The best things to do in Bangkok this weekend (October 23-26)

This isn’t just an exhibition, it’s a collision of worlds on paper. Picture illustrators from across generations and borders swapping sketches, trading stories and trying to map out futures that don’t always follow straight lines. The physical fair buzzes with shortlisted artists showing and selling their work, but even those who don’t make the floor find space online at BangkokIllustrationFair.com, a kind of digital sketchbook open to all. Over 50 reviewers – curators, publishers, agencies – move through the fair like treasure hunters, each expected to pick at least one artist for future collaboration. Rewards here aren’t trophies but chances, opportunities that might stretch well beyond Bangkok. The whole thing is stitched together by a community determined to prove illustration isn’t niche, it’s necessary.

October 23-26. Free. Central World, 11am-8pm

Connan Mockasin has never quite belonged to this planet. He drifts in like a character half-written, guitar dangling, melodies spilling out as if borrowed from someone else’s dream. The last time Bangkok saw him was 2019, a brief encounter that felt more apparition than concert. This October he returns stripped of frills – just voice, guitar and a catalogue that slips from syrupy funk to lullabies that dissolve before you’ve grasped them. Born Connan Tant Hosford in New Zealand, he’s built a decade-long career out of refusing to stay put. Forever Dolphin Love arrived in 2010 like a warped lounge transmission, followed by the woozy Caramel and the spectral Jassbusters albums. Along the way he’s drifted through collaborations with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dev Hynes and even John Cale, treating genres less as borders than playthings.

October 23. B2,000-10,000 via here. Black Cabin, 6pm

Forget the tidy TikTok routines and synchronised joggers – Bad Vibes was born scrappy and refuses to clean up. What started in 2022 as a rough-and-ready battle has grown into a five-day storm of sweat, pride and noise, a place where dancers turn defiance into movement and the crowd feeds it right back. Now in its fourth year, it’s gone global: crews and soloists from Japan, China, Vietnam, India and Thailand tear through HOSTBKK with footwork sharp enough to draw blood. Yes, there are categories – hip-hop, house, crew battles – and judges try to keep order, but the real thrill is in the chaos. Dancers don’t just perform, they provoke, tease and dare each other to go harder.

October 23-27. B500-6,500 via here. HOSTBKK.

Ghost 2568 feels like a haunting farewell – the last in a trilogy of Bangkok’s most quietly radical art events. This year’s edition, Wish We Were Here, curated by Amal Khalaf, follows previous chapters by Korakrit Arunanondchai and Christina Li. It unfolds along the Chao Phraya River, where screens, performances and whispers of movement question what survival looks like when space for freedom keeps shrinking. The works speak of homes that vanish, of longing that refuses to. It’s an elegy for what’s been lost and a love letter to what remains: connection, imagination, and defiance. More than a festival, Ghost feels like a shared hallucination – one that asks how we might still belong, even as the city keeps slipping from our grasp.

October 15-November 15. Free. Bangkok CityCity Gallery, 11am-7pm 

CHAVANA marks a remarkable milestone, edging closer to 111 years with this exhibition. The show traces the dialogue between light and time, transforming these fleeting moments into intricate forms of high jewellery. Visitors wander through the signature Ray of Light collection, where each piece captures delicate reflections and subtle shadows, a quiet testament to Thai craftsmanship. Live demonstrations reveal the meticulous handwork behind every creation, while curated displays unpack the ideas and inspirations shaping the designs. For those who like to feel rather than simply admire, the Touch & Try Experience is in the book, wearing and studying the pieces up close, turning an exhibition visit into something unexpectedly intimate and personal.

Until October 26. Free. 4/F, Central Embassy, 10am-10pm 

Buckle turns ten this year. The exhibition charts a decade of the Buckle collection, tracing the spark of its rebellious beginnings and its evolution into a streetwear staple. Each corner of the space tells a story, from early sketches that defied convention to bold pieces that carved their own rulebook. The archives invite a closer look at the textures, cuts and unexpected details that made Buckle a fixture in fashion capitals, while moments of the collection are frozen in display, like snapshots of style history. Walking through feels like wandering through someone else’s diary, only one filled with attitude, creativity and a knack for making the ordinary feel unapologetically iconic.

