The best things to do in Bangkok this weekend (October 8-11)

French artist and illustrator Julie Stephen Chheng brings Fortune Teller to One Bangkok, with interactive projections and augmented reality that reward a little curiosity. Presented with Alliance Française Bangkok, the exhibition introduces eight nature spirits linked to water, fire, sky, earth, thunder, shadow, light and green leaf. Download the free Fortune Teller AR app to search for hidden characters around the complex, then explore creative workshops covering paper crafts, ceramic painting and DIY keychains. A book corner curated by The Independent Print Club rounds out the programme. Check the workshop schedule before visiting if you have a particular activity in mind. 

October 2-November 15. Free exhibition entry. Second floor, The Storeys, One Bangkok. 10am-8pm.

Hand to Heart Market gives your Song Wat wander a crafty detour.  Alongside handmade goods, craft products and vintage fashion, the announced workshop activities include folding lotus flowers and making a floral hair garland. Try your hand at the traditional techniques, then browse the stalls before heading back out among the neighbourhood’s old shophouses, small cafés and independent shops. Market entry is free; check with the organiser for floral workshop times, fees and booking requirements.

October 5-13. Free market entry. Songwat Lane. 10am-8pm.

Down a small alley in Tha Tien, Mitre Street rises six-storeys with windows framing Wat Pho across the street. The restaurant’s ’70s Pop Art influences show up in bold colours and graphic patterns, while the menu draws on Thai-Chinese street food. Head to the sixth floor Thaiki Rooftop Bar for Thai-inspired tiki cocktails made with tropical flavours and local ingredients. Come evening, the illuminated temple supplies the backdrop. Order a snack, catch the breeze and let the view do its thing.

Mitr Street, 119 Soi Tha Suphan, Tha Tien. Open daily, 11am-10pm.

Thinking further ahead than Sunday?  EDC Thailand returns to Rhythm Park in Phuket on December 18-20. Three-day Early Owl passes are listed at B10,490 for general admission and B16,490 for VIP. Prefer to pick one night? Check the  official ticket portal for December’s single-day availability and prices before booking. Entry is strictly for festivalgoers aged 20 and over, with valid photo ID required.

December 18-20. Rhythm Park, Phuket. Official December ticket portal.

What happens to a memory when the details start to disappear? Trey Hurst considers that question in At the Threshold, a solo exhibition of paintings made between 2023 and 2026. Working directly on canvas, he builds layered surfaces through repeated brushwork, allowing human figures to emerge somewhere between abstraction and recognition. The paintings explore memory, relationships and the passing of time, with earlier marks remaining beneath newer ones. Stay with them a while: the figures resist a neat resolution.

October 10-November 8. Free entry. Play Art House, Song Wat Road. Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-5pm; Friday-Sunday, 10am-6pm. Closed Monday.

Wine country gets a dessert makeover at sàat, where chef Saki Hoshino teams up with GranMonte Vineyard and Winery on Terroir to Tart. The vineyard-inspired menu uses Khao Yai wine, grape juice and grape leaves, bringing Japanese techniques together with Thai and Western flavours. The three creations range from raw fish with Spring Chenin Blanc jelly to coconut cheesecake with grape jelly and grape juice. Then there’s GranMonte grape leaf sorbet, served with miso caramel, mochi and toasted rice. It’s a reason to consider the vineyard beyond what’s in your glass.

Until January 31 2027. sàat, Maha Phruettharam Road, near Hua Lamphong.  11am-8pm. Closed Tuesday. Reservations: 095-373-1178.

Remember reciting a poem at school assembly, knees knocking as everyone watched? Now add a microphone, judges and a room full of strangers. Thailand’s National Youth Poetry Slam brings young poets from across the country to Lumpini Recreation Center Hall as part of Bangkok Climate Action Week. Junior entrants are aged eight to 12 and seniors 13 to 17, performing solo, in pairs or in groups of up to four. Every poem must be original and can be delivered in Thai, English or both. The theme, ‘We Destine: The World We Want to Live In’, asks what kind of future they want to create.

October 11. Free entry. Lumpini Recreation Center Hall. 11am-2pm. Details and registration.

Demand for The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour has added a third Bangkok date at Rajamangala National Stadium. The show draws on the dark, cinematic worlds of After Hours, Dawn FM and Hurry Up Tomorrow, with stadium-scale production to match. The first two nights have sold out, so October 13 is the date to check for tickets.

