Events to come in June
If you have been near the Amphoer, where the Wednesday night market takes place, you will have noticed that the whole space is taken by shops selling food, clothes, furniture, plants and all you can find on a typical Thai market. It’s part of the “Khong dee meuang Cha-am” festival, with concerts every night during ten days (June 10 to 19), and the usual “ngan” (various stalls) that always comes with this sort of event.
June is also the time for the annual Jazz Festival, which will take place in Hua Hin, from June 18 to 20. There will be two stages on the beach, one in front of the Sofitel and the other in front of the Intercontinental (between soi 79 and 81). Check this website for the lineup, which includes Thai musicians, and Asian and western artists like Noon (Japan), The Brass Monkeys (Philippines) or Lee Ritenour (USA) and Jack Lee Asianergy (USA).
Sunthorn Phu was a very famous Thai poet, even known as the “Siamese Shakespeare”. He was born in 1786, under the reign of King Rama I, and became immensely popular after he wrote Phra Aphai Mani, a long poem relating the adventures of two princes. The anniversary of his birth is celebrated on June 26 at the Sunthorn Phu Memorial Park in Rayong, with shows based on his plays. It would be a nice day to visit Puek Tian beach, a few kilometers north of Cha-am, where huge sculptures of Sunthorn’s fictional characters are immersed in the sea.
