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Thursday January 30 2025

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Find the best things to do from the daytime to the nighttime in Bangkok with our events calendar of 2026’s coolest events, including parties, concerts, films and art exhibits.

Events in Bangkok today

See 10 Thai artists carry tradition forward at Rosewood Bangkok's Made in Thai-Hands exhibition

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Phloen Chit
Until Mar 20, 2026

Photograph: Rosewood Bangkok

Hands still matter, even now. At Rosewood Bangkok, Made in Thai-Hands arrives through a collaboration with Play Art House, offering a thoughtful look at living craft traditions shaped by patience rather than speed. Curated by independent artist Seada Samdao, the exhibition brings together 10 Thai artists working between inherited techniques and contemporary thinking, without treating either as fixed. Moving through the space feels like travelling across different landscapes, guided by texture, material and touch. Threads hold hours of quiet labour, pigment settles through instinct and surfaces reveal years of repetition. Nothing rushes for attention. Instead, each work carries the weight of human effort and the calm confidence that comes from knowing a process deeply. While the rhythms of making remain central, the voices feel current, led by a generation carrying tradition forward with clarity rather than reverence. Craft here feels alive, personal and quietly defiant. Until March 20. Free. G/F, Rosewood Bangkok, 9am-9pm

Catch Seoul's Yoel balance polish and rough edges at Kang Kao's party

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Silom
Jan 30, 2026

Photograph: madeindhl

Kang Kao kicks off 2026 with a fresh face and a steady sense of curiosity. Yoel arrives from Seoul, where early exposure to electronic music shaped a deep affection for vinyl and long-form listening. Now a resident at Club Ring, he represents a generation more interested in craft than hype, learning the room as carefully as the records in his bag. His sets move freely across techno, trance and house without sounding restless. The throughline is control, measured shifts that feel considered rather than showy. At times the mood sharpens, then softens again, balancing polish with a rougher edge that keeps dancers attentive. This first party of the year leans forward rather than looking back, offering a night guided by instinct, patience and the quiet confidence of someone still finding new ways to surprise. January 30. B550-700 via here and B800 at the door. Trinity Complex, 9pm-4am

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Catch Munich's Rhode and Brown bring balearic-leaning ease to Parity's opening with Brent Burns

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Yaowarat
Jan 30, 2026

Photograph: 35mm.36exp

Parity opens its doors with first patrons Rhode and Brown, a Munich-based duo you have probably moved to before, even if the name slipped past. Their tracks have landed across Permanent Vacation, Planet Trip, Public Possession and Toytonics, the kind of labels that quietly shape nights out. Beyond releases, they steer the Slam City Jams mix series on Radio 80000, inviting selectors such as Manuel Darquart, Tilman, COEO, Gee Dee and Running Hot. Recently, Frederiche has traded Europe for Thailand’s southern coast, so expect sun-warmed selections with a balearic-leaning ease rather than big-room theatrics. The music follows feeling over category, drifting between house, disco and whatever suits the room. Support comes from Brent Burns of Transport, keeping things grounded. January 30. B400 via here. Bar Temp., 7pm onwards

Sip wine slowly in leafy surroundings at GalileOasis

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Phaya Thai
Jan 30Jan 31, 2026

Photograph: GalileOasis

Evenings here unfold gently. Drinks are poured without fuss, whether that means a glass of wine, a cold beer or something alcohol-free that still feels considered. The garden setting does most of the work, leafy and relaxed, encouraging people to slow their pace and stay a little longer than planned. Small bites arrive at the right moment, enough to keep conversations going without stealing attention. Music hums quietly in the background, lights glow rather than glare and the atmosphere leans friendly instead of forced. It suits wandering chats, shared jokes and the kind of silences that feel comfortable rather than awkward. Come with a group, bring one favourite person or turn up solo and see who you meet. This is about easy company, unhurried sips and the pleasure of spending time well, surrounded by people doing exactly the same. January 30-31. Free. GalileOasis, midday-8pm

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See seven tattoo artists archive touch through ink at Memories of Skin

