The Tourism Authority of Thailand can provide you with the list of conventions scheduled at Bangkok’s convention centers.

To obtain list of trade shows that take place in Thailand, please visit TAT’s website

http://www.thaitravelmart.com/trade_calendar.asp

Usually, trade shows occur at the three main places in Thailand namely Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bitec Bangna (Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Center) and Impact Muang Thong Thani (Impact Arena, Exhibition and Convention Center). In order to know the time schedule and details of trade shows, you can visit the mentioned places’ websites at www.qsncc.com, www.bitec.net, www.impact.co.th respectively.

You can obtain the list of theatres in Thailand from the Tourism Authority of Thailand regardless of whether it is stage show theaters or cinema theaters. Moreover, to get the list and time schedule of the shows, you can contact the respective theater you prefer.

Thailand celebrates many events and festivals that have become popular all over Thailand and the entire world. Two of the most popular annual celebrations are Songkran water festival and Loy Krathong, when candle-lit offerings are floated in the rivers, canals, lakes, and the sea. The following are the festivals celebrated in Thailand categorized according to the months in which they occur:

January: New Year's Day, Umbrella and Handicraft's Fair in Chiang Mai District, Chinese New Year (occasionally in February)

February: Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Bangkok International film Festival

March: Makha Bucha Day (the day when 1,250 monks gathered to hear Lord Buddha give a sermon), Pattaya Music Festival (for 3 days on the beach).

April: Songkran Festival (Traditional Thai New Year Celebration during which the main ritual is throwing water on eachother. The festival is celebrated with much gaiety and joy.), Pattaya Festival (food festival)

May: Rocket Festival (Farmers pray for cultivation of their paddy fields.), Visakha Bucha Day (a UN World Heritage Day)

June: Hua Hin Jazz Festival, Phi Ta Khon Festival in Loei Province (The event is based on a famous Buddhist tale, and many young men throng the streets wearing grotesque and funny ghost masks).

July: Khao Phalsa or Candle Festival (marking the beginning of the Buddhist Rain Retreat observed by monks.)

August: H.M. the Queen's Birthday.

September: Long Boat Races at Phichit, Phisanulok, and Narathiwat

October: Vegetarian Festival (9 days without having meat and alcohol, especially popular in Phuket), Chonburi buffalo races (including contests pitting buffalo against man.)

November: Loy Krathong Festival (romantic ceremony of floating banana leaf “boats” decorated with candles and flowers), Surin Elephant Round Up Show (the commemoration of the fact that elephants are very important in the lives of the Thais.), River Bridge Kwai Week (marks the death of all those who built the bridge on the River Kwai.)

December: H.M. the King's birthday, Phuket King's Regatta Cup (celebrated annually and many races take place. The regatta sees many parties after the Races.)