Festival to showcase best of Phuket food and entertainment
Expect dance performances, both traditional and modern, at the festival.
The Old Phuket Foundation will hold its fourth Local Life Festival on December 27, with Thalang Rd and Soi Romanee lit up, live music and huge amounts of local food and drinks. Admission to the event, which starts about 6pm, is free.
The foundation’s president, Dr Prasit Koysiripong, noted that this year the lighting of the buildings should be particularly attractive as the Phuket Town Municipality will have completed its project to put all power lines in Thalang Rd underground (the same was done in Soi Romanee a year ago).
As a result, all the power poles and swags of cables on the buildings will have been removed, allowing the Sino-Portuguese shophouses to be seen unobstructed for the first time in decades.
Food will range from local Chinese delicacies to Thai curries and Muslim specialities. The organisers have planned things so that up to 4,000 people can eat and drink their fill.
Stage performances, said Dr Prasit, will be “second to none”. They will include a band from the Yamaha Music School, a performance by local musician Tanit Prateep na Thalang and several local duos and trios.
A wide variety of food wil also be available. The organisers are catering for up to 4,000 people this year.
The performing arts will be represented with a couple of plays and a short film by Dr Marut Lekpetch, winner of a Best Short Film award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Phuket Thai Hua School, Satree Phuket School, Phuket Wittayalai School, and local municipality schools will all be putting on performances as well.
In addition, street musicians will entertain along Soi Romanee, providing a quiet getaway from the crowds expected in Thalang Rd.
“There is no entrance fee for this event,” Dr Prasit added, “though everyone is encouraged to buy food and drinks.
“The purpose is to attract people to the old town, to celebrate the coming New Year, and to allow expatriates and visitors to mingle with and meet the locals.”
For more information email Dr Prasit or call +66 (0) 8-1719-5493, 8-1552-3790, 8-1892-0618 or 8-6272-4466.