Until November 16. G/F, Central Embassy, 10am-10pm

More Rice joins forces with Ransom Note to celebrate 15 years of the London collective, finally bringing their legendary energy to Bangkok. Known for giving underground sounds a home through their platform, parties and label, the collective turns the city into a temporary hub of rhythm and attitude. The line-up blends familiar names with fresh local talent, from Tia Cousins and Matt Cowell to Kieran A., while Sarayu and DOTT hold it down for the homegrown scene. Moving through the crowd, it’s easy to forget you’re in Bangkok; for a few hours, it feels like the collective’s London streets have taken over.

October 25. B400 via here and B600 at the door. Bat Temp., 9pm onwards 

Velco Dar, author of the forthcoming Neuraleap: How BCIs Will Redefine Communication, Business and Governance, brings his ideas to Bangkok for a private session. The talk explores how brain-computer interfaces could reshape the way we connect, work and make decisions, blurring the line between thought and action. With big tech names like Apple, Meta, Sam Altman and Elon Musk all racing into BCI technology, the conversation feels urgent, speculative and a little thrilling. Attend to catch a glimpse of the near future, where human cognition meets machine precision. For anyone curious about how innovation could remap society, or simply fascinated by the idea of controlling tech with a thought, it promises to be a rare, intimate encounter.

October 24. B360-500 via here. JustCo, Silom Edge, 12.30pm-1.30pm

Oktoberfest returns to Old German Beerhouse Bangkok for two nights of Bavarian revelry. On Wednesday, October 22 at Sukhumvit Soi 13 and Friday, October 24 at Sukhumvit Soi 11, the venue fills with the sounds of the Anton Show Band, live and lively. Each ticket comes with a 0.5-litre Special German Oktoberfest Beer, a gentle nudge to kick things off properly. Dress up in dirndl or lederhosen and join a crowd ready for flowing beer, hearty plates and a celebration that feels simultaneously authentic and effortless. The evening fills with energy, where strangers become companions over clinking steins and shared laughter. Between the music, the mugs and the unmistakable taste of Germany, it’s impossible not to get caught up in the joy, even if only for a couple of hours.

October 22 and 24. B500. Old German Beerhouse Bangkok, Sukhumvit Soi 11 and 13, 7pm onwards

Thai BLINKs know the drill by now. Group chats go nocturnal, outfit plans spiral, hotel bookings vanish and rumours breed like urban legends. Blackpink are coming back to Bangkok this October, three nights at Rajamangala National Stadium as part of their Deadline World Tour, and the city is already vibrating with anticipation. It’s not their first time here and won’t be their last, but the mood is different when Lalisa ‘Lisa’ Manobal touches down on home soil. Her presence alone has a way of tipping Bangkok into collective frenzy. The scale is staggering: their Born Pink tour pulled in 1.8 million fans worldwide, more cultural earthquake than concert run. Deadline looks set to top it, because Blackpink aren’t just performers anymore. They’re a mirror, a brand, a litmus test for pop itself.

October 24, 25 and 26. B2,800-8,800 via here. Rajamangala National Stadium, 7pm

Reconnect with roots through exhibitions, local products and music by turning a weekend into a gentle journey of discovery. Conversations focus on returning home, tracing personal and cultural identity, and imagining how communities can grow while staying true to their origins. Walking through the displays, it’s easy to get caught up in the textures, colours and stories, each one quietly reminding you of the ties that shape us. Musicians provide a subtle soundtrack, bridging generations and perspectives, while workshops invite hands-on participation that feels unexpectedly personal. By exploring the past and celebrating heritage, the event doesn’t just look back – it nudges you to consider how understanding where we come from can guide the way forward, creating a sense of connection that lingers long after leaving.

October 25-26. Free. Slowcombo, 1am-8pm

Halloween returns with a local twist, and this one’s got a sense of humour. The flea market is back, dressed in its ghostly best, trading cute for creepy with handcrafts inspired by Thailand’s spookiest folklore. Think Mae Nak on a tote bag, Phi Krasue keychains and candles shaped like something that definitely shouldn’t be glowing. Workshops let you try your hand at summoning the strange – or at least painting it. Between stalls, laughter mixes with a touch of unease, the kind that only comes when the stories your grandmother warned you about start looking a bit too real. You’re leaving with crafts, snacks and maybe a tiny haunting tucked somewhere in your bag – a very Thai souvenir.