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Prawet
Until Mar 19, 2026

Photograph: matattyesyes

Memory often settles in the body before it reaches language. A brush of skin, the pressure of a hand, the sting that lingers just long enough to stay. This project leans on that idea, inviting Badego.bodega to curate an intimate gathering of seven tattoo artists: De hour, Deanxittt, Ice House Studio, Lau Garan Studio, matattyesyes, Sakiw Tattoo and Troll The Tatt. Together, their works read like a shared archive of touch, where personal histories sit quietly beneath ink. Each mark holds a moment that resisted words, shaped instead through line, colour and trust. The exchange between artist and wearer matters as much as the finished image, a private conversation made visible. What emerges feels tender rather than dramatic, reminding us that presence is often felt through skin, not screens, and remembered long after the feeling fades. January 29-March 19. Free. MunMun Srinakarin, 10.30am-9.30pm

Play merchant through Song Wat's walkable board game

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Yaowarat
Until Feb 28, 2026

Photograph: Sara Ananrojwong

Song Wat turns playful without losing its sense of history. For Bangkok Design Week, the district becomes a walkable board game, stretching across streets that once carried trade, gossip and daily deals. Building on the earlier manhole cover project, this new chapter invites visitors to play merchant, navigating landmarks and stories that shaped the neighbourhood’s working life. Set along Song Wat Road at Tuk Khaek, Merchants of Song Wat reimagines the area as a network of warehouses and shops. Players move as caravans, trading goods, striking bargains with local businesses and slowly building their own corner of commerce. The rules stay friendly, the visuals clear, drawing from familiar colours and signs around the area. January 29-February. Free. Song Wat, 2pm-8pm on weekdays and 1pm-7pm on weekends.

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Browse vinyl and vintage tableware at Charoenkrung's vintage art-craft market

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Charoenkrung
Until Jan 31, 2026

Photograph: Charoen43

Charoenkrung knows how to make old things feel alive. The market returns after last year’s warm reception, settling back into the neighbourhood with a confident, well-worn ease. The edit leans thoughtful rather than excessive: clothes with a past, jewellery that carries a little attitude, handmade bags, small artworks, home pieces, secondhand books, vintage tableware and vinyl that deserves another listen. Each item arrives with its own backstory, quietly competing for attention. This is less about bargain-hunting and more about connection. Makers chat with collectors, browsers linger longer than planned and Thai-designed craft sits comfortably beside international finds. Framed by the wider design festival, the market feels like a shared living room for the creatively curious, where taste is personal and discovery happens at an unhurried pace. Come for one object, leave with a handful of stories and a reason to return. January 29-31 and February 1,6 and 8. Free. Charoen43 Art and Eatery, 11am-6pm

Eat lived-in flavours along FV39's long table with Chef Allen and Lady GooGoo

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Phrom Phong
Until Jan 30, 2026

Photograph: fv_sukhumvit39

FV39 hosts a dinner that refuses tidy definitions, the kind that treats geography as a suggestion rather than a rule. Chef Allen, visiting from Osteria Francescana, meets Nomad Chef Lady GooGoo from Burma for an evening shaped by travel, memory and the odd detour that changes everything. Their cooking speaks to where they come from and where they have wandered, stitched together without hierarchy or nostalgia. Guests sit family style along a long table, passing plates, stories and opinions with equal enthusiasm. The mood leans generous rather than formal, closer to a good house gathering than a showpiece meal. Expect flavours that feel lived-in, confident and occasionally surprising, the sort that spark conversation halfway through a second helping. Two nights only: Thursday January 29 and Friday January 30. Doors open at 6pm, dinner follows at 7pm. Arrive hungry and curious. January 29-30. B2,900. Reserve via LineOA: @fvevents or WhatsApp: 091-949-6366. FV39, 6pm onwards

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Dream

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Silom
Until Feb 8, 2026

Photograph: Ayino

Ayino, Verapong Sritrakulkitjakarn paints as if remembering something just before it slips away. Dream gathers oil works shaped by half-formed thoughts, private histories and the odd details that linger after waking. Figures drift alongside objects, cartoons brush up against quieter symbols and nothing quite settles long enough to be pinned down. Linework moves with a nervous softness, guiding the eye through scenes that hover between recollection and invention. Meaning refuses to behave, shifting depending on who is looking and what they bring with them. Ayino treats painting less as storytelling and more as a way of thinking aloud, using colour and form to test feelings he cannot fully name. The result resembles a place you recognise without knowing why. Fragile, absorbing and gently unsettling, Dream sits with the idea that understanding does not always arrive neatly and that uncertainty can be oddly comforting. Until February 8. Free. Number 1 Gallery, 10am-10pm

New York Darkroom

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Phaya Thai
Until Feb 14, 2026

