26 January 2009
(Monday) Chinese New Year
The beginning of the Chinese lunar year is celebrated in the Chinatowns of every city throughout Thailand. Some businesses close for the day.

02 November 2009
(Monday) Loy Kratong
Not a national holiday, but an evening when Thais pay respect to the godess of the waters by floating candlelit offerings on any and all waterways around the kingdom.

Dates : June 01 - Aug 31, 2009
Place : Department stores, Bangkok
Description: The Amazing Thailand Grand Sale, Thailand's annual three-month shopping extravaganza offers world-class shopping, a diverse selection of quality products and services, special discounts of 10 - 70 per cent and promotional offers being extended by participating department stores, shopping complexes and retail outlets along designated 'Shopping Streets' in Bangkok and the popular tourist destinations of Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Phuket and Hat Yai.

Dates : June 05 - August 12, 2009
Place : BTS Siam or Chidlom, Bangkok
Description: The exhibition is composed of 88 photographs by Laurent Ballesta, accompanied by Pierre Descamp's captions on marine biodiversity and the conservation of the marine environment.

Dates : June 17 - August 02, 2009
Place : Catherine Schubert Fine Art Gallery, Bangkok
Description: Born in 1972, Ambroise Tezenas is a French photographer who graduated from the Vevey Institut des beaux-arts, in Switzerland. He has to his credit a number of exhibitions and publications, in particular, a book published in 2006 by Actes Sud, "Pekin, Theatre du Peuple" (2Beijing - People's theatre"). Since 2002, he has been devoting his time mostly to the creation of a personal work on urban landscapes.

Dates : July 03 - August 10, 2009
Place : Bangkok Art & Cultural Center
Description: Pascal Blondeau and Michael Shaowanasai met in 2008, at the residence of the French Ambassador to Thailand. In different but complementary ways, these two artists question the beauty of Men. Using a flash on our society, they photograph its shadows. "Nice to meet you" is the artistic product of their coming together, an exhibition of mirrored reflections, the portrait of one by the other.

Dates : July 07, 2009
Place : Bangkok, Thailand
Description: Prayers and candlelit processions take place in and around Buddhist temples across Bangkok and Thailand on Asanha Bucha Day, commemorating Buddha's first sermon. See Buddhist monks queue for offerings in Sanam Luang field, before they undertake three months of fastsing.

Dates : July 07, 2009
Place : Various Venue
Description: Commemorates the beginning of Buddhist ‘lent’. Coincides with the onset on the rainy season, monks are ordained and withdraw to their temple while rain brings forth new life.

Dates : July 10 - August 30, 2009
Place :Thailand Creative & Design Centre, Bangkok
Description: Portraits of shoes, Stories of feet, brings together nearly sixty types of footwear from the 18th to the 21st century from the collection of the International Romans footwear Museum (one of the world's most outstanding Museum) as well as Korean and French collections. Here is an invitation to an open look between the French artistic heritage in the field of shoes and boots and the contemporary vision of plastic artists and creators.

Dates : July 11 - July 12, 2009
Place :Vichupa Ramintra, Bangkok
Description: Held at Vichupa Ramintra, the Bangkok International Soccer 7s tournament features around 20 teams (Open Men category) from various countries. Each team is guaranteed to play a minimum of four games and the tournament promises to be fast, furious and passionate.

Dates : July 19 - July 29, 2009
Place : Bangkok, Thailand
Description: Delve into Thai and South East Asian life on the big screen in cinemas across the capital at the annual Bangkok International Film Festival. There are over 100 feature films and shorts, some from further afield, squeezed into the programme.

Dates : July 30 - October 16, 2009
Place : National Stadium station, Bangkok
Description: "Futurotextiles" is a module of a travelling exhibition merging science, technology and art with all kind of textiles. The objects, applications and works are inspired by the wildest dreams and invent today our hopes for tomorrow.

Dates : July 31 - September 30, 2009
Place : National Museum, Bangkok
Description: A silver coin with a Sanskrit inscription "Meritorious work of the Lord of Dvaravati" emerges from the bowels of the earth from the hands of archaeologists and an entire kingdom is revealed. Creator of the first kind of Buddhist state in Southeast Asia, the civilisation founded by the said Lord of Dvaravati is quite enigmatic on several points.

Dates : August 12, 2009
Place : Ratchadamnoen Avenue
Description: In honour of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's birthday, coloured lights and decorations adorn Bangkok's Ratchadamnoen Avenue and the streets around the Grand Palace. Head to the Sanam Luang field for a huge fun festival of music and Thai culture.

Dates : August 13 - August 16, 2009
Place : Impact Exhibition and Convention Center, Bangkok
Description: Buy the latest clothes, textiles and fashion accessories from Thailand, Hong Kong, China, India and elsewhere at the Bangkok International Fashion & Leather Fair. Held at the Impact Exhibition and Convention Center, the first two days are for trade only.

Dates : August 29 - August 30, 2009
Place : Bhumibol Dam, Bangkok
Description: Bhumibol Dam in Tak province will be hosting the Bhumibol Dam Invitation International Mountain Bike Championships for the fourth consecutive year on August 29 - 30, 2009.