Festival & Events
Thai Song Dam Tradition
When: April
Where: Khao Yoi District
Thai Song Dam Tradition is held annually around April every year at Khao Yoi District. The tradition features is a merit-making ceremony of the Lao Song or Thai Song Dam minority of Phetchaburi. There will be tribal and authentic cooking by the Thai Song Dam people who are clad in their rarely-seen traditional costume.
Phra Nakhon Khiri Fair
When: Early April
Where: Phra Nakhon Kriri Historical Park
Phra Nakhon Khiri Fair
Phra Nakhon Khiri Fair Phra Nakhon Khiri or Khao Wang hill has been the place of the annual fair of Phetchaburi every year. It combines with the Phetchaburi Red Cross Fair for the public and tourists to participate in the activities and make merits with the Phetchaburi Red Cross Society. Activities in the fair there are the ceremony is to worship the city pillar shrine and the ancestral kings, exhibition to honor the ancestral kings and sustainable economy, the performances of Department of Fine Arts, a parade to honor the kings and the Phetchaburi way of life. Performances on the central stage, a contest of sweet Phetchaburi beauties, demonstration of foods and local sweets, ox chariot racing, decoration of lights and fireworks on Khao Wang each night.
Khao Ho Kariang Tradition
When: August
Where: Nong Ya Plong District and Kaeng Krachan District
Khao Ho Kariang Tradition is the culture and lifestyle of the Karen people who live in Nong Ya Plong and Kaeng Krachan District. It is held annually on the 14th day of the waxing moon of the 9th lunar month.