webfact Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Koh Samui festival set to celebrate 120th anniversary during 7-11 September SURAT THANI, 25 August 2017 (NNT) – Surat Thani province plans to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Samui island during 7-11 September 2017. Surat Thani Provincial Governor Auychai Innark said the province will hold Samui Festival 2017 to promote tourism on Koh Samui island and celebrate its 120th anniversary with spectacular and fun-filled activities. The event will take place at Nathon Pier, Chaweng Beach, and Fishermen Village and feature traditional local customs, spectacular parade, concerts, performances of local art and culture, Muay Thai boxing competition, food street, OTOP fair, free dinner buffet on Chaweng Beach, cycling event around the island, and Samui Festival Marathon winning the trophy from Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Interested persons can look up for more information on www.samuifestival.com, and http://www.facebook.com/samuifestival. -- nnt 2017-08-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Bodoh Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Hmm... I think Koh Samui is more than 120 years old. Double hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 19 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said: Hmm... I think Koh Samui is more than 120 years old. Double hmm... It had a different name back in the old days! I thought I knew pretty well all the places to see on Samui ... but don't know the boat with the Buddha 1minute.16 seconds into the video. Let's get ready to party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 54 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said: Hmm... I think Koh Samui is more than 120 years old. Double hmm... Yes, heard they started building the island five years earlier but had the opening ceremony 120 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philthebook Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 1 hour ago, samuijimmy said: I thought I knew pretty well all the places to see on Samui ... but don't know the boat with the Buddha 1minute.16 seconds into the video. Boph[ut Temple (at the traffic lights) , it is quite new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitnessHealthTravel Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 6 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said: Hmm... I think Koh Samui is more than 120 years old. Double hmm... I think they mean the Festival is 120 years old...possibly. I'm pretty sure they didn't have the running, bicycle and mountain bike races back then ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 7-11? Coincidence? I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 6 hours ago, samuijimmy said: It had a different name back in the old days! I thought I knew pretty well all the places to see on Samui ... but don't know the boat with the Buddha 1minute.16 seconds into the video. Let's get ready to party! "Buddha in the Boat" is in the Fisherman Village Wat, but you have to drive right through and nearly out the other end to see it. Quite impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 10 hours ago, samuijimmy said: It had a different name back in the old days! I thought I knew pretty well all the places to see on Samui ... but don't know the boat with the Buddha 1minute.16 seconds into the video. Let's get ready to party! The temple in Bo Phut, behind the corner with the police box and traffic light to Fisherman Village – that boat has been under construction for long time, so seem like a while ago you last attended a temple market and/or concert there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 9 hours ago, khunPer said: The temple in Bo Phut, behind the corner with the police box and traffic light to Fisherman Village – that boat has been under construction for long time, so seem like a while ago you last attended a temple market and/or concert there... Never done Fisherman village / Bophut Friday or Monday markets... too hard to find parking! Maenam once in a blue moon is enough! Same vendors for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 7 hours ago, samuijimmy said: Never done Fisherman village / Bophut Friday or Monday markets... too hard to find parking! Maenam once in a blue moon is enough! Same vendors for the most part. Not that market, but the something like twice a year market inside the tempel. Not same vendors at various walking street, and often a good concert performance or two some of the nights; use to have a number of big names coming down from Bangkok, seen many good shows there... –don't remember what this chap in the middle was called, but I know him from many Thai music-videos – his name is in written at back of stage – but he is extremely popular, especially among teen-girls, and both the songs, the performance and the sound was good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philthebook Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 On 8/26/2017 at 5:47 AM, samuijimmy said: Never done Fisherman village / Bophut Friday or Monday markets... too hard to find parking! Maenam once in a blue moon is enough! Same vendors for the most part. The new markets in Ban Kao (Saturday's on the beach) and the one at the big Chinese temple near Wat Thanon (Wednesdays) are very good with different stalls and good for photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 (edited) OK got the location now !! Never been in that temple, yet driven by it 3 times this last week! Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wat+Bo+Phuttharam/@9.5564426,100.0309983,20z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x55a70cd86cf52918!8m2!3d9.556444!4d100.0312691?hl=en-AU Edited August 27, 2017 by samuijimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Tuft Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Festival has started - loud DJ music from the stage next to the lake/Central tonight, although its scheduled to stop at midnight (my accommodation is nearby, can't escape the music for the next few days I think!) It is my first Samui Festival. Looks like its going to be really good. Lots of stuff happening around the lake, and I'm looking forward to the (free) beach buffet on Saturday night Anyone know how late the beach buffet runs that night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I can think of a lot more needy, basic and fundamental ways to promote tourism but hey ho...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 10 hours ago, Argus Tuft said: Festival has started - loud DJ music from the stage next to the lake/Central tonight, although its scheduled to stop at midnight (my accommodation is nearby, can't escape the music for the next few days I think Lived in that area 12 years ago, moved becase of the techno party at Lakeview twice per week until 6 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 6 hours ago, PoorSucker said: Lived in that area 12 years ago, moved becase of the techno party at Lakeview twice per week until 6 am. Miss that long-gone great party... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLobster Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 On 07/09/2017 at 5:27 PM, Argus Tuft said: It is my first Samui Festival. Looks like its going to be really good. Lots of stuff happening around the lake, and I'm looking forward to the (free) beach buffet on Saturday night Anyone know how late the beach buffet runs that night? I'd like to know that, plus where it is? as I don't want to run up and down Chaweng beach looking for it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtom Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Biggest crowd I ever saw in Nathon (in 12 years). But also the biggest traffic jams for 3 days already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLobster Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Apparently yesterday was the big day (free food), a friend said that they were stuck in traffic for 2 hours in the evening in the Chaweng area. We went down tonight as we have been away and there were more army/police than tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 hour ago, TheLobster said: Apparently yesterday was the big day (free food), a friend said that they were stuck in traffic for 2 hours in the evening in the Chaweng area. We went down tonight as we have been away and there were more army/police than tourists. So I shall be happy, I did not try to get to the buffet yesterday, being stuck two hours in traffic, just to realize that all food was gone within the first 30 minutes (according to Facebook posts, also mentioning 2 hours traffic jam)... Went to Chaweng Lake stage this evening – probably Samui Festival in Chaweng, with some food stands – surprisingly little crowd for a concert with the artist "Chin" and a backing group; but on the Samui Festival home page the Thai rockband "Slot Machine" was advertised for the 9:20pm show, and they seemed to be quite interesting with numerous professional official videos of their presumably hits (signed to Sony/BMG and won European MTV award for best Southeast Asian act). Actually we went after cinema, because my daughter wanted to see and hear Slot Machine – me too – but after two songs with substitute Chin, she asked if it was all right to go home, so boring, and she had never heard about him before. As others also walked out from the relative small crowd in front of the stage, I presumed we could also leave, without being too impolite... Agree with TheLobster, that it seemed like authority personel were the largest group of "Chin" fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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