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Spend your weekend (and your money) at Thai Tay flea market

Expect temple fair aesthetics, balloon dart games and hundreds of stalls packed with vintage clothes, old-school cameras, vinyl records and shabby chic home pieces

Kaweewat Siwanartwong
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Kaweewat Siwanartwong
Staff writer, Time Out Thailand
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Right, let's talk about Thai Tay – because if you've got any spare cash burning a hole in your pocket this summer, this is exactly where you want to spend it.

The Tay Flea Market crew are back for their 26th season and they're doing things properly Thai-style this time. We're talking a full-on cultural takeover at Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park from 2-5 April, and admission is free.

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The whole thing's decked out like a proper Thai shabby chic dreamscape. There’s temple fair neon lights, balloon dart booths and over 200 vendors flogging everything from vintage threads and accessories to second-hand cameras, vinyl records and retro home bits. 

Now, here's what you absolutely cannot miss. The Lucky Paladkik Tower is already blowing up online – it's this brilliant mash-up of Thai spiritual vibes and street art that everyone's queuing to photograph. Then there's Resindrome's amulet art workshop, which is strictly limited. They turn traditional Thai amulets straight onto fine art pieces, and you won't find that anywhere else.

Fancy ditching those boring digital photobooths? Get yourself sketched live by top artists as a vintage Thai cartoon instead. Live DJs are spinning throughout all three days – neon-lit street party energy with decks set up on red plastic crates.

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