Our picks for the best things to do in Bangkok this weekend

Nostalgia has always been a currency, but the 1990s have become a market in themselves. At this flea fair, the decade is not just remembered, it is resurrected – band tees stacked beside Carhartt jackets, leather rubbing shoulders with Levi’s, fragments of old subcultures stitched into new stories. The thrill lies partly in the chaos: a Ralph Lauren polo for the price of dinner, a Harley tee you never knew you needed until it stared back from the pile. Curated by Hia Jump, the event feels less like retail and more like theatre, a warehouse transformed into a time capsule where second-hand goods become relics of attitude. Whether you’re hunting for treasures or simply loitering in memory, the rule is simple: first to spot, first to claim. September 5-7. Free. Lido Connect Siam, 11am-9.30pm

Bangkok does not drink coffee so much as perform it, and this September Icomsiam is turning that ritual into theatre. The beans arrive first – prized, judged, paraded like jewels – before baristas step in as choreographers, pulling espressos with the precision of surgeons and the flair of stage actors. Every cup is both ordinary and elevated, bitter and sweet, a small experiment in what caffeine can mean. The gathering folds in favourites from across Thailand, but it is the competitions that sharpen the edges. At the Thailand Iconic Coffee and Creativity Championship 2025, judges with global credentials will decide who can translate beans into brilliance. Elsewhere, workshops delve into the rituals of faraway coffee cultures., Until September 7. Free. Iconsiam, 10am-10pm

Paper has always carried its own quiet rebellion. At GalileOasis, in collaboration with Tumm of Wuthipol Designs, that defiance takes the form of a picnic-market devoted to small publishers and handmade books. Here, zines are not simply stapled pages but declarations of intent, stitched together by those who believe in stories too unruly for the mainstream. The event draws writers, illustrators, printers and collectors into one open space, where every table is a manifesto disguised as paper. Conversations drift between binding methods and ink choices, yet the undercurrent is connection – a recognition that publishing can be communal, not corporate. September 6-7. Free. GalileOasis, 11am-6pm

75 years after Charles Schulz first drew a small dog with improbable dreams, Snoopy is still everywhere – dancing on T-shirts, perched on mugs, drifting across the cultural imagination with the ease of someone who never grew up. This anniversary exhibition, arriving in Bangkok for the first time, asks what it means for a cartoon beagle to outlast presidents, wars and changing fashions. More than 100 works are on display, gathered across four zones that slip between art, couture, pop culture and nostalgia. Contributions from Thai and international artists sit beside collaborations with major fashion houses, while archival strips remind us that friendship and humour are never dated.  September 6-December 7. B350-890 via here. RCB Galleria 1-2, River City Bangkok, 10am-8pm

Bangkok has never lacked for spectacle, but a gathering of more than 60 Thai craft and designer brands at Terminal 21 feels like something else entirely. Across three floors, the offerings spill out in their own rhythms: hand-stitched dresses and soft knits on M, delicate jewellery and leather pieces on G, and, on LG: the irrepressible lure of dried fruit and street food sitting alongside souvenirs meant to travel further than their makers ever could. The promise of a complimentary workshop for anyone spending B1,200 adds another layer of intimacy. Until September 8. Free. Terminal 21, 10am-10pm

Bangkok rarely takes a breath, yet the 43-metre passage at Samyan MRT insists we slow down. Tent Katchakul has drenched the tunnel in his sprawling linework, a mural where skyscrapers collide with daydreams and the city’s daily grind feels suddenly negotiable.Though the point is less about talent and more about togetherness. Anyone can pick up a brush, trace a thought or scribble a memory and watch it join the chorus of colour already spilling across the walls. The result is neither gallery nor graffiti but something stranger, softer, communal. From morning until evening the tunnel opens, a reminder that sometimes the act of making is itself the masterpiece. Until September 20. Free. Samyan MRT Tunnel, 10am-10pm

Colour isn’t just decoration, it’s shorthand for everything we can’t quite say out loud. A blush of pink, the thud of red, the quiet ache of blue – it’s a vocabulary that sidesteps grammar and dives straight into the gut. This exhibition, born from a collaboration between a Thai space and Seoul’s L Gallery, leans into that idea with six Korean artists who treat colour like a confession booth. 2Myoung twists play into sculpture, Im Solji sketches storybook daydreams, Kim Ok-Jin finds solitude in the city’s shadows, Lee Jaeyual paints landscapes that slip between folklore and neon. Suzy Q sends her alter-ego Moo wandering through questions of selfhood, while Qwaya steadies the room with soft green and blue oils. Together, they remind us colour is never passive – it’s always speaking. September 5-October 12. Free. Maison JE Bangkok, 11am-7pm

When was the last time you noticed yourself breathing – not the rushed, shallow kind you do on the commute, but a slow inhale that reminds you you’re still here? Folded Embrace takes that simple act and turns it into something visible. The artist has built an entire language out of paper, folding and colouring it until each crease feels like a pulse, each hue like a memory resurfacing. What might look fragile at first glance carries weight, a reminder that tenderness doesn’t cancel out strength. Some works feel like diary entries, others like half-forgotten dreams pressed flat, yet all hold the same quiet insistence: to pay attention. It isn’t about spectacle. It’s about catching yourself in the moment, and holding on just long enough to feel it. Until September 29. Free. Baansuan Sudawan, 10am-6pm

It began with a diary. Maharani Mancanagara found her late grandfather’s notebook, the scribbles of a man once locked away as a political prisoner, and suddenly the gaps in history books had names, faces and memories. That discovery didn’t just alter her – it redirected her entirely, setting her up as a storyteller for those who were quietly erased. Her chosen medium is turmeric. Yes, the kitchen spice, but in her hands it stops being culinary and becomes alchemical: a root that carries survival, wisdom, pre-colonial knowledge passed through generations despite colonial disruption. Its yellow stains aren’t just pigment, they’re testimony. What makes this project compelling is how it refuses to sit still as ‘art’. It doubles as memorial, as medicine, as a bridge between West Sumatra and Southern Thailand, showing that borders can heal as much as they divide. Until October 4. Free. Warin Lab Contemporary, 10.30am-7.30pm

In Bangkok, something strange is happening on the banks of the Chao Phraya – and it’s glowing blond. Iconsiam has become ground zero for Dragon Ball fever, hosting the largest exhibition the franchise has ever staged. A full-throttle homage to the Super Saiyan universe in all its loud, spiky, slow-motion glory. Iconic battle scenes have been pulled from the anime and built to scale, letting visitors wander through Namek like it's Sunday shopping. More than 40 life-sized figures lurk in corners and float mid-air, poised for battle or just waiting to be in your selfies. There's Kamehameha practice, a Dragon Ball scavenger hunt via app, even fusion zones. It’s half playground, half pilgrimage – and entirely designed for those who never quite left their Goku era behind.  Until October 19. B400-1,110 via here. Attraction Hall, Iconsiam, 10.30am-8.30pm