Big Mountain Music Festival

Two days in the hills, 12 and 13 December

The Big Mountain Music Festival 2026 runs on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December, with doors open at noon, at a new site, Farm Chokchai 3 in Khao Yai. This year it goes by a new name, Big Mountain Village.

It's the one big Thai-music weekend of the year, out of the city and up in the hills, and it lands in the same busy fortnight as Wonderfruit and Tomorrowland Thailand.

Ask Tanner to hold your weekend now, before the rooms near the gate go.

Where is Big Mountain this year?

Big Mountain 2026 moves to Farm Chokchai 3 in Pak Chong, at kilometre 12 of Thanarat Road.

Thairath reports that the new site doubles the toilets, puts the parking right next to the event on about a third of the land, and is covered in grass, so no more dust.

Organiser GMM Show told Thairath that Farm Chokchai 3 was the venue it wanted from the very start.

With the parking next to the event this year, a van can drop you close and wait for the ride home.

Ask Tanner to book a room close to the new gate.

How much are Big Mountain tickets?

Big Mountain Music Festival tickets sell at the festival's own prices, as musicfestival.in.th lists them. The cheaper Early Cow pass sold from 4 to 8 September, so the regular pass is the one on sale now.

Tickets sell at any 7-Eleven, on the All Ticket website and through TICKETIER, Time Out Bangkok reports. TICKETIER also lets you split the price into three payments.

Ask Tanner which ticket suits your group.

Who plays

Expect Thailand's chart-topping names across several stages: bands, solo stars, and boy and girl groups.

It's a Thai festival for Thai music fans, so almost everything is sung in Thai. That's the fun of it: a whole field singing every word.

Want an international EDM line-up instead? See Tomorrowland Thailand, the same weekend.

Ask Tanner to match the weekend to your group's music.

What it's like to be there

GMM Show runs Big Mountain, and musicfestival.in.th counts 2026 as the 16th edition.

For Thai music fans, this Khao Yai music festival is a yearly December ritual: cool air, a field of people singing along, and bands till late.

Tanner's pick: take the two-day pass and stay over. The drive is too long to do it all in one night.

Ask Tanner to set the weekend up around both days.

How do you get there from Bangkok?

Big Mountain is about 180 to 200 km from Bangkok, 2.5 to 3 hours by car, InterContinental Khao Yai says.

By bus or train, you go to Pak Chong first, then take a car for the last stretch.

With us, a luxury van for up to 4 runs from ฿6,500 for 10 hours, and a party van takes up to 10. Drinks on ice, and the driver waits for the ride home.

Book the car both ways, so nobody's hunting a ride home on Sunday night. See Bangkok to Khao Yai.

Ask Tanner to book the van for the whole weekend.

Where should a group stay?

Stay close. A pool villa or a resort near Pak Chong turns two festival days into a long weekend, and the car gets you to the gate in a short drive.

Car camping at the festival is the other option, with plots in the ticket table.

Rooms near the new site go first, so hold one with free cancellation as soon as you know your dates.

Tanner's pick for a group: one pool villa for everyone, so the after-party has somewhere to go.

Ask Tanner to find the villa.

What to book first

Book the room first, then the car, then the passes.

Hold rooms with free cancellation, book the driver for the whole weekend, and buy the passes only from the official sellers.

Hold the room and the driver today, before the rooms near the new site go.

Ask Tanner to hold all three in one go.

Before you go

Check the festival's own page for the gate rules, the ID you need and the banned items before you leave. The organiser sets them, and they can change.

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Arrive early on day one, so you're in before the first band you want to see.

Pack warm layers and something to sit on, because December nights in the hills get cool.

Want blankets in the van for the ride back? Ask Tanner.

Make it a long weekend

Khao Yai's national park, wineries and cafés are a short drive from the festival, so a group can make a long weekend of it.

Drive up on Friday and settle into a pool villa. The festival runs from noon on Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, take the national park or a winery, then head home.

See our Khao Yai guide for the bars and the evenings, and Thailand in December for the rest of the month.

Ask Tanner to book the villa from Friday to Monday.

Big Mountain or Tomorrowland?

They fall on the same weekend, so a group picks one. Big Mountain is Thai bands in the cool hills of Khao Yai; Tomorrowland Thailand is international EDM in Pattaya.

Tanner's pick: if half the group is Thai or loves Thai music, Big Mountain. If nobody speaks Thai, Tomorrowland Thailand.

Ask Tanner which one fits your crew.

Big Mountain in short

• What it is: Thailand's big Thai-music festival, run by GMM Show; 2026 is the 16th edition.

• Dates: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December 2026, gates from noon.
• Where: Farm Chokchai 3, Pak Chong, Khao Yai, a new site with parking next to the event.
• Tickets: from 7-Eleven, All Ticket or TICKETIER.
• The music: Thai bands, solo stars and pop groups across several stages.
• From Bangkok: 180 to 200 km, 2.5 to 3 hours by car.

Checked October 2026. Plan it with Tanner, from the drive up to the Monday winery.