Event:Thai New Year(Songkran Festival) 
Date: April 13-15 
Activities: Its the time of the traditional Thai New Year and is an occasion for merrymaking all over Bangkok and other parts of the country. It's a time also for many religious ceremonies and public festivities. If you are out on the streets you are likely to get a plastic bag filled with water thrown at you, it's the middle of the hot season so it's a lot of fun, remember to dress casual.If you are staying in Bangkok head down to Sanam Luang, fronting the Grand Palace, where the revered Phra Buddha Sihing image is displayed and bathed by devotees, Or check out Winsutkasat, They hold The Miss Songkran beauty contest there, there is a lot of other entertainment and fun to be had as well including the water throwing.Small children delight in equipping themselves with water guns and spraying anyone who comes in their path.

Event:Makha Puja  
Date: February(Full Moon Day)
Activities: This commemorates the occasion when 1,250 disciples spontaneously gathered to hear the Buddha preach. Merit-making, such as offering food to monks, and freeing captive birds and fishes, is interspersed with sermons throughout the day. After sunset, Buddhist monks lead the laity in a lovely triple candlelit walk-around of Buddhist chapels throughout the kingdom. Each person silently carries flowers, glowing incense and lighted candles in homage to the Buddha, his teaching and his disciples.