Hua Hin Beach Life 2026: Free Beach Festival Lands 18–20 December
Hua Hin Municipality and the Tourism Authority of Thailand met on 9 November to prepare a free three-day beach festival on Hua Don and Khao Takiab beach. The lineup, the paddleboard contest, and what is still unannounced.
Mark 18 to 20 December for a free beach weekend on the sand between Hua Don and Khao Takiab. On Monday 9 November, Hua Hin Municipality sat down with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Prachuap Khiri Khan office to prepare the festival, Banmuang reports. Deputy mayor Busaba Chokesuchat attended for the municipality as host, and TAT’s Prachuap director Isada Saowarot chaired the meeting in the new Hua Hin municipal office building.
This is the third and last stop of TAT’s Amazing Multi-Racing Festival 2026. The series opened at Chalatat Beach in Songkhla on 23 to 25 October and moved to Patong Beach in Phuket from 30 October to 1 November, Pattaya Mail reported from a TAT announcement. TAT expects more than 100,000 visitors across all three and at least 250 million baht in revenue. Nobody has published a Hua Hin share of either figure.
What is on the beach
The theme is “Lifestyle with SUP Contest and Beach Life Festival”, according to the Siam Rath report carried by Head Topics. The sport is stand-up paddleboarding. There is a competition called SUP Fun Fest and a SUP Clinic for anyone who wants a first lesson on a board. Entry rules and registration for the contest have not been published.
The music side has six named acts: BOWKYLION, LANDOKMAI, INDIGO, URBOYTJ, WHAL & DOLPH and THE PARKINSON, with local DJs and bands filling in. Reports list them without stage times, so the running order is still unknown. Around the music sit workshops in face painting, hair braiding and necklace making from community materials, plus street-culture and aerobic dance shows and a fire show on the beach.
| Songkhla | Phuket | Hua Hin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 23–25 Oct | 30 Oct–1 Nov | 18–20 Dec |
| Beach | Chalatat | Patong | Hua Don to Khao Takiab |
| Entry | Free | Free | Free |
Source: TAT announcement via Pattaya Mail, 21 October 2026; Banmuang, 9 November 2026 for Hua Hin’s beach stretch.
Eating, shopping and the clean-up
A food zone will carry local restaurants, and a fashion zone sells clothing and beach goods. TAT says the format is meant to promote night-economy activity, so visitors, Thai and foreign, stay and spend longer. The programme also includes a beach clean-up under the banner “Amazing Thailand Beach Clean Up”, framed as part of responsible tourism. The festival falls one week before Christmas, and the rest of the month’s dates are on our events calendar.
The October announcement placed the festival on Khao Takiab Beach alone. The municipal meeting report names Hua Don and Khao Takiab as the stretch, which makes it a long beach, and the stage and zone positions are not yet public.
Still to be announced
Five details are missing from every report we found. These are the exact stage location, daily opening hours, the running order of the six acts, parking and shuttle plans, and how to enter the paddleboard contest. TAT points visitors to the Amazing Multi-Racing Festival Facebook page and its contact centre on 1672 for updates, according to the Pattaya Mail piece. We will update this page when the municipality publishes a site plan.
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