Chinese New Year Celebrations 2025 in Thailand (วันตรุษจีน 2568 / 2025年泰国新春庆祝活动) are projected to unfold from 19 January to 9 February 2025, with festivities taking place at various locations across the country.
Although not officially designated as a public holiday, approximately 15% of Thailand’s Chinese-ethnic population will celebrate this vibrant festival from the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, spanning 29 January to 12 February 2025.
This year’s festivities will feature traditional Chinese lion dance performances, shrine prayers, stunning lantern displays, concerts, and food fairs. Celebrations will take place across cities such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Phuket, Nakhon Sawan, Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi and Suphan Buri, among others, throughout this joyous period.
2025 Chinese New Year Celebrations in Thailand
- Bangkok
- Chinatown
- Themed “Ignite Your Senses: Embrace Our Two Cultures”, this year’s event will also commemorate 50 years of Thai-Chinese diplomatic relations. The district will be beautifully adorned with Chinese New Year lanterns and decorations. The highlight of the event will take place on 29 January 2025, with the grand opening ceremony presided over by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, featuring cultural performances by both Chinese and Thai-Chinese artists.
- Venue: Yaowarat Road [Map]
- Date: 19 January – 9 February 2025 (Sunday – Sunday)
- Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm
- Note: The opening ceremony on 19 January 2025 (Sunday) will take place at 7:30pm.
- ICONSIAM
- A variety of activities will be held to celebrate Chinese New Year at the mall, including a Chinese food fair at SookSiam, Level G (17 – 31 January), a worship ceremony for Tai Sui invited from Guangzhou 拜太岁, lion dance performances, Chinese cultural dance performances, a Gu Zheng recital, and mini-concerts by Thai artists (NuNew on 24 January and Ling-Aom on 29 January).
- Venue: River Park at Level G & Event Space at ICS (Annex Building) [Map] [Getting to ICONSIAM]
- Date: 24 January – 2 February 2025 (Friday – Sunday)
- Time: 12:00pm – 10:00pm
- centralwOrld
- Activities: Lantern crafting, Chinese calligraphy and clay sculpting demonstrations, a food fair, live performances by popular Thai-Chinese artists, and cultural performances by Chinese troupes from Xinjiang, Zhejiang, and Yunnan.
- Venue: Outdoor event space, centralwOrld [Map]
- Date: 28 January – 2 February 2025 (Tuesday – Sunday)
- Time: 11:00am – 10:00pm
- Pattaya, Chon Buri
- Pattaya Chinese New Year Festival 2025
- Activities: Thai-Chinese cultural performances, lion and dragon dances, mini-concerts by renowned artists, and an exhibition showcasing the history of the Chinese’s Spring Festival.
- Venue: Lan Pho Park (Naklua Chalermprakiat Park) / สวนสาธารณะเฉลิมพระเกียรตินาเกลือ [Map]
- Date: 25 January 2025
- Time: 4:00pm – 11:00pm
- Hat Yai, Songkhla
- Hat Yai Chinese New Year Festival 2025
- Activities: A breathtaking 500-drone light show, decorative lighting displays, illuminated sculptures, prayers at Guanyin shrine, cultural performances, a parade and a marketplace
- Venue: Srinakorn Foundation School [Map]
- Date: 28 January – 2 February 2025 (Tuesday – Sunday)
- Krabi
- Krabi Chinese New Year Festival 2025
- Activities: Festive decorations and lightings (春节灯饰), worship of the God of Fortune (财神爷), and a food fair showcasing popular Krabi dishes
- Venue: In front of Vogue Shopping Center [Map]
- Date: 27 – 30 January 2025 (Monday – Thursday)
- Time: 5:00pm onwards
- Khon Kaen
- Khon Kaen Chinese New Year Festival 2025
- Venue: City Pillar Shrine / San Lak Muang [Map]
- Date: 24 – 26 January 2025 (Friday – Sunday)
- Time: 5:00pm – 10:00pm
- Suphan Buri
- Suphan Buri Chinese New Year
- Activities: Lion dances, wushu (kungfu) demonstrations, mask-changing opera, live concerts, Buddhist prayers, a visit to the museum housing the world’s largest dragon sculpture, and a marketplace
- Venue: Dragon Descendants Museum [Map]
- Date: 29 – 30 January 2025 (Wednesday – Thursday)
- Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
- Nakhon Sawan
- Pak Nam Pho Chinese New Year Parade
- Activities: Parades, festive decorations, cultural performances enhanced with light and sound displays and a lively marketplace
- Venue: Pasaan, The Origin of the Chao Phraya River [Map]
- Date: 22 January – 2 February 2025 (Wednesday – Sunday)
