Vegetarian Festival (เทศกาลกินเจ)
City: Bangkok
Start Date: October 9, 2026
End Date: October 18, 2026
It’s the Vegetarian Festival, also called the Nine Emperor Gods Festival (เทศกาลกินเจ). The nine festival days run 10–18 October 2026, and 9 October is the eve.
📅 9–18 October 2026
📍 Yaowarat, Chinatown, around Guangdong Shrine (ศาลเจ้ากวางตุ้ง)
Yellow flags line the street from Odeon Circle to Chaloem Buri Intersection. Rituals are at the shrine, near MRT Wat Mangkon. Street markets and malls put on vegetarian food fairs. A full timetable isn’t posted yet.
Photo: Christophe95, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.