October 25-26. Free. GalileOasis, 10am-7pm

When all the Halloween hype starts to feel a bit much, a film by the river might just save the night. Skyline Film Bangkok teams up with Asiatique The Riverfront for a weekend of open-air screenings under the stars, where horror meets heart and nostalgia lingers in the breeze. The riverside turns cinematic, complete with fairy lights, deck chairs and that gentle hum of people quietly sharing popcorn and fear. The line-up swings between comfort and thrill – The Conjuring for goosebumps, Sleepless in Seattle for something softer, and Scream for anyone who secretly misses that mask. If you’re in the mood for a twist of romance and time travel, Midnight in Paris rounds it off with charm. Sometimes, Halloween just needs a good film and a little night air.

October 25-26. B350 via here. Asiatique The Riverfront.

October’s Contemporary World Film Series puts the spotlight on Something Like an Autobiography, a film that feels as personal as its title suggests. Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Bangladesh’s pioneer of new-wave cinema, and starring his wife Nusrat Imrose Tisha – the country’s most recognisable screen presence – the project blurs the lines between art and lived reality. Written together during lockdown, the script folds their own marriage into fiction, with Farooki stepping in front of the camera for the first time opposite Tisha. The title itself nods to Akira Kurosawa’s memoir, a quiet homage to one of Farooki’s great influences. It’s a work born of confinement yet expansive in reach, a film about intimacy that has already started to ripple far beyond its origin.

October 25. B20 at the door for non-TK Park members. Reserve via filmforum17@gmail.com. TK Park, Central World, 4pm

Tom Harris, better known as Hidden Spheres, first drew attention with The Bloos on Detroit’s Moods & Grooves before his breakout EP Waiting became a modern classic. Since then, he has released on Rhythm Section, Church, Scissor and Thread and Oath, while curating his own label and NTS show, Fruit Merchant. His sets weave house, disco, jazz and broken beat into dance floors defined by warmth, inclusivity and effortless groove. For one night, he brings that same energy to the floor, shaping moments that linger long after the music fades. Opening the night, Kunanon from High Wire lays down hypnotic house and stripped-back minimal, while Matt Harris blends electronic, house and breaks, crafting a layered soundtrack that moves between intimacy and abandon, inviting the crowd to lose themselves without feeling lost.

October 25. B200 via here and B400 at the door. Beamcube, 9pm onwards

Jamz Supernova turns sound into storytelling. The BBC 6 Music host, Future Bounce label head and globally respected tastemaker has spent over a decade championing underground beats and cultural movements. Her sets move effortlessly through broken beat, UK funky and bass, each transition crafted with curiosity, emotion and a sense of shared experience. From festivals like We Out Here and Worldwide Sete to main stages across Europe, she brings the same energy that has cemented her reputation as one of the UK’s most influential selectors. Warming up the night, Soulectric Jams – a collaboration between Pam Anantr and Isaac Aesili – layers world grooves, soul and deep house with live trumpet and percussion, delivering chemistry, heart and moments that linger long after the last note.

October 25. B300 via here and B500 at the door. Beam, 9pm onwards

The Filip Mozul Band play like they’ve been conspiring for decades, slipping between funk, jazz and global rhythms with the ease of people who know each other’s instincts inside out. Led by Mozul on drums, the group doesn’t treat percussion as backdrop but as heartbeat, a pulse that shapes everything around it. Their sound isn’t neatly labelled – one moment a brass riff struts like it belongs to the ‘70s, the next a sax solo unravels into something closer to a late-night jam session on another continent. On stage, that blend turns into a kind of communion: energy spilling over, improvisations stretching until they nearly snap, then snapping back in perfect time. What you get isn’t just a concert, it’s the thrill of watching borders melt into noise.

