Things to do in Bangkok today

Bar Sathorn continues its Local Mix series with The FIGnature Garden, a family-run fig farm in Bo Thong, Chonburi. The premise: take a local ingredient, meet the people who grow it and see what happens when it reaches the bar. This edition brings three cocktails. FigNature Fizz is a refreshing highball of vodka, pear, yuzu, chrysanthemum and fig leaf tea. Fig Banoffee riffs on an Espresso Martini with rum, fresh-fig-infused PX sherry, banana, coffee and candied fig. Fig Re-Fashioned remixes an Old Fashioned with passion fruit and fig spread, walnut and chocolate bitters. The collaboration runs until the end of September – ample time for a fig-fuelled detour. Until September 30. Daily, 2.30pm-1am. Bar Sathorn, The House on Sathorn

Carito’s – Sukhumvit 22’s Latin restaurant with a Thai twist – hosts a two-night kitchen and cocktail takeover by three progressive Phuket Old Town venues. Local Canteen handles the food, while Dibuk House and shhh. pour the drinks. Chef Korn brings Local Canteen’s much-loved small-plate take on Southern Thai food, with à la carte dishes including lamb in Malay Muslim-style ko lae curry, Phuket-style prawn fritters and a twist on khao yam, the South’s much-loved rice salad. The regional approach continues at the bar; Wynn from Dibuk House and Boom from shhh. use local ingredients in highballs made with Songkhla’s Anong gin and tropical cocktails sharpened with funky budu fish sauce. Aug 28-29. Carito’s, 547-549 Sukhumvit Soi 22. 6pm-11pm.

BDLS returns to Bar Temp with Julie Marghilano behind the decks, mixing vinyl, electronic production and live performance. A classically trained violinist from a musical family, she moves between DJ sets, hardware-led shows and experimental work; recent appearances include Berlin’s Panorama Bar, while her credits include Ricardo Villalobos and Matthew Herbert. Support comes from Bar Temp resident Nk Chan and Vietnam-based DJ Yokosun. B400 before midnight, B600 afterwards; B300 for under-25s. Door sales only. Aug 28. Bar Temp. From 9pm

Club Sathorn returns to Le Café des Stagiaires for another night of DJs, dancing and colourful surprises. Thai and international selectors Alex Zaldua, Ashima, Gaspray and Susha take over Le Studio, bringing electronic beats and groove-led sets to payday weekend. Entry is free, so drop by for a drink, stay for a dance or simply catch up with friends. Aug 28. Free entry. Le Café des Stagiaires Bangkok. From 9pm

Atom Pavarit’s Can You Hear the Light Changing Along the Ride? looks at how different kinds of light can bring back particular memories. Drawing from songs, conversations and ordinary moments, the solo exhibition moves between warm sunlight, familiar from home, moonlight associated with someone special and the neon glow of city streets after dark. Each painting starts with the artist’s own experiences, but the memories are left open for viewers to interpret. You might recognise a particular colour from a late-night journey, a room at home or a song playing quietly in the background. Now-August 29. Free entry. Xspace Gallery. 10am-5pm

Memories have a funny habit of sticking around, even when the details start to disappear. Kuala Lumpur-based artist Joey Wong, better known as d'peculiar, explores this idea in Preserved Feelings, a solo exhibition of paintings filled with familiar objects, distorted bodies and strange domestic scenes. Human organs appear beside everyday surroundings, rearranged in ways that invite a second look. Wong treats emotions and memories as things we can keep, alter and revisit over time, asking what happens when a past experience no longer looks quite the same but still carries the same emotional weight. Now-September 7. Free entry. GalileOasis. 9am-8pm

Thai artist, writer and traveller Juli Baker and Summer presents a solo exhibition drawn from her own family story and everyday experiences of care. Through mixed-media paintings and installations, she looks at the often overlooked work that keeps families going, from preparing meals to sitting beside someone when they need company. The starting point is a simple question from her grandmother, who never gets the chance to fly. The exhibition traces their relationship from childhood, when her grandmother cares for her, to later years when the roles reverse and she becomes her grandmother’s caregiver. August 13-September 20. Free entry. RCB Galleria 5, River City Bangkok. 10am-8pm

Bringing together Pemapsorn Kritsadacharoenpong and Wannita Tankeng, Permission to Feel takes a quieter look at emotion and everyday happiness. Pemapsorn’s raised impasto works give feelings a physical presence, with thick layers of paint that invite a closer look. Wannita’s semi-abstract paintings are lighter and more fluid, using colour and movement to suggest passing moods. Together, the two approaches ask us to slow down and notice ordinary pleasures, from a good cup of coffee to a quiet moment between conversations. No grand achievement required.August 8-September 6. Free entry. KYLA Gallery & Wine Bar. 3pm-midnight

Phuket’s Old Town heads north for two nights as Carito hands its kitchen and bar to Local Canteen, Dibuk House and shhh. Head Chef Korn brings Southern Thai cooking, including khao-yum Local Canteen with a family-recipe Thai anchovy relish, Ko-Lae lamb, Phuket-style prawn fritters and grilled Thai tajima wagyu bavette with Southern tamarind chilli sauce.Dibuk House and shhh. handle the drinks with four Phuket-inspired cocktails. That’s two nights, three Phuket names and every reason to arrive hungry. 28-29 August, 6pm-11pm, across Carito’s and Toma y Toma, Sukhumvit 22

Movie night gets a dinner-table upgrade with La Famiglia Legacy: Table and Screen, a collaboration between Century Theatre Sukhumvit and Avani Sukhumvit Bangkok. The evening pairs The Godfather with an Italian meal, letting you watch Michael Corleone navigate the family business as plates arrive. Begin with a welcome drink before settling in for pasta, cannoli and other Italian dishes from Avani’s kitchen team. The film supplies most of the drama; the setting stays relaxed. If you’ve ever wanted to watch a mafia classic while eating what its characters might order, here’s your excuse.August 22-September 13. B1,550-1,650.  Book here. Century Theatre Sukhumvit. 7pm-10pm