All nationalities are welcome to join in the fun with Americans for the annual 4th of July picnic!

This year’s annual 4th of July party promises to be the best yet! A full line of up of the best restaurants, bands and activities guarantee to make this a party you won’t want to miss. Plus this year they are bringing back the mouth sizzling Bangkok Chili Cook Off, with more than 30 contestants creating their red hot chili to claim the bragging rights of ‘Best Chili in BKK!’

This year’s food vendors include the following restaurants:

* Bourbon Street serving their spicey New Orleans style specialties

* Roadhouse BBQ with their tangy grilled meats

* Sunrise Tacos and their south of the border treats

* Plus plenty of all-beef American hot dogs, charcoal grilled cheeseburgers, apple pie and let’s not forget...American beer

A full line up of some of the hottest bands in town will keep the party rocking all day long:

* The Soi Dog Blues

* The Blues Machine

* An All Star group

And there will be activities for kids and adults all day long including face painting, the dunk booth, jungle gyms, balloons, and more.

The picnic will be held this year on Saturday,the 4th of July at the American School of Bangkok, which is located on Sukhumvit 49. The event opens at 12:30 p.m. and runs until 7:30 p.m. and we will be there the whole time!

Of course, throughout the event, there will be fun, food, music and games for the kids.

Schedule

* 12:30 Doors open, military band plays

* 13:00 MC Welcomes

* 13:10 Military band plays

* 13:30 Raising of flags by VFW

* 13:45 Military band plays

* 14:15 Children’s parade and fancy dress contest w/ military band

* 14:45 First game activity

* 15:00 Blues band led by the Snowman, Ken Minahan

* 15:45 Second game activity

* 16:00 Soi Dog Blues Band

* 17:00 Chili contest awards

* 17:30 Third game activity

* 17:45 Raffle drawings

* 18:00 Color guard, national anthems

* 18:15 David Carden

* 18:30 Military band plays anthems

* 18:45 Rock and Roll finale led by Greg Carroll

* 19:30 Finale

Notice!! There will be no parking at the site.

All day shuttle provided!

Shuttle provided from Phrom Phong BTS Exit 3, with volunteers escorting people from the street at the base of exit 3 to the buses.

For more event details and a location map, check out: www.idaybkk.com

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you there!

I was thinking of going for the first time, but it appears in all the photos I see that attendance is very sparse. Or, are the photos not accurate representations of attendance? I would be taking my Thai SO.

Thanks.

Check out the website, last year looked pretty busy. I only added a few pics, didnt' want to overload people's connections

I was thinking of going for the first time, but it appears in all the photos I see that attendance is very sparse. Or, are the photos not accurate representations of attendance? I would be taking my Thai SO.

Thanks.

In past it has been around 10,000 people attending every year. Everybody seems to have a great time judged by all the smiles. An event I always look forward to.

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Sounds like fun to me!

How is the parking around the BTS station?

How is the parking around the BTS station?

Pretty grim (there is a bit but very hard to come by), I would actually use the BTS.

I have a question. Is there any place in Bangkok that sells American themed t-shirts? American flag t-shirts or something like that. Adults and kid size. Thanks in advance.

Darn, you BKK people know how to throw a party compared to us small potatoes in Phuket.  Your event looks well planned out and entertaining for the whole family.

Just curious.....who won the chili cookoff?

CHEERS!

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The sponsrs won!!!!!! Totally wroing the best Chilli was produced by the Centara Team who came in second

Overall give it a 7/10 this year.

Too many people in too small of a place IMO, but good choice of food items and entertainment.

It was good. The family had fun until the event was invaded by pattaya and khao san. Most of the families left after they all came. There was a nice aircon room for the kids with different games and face painting and a separate play area for families with a dunk tank and things to play on. Food was decent. Worst i tasted was from Bourbon Street. They shouldn't have the right to say its New Orleans food. I think the big winner was Sunrise Taco's as you could see from the huge crowd it always had. Great taco's and salsa. The grilled burgers and dogs were great too from AMCHAM. I found it funny some of the vendors were brits.

It was good. The family had fun until the event was invaded by pattaya and khao san. Most of the families left after they all came. There was a nice aircon room for the kids with different games and face painting and a separate play area for families with a dunk tank and things to play on. Food was decent. Worst i tasted was from Bourbon Street. They shouldn't have the right to say its New Orleans food. I think the big winner was Sunrise Taco's as you could see from the huge crowd it always had. Great taco's and salsa. The grilled burgers and dogs were great too from AMCHAM. I found it funny some of the vendors were brits.

I have to agree on your comments on Bourbon Street.  The supposed pulled pork sandwich was horrible.  I was rather surprised as I liked their Christmas buffet.  The BBQ Sandwich King had a nice smoked pork rib chili, and the one from Red Sky (or something like that) was very good.