October 26. B500-2,500 via here. Sala Sudasiri Sobha, 4pm

The fourth instalment of Food Baby lands this Sunday, turning Allso Bar Bangkok into a playground for flavours. Donavin blends Indian and Thai cuisines across seven inventive courses, each bite unpretentious, daring and perfectly spiced. The bar shuts for the night, seating only 30, so it feels like a private dinner with your closest, slightly reckless foodie friends. Drinks are a work-in-progress flight, guaranteed to warm and amuse, while the kitchen turns spontaneity into something deliciously memorable. Doors open at 7pm, dinner begins at 8pm sharp. The evening celebrates cooking as an act of love, messy, generous and communal. It’s an invitation to show up, taste boldly, and maybe leave with a literal food baby as proof that good company, great flavours and a shared laugh make all the difference.

October 26. B1,500 (B500 non-refundable deposit required). Reserved via Instagram: @allsobangkok. Allso Bar Bangkok, 7pm onwards

Martin Constable doesn’t just exhibit art – he rearranges your sense of time. His survey show under the theme ‘Future History’ feels like standing in two centuries at once, where technology works in the background and humanity shrinks to a whisper beside the universe. In Space 1, machines and matter blur, leaving viewers to question what progress even means when set against infinity. Next door, Space 2 goes quieter, yet heavier. Constable’s digital and video works unfold like dreams caught between loading screens – serene, but edged with unease. They speak to that quiet panic of wanting to be remembered while knowing everything fades. The rooms feel less like galleries and more like waiting rooms between worlds, asking what remains once the timeline ends and memory begins to pixelate.

Until November 29. Free. Bangkok University Gallery, 9.30am-4.30pm

Bryce Watanasoponwong’s latest exhibition feels like walking through the afterimage of a dream – one you’re trying to recall before it slips away. Across 18 mixed-media works, he asks what lingers when memories lose their edges and scatter. Drawing on Buddhist philosophy and the writings of Daisaku Ikeda, the show wrestles with how to create meaning in a world that never stops shifting. Each piece starts with a photograph, then bends light through kaleidoscopic lenses and slide film until form and colour drift apart. Layers of soft hues blur, framed in white like the border between presence and recollection. Tiny 3D-printed figures populate these worlds – standing, reaching, fading – until only one remains. It’s hauntingly beautiful, a quiet meditation on the way memory thins but never fully disappears.

Until December 7. Free. The Charoen AArt, 11am-7pm 

The Warlock lingers like a half-remembered nightmare you can’t quite shake. The performance follows a man who trades his soul for power and finds himself eaten away by what he thought he controlled. Partly inspired by Home within Home, that uncanny exhibition where domestic spaces blur between comfort and dream, this staging turns the idea of ‘home’ on itself. Rooms stretch, close in, and breathe – becoming both shelter and snare. The familiar starts to feel menacing, as if affection itself could rot. With its mix of myth, fantasy and sharply stylised imagery, The Warlock sketches a world that feels too close for comfort, reminding us how desire, once unrestrained, doesn’t just cost – it consumes.

October 17, 18, 31 and November 1. B600 via here. PoA White Box, Yellow Lane, 8pm-9.30pm

A four-month experiment that asks what happens when those guiding us through exhibitions stop being mere explainers and start becoming storytellers, confidants, maybe even co-conspirators. Curated by Pongsakorn Yananissorn, the programme gathers twelve hosts – to rethink how knowledge moves through art spaces. Through workshops and shared encounters, they explore what lingers after the lights dim and the last viewer drifts out. The focus rests not on the artworks alone but on the people orbiting them: the artists, the visitors, the community that quietly sustains it all. GHost 2568 turns the act of guiding into something intimate and alive – a reminder that art, at its best, is a conversation still unfolding.

Until November 16. Free. Bangkok Citycity Gallery, 11am-6pm

Bangkok has a habit of erasing its own stories. In a city that never stops rebuilding, the buildings that once defined its skyline are quietly slipping away, taking people’s memories with them. Vanishing Bangkok catches those final moments before they’re gone for good. Through photographs of three icons – Scala, Sri Fuangfung and the Robot Building – the exhibition mourns the city’s fading modernist past while preserving its fragments. The works hang inside Vanich House, a creaking wooden structure once used as a garage, now reborn as a vessel for remembrance. Concrete prints lean against weathered beams, creating a strange tenderness between decay and revival. The show doesn’t simply document what’s lost – it reminds us how forgetting happens, brick by brick, until nostalgia becomes the only architecture left.

