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INTO 2025 FEBRUARY

• Maroon 5 will be heading to Bangkok in the new
year as part of their Maroon 5 in Asia 2025 tour, with
a performance scheduled for 3 February at Impact
Your guide to this year’s most Arena.
• Five-time Grammy Award®-winning punk rock icons,
anticipated happenings Green Day, will be returning to Bangkok on 12 February
for a performance at Impact Arena.
BY GRACE CLARKE • On 14 February, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain
America: Brave New World (2025), features Anthony Mackie as the new Captain
s the new year unfurls, so does the promise of endless excitement. The months America.
ahead are poised to sweep us into a whirlwind of celestial explorations, heart-racing • Leap Day, a rare occurrence, adding an extra day to the calendar year for February 29.
sports moments, cinematic masterpieces, and festivals designed to set our senses
alight. It’s 2025, and there’s more than just the turning of a calendar to look forward MARCH
to. In fact, there’s a whole line-up of events just waiting to be discovered. So, whether

you’re a space enthusiast, a sports fan, or a movie buff, here’s your guide to the biggest •The Thai Grand Prix will take place in Buriram, Thailand,
moments that’ll keep you ‘in the loop’. It’s a year bursting with possibilities—let’s dive with the MotoGP season commencing on 2 March
into it, shall we? at the Chang International Circuit, highlighting

Thailand’s significance in the motorsport arena.
JANUARY •The 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games will
• Bulgaria and Romania will complete the process of take place in Turin, Italy from 8-17 March.
acceding to the Schengen Area, removing land border
• NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore,
controls as of 1 January.
who have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, are
• The Sundance Film Festival 2025 is scheduled to be now anticipated to return to Earth no earlier than late March.
held from 18-28 January in Park City, Utah. Renowned • A joint mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation

as one of the most prestigious film festivals globally, (ISRO), NISAR is set for launch in March. The mission aims to deliver detailed

it highlights independent films spanning a variety of Earth observation data, advancing our understanding of natural hazards, climate
genres. change, and ecosystem disturbances.
• Presidential Inauguration in the U.S. on 20 January. • Meliá Pattaya Hotel, Spain’s Meliá Hotels International’s latest venture, is
• Same-sex couples will be legally able to register their marriages from 22 January. scheduled to open its doors in March. The 12-storey hotel features a stunning
This groundbreaking legislation makes Thailand the first nation in Southeast Asia design inspired by Pattaya’s cultural diversity, alongside top-notch facilities and

to implement marriage equality. versatile meeting spaces.
• On 25 January, the University of Southern California will host the India Conference APRIL
2025, which will explore various facets of India’s growth and development.
• The Kabaddi World Cup is scheduled for January, with India set to host the • Russell Peters, one of Rolling Stone’s 50 best Comics
standard-style tournament, bringing together leading teams from across the globe. of all time is set to perform in Bangkok on 3 April at
KBank Siam Pic-Ganesha Theatre.
• Daryaganj, the renowned Indian restaurant and the birthplace of Butter Chicken
and Dal Makhani will open its first international outlet at Park Plaza Bangkok

Soi 18 this January.
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