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Haad Rin New Year's Countdown Party
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About this event
The Haad Rin New Year's Countdown Party took place on 31 December 2025 on Haad Rin Nok, the Sunrise Beach at the southern tip of Koh Phangan. It replaced the usual monthly Full Moon Party for that date. Thai Holiday Guide lists the party as running from 6 pm to 6 am.
This party is held every year on 31 December whatever the phase of the moon, which sets it apart from the monthly parties. Guides describe New Year's Eve as the most crowded night of the Haad Rin calendar, with large crowds and higher prices, and they advise booking accommodation well before high season starts in December. The beach also hosts the Full Moon Party itself, and the bars along Sunrise Beach play a mix of trance, drum and bass, house and reggae through the night.
At a glance
When
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, All day
Where
Haad Rin Nok (Sunrise Beach), Haad Rin
Island
Koh Phangan
Kind
Parties, Live music, Festivals and culture
Listed on thaiholidayguide.com
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All times are Bangkok time (UTC+7).
We organize none of these events and sell no tickets. Plans change, so check the organizer's page before you go.
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Koh Phangan is where Thailand's party reputation comes from. The Full Moon Party fills Haad Rin's Sunrise Beach once a month, with bars playing different music along the sand, fire shows and a start around 21:00. Dates sometimes move a day when the full moon falls on a Buddhist holy day, as with 27 October 2026. Smaller Half Moon and Jungle parties run in forest clearings inland from Ban Tai, and a weekly Friday jungle party runs there too. Haad Rin is reached from Thong Sala pier by shared taxi, tuk-tuk or minibus, and an entry ticket is sold at the beach alleys on the night.
Around Haad Rin
Haad Rin is the peninsula at Phangan's southern tip, with Sunrise Beach (Haad Rin Nok) on the east and quieter Sunset Beach (Haad Rin Nai) on the west. Sunrise Beach has hosted the monthly Full Moon Party since the late 1980s, and bars line its roughly one-kilometre length, each with its own sound system. Sunset Beach sees far less foot traffic outside party nights. From Thong Sala pier, shared taxis, tuk-tuks and minibuses go to Haad Rin, and boats leave from here for Haad Yuan.
From the history of Koh Phangan
- 2025 Halfmoon Festival winter season 2025-26 Halfmoon announced a winter season from December 2025 to February 2026 with more than 20 international DJs on Koh Phangan.
- 2024 Halfmoon Festival expands to a two-day format (2024) In 2024 Halfmoon ran two-day parties every fortnight on Koh Phangan: a day party at Harmony Beach Club, then a night in the Magical Forest.
- 2023 Full Moon Party post-pandemic peak (February 2023) About 50,000 tourists attended the Full Moon Party on 5 February 2023, the largest post-pandemic crowd reported.
- 2022 Full Moon Party returns after the pandemic (April 2022) The Full Moon Party came back on 16 April 2022 after a two-year break caused by COVID-19, with more than 10,000 people at Haad Rin.