Until November 2. Free. Vanich House, 10.30am-5.30pm

Pasutt Kanrattanasutra’s latest project builds one tile and one conversation at a time. The exhibition transforms ceramic painting into a communal act, inviting volunteers to leave their mark across 50 tiles, each representing a district of Bangkok. Lines twist and colours bloom, shaped by shared stories of change, memory and belonging. What emerges is less a map than a living archive, where everyday voices replace curators and the city itself becomes collaborator. It’s a gentle rebellion against forgetting, stitching fragments of neighbourhood life into something tactile and enduring. More than an artwork, it feels like a gathering – a reminder that cities aren’t only built from concrete, but from the hands and histories of those who call them home.

Until November 9. Free. MunMun Srinakarin, 11am-7pm

KAMUILIM paintings start with the traditions of Thai Buddhist art but unfold in ways that are unmistakably contemporary, each brushstroke carrying a rhythm that is at once meditative and mischievous. Colours flare and fade like fleeting thoughts, shapes suggest stories that never fully reveal themselves, and yet linger in the mind long after you look away. Each canvas holds subtle cues designed to spark reflection, guiding the viewer from seeing to feeling, turning simple form into quiet virtue. Through Vicaraṇacit – the wandering contemplative mind – KAMUILIM translates introspection into pigment, creating works that feel alive, capable of nudging thought, shaping perception and reminding us that art, like insight, is often found between the lines.

Until October 26. Free. GalileOasis, 10am-7pm

Home within Home turns a familiar neighbourhood house in Ari into a labyrinth of memory and feeling. Patcharaporn Kwansangwan, an independent Thai artist, expands her illustrated book Where’s a Home? into a full-bodied experience of light, sound and installation, each room unfolding like a question. Walking through the two floors, you navigate hallways and corners that mirror your own inner spaces, asking what home really means, where it lives, and who – or what – makes it feel whole. The exhibition spills beyond visual art, with music, theatre and workshops layering movement and voice over the installations, creating a quiet dialogue between visitor, body and space. Each step feels intimate yet expansive, a reminder that home is rarely one place; it exists in the fragments, echoes and gestures that we carry with us, often without realising.

Until November 2. Free. People of Ari, Yellow Lane, 10am-7pm

If you’ve ever tumbled into a Junji Ito spiral at 2am, you’ll know his horror isn’t about sudden shocks. It’s the kind that worms under your skin and refuses to leave, lingering long after the page is closed. Think cursed beauties that regenerate no matter how many times they’re destroyed, balloon-headed predators dangling from nooses, and entire towns spiralling into obsession. The Junji Ito Collection Horror House brings those worlds to Bangkok, a walk-through that turns manga dread into something physical, sprawling over 1,500 square metres. Tomie’s ruinous charm and Souichi’s nail-chewing mischief are ready to greet visitors. The real kicker? Ito himself lands on October 11 at SF Cinema, MBK, a chance to meet the mind behind the nightmares and feel, just a little, like fiction is bleeding into life.

October 10-January 5. B300-1,000 via here. MBK Centre, 11am-8pm

For the first time, the Prix Pictet has arrived in Thailand, bringing with it 12 photographers whose work has been shortlisted for the award’s tenth cycle. The theme, ‘Human’, is both vast and uncomfortably precise. Each artist approaches it from a different angle, tracing the mess and wonder of being alive – whether through documentary, portrait, or images that test the very limits of light. The subjects are unflinching: the violence of borders, the fragility of childhood, the slow collapse of economies, the endurance of Indigenous communities, the marks left behind by industry. Collectively, they ask who we are and what we have done to the planet entrusted to us. Founded seventeen years ago, the Prix Pictet has never felt more urgent.

Until November 23. Free. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, 10am-8pm

Chaiyot Jindakul’s latest series was born during a turning point in his life: becoming a father. Each canvas is threaded with the quiet astonishment of watching his first son grow, the weight of new responsibility balanced with the wonder of innocence unfolding before him. Love here doesn’t appear as sentimentality but as something sharper, etched into colour and form. For Chaiyot, art is never detached from living – it begins with action, discipline and a stubborn fidelity to searching. Every work becomes a record of perseverance, a refusal to accept easy conclusions, a reminder that beauty alone cannot measure value. What emerges instead is an intimate cartography of fatherhood, labour and faith in process, where each painting feels like both witness and offering.