Overall, though, I was disappointed.  A 300 baht entry fee seemed high given the lack of free food/things to do.  I spent 1,500 baht for two people for not that great of a time/food.  That night, I went to The Great American Rib Company for better food and good music for 900 baht (for two, once again.)

It was good. The family had fun until the event was invaded by pattaya and khao san. Most of the families left after they all came. There was a nice aircon room for the kids with different games and face painting and a separate play area for families with a dunk tank and things to play on. Food was decent. Worst i tasted was from Bourbon Street. They shouldn't have the right to say its New Orleans food. I think the big winner was Sunrise Taco's as you could see from the huge crowd it always had. Great taco's and salsa. The grilled burgers and dogs were great too from AMCHAM. I found it funny some of the vendors were brits.

I have to agree on your comments on Bourbon Street. The supposed pulled pork sandwich was horrible. I was rather surprised as I liked their Christmas buffet. The BBQ Sandwich King had a nice smoked pork rib chili, and the one from Red Sky (or something like that) was very good.

Overall, though, I was disappointed. A 300 baht entry fee seemed high given the lack of free food/things to do. I spent 1,500 baht for two people for not that great of a time/food. That night, I went to The Great American Rib Company for better food and good music for 900 baht (for two, once again.)

Was at Silver Dollar bar on Sunday and 3 people , who had been , would not go again if in same location ,

Something about beer running out by 5 pm , could have contributed ,

My kids asked about it, I said we weren't going because I saw no point paying 300 baht just to get in for what I thought would be mediocre food.

They weren't in the least bit disappointed - the next day they got to eat all sorts of better food in Emporium for a heck of a lot cheaper.

Must try The Great American Rib Company one day - but I always see mixed reviews, and the one time I had their ribs (two years ago at the July 4 party) - they weren't that good. But given that they had to mass produce way more ribs than they can probably sell in the restaurant, they can be forgiven for not being able to maintain the same high quality.

My kids asked about it, I said we weren't going because I saw no point paying 300 baht just to get in for what I thought would be mediocre food.

They weren't in the least bit disappointed - the next day they got to eat all sorts of better food in Emporium for a heck of a lot cheaper.

Must try The Great American Rib Company one day - but I always see mixed reviews, and the one time I had their ribs (two years ago at the July 4 party) - they weren't that good. But given that they had to mass produce way more ribs than they can probably sell in the restaurant, they can be forgiven for not being able to maintain the same high quality.

Well, the 300 baht goes to a charity and the food was ok, better with beer of course.

Don't mind giving money to charity - but 300 baht for an entrance fee is still too steep, especially when it doesn't give you anything other than access to more expensive stuff. As far as I know, all of the money from purchases also goes to charity... they've got to strike a better balance.

Personally, I suspect there's more to the higher entrance fee, something to do with the location...

Don't mind giving money to charity - but 300 baht for an entrance fee is still too steep, especially when it doesn't give you anything other than access to more expensive stuff. As far as I know, all of the money from purchases also goes to charity... they've got to strike a better balance.

Personally, I suspect there's more to the higher entrance fee, something to do with the location...

well there certainly was overhead... ie security, police, cleaning, shuttle vans, entertainment. staging, electricity and so on.

Edited July 8, 200916 yr by bkkjames

I won't be going back if it's held in the same location.

Something a bit greener would have been nice, but I'm aware there's limited green space in Bangkok. A driving range might work

Check out the website, last year looked pretty busy. I only added a few pics, didnt' want to overload people's connections

is the party on the 4th or the 3rd ? the other post looks like same event and that one said on the 3rd.

u kidding me ?

i moved here to get away from americans

Let's get the date right! It's on SATURDAY THE 2ND OF JULY not Sunday or Monday according to this flyer.

http://www.idaybkk.com/

Let's get the date right! It's on SATURDAY THE 2ND OF JULY not Sunday or Monday according to this flyer.

http://www.idaybkk.com/

Not e the date on the original posts - 2009.

Let's get the date right! It's on SATURDAY THE 2ND OF JULY not Sunday or Monday according to this flyer.

http://www.idaybkk.com/

Not e the date on the original posts - 2009.

What a crack up! This happens a lot more than you think. TV needs to start cleaning up the posts that are older than say 6 months or no more than a year. Better yet, if there's been no activity after 3 months "close" the post then all post about the same subject needs to be a new one. Make sense? Example there are subjects like American Football which has how many post now? And the original date is several years ago. Talk about confusing people.

In fact why not start a new topic here. So I will.

Old topic so will close this one. Current celebration topic here.