This year’s festival will officially begin on Thursday (Oct 3), and continue for the traditional nine days, concluding with the lowering of the Go Teng poles on Oct 12.
In preparation for the large volume of vegetarian dishes to be cooked at the shrines during the festival, efforts last week focussed on cleaning cooking appliances and kitchenware such as pots and pans, as well as plates, knives, forks and spoons. Also cleaned were items and relics used to perform rituals and ceremonies throughout the festival.
Motorists are advised to plan their trips in advance and be extra careful near Chinese shrines while the festival is underway.
Devotees from the Guan Yu Shrine in Baan Nabon will be the first to take to the streets, through the Palai area in Chalong, for their street procession, starting at 7am on Oct 4. All participating shrines will hold their street processions in the days following.
Street processions will affect traffic in nearly all parts of the island, especially in Phuket Town where Traffic Police have advised motorists to keep clear of procession routes while processions are underway.
The final night of festivities for the festival draw to a close on Oct 11, in a blaze of firecrackers and fireworks as the major shrines taking part in the festival hold their final street processions through the heart of Phuket Town.
The Phuket office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT Phuket) last year estimated the Phuket Vegetarian Festival to generate B9 billion for the local economy.
List of events for the Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2024
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
Street procession:
- Guan Yu Shrine (Baan Nabon) at Palai, Chalong, 7:00am
- Jchoor Su Gong Naka Shrine, 7:30am
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
Street procession:
- Sapam Shrine, 7:00am
- Hai Yian Geng Shrine, 7:00am
- Seng Leng Tong, 7:00am
- Bang Koo Shrine, 6:30am
- Hean Lhee Thong Shrine (moo baan), 7:00am
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
Street procession:
- Lim Hu Tai Shrine, 6:45am
- Guan Yu Shrine (Baan Nabon) at Kata-Karon, 7:00am
- Tai Houd Ting Shrine, 8:00am
- Bu Seng Toon Shrine, 8:30am
- Ngore Choon Gend Baanya Shrine, 7:30am
- Sam Tiang Tong Shrine, 7:00am
- Thee Gong Tua Shrine, 7:00am
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
Street procession:
- Baan Tha Rue Shrine, 6:09am
- Bangjo Shrine, 6:09am
- Sapam Shrine (moo baan), 6:30pm
- Jeng Ong Shrine, 6:30am
- Tai Seng Oud Jor Shrine, 7:00am
- Tae Gun Tai Tae Shrine, 7:15am
- Hok Ong Tong Shrine, 7:45am
- Seng Leng Tong (moo baan), 3:00pm
- Lee Sian Tong Shrine, 5:00pm
- Thung Thong Shrine (moo baan), 7:45pm
Fire walking:
- Tai Houd Ting Shrine, 8:00pm
- Bang Koo Shrine, 8:45pm
- Sam Tiang Tong Shrine, 8:00pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
Street procession:
- Bang Liao Shrine, 6:00am
- Cherng Talay Shrine, 7:30am
Fire walking:
- Thung Thong Shrine, 7:45pm
- Jui Tui Shrine, 8:00pm
- Baan Tha Rue Shrine, 8:00pm
- Jong Nghi Tong Shrine, 8:00pm
- Jeng Ong Shrine, 8:00pm
- Yok Kae Geng Shrine, 8:45pm
- Ngore Choon Gend Baanya Shrine, 8:45pm
- Sapam Shrine, 8:45pm
- Sui Boon Tong Shrine, 9:00pm
- Guan Yu Shrine (Baan Nabon), 9:00pm
- Guan Tae Gun Baan Pon Shrine, 9:00pm
- Hean Lhee Thong Shrine, 9:00pm
- Hai Yian Geng Shrine, 9:30pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
Street procession:
- Gim Su Ong Kang Shrine, 6:30am
- Guan Yu Shrine (Baan Nabon): Street procession, 7:00am
- Jui Tui Shrine, 8:00am
- Guan Tae Gun Baan Pon Shrine, 8:00am
- Lee Sian Tong Shrine (moo baan), 5:00pm
Fire walking:
- Lee Ong Tong Tha Chatchai Shrine, 8:15pm
- Bu Seng Tong Shrine, 9:00pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
Street procession:
- Yok Kae Geng Shrine, 6:00am
- Kathu Shrine, 6:45am
- Thung Thong Shrine, 6:45am
- Jong Nghi Tong Shrine, 8:00am
- Lee Ong Tong Tha Chatchai Shrine (moo baan), 3:15pm
- Ngore Choon Gend Baanya Shrine (moo baan), 4:30am
Bridge crossing ritual:
- Baan Kian Shrine, 7:45pm
- Thung Thong Shrine, 7:45pm
- Jui Tui Shrine, 8:00pm
- Bu Seng Toon Shrine, 8:30pm
- Giw Aong Tai Tea Shrine, 8:39pm
Fire walking:
- Bang Liao Shrine, 8:00pm
- Lim Hu Tai Shrine, 8:15pm
- Jchoor Su Gong Naka Shrine, 8:30pm
- Seng Leng Tong, 8:30pm
- Cherng Talay Shrine, 8:30pm
- Tae Gun Tai Tae Shrine, 8:30pm
- Gim Su Ong Kang Shrine, 9:00pm
- Tai Seng Oud Jor Shrine, 9:00pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
Street procession:
- Sui Boon Tong Shrine, 7:00am
- Bang Koo Shrine(moo baan), 8:00am
- Baan Kian Shrine, 7:45am
Fire walking:
Kathu Shrine, 3:00pm
Bridge crossing ritual:
- Sam Sae Joo Hud Shrine, 3:00pm
- Bang Liao Shrine, 4:00pm
- Jeng Ong Shrine, 5:30pm
- Lim Hu Tai Shrine, 5:45pm
- Jong Nghi Tong Shrine, 6:00pm
- Tai Houd Ting Shrine, 6:00pm
- Cherng Talay Shrine, 6:00pm
- Tae Gun Tai Tae Shrine, 6:00pm
- Kathu Shrine, 7:00pm
- Sapam Shrine, 7:00pm
- Seng Leng Tong, 7:00pm
- Lee Ong Tong Tha Chatchai Shrine, 7:15pm
- Sam Tiang Tong Shrine, 7:30pm
- Hok Ong Tong Shrine, 7:45pm
- Baan Tha Rue Shrine, 8:00pm
- Thee Gong Tua Shrine, 8:00pm
- Guan Yu Shrine (Baan Nabon), 8:00pm
- Jchoor Su Gong Naka Shrine, 8:00pm
- Gim Su Ong Kang Shrine, 8:00pm
- Yok Kae Geng Shrine, 8:00pm
- Bangjo Shrine, 8:00pm
- Hean Lhee Thong Shrine, 8:00pm
- Lee Sian Tong Shrine, 8:15pm
- Sui Boon Tong Shrine, 8:30pm
- Guan Tae Gun Baan Pon Shrine, 9:00pm
- Tai Seng Oud Jor Shrine, 9:00pm
- Hai Yian Geng Shrine, 9:30pm
- Bang Koo Shrine, 9:30pm
- Ngore Choon Gend Baanya Shrine, 9:45pm