Until October 26. Free. Joyman Gallery, 11am-6pm

Thursday nights in Bangkok now come with a side of belly laughs. The Comedy Joint’s weekly takeover of The Live Lounge isn’t the kind of evening where a nervous stranger reads half-written jokes from their phone. It’s slickly produced, confidently staged and has quietly turned into the heartbeat of the city’s comedy calendar. What makes it sing is the mix – international acts passing through with sharpened sets sit alongside local comics who know exactly how to skewer life here. The result is never the same twice: new punchlines, fresh chaos, the sort of laughter that rattles the tables. Add to that pints of Tiger, Asahi and Heineken running on happy-hour repeat and you’ve got a Thursday night that feels less like routine and more like ritual.

Every Thursday. B300 via here. The Live Lounge, 7.30pm

Jiajia Qi arrives in Bangkok with her first solo exhibition in Thailand, but this isn’t a simple retrospective or a neat display of greatest hits. Supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Thailand, the show stretches across her past works and new experiments, each piece circling back to her obsession with place and the slippery ways it shapes us. The framework leans into Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s idea of ‘nomadic thought’ where history isn’t pinned down and geography refuses to play by institutional rules. It’s less about tidy narratives and more about movement, flux and the sensation of being caught in between. Expect to leave with the feeling you’ve wandered somewhere unfamiliar, yet strangely close.

September 25-November 8. Free. SAC Gallery, 10am-6pm

Ploenchan ‘Mook’ Vinyaratn has turned Bangkok Kunsthalle into a space where weaving isn’t just craft, it’s conversation. Her most ambitious institutional installation to date reimagines fragments of past textile works, letting textures, colours and forms collide in ways that feel both deliberate and accidental. The building itself – once the Thai Wattana Panich printing house – anchors the work, with 399 circular fabric pieces echoing its original logo, each stamped with words from children’s books once produced on-site. Collaborating with other Thai women, Vinyaratn deconstructs looms and rebuilds them into monumental forms, creating works that pulse with collective memory, resilience and quiet audacity. By the time you leave, the fragments have stitched themselves into a living narrative, a reminder that history, imagination and community can fold seamlessly into one.

September 26-November 30. Free. Bangkok Kunsthalle, 2pm-8pm

Tintin Cooper has a way of holding up a mirror that doesn’t flatter but fascinates. Her latest exhibition peers at Thailand and Southeast Asia through the eyes of outsiders, before flipping the lens back onto locals negotiating endless waves of tourism, migration and the cliches both sides quietly cling to. Here, the works are stitched together from the messy fabric of online life: animal memes, TikTok clips of holidaymakers misbehaving, ‘passport bro’ forums and Thai news headlines. Cooper treats this digital chaos as autobiography, shaped by a childhood spent adapting to languages and gestures that were never quite her own. Even the titles read like cultural fragments. One canvas lifts from Matichon’s bleak June headline I’m Ok, Not Ok, while another lovingly immortalises Moo Deng, Thailand’s internet-famous pygmy hippo, as if memes were scripture.

Until November 8. Free. SAC Gallery, 11am-6pm

Shereif Eldesouky’s new exhibition is a meditation on how we break apart and find our way back. The Egyptian mixed-media artist, now based in Bangkok, draws on memory and sibling love, framing both as fragile yet astonishingly resilient. His chosen metaphor is the reef: sometimes bleached, sometimes reborn, always in flux. The pieces trace cycles of sorrow and repair, suggesting that the same emotional currents that pull us away can, in time, return us to one another. Eldesouky mirrors this in his process, painting, dismantling, then reassembling fragments into forms that speak of survival and renewal. It’s at once personal and planetary, asking us to see our own bonds in the same light as coral – vulnerable, but never beyond revival.

