Provisional edition · date TBC
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Bangkok Vegetarian Festival 2026 (Yaowarat)

The nine-day Jay festival fills Bangkok's Chinatown with yellow-flagged meat-free food, shrine visits and Chinese-Thai merit-making. The lunar dates align with Phuket's festival, but Yaowarat's detailed 2026 street programme has not yet been announced.

Expected timing
Expected 10–18 October from the Chinese lunar calendar; confirm Yaowarat's street programme when Bangkok publishes it.
Where
Yaowarat Road and Chinatown shrines · Bangkok · Samphanthawong
Cost / access
Free to browse; pay per dish and offering.
Participants during Phuket's Vegetarian FestivalBangkok · Samphanthawong
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Expected 10–18 October from the Chinese lunar calendar; confirm Yaowarat's street programme when Bangkok publishes it. The placeholder keeps the calendar useful, but this page intentionally omits Event date schema until the edition is confirmed.

Why route around it

What makes it worth the stop

  • Hundreds of yellow-flagged Jay food stalls in and around Yaowarat
  • Chinese-Thai shrine ceremonies and merit-making
  • Inventive meat-free versions of familiar Thai and Chinese dishes

Plan the stop

Practical notes

  1. Treat the dates as provisional until Bangkok announces street closures and ceremonies.
  2. Use MRT Wat Mangkon; Yaowarat traffic is difficult even outside festival nights.
  3. The yellow Jay flag identifies food prepared to the festival's stricter rules.
Understand Thailand's Jay festival

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