KHAO LAK BRINGS THE FUNK
A total of 200 rai at Khao Lak Mountain View in Phangnga will be the venue for what is said to be the country’s biggest outdoor music festival, which will take place this weekend from 5pm-2am.
Held to promote tourism in the quiet, upscale and secluded coastal territory that was severely hit by tsunami 14 years ago, the Khao Lak Music Festival 2018 will bring more than 100 leading artists from around the country to perform live on a gigantic stage fully equipped with light and sound systems, as well as 40-inch LED screens. The line-up includes Tik Shiro, Smile Buffalo, Dose, Stone Metal Fire, AB Normal, Instinct, Dose, Taxi and Lam Morris, Blackhead, Bee Therapat, Retrospect, Yesterday, Apartment Khunpa, Sweet Mullet and Maew Jirasak.
The festival is expected to attract more than 30,000 visitors, and there will be many activities to keep them entertained on both days, including a celebrity fair, Otop booths, a caravan of modified automobiles, a big bike show, as well as a bakery-eating contest on Saturday and a bartending contest on Sunday. Facilities and parking lots will be provided while the camping area will be arranged with tents and sleeping bags, also available for sale.
Tickets cost 800 baht per day (1,500 baht for two days) and can be purchased from Counter Service at all branches of 7-Eleven.
Part of the proceeds will be donated to Rak Khao Lak Foundation and Andaman Hub Medical Network, Association News of Entertainment Thailand and the Sport Writers Associations of Thailand.