September 20-November 15. Free. Bangkok 1899, 11am-6pm

Leather has always been more than surface – it carries memory, texture, even contradiction. Unveiling Leather: The Language of Modularity gathers seven artists to test just how far that thought can stretch. Here, leather isn’t draped neatly over chairs but stitched, folded, bent and layered until it becomes structure, not skin. Some works recall architectural precision, sharp and geometric, while others surrender to the material’s natural instincts, twisting and flexing into forms that feel almost alive. The exhibition lingers on modularity, on how shapes adapt as easily as lives do, shifting to meet new spaces and new demands. There’s tradition woven through each piece – craftsmanship and heritage intact – but the focus tilts firmly toward the present, where innovation and imagination tug leather into uncharted terrain.

September 20-December 7. Free. Four Seasons ART Space by MOCA Bangkok, 10.30am-7.30pm

Bangkok doesn’t really need another rooftop, but it does need a pool party worth ditching your Saturday plans for. Sunset Splash x Innerbloom is angling for that spot – set high above the city with the skyline as its backdrop. The dates are scattered across the year (September 13, October 4, November 8 and December 6) like seasonal markers for when you should probably bring your swimsuit. Expect the Innerbloom DJ crew working the decks, joined by live sax and percussion, plus dancers who make the whole thing feel more festival than hotel amenity. Drinks are dialled up with bubbles and cocktails – free-flow for women between 2pm and 4pm – and the food is just as curated as the soundtrack. 

September 13, October 4, November 8 and December 6. B500 via here. W Bangkok, 2pm-9pm

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

Weekend rituals in Bangkok rarely feel new, yet Namsu’s brunch manages to create one. Every Saturday and Sunday, Chef Honey Rae Zenang draws from her Shan roots and years of training in Japanese kitchens to compose something that resists easy categorisation. The table becomes a conversation between cultures: Yunnan comfort, Japanese precision, Shan heart. There are noodles that carry memory, onsen bowls that blur culinary borders, and drinks – sparkling tea, poppy milk – that refuse to behave like background notes. Nothing is arranged for spectacle, yet each plate has the quiet assurance of food made by someone who understands both restraint and abundance. What emerges is less an event than a rhythm, a gentle reminder that eating together can still feel both unexpected and necessary.

Every Saturday and Sunday. Reserve via here. Namsu Bangkok, 11am-3pm

There’s a curious magic in stepping back millions of years – a chance to wander a world before ours, where giant creatures roamed freely. This event offers just that: an immersive trek alongside Thai dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts, as if the clock has unwound to a forgotten era. Each step pulls you deeper into a landscape shaped by colossal terrestrial rulers, their shadows still lingering in the imagination. It’s less a simple exhibition and more a portal to ancient earth, where awe and curiosity collide. For anyone who’s ever been fascinated by the primeval, this is an invitation to experience wonder unfiltered – a rare glimpse of a world lost but never forgotten. July 1-November 2. B150-350 at the door. Museum Pier, 10am-6pm

CRAFT doesn’t serve meals so much as curate moods. Tucked inside Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, this all-day refuge operates on its own tempo – where a burrata-loaded toast feels just as right at 9am as it does at noon. Breakfast isn’t a time slot here, it’s a mindset. The menu meanders from bacon-draped French toast to Thai seafood porridge that lands somewhere between comfort and ceremony. For those in pursuit of chlorophyll, there’s a smoothie bowl so green it feels almost virtuous – kale, mango, spinach, all spun together with the quiet insistence of health. But indulgence lives here too. Tofu and tempeh arrive with chilli peanut sauce, a sort of soft rebellion for the plant-based crowd. Burgers come double-smashed, wraps are generously stuffed, and yes, there’s lobster – perched Waldorf-style, open-faced, unapologetic. Gluten-free options appear, if you ask nicely. Come Friday and Saturday evening, the space slips into a new rhythm with live DJs spinning laid-back grooves as daylight fades. Every day. Reserve via 02-056-9999 and craft.kimptonmaalai@ihg.com or via Line @craftbkk. CRAFT, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, 7am-11pm    

