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Samui Asia Music Festival 2018 (first edition)

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  • 18 - 19 August 2018
  • Phru Chaweng, Chaweng
  • Live music Koh Samui

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A free two-day music festival at Phru Chaweng on 18 and 19 August 2018, with acts from Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Thailand.

About this event

The Samui Asia Music Festival was a new event created by the Tourism Authority of Thailand together with the Ko Samui Municipality and the event company IMC Live Group. The first edition took place in August 2018 in Phru Chaweng, a public park in the middle of Chaweng, the busiest district on the island.

The bill brought bands and singers from several Asian countries together with well-known Thai artists. Nation Thailand ran a feature on the programme titled 'The best of Asian sound', and Asia Travel Tips reprinted the tourism authority's announcement. The first edition is the only one covered by the sources used here, and a search for a second edition returned nothing, so treat this page as a record of a single event. The Samui Festival in September 2019 was a different, province-led event.

The facts

  1. TAT announced the first Samui Asia Music Festival for 18 and 19 August 2018 at Phru Chaweng, with free admission.
  2. Acts came from across Asia: Malaysia's Estranged, Singapore's Shirlyn + The UnXpected, Hong Kong's Qiu Hong, China's Jumpin' Candy, and the Thai rock band Potato and singer Tai Tanawut.

Why it matters

TAT's first free pan-Asian music festival on Samui.

Line-up

Estranged, Shirlyn + The UnXpected, Qiu Hong, Jumpin' Candy, Potato, Tai Tanawut

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Live music on Koh Samui

Live music on Samui is spread across the evening bar strips rather than one venue. Chaweng Beach Road has bars with house bands playing rock, reggae and pop covers, plus a small jazz club. Lamai leans towards reggae and rock bands, and Bophut's Fisherman's Village suits a quieter drink with a singer or duo. Larger club nights bring in visiting international performers, usually announced a few weeks ahead on the club's own channels. Resorts also host jazz and beach concerts now and then. Most nights start late, so expect the main acts after 22:00.

Around Chaweng

Chaweng is the main resort town on Samui's east coast, with the longest beach on the island, roughly 7 km of sand. Soi Green Mango, just back from the beach, is the nightlife alley, and Central Festival Samui sits between the beach road and Chaweng Lake. Chaweng Beach Road is one-way northbound and slows to a crawl between 17:00 and 20:00 with taxis, scooters and pedestrians. Most club nights, pool parties and Muay Thai bouts are here, and Pru Chaweng Park hosts public festivals and races.

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