🕯️✨ Review of the Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2025

🕯️✨ Review of the Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2025

“Legend of Candlelight, the Art of Faith”
📍 At Thung Si Mueang and the Old City, Ubon Ratchathani Province
📆 Held between 9 – 13 July 2025

🏮 Highlights of the event

🔸 9 July – Candle Collection Day
A ceremony to collect candles from various temples and communities to prepare for the competition and invite them into the city

🔸 10 July – Candle Invitation Ceremony
Time 08.09: Begin the procession to invite the royal candles and the beautiful candle procession
Dance performances along the route

18:00: The first spectacular night-time light and sound show

🔸 July 11 – Official opening ceremony

Opening at 08:09 with a candle procession from various temples
Continuing light and sound shows in the evening

🔸 July 12–13 – Cultural performances
Displaying candles for the public and tourists to see up close

Highlights: Light and sound show “Ratchathani Srisin Thin Thai Dee”
Including 12 performances with guest artists such as Tao Phusilp
Performed in front of Wat Si Ubon Rattanaram and Lan Khwan Muang

💡 Special highlights
🎆 Light and sound show (“Vijit Ubon”)

Using modern light and sound technology in conjunction with cultural performances
Reflecting the identity of Ubon people in terms of their faith and being the center of Thai candle festivals
There are over 5,000 free seats with large screens along the route.

🍡 Shops and Ubon's best products
Although the shops are not listed, the event includes:

A local food zone from the community
OTOP products, silk, cotton, handicrafts
A souvenir and candle-making workshop zone
In addition, before the event (June 15 - July 9), tourists can visit candle-making workshops in various communities throughout the province.

📸 Must-see photo spots
-Candle procession on Uparat Road
-Candle square in the middle of Thung Si Mueang
-Light show at Wat Si Ubon at night
Candlelight reflecting on water in Thung Si Mueang pond
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