day		✓
27 Mar	Royal Thai Airforce Day		✓
31 Mar	King Nangklao Day		✓
6 April	Chakri Memorial Day	✓
7 April	World Health Day		✓
13 April	Senior Citizen Day	✓
13-15 April	Songkran or Thai New Year and Water Festival	✓		✓
1 May	Labor Day		✓
5 May	Coronation Day	✓
8 May	International Red cross day	✓
TBA	Royal Plouging Day	✓
20 May	Vesak Day	✓		✓	✓
1-7 Jun	City Pillar or Inthakin Festival Chiang Mai		✓	✓	✓
TBA	Dragon Boat Festival		✓	✓	✓
9 Jun	King Ananda Mahidol		✓
24 Jun	Revolution Day วันเปลี่ยนแปลงการปกครอง		✓
26 Jun	Sunthorn Phu Day		✓
19 Jul	Asalha Puja Day	✓			✓
20 Jul	Wan Khao Pansa	✓			✓
29 Jul	Thai Language Day		✓
7 Aug	Rapee Day		✓
12 Aug	The Queen's Birthday and Mother's Day	✓
28 Aug	King Taksin Day		✓
1 Sept	Seub Nakhasathien Memorial Day		✓
15 Sept	Silpa Bhirasri Day		✓
19 Sept	Mid Autumn Festival		✓		✓
24 Sept	Prince Mahidol Day		✓
1 - 9 Oct	Vegetarian Festival			✓	✓
16 Oct	Wan Ok Pansa	✓			✓
23 Oct	Chulalongkorn or Piya Maharat Day	✓
25 Nov	Loy Krathong Festival		✓	✓	✓
20 Nov	Royal Thai Navy Day		✓
25 Nov	King Vajiravudh		✓
1 Dec	Damrong Rajanubhab Day		✓
5 Dec	The King's Birthday, National Day and Father's Day	✓
10 Dec	Constitution Day	✓
31 Dec	New Year's Eve	✓

Holidays and Festivals in Thailand
Local Muslim community festival: sugar fest after Ramadan

Loikrathong or Festival of Light in Chiang Mai

Note:

HOLIDAY: official holidays. All government offices closed; post office and banks in the streets closed (but they are always open in the shopping malls and in the airport).
NO HOLIDAY: non-official holidays. Some offices may be closed, depending on the business
EVENT: no businesses closed due to an event
MOON: this day depends on the moon, so the date changes every year
Observed: When a holiday falls in the weekend, the Thai government can decide to "compensate" the public by allowing for an extra free day.
No drinking of alcohol allowed in bars and in public on Buddhist special days and some other days

Miriam B. Posted on November 22, 2015 at 04:02:37
Are the main festivals in Chiang Mai the same as in the South of Thailand? For example, we heard that a vegetarian festival in Phuket more performances, but Loikrathong in Chiang Mai is more beautiful to witness.

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