Pattaya Festivals & Events

Pattaya Festivals


Pattaya International Film Festival, Jan 2008 (annual)

This international film festival in Pattaya, popular and open to all, invites filmmakers, producers, directors and actors from around the world to showcase their work, either in competition or simply for the public's enjoyment.

Accessible to both professionals and the general public, the festival also includes outdoor activities scheduled for the hours in-between screenings, as well as exhibitions and workshops.

This year’s tournament is supported by Pattaya City, the Tourism Authority of Thailand and Chonburi Provincial Administration and will be held at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya from 3 – 11 February 2007.

The Pattaya Women’s Open has attracted a strong line-up of tennis stars, including Thailand’s No 1 Tamarine Tanasugarn, who last year reached the final of the PTT Bangkok Open, Vania King, the American teen sensation who beat Tamarine in the final, last year’s runner-up in Pattaya, Jelena Kostanic, India’s Sania Mirza and Japan’s Akiko Nakamura.

Top ranked in the tournament is France’s Marion Bartoli, triple WTA tour title-holder in 2006, who finished No 18 in the year-end rankings. Other well-known players joining the Pattaya Women’s Open are Russian Maria Kirilenko, Argentina’s Gisella Dulko and Italy’s Mara Santangelo.

The singles final will be televised “live” on ITV on Sunday 11 February from 15.00 – 17.00. There will also be “live” international television coverage to Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East and Eastern Europe on both Saturday 10 February and Sunday 11 February.

Tickets for the tournament are on sale at the venue from Friday 3 February at the following prices:

• Saturday 3 February – Sunday 4 February:
  (qualifying rounds) – Free Admission
  
• Monday 5 February – Thursday 8 February:
  (1st and 2nd rounds of main draw) – 300 baht
  
• Friday 9 February – Sunday 11 February:
  (Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) – 300, 500 and 1000 baht

Pattaya Music Festival (1-31 Mar 2007 (annual)) Times1800–0000

Each year Thailand’s famous beach resort of Pattaya hosts a three-day
musicfestival. Popular with both locals and tourists, the festival includes a
great mix of music from Thailand and across Asia. There are also plenty of
food and drink stalls, a traditional craft market and a fireworks display

Pattaya's Songkran Festival (18-19 Apr 2007)

The traditional Thai New Year or Songkran day which is locally called Wan Lai, is annually celebrated on 19 and 20 April, though elsewhere in the country the festival falls on 13 April. The activities in the festival include throwing water at each other for enjoyment, beauty contests, colourful processions, folk plays, and paying respect to the seniors of the family by pouring water on their hands.

For more details, contact TAT Central Office, Region 3 (Pattaya),
Tel. 0 3842 7667, 0 3842 8750.


Chon Buri Buffalo Races (Oct 2007 (annual))