October 11-13. B2,835-B21,935. Rajamangala National Stadium. 5pm. Tickets here

Doc Club & Friends has settled into the second floor of Cloud 11 with a 34-seat cinema and plenty of reasons to linger afterwards. Run by Documentary Club, it screens documentaries, independent films and alternative cinema, with a multipurpose space for talks and filmmaker gatherings. Outside the screening room, there’s a lounge and a shop selling film books, posters and merchandise. At the entrance, Drink Club & Friends serves coffee and cocktails – you can drop in for a drink even if you’re skipping the film. Take the skywalk from BTS Punnawithi Exit 6 and check the programme before picking your seat.

Daily. Screening times and tickets. Cloud 11, second floor. 11am-midnight

Your unread pile is about to get taller. Big Bad Wolf returns to Platinum Pop, formerly The Market Bangkok, for its tenth anniversary in Thailand, with more than 1 million books and discounts of up to 95 percent across two floors. Browse children’s books, cookbooks, photobooks, design tomes and translated fiction, with doors open until midnight for anyone who takes their browsing seriously. The advance preview also lists Game of Thrones board games, special-edition box sets and audiobook CDs, with Harry Potter wizard’s chess sets reportedly in this year’s haul. Check what’s available on the day if you’re hunting a particular collectable.

October 2-13. Free entry. Platinum Pop, opposite centralwOrld. 10am-midnight

Bangkok Climate Action Week returns for its second year with more than 320 events under the theme ‘Economy We Shape, Climate We Share’. Lumphini Park is the main hub, hosting climate talks, local perspectives, art and live music each evening from 4.30pm-8pm. Across the city, look for workshops, exhibitions and discussions on green jobs, finance and fairer economic systems. The Asia’s Next Economies Forum brings policymakers, businesses and civil society together to consider Southeast Asia’s economic future.

October 3-11. Free entry. Various Bangkok venues. See the full programme here

Dib Bangkok’s second exhibition, Giving Life, brings together 160 works by 33 Thai and international artists, with Alexander Calder among the headline names. His suspended mobiles respond to air currents, turning sculpture into shifting forms. Elsewhere, salvaged machines, living plants and repurposed materials explore change, vulnerability and renewal. Calder’s work sits alongside Thai and Asian art, with pieces tracing developments in Thailand’s art scene during the 1970s. The museum has already earned a place on TIME magazine’s World’s Greatest Places 2026 list; give yourself enough time to see why people are paying attention.

September 26 2026-May 3 2027. B150-700, depending on ticket category; check eligibility when booking. Tickets. Dib Bangkok. 10am-7pm on opening days

Belgian photographer Alain Callebaut brings two bodies of work to Old Town Gallery. Bangkok Raw moves beyond familiar temple-and-skyline views into rain-soaked streets, narrow alleys, markets and bridges, catching everyday moments between the crowds. His second collection, Make Women Happy All Over the World, uses light and shadow to explore the human form, with the upstairs display of fine art nudes restricted to visitors aged 18 and over. A share of merchandise sales will support emerging local artists. Head to the October 4 opening from 3pm-6pm for a chance to meet Callebaut, or visit during the gallery hours throughout the month.

October 4-31. Free entry. Old Town Gallery. 10am-6pm; opening October 4, 3pm-6pm

Remember doodling in the margins of your school notebooks? A new interactive installation at bit.studio gallery, Doooodles, gives that familiar habit a communal twist. Pick up a marker, add your own sketches and watch the canvas change as other visitors join in. Unexpected connections form between everyone’s scribbles, with no training or carefully planned masterpiece required. Just grab a pen, let your imagination wander and see what happens when your drawing meets someone else’s.

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. B200-450. bit.studio gallery. 2pm-8pm

MOLLY marks 20 years with a Bangkok exhibition following earlier stops in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. The show traces the character’s story through Kenny Wong’s sketches, original artworks, drawings and figures from different periods, revealing how her identity has developed. Artists and craftspeople from different cultures also offer their own interpretations through painting, embroidery, paper-cutting, ceramics and traditional handicrafts. It’s a close-up look at MOLLY’s history up close, with contemporary art and cultural heritage sharing the gallery.

September 24-October 25. B290-390 via here. Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park.