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

Think of flowers in Bangkok and Pak Khlong Talat probably comes to mind first. Now the market has its own festival, with the Awakening team and Yodpiman River Walk staging the first Bangkok Flower Festival. Inside the air-conditioned hall are flower installations, an exhibition, hands-on workshops and more than 20 booths selling floral decorations and gifts. You can also distil and taste flower-infused water before taking a break by the river.  September 18-27. B150 (includes a complimentary flower from the designated area). Yodpiman River Walk. 3pm-10pm

What does home look like when it becomes a way to show who you are? It’s OK to be Artist 2: The Best Version of ME brings together more than 100 paintings, ceramics and objects by 39 autistic artists, arranged as a series of homes to explore room by room. Some are simple and familiar, with pets and plants, while others are vividly imagined. Visitors can paint keychains, decorate hats and browse artist-designed homeware. Look out, too, for the artists’ work on electric passenger boats along the Chao Phraya River. Until September 27. Free entry. RCB Artery, River City Bangkok. 10am-8pm

Thai sculpture becomes a three-generation conversation in The Spirit of Sculptors: A Dialogue Across Three Generations at Museum Pier. Created with the Silpa Bhirasri Art Research Institute, the exhibition traces the field’s development through Professor Silpa Bhirasri, master artist Watchara Prayoonkum and contemporary sculptor Wayuphat Rattanaphet. Its rarest works date from Silpa’s years in Italy, before he moved to Thailand, and come from private collections. Most are being shown publicly in Thailand for the first time. New pieces by Watchara and Wayuphat respond to his ideas in their own ways. September 8-October 23. B150-B250 at the door. Museum Pier. 10am-6pm

What if home were more than somewhere to sleep, eat and keep your stuff? It’s OK to be Artist 2 invites visitors into just such a place, with more than 100 paintings, ceramics and objects by 39 autistic artists, under the theme ‘The Best Version of ME’. Laid out like a house, the exhibition leads you through a living room, bathroom and dressing room, revealing each artist’s idea of home along the way. You can also decorate keychains and hats at a workshop, browse the shop, use the photo booth and spot an electric passenger boat covered with the artists’ work cruising the Chao Phraya River. Now-September 27. Free entry. RCB Artery, River City Bangkok. 10am-8pm

Identity, survival and the awkward business of being human sit at the heart of Carry On Being. The exhibition also takes aim at the familiar idea of the tortured, romantic ‘artist’, asking what making art means in everyday life. At first glance, the works feel playful, with bright colours and a visual language rooted in contemporary pop art. Look longer and weightier ideas surface: isolation, uncertainty and the small contradictions involved in making sense of yourself and the world around you. September 20-October 25. Free entry. Joyman Gallery. 11am-6pm

For anyone who has shared a home with a pet, Beyond the Rainbow offers a thoughtful look at the bond formed through everyday routines, from the first hello to the difficult goodbye. Spread across more than 1,000 square metres, the exhibition has three experiential zones: a Memory Wall, playful recreations of familiar pet rituals and a quieter section developed with psychologists to explore grief and self-care. Pets are welcome in strollers or carriers, so your four-legged companion can come too. Tickets are available at the door, with no advance time slot required. September 18-November 22. B150-200 via here. River City Bangkok. 10am-8pm

Mooring examines how memories, beliefs and personal histories shift as they move between people, languages and generations. F four artists approach storytelling through their own experiences and practices, asking what happens to truth when a story changes with every retelling. The answer may depend as much on who speaks, who listens and what is remembered as on the facts themselves.  Until September 29. Free entry. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 2pm-8pm 

An entire Akha house now stands in the middle of Bangkok, carefully dismantled from a village in northern Thailand and rebuilt piece by piece inside an art gallery. Roof panels, woven bedding, timber floors and weathered household objects all carry marks of the people who once lived among them, quietly tracing a way of life that grows more fragile with each passing generation. The Akha are an Indigenous ethnic group whose communities are spread across the mountains of northern Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and southern China, known for their intricate textiles, spiritual rituals and deep connection to land and ancestry. In recent decades, migration, tourism and rapid development have reshaped many of those traditions. Through memory, craftsmanship and personal histories, The Preservation of Fire by Busui Ajaw keeps those stories alive a little longer. May 15-November 1. Free entry. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 2pm-8pm

Baan Kerd gives its much-loved hotcakes a savoury turn for the first edition of Hotcakes with Friends. The debut collaboration brings in Homer Brunch Cafe, a Japanese-Western brunch spot in Charoenkrung, with a dish inspired by Homer’s juicy tomato ricotta toast. Buttermilk hotcakes come topped with savoury tomato jam, whipped ricotta, parmesan horapa crumble, horapa basil oil and cherry tomato confit made with produce from Baan Kerd’s local farmer partner. Fragrant, creamy and lightly crunchy, it sits neatly between breakfast and lunch. September 1-30. Available at both Baan Kerd branches, including Sukhumvit 39

Bangkok Kunsthalle sets aside alternate Sundays for cinema in a new screening series curated by Rosalia Namsai Engchuan. Running through the second half of the year, Sunday Cinema pairs Thai classics with contemporary international films, celebrated masterpieces and overlooked titles that deserve more attention. The programme travels from post-war Japan and rural Thailand to the Amazon, Mongolia and modern Italy, returning to themes of love, work, migration, memory and community. It is a reminder that films from very different eras and places can still speak directly to life now. Every Sunday, from July 19-December 20. Free entry. Reserved via here. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 5.30pm