Buriram nightlife

Race and match dates

Tonight in Buriram, the walking street runs on Saturday and Sunday from 4pm, the bars open from the evening, and the big weekends are the racing at the circuit and the football at Chang Arena.

The circuit hosts races and matches through the year. See the Thailand party calendar for every date.

Pick the right weekend

Come on a race or match weekend, when the town is full. MotoGP Thailand opens the season here.

The 2027 race runs from 5 to 7 March, MotoGP's own announcement says (31 July 2026). Any other weekend, Saturday is the one, with the walking street on.

Check the Buddhist holy days before you pick dates: shops stop selling alcohol, but licensed clubs and hotel bars can still serve, under the Office of the Prime Minister's 2025 notice (checked November 2026).

The town sells out for the race, so ask Tanner to hold rooms and cars for March now.

Buriram or Korat?

For a race weekend, stay in Buriram: you're close to the circuit and the town parties with the crowd. Korat is the bigger Isaan city to the west if the group wants more choice another evening.

• The race weekend: stay in Buriram, the circuit by day and Rom Buri Road at night.
• The bigger night: see our Korat nightlife guide.
• The next Isaan city: see Ubon Ratchathani or Udon Thani.

Chang Arena, Buriram United's ground, holds 32,600 and is the largest club-owned football stadium in Thailand, so match days fill the town too.

What a race weekend night costs

An evening here costs little: street food at the walking street, local prices in the bars, and a table at the live-music hall.

Ask Tanner to price your table at Tawandang Mahason.

Back to the hotel together

The evening ends when the band stops, and the group heads back to the hotel together. On race weekends the roads to the circuit are busy, so plan the morning too.

On race weekends, a driver who waits outside every stop beats a scooter after a drink.

The rest of Isaan

From Buriram, the group can head on around Isaan: Korat to the west, Ubon to the east, or Udon to the north.

• Korat nightlife: the big Isaan city.
• Udon Thani nightlife: bars, clubs and the market.
• Khon Kaen nightlife: the lake and the student bars.

Korat is the easy add on the drive back to Bangkok.

When the bars close in Buriram

Buriram isn't one of Thailand's 4am areas. The Tourism Authority of Thailand's 4am list names tourist areas in Bangkok, Phuket, Chon Buri, Chiang Mai and Ko Samui, plus licensed hotels (checked November 2026). Ordinary bars everywhere else close by 2am.

The town winds down earlier anyway: Bamboo Bar shuts at midnight, and the band at Tawandang is the last stop.

On race weekends the whole paddock crowd heads into town, so book the Tawandang table before you fly.

Ask Tanner to hold the table for race Saturday.

Getting to Buriram

Thai AirAsia is the only airline flying nonstop from Don Mueang to Buriram, about an hour in the air.

On a race weekend, the group goes easiest in its own van: airport to hotel, then on to Chang International Circuit and back.

Driving home? Korat is on the road back to Bangkok, so the drive can add a big Isaan evening on the way.

Ask Tanner to have the van waiting at Buriram airport.

Buriram nightlife in short

• What it is: a small, local night out that fills up on MotoGP and Buriram United weekends.

• The order is So Krao Walking Street at 5pm, a bar in town at 8pm and Tawandang Mahason at 10pm.
• The walking street runs on Rom Buri Road, Saturday and Sunday from 4pm.
• Bars close at 2am at the latest, because Buriram isn't a 4am area.
• MotoGP Thailand runs from 5 to 7 March 2027 at Chang International Circuit.
• The safe way home is a driver who waits outside each stop.

Checked November 2026.

Your race weekend, planned

Dinner at the walking street · a table at Tawandang Mahason with the band · cars to the circuit and back · the group together all weekend.

Plan it with Tanner, and he books the table at Tawandang and the cars to the circuit.