It’s that time of year
again, when Pattaya’s International Music Festival comes to town. Dubbed
by some as “Pattaya’s International Traffic Jam,” with some predictions
putting attendance in the hundreds of thousands, the festival
nonetheless promises 3 full days and nights of great music on 4
different stages spread along the length of Beach Road, from the Dolphin
Roundabout to the entrance to Walking Street.
Pattaya City has announced that during the Pattaya
Music Festival, Beach Road will be closed from Dolphin Roundabout
through to the entrance to Walking Street and up to the traffic light at
the South Road and 2nd Road intersection, from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. March
22, 23 & 24.
The green area of this
map designates where roads will be closed to traffic.
For all 3 days, Central Pattaya Road, from Tops
through to the beach, will also be closed to vehicle traffic.
At press time, there was no mention of making 2nd Road 2-way, meaning
the major routes from North Pattaya to South Pattaya will be 3rd Road
and Sukhumvit Highway.
Organizers have designated 11 parking areas: Pattaya School 8 in South
Pattaya, Wat Chaimongkol, The Avenue Pattaya, Big C North Pattaya, Tesco
Lotus North Pattaya, Dusit Thani Pattaya, behind the stage next to the
Hard Rock Hotel, Tops Supermarket Central Pattaya, Central Pattaya Road
from Tops until the beach, Central Festival Pattaya Beach and Royal
Garden Plaza.
