Yi Peng Festival – November 24, 2026

Expected Yi Peng Festival Deals

While direct ‘deals’ for Yi Peng are less common from major chains, travel agencies and tour operators offer comprehensive packages for the 2027 festival in Chiang Mai. Look for flight and hotel bundles from airlines like Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways, or package deals from tour companies such as Intrepid Travel and G Adventures. Local vendors in Chiang Mai will sell lanterns, traditional food, and crafts. We will update this page with confirmed live deals as November approaches.

History of Yi Peng Festival

Yi Peng Festival is a Thai celebration held on the evening of the twelfth month’s full moon in the traditional lunar calendar. It is an ancient celebration adapted from Brahmin origins and is inextricably linked with Thai Lanna culture. The Lanna culture dates back to the 13th century and is based on Buddhist and Hindu customs.

Yi Peng is a popular festival in northern Thailand that is deeply rooted in the ancient Lanna kingdom. Adapted from Brahmin origins, it was initially celebrated as a singular event in its own right denoting the end of the blustery season and the start of winter.

Yi Peng is held concurrently with Loy Krathong. Events are held all over northern Thailand, but Chiang Mai has become akin to Yi Peng. During Yi Peng and Loy Krathong, there will be lights and spectacular processions all over Chiang Mai.

Brilliant lamp shows are set up at the “Three Kings Monument,” “Thapae Gate,” and various doors around the canal that encompasses Chiang Mai’s Old Town area. Coconut leaves and blossoms adorn the front passageways of sanctuaries and families.

On Yi Peng Day — the evening of the full moon for Loy Krathong,— lights or candles are also lit and placed at entrances to shops, homes, and temples. Making the lamps or donating them to sanctuaries is one method of gaining merit, and the radiance of light is important in Buddhist culture because it addresses the transition from obscurity to a more promising future.