Festival trips in Thailand

How does a VIP festival trip work?

The festival is the peak. Everything around it is yours: your own villa, the pool, the DJ, and the car waiting when the music stops.

The villa is one house for the whole group near the party, from ฿12,500 a day in Pattaya and ฿18,500 elsewhere. The pre-party is a DJ and an open bar by your own pool before the gates open. The way in is a car for the group, or your own boat to the Full Moon.

Tickets come from each festival, and Tanner plans the rest around them.

See every date on the Thailand party calendar.

Ask Tanner your festival, and he holds the villa.

The Full Moon from your own villa

Skip the shared speedboat and the overpriced room in Haad Rin. Stay in a villa on Koh Samui, start with a pre-party by the pool, then take your own boat across.

When you've had enough, the same boat brings you back to the villa.

That's our Full Moon Party VIP package: the Samui villa, the pre-party and your own boat, priced for your date.

See the Full Moon Party guide and Koh Samui to Koh Phangan.

Insider tip: Visit Thailand Today's Full Moon guide says to book the boat back before you even arrive. With your own boat, that's already done.

Ask Tanner for the Full Moon date you want, and he holds the villa and the boat.

A Full Moon weekend for 12, all in

Here's a real weekend: a Samui villa for 3 days, a DJ by the pool and an open bar.

Your own boat to Haad Rin and back is priced for your date, and entry is paid in cash at the gate.

Ask Tanner to price the boat for your Full Moon date.

Which festival, and when?

Four weekends, each with the villa for 3 days and a pre-party with a DJ and an open bar.

Groups of 8 to 20 fit, and the villa size changes with your number.

Ask Tanner to set it for your group size, and he sends one price.

Tomorrowland weekend in Pattaya

Tomorrowland Thailand is near Pattaya from 11 to 13 December 2026. Your villa is the base for all three days.

It's a big one: about 150,000 tickets sold out within an hour in March, for the Wisdom Valley site near Pattaya.

The base is a party villa in East Pattaya or Jomtien. The DJ and the bar start by the pool before the gates open, then the cars take you to the gate, with the same driver home.

Villas near Pattaya go fast for festival weekends, so book 60 to 90 days ahead.

Next: Tomorrowland Thailand itself, and Pattaya pool villas for the base.

Ask Tanner for a Pattaya villa for Tomorrowland weekend before they're gone.

Three festivals, three December weekends

December 2026 is the month for music festivals in Thailand: Wonderfruit from 3 to 7 December near Pattaya, Tomorrowland from 11 to 13, and EDC Thailand in Phuket from 18 to 20.

Wonderfruit is at The Fields at Siam Country Club, and the Tomorrowland site is about 15 minutes' drive away, so one Pattaya villa covers both.

EDC Thailand is at Rhythm Park in Bang Tao, its own site says, with a hillside villa in Phuket as the base.

Doing two in one trip? Tomorrowland in Pattaya, then fly south for EDC a week later.

Going in December? Read Thailand in December and Phuket pool villas.

Ask Tanner to line up both villas, Pattaya first and Phuket after.

Songkran, with your own boat

Songkran runs from 13 to 15 April 2027. Spend the day in the water fights, then dry off at the villa.

At a Bangkok villa, from ฿18,500 a day, the pool party for 12 adds a DJ and an open bar. In the evening, your own boat on the Chao Phraya takes up to 16, dry and above the crowds.

Book villas and boats 2 to 3 months ahead.

Dates, rules and the best spots for the water fights: the Songkran guide.

Ask Tanner to hold the villa and the boat for Songkran.

Where to count down to 2027

Three ways to see in the new year with your group.

In Bangkok, it's your own boat on the Chao Phraya, priced for the date. In Phuket or Pattaya, a villa party with a DJ, then the clubs. On Koh Phangan, the Full Moon countdown on 31 December, with a Samui villa as the base.

Book 2 to 3 months ahead. New Year's Eve prices are set for the date.

See New Year's Eve in Thailand.

Ask Tanner which countdown suits your group.

What is the Full Moon Party like?

The Full Moon Party fills Haad Rin Nok, or Sunrise Beach, on Koh Phangan's south-east tip, on the dates the organiser lists. The beach fills from about 10pm and peaks after midnight, with every bar on the sand playing its own sound.

Entry is paid in cash at the gate on the night, and the beach is packed on the big dates.

Insider tip: wear closed shoes. Broken glass in the sand is the most common injury, and the same guide says to stay out of the sea after dark.

Keep your passport in the villa safe, carry a photo of it, and keep the group together.

Ask Tanner to have the boat waiting when you're ready to go.

How it works

One message, and the whole weekend is handled.

• Send your festival: the date and how many of you.
• Pick the base: the villa near the party, and the pre-party.
• Get one price: the villa, the pre-party and the cars or boat, together.
• Buy your tickets: from the festival, before they sell out.
• On the day: the pre-party at the villa, the car or boat to the gate, and the same one home.

Ask Tanner your date, and he runs the day from the pool to the gate.

Which festival suits your group?

Tomorrowland is the big stage with an easy base: a villa near Pattaya, about 2 hours from Bangkok.

EDC fits a Phuket trip with a yacht day on the side. The Full Moon is for the group that wants the beach and the sunrise.

Songkran is for anyone landing in April, because the whole country joins in.

Tanner's pick: first festival trip, do Tomorrowland. The villa is close, the cars run the gate, and you're back at the pool by sunrise.

Ask Tanner which festival fits your dates.

Festival trips in Thailand, in short

• What it is: a festival trip in Thailand with us is your own villa near the festival, a pre-party by the pool and the car or boat to the gate. You bring the tickets.

• Wonderfruit runs 3 to 7 December 2026 near Pattaya.
• Tomorrowland Thailand runs 11 to 13 December 2026 near Pattaya, and about 150,000 tickets sold out within an hour.
• EDC Thailand runs 18 to 20 December 2026 at Rhythm Park, Phuket.
• The next Full Moon Parties are 24 November and 24 December, with the countdown on 31 December 2026.
• Songkran runs 13 to 15 April 2027.

Checked October 2026.

After the festival

Add a slow day or two before the flight home: a yacht day, a beach club, or the pool.

• A yacht day: see yachts in Thailand.
• The weekend: see the bachelor party weekend in Thailand.
• The villa: see villas in Thailand.
• The club evening: your own VIP section, the host and the car; see nightlife hosting.
• Security: licensed close protection for a big festival crowd, ฿9,000 for an 8-hour shift.

Plan it with Tanner, and the whole trip is handled.