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Pattaya · Jomtiensince July 2023

IT Party Pattaya a home-grown ecosystem for Pattaya expats

Chats, meetups and services for IT people, digital professionals, entrepreneurs and anyone who wants their own crowd nearby. Since July 2023, in Russian — English speakers welcome.

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By the numbers

  • since 2023living here and meeting upfirst party on 28 July 2023
  • ~120Friday parties on the beach2023–2025, every Friday
  • 300+events of every formatparties, clubs, meetups, brunches
  • ~1,500people have posted in the main chatper the chat archive, July 2026
  • 13projects in the ecosystemchats, services, clubs, neighbourhoods

What it is

Not just a chat, not just a run of parties

IT Party is an ecosystem: the main chat and channel, a trusted baht exchange, jobs and a flea market, mafia and D&D, sport, dance, beach transfers and a neighbourhood chat for Bang Saray.

Professional value, neighbours who help out and a friendly atmosphere in one place. No stuffiness, no toxicity — there is just one rule: don't get in other people's way and treat each other with respect. It all runs in Russian, and English-speaking guests are welcome.

Chats and services

Almost everyone starts with one chat — the main one. The community's official exchange and the other chats come in as you need them. Every chat is in Russian and has its rules pinned.

01Core community

02Useful chats for expats

03Clubs

04Neighbourhoods

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The week's rhythm

The schedule lives in the chats — check the announcement before you head out

Five milestones

From mats on Yinyom Beach to an AI meetup and weekly brunches

A group in silhouette on the beach at sunset
Friday on the beach · two years running, every week

  1. 22–28 July 2023

    The beginning

    Anton starts the “IT Meetups Pattaya” chat and six days later gets the first party together on Yinyom Beach: mats, a guitar, 42 cans of beer between everyone. By the second Friday there are already 50+ people.

  2. autumn 2023

    Explosive growth

    The rebrand to “IT Parties Pattaya”, Instagram, volleyball, running, a film club, networking nights, design brunches, Halloween and the milestone tenth BBQ. In a couple of months one Friday grows into a weekly schedule.

  3. 2024–2025

    The beach era

    Every Friday, two years running. An ecosystem grows around the chat: IT OBMEN, a jobs chat, a flea market. In March 2025 city mafia launches, and in the autumn a tabletop role-playing club follows.

  4. 7 November 2025

    “The last party on the beach! But definitely not the last IT Party”

    We closed the format ourselves, at the height of its popularity, to make room for something new. After two years the Fridays had grown stale — and we said so honestly instead of dragging them on out of inertia.

  5. December 2025 – 2026

    Smart formats

    An AI meetup with five speakers at GrandDaddy.House (recordings on YouTube), the EXPERT & DJ Party, weekly IT Brunches with experts, karaoke Fridays, mafia twice a week, D&D and Warhammer campaigns, ecstatic dance.

An evening IT meetup in a bar
Smart formats · meetups, brunches and clubs since December 2025
The full history by date

Services

Not a price list. Things that grew out of the chats and stayed because they work.

  • A courier on a scooter with an envelope on the seafront at sunset

    Service

    IT OBMEN

    Roubles and USDT to baht in Pattaya: cash delivered, a Thai bank account or an ATM anywhere in the country. The rate is updated daily. Site in Russian.

    obmen.itparty.clubExchange roubles for baht in Pattaya

  • The bay at sunset — a hand-drawn poster

    Service

    Beach transfers

    A minibus from Pattaya to Sai Kaew and Nang Ram, from 200฿ per person. Booking chat in Russian.

    from 200฿Book in the chat (in Russian)

  • The Mafia club stage at sunset with the club's emblem

    Club

    Mafia

    Game schedule, player ratings and game reviews. Site in Russian.

    mafia.itparty.clubVisit the mafia site

Most read

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About the founder

Anton Vaskov

Digital marketer and founder of IT Party. The interview (in Russian) covers moving abroad, Pattaya, and how a wish for “my own people nearby” grew into a community.

Read the interview

The essentials

What is IT Party Pattaya?

A Russian-speaking community of Pattaya expats that grew from Friday beach meetups of tech people into an ecosystem of chats, clubs and services. Since July 2023. English-speaking guests are welcome.

Does it cost anything?

The chats and most meetups are free. Some regular formats ask for a contribution to the community fund or a payment to the venue — for example, 100฿ at the IT Brunch and 200฿ at mafia; the amount is always in the announcement.

Where do the meetups take place?

These days most often at GrandDaddy.House (mafia, parties), Terrace Cafe on Pratamnak (Saturday brunches) and Balance Yoga Studio (ecstatic dance). Informal Friday meetups move to a different bar each week. The exact venue is in each meetup's announcement.

Where do I start?

Join the main chat (it's in Russian), introduce yourself and come to the next brunch or mafia night — that's where people get to know each other fastest. All the ecosystem's projects are on the projects page.