Photograph: Jesper Haynes

Jesper Haynes presents a photography exhibition that looks back at downtown New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s with clear eyes and no soft focus. Faces feel close, streets feel tight and the city shows itself without asking for permission. Featuring figures like Andy Warhol and Naomi Campbell, the work traces Haynes’ long fascination with street life, sparked when Warhol invites him to New York as a teenager and quietly changes his direction. Haynes earns a reputation for photographing the edges of urban life with honesty that never feels staged. His black-and-white images read like pages torn from a private notebook, raw but deliberate. Often described as a rebel diarist, he documents nights, friendships and passing moments that refuse nostalgia. What stays with you is the intimacy, as if the city leans over to tell you a secret and trusts you not to interrupt. January 24-February 14. Free. Chaloem La Art House, midday-6pm

Movies now showing

Black Widow

Film Frame©Marvel Studios 2020

Release date: October 1

It’s been a long time coming for this Marvel femme fatale to shine on her own. This month, we finally learn of the backstory of Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow) as a Russian undercover agent before her glory days with the Avengers.

Malignant

Warner Bros

Release date: October 1

From the mind of Hollywood’s main horror conjuror James Wan comes a new horrifying story about Madison, a mother-to-be who suddenly loses her baby and then starts to see visions of gory murders committed by her imaginary childhood friend Gabriel.

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A Quiet Place Part II

imdb

Release date: October 1

In this sequel to the nail-biting 2018 hit, we are taken on a flashback to when sound-sensitive aliens first landed on Earth, causing chaos and carnage. In present day, newly widowed mother Evelyn (still brilliantly played by Emily Blunt) now knows the weakness of their extraterrestrial nemeses. She and her children venture out to band with other survivors while dealing with their own traumas.

Supernova

Studiocanal

Release date: October 7

In this emotion-driven tear-jerker, a mature gay couple embarks on a road trip across England to cherish a few happy moments together before one of them is completely overtaken by dementia.

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No Time to Die

MGM

Release date: October 7

Daniel Craig’s fifth and last outing as 007 sees the now-retired agent briefly going back into action to chase after yet another mysterious baddie who plans to cause chaos with destructive new technology.

The Suicide Squad

Warner Bros

Release date: October 1

Don’t confuse this with the critically-panned 2016 attempt at giving life to a troop of crazy DC supervillains back in 2016. The Suicide Squad (as opposed to just “Suicide Squad”) is the sequel-slash-reboot, as well as an ambitious undertaking to overshadow the reputation of the original incarnation. It’s directed by James Gunn (you know, of Marvel’s Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy fame), so it would be interesting to see how the movie pans out.

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Release date: October 13

This latest superhero release follows the story of Shang-Chi, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Asian champion, a former martial arts master who has to confront his buried past when the mysterious Ten Rings organization comes after him.

Fast & Furious 9

Universal Pictures

Release date: October 21

Just when you thought it was all over, it keeps coming back for more. In this ninth installment of the petrol-burning franchise, the spotlight is trained on Dom Toretto’s life in retirement and domestic bliss, which is disrupted by the appearance of his brother Jakob who has an axe to grind.

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Free Guy

20th Century Studios

Release date: October 7

Realizing that he is a character in a video game, Guy decides to take control of his own fate in the virtual world and make himself the hero of his own adventure—to precarious but comical results.

Suicide Forest Village

All Horror

Release date: October 13

The spine-chilling myth surrounding the Aokigahara forest or Japan’s Suicide Forest is revisited in this spooky film by horror maestro Takashi Shimizu—he who terrified the world with the Ju-On, popularly known as The Grudge, series.

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Events in Bangkok today

See 10 Thai artists carry tradition forward at Rosewood Bangkok's Made in Thai-Hands exhibition

Catch Seoul's Yoel balance polish and rough edges at Kang Kao's party

Catch Munich's Rhode and Brown bring balearic-leaning ease to Parity's opening with Brent Burns

Sip wine slowly in leafy surroundings at GalileOasis

See seven tattoo artists archive touch through ink at Memories of Skin

Play merchant through Song Wat's walkable board game

Browse vinyl and vintage tableware at Charoenkrung's vintage art-craft market

Eat lived-in flavours along FV39's long table with Chef Allen and Lady GooGoo

Dream

New York Darkroom

Movies now showing

Black Widow

Malignant

A Quiet Place Part II

Supernova

No Time to Die

The Suicide Squad

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Fast & Furious 9

Free Guy

Suicide Forest Village