By the time Friday limps to a close, The Mesh on Sukhumvit 22 has already started to hum. Not with the polite clink of cutlery or background jazz, but with live voices – raw, melodic, sometimes heartbreaking, occasionally euphoric. Each week, the space shapeshifts into something looser and louder, as solo artists and acoustic duos take their place beneath the warm spill of lights. The soundtrack drifts from indie originals to bittersweet covers, filtered through the kind of intimacy only a small venue allows. You’re invited to nurse a cold brew from their Best Brews list, pick at something smoky or fried, and stay longer than you planned to. It’s not groundbreaking, and that’s the point. It’s familiar in a way that feels grounding. A soft exhale after the week. A room full of strangers mouthing the same chorus. Something to look forward to. Every Friday. Reserve via here or 02-262-0000. The Mesh, Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, 7pm onwards

At Ms.Jigger, lunch isn’t just a break in the day – it’s a curated escape, reimagined through the ‘Pranzo Perfetto’ experience. Let’s begin with the star: weekend lunches. Served from 11:30am to 5:00pm, the set menu is accompanied by a generous spread of free-flow antipasti – an unfiltered celebration of Italian flavor. Expect bruschetta, marinated olives, seabass carpaccio and golden fried dough balls glazed with tomato and anchovy. Focaccia arrives warm and unapologetically indulgent, filled with mortadella and mascarpone. This is a leisurely interlude – a stylish Italian affair that’s perfectly designed to sabotage your dinner plans. Prices start at B950 and B1,050 for the weekend set lunch with antipasti. During the week, weekday lunches offer a shorter, yet no less satisfying, detour into Italian comfort. Served from 11:30am to 2:30pm. Think beef carpaccio with rocket and parmesan, or citrus-cured salmon dotted with balsamic caviar, followed by mains like wagyu fettuccine, wood-fired pizza or a rustic Luganega sausage that hardly needs the side of mash. At B750 for two courses and B850 for three, it’s a surprisingly affordable luxury. Everyday. Starts at B750. Reserve via 02-056-9999 and msjigger.kimptonmaalai@ihg.com or via Line @Ms.Jigger. Ms.Jigger, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, 11.30pm-5pm

Reap Factory offers a quick and affordable tree-course lunch starting at B450. Available daily, the Express Set Lunch Menu features six options that include Thai, Western and Japanese dishes, all made with fresh, responsibly-sourced ingredients. Thai choices include Set A, which comes with satay gai, pad krapao salmon or salmon kra-thium prik Thai, and chao guay for dessert. Set B features a spicy glass noodle salad, sweet and sour pork or golden-fried chicken, and pandan noodles in coconut milk. It’s a delicious and speedy way to enjoy a variety of flavours. Reap Factory Courtyard, daily

Biscotti welcomes chef Giuseppe Bonura, a native of Syracusa in Sicily, to the team. Imbued with a modern twist on traditional Sicilian flavours, chef Giuseppe’s new menu spotlights authentic ingredients and contemporary flare. Dishes include Panzanella Alla Siciliana, a refreshing tomato salad with almond cream, pine nuts and balsamic red onion; Arancini, Sicilian croquettes filled with beef ragu and caciocavallo cheese, served with a spicy tomato sauce; and Risotto Al Branzino, a wonderfully fragrant sea bass risotto. His stunning main course offerings feature stars such as pan-fried sea bass with spelt, mussels, clams and artichoke in a rich prawn bisque, and fantastic desserts like sweet mandarin cannolo, which combines orange ricotta, mandarin compote and hazelnut ice cream for a perfect finish. Reserve via 0-2126-8866. Biscotti, midday-10.30pm

This collaboration presents a fitness experience with The Ripple Club’s transformative aquatic workouts. Offering two class types – Ripple Signature and Ripple Box – The Ripple Club introduces aqua cycling and aqua boxing to Thailand, providing a fresh approach to aquatic fitness. The program delivers a low-impact, full-body workout suitable for all fitness levels, using water’s natural resistance to strengthen muscles while reducing stress on the joints. Combining high-intensity cardio with targeted strength training, both classes maximise efficiency in less time. Participants enjoy benefits such as stress relief through rhythmic movements, enhanced muscle recovery, and decreased soreness, creating the perfect balance between fitness and rejuvenation. Every Sat and Sun. Check the program here. W Bangkok, 8.30am-9.20am and 9.30am-10.20am