The best things to do in Bangkok this weekend (June 25-28)

Carito’s kicks off a new quarterly collaboration series with a one-night supper pairing Bangkok’s Anakade and Chiang Mai favourite Bar San. The evening follows the restaurant’s recent shift towards Thai-Latin cooking, bringing together ingredients, techniques and flavours from both sides of the Pacific. Expect Kolae Beef Tacos topped with pickled jackfruit, Baked Phuket Clams finished with sato zabaione and dry-aged steak glazed with honey pla ra and prik larb, served alongside Thai-style corn esquites. Behind the bar, Bar San shakes up cocktails inspired by familiar Thai flavours, from a Fruity Som Tum highball to a savoury gimlet laced with dried fish and jasmine rice syrup. Everything is à la carte, so you can settle in for a full dinner or simply order a few plates with drinks.

June 25. Reserve via 095 370 7699. 3/F, Carito's. 6pm and 8pm

If you spend time around Bangkok’s underground electronic circuit, chances are you’ve already crossed paths with Elaheh. A regular fixture at clubs, warehouse parties and festival stages across the region, she takes over the decks for an all-night session with plenty of room to stretch out. Expect a patient journey through minimal, dub, acid, house, techno and breaks, threaded together with precision. One moment the room settles into a deep groove, the next a tougher rhythm shifts the mood. The best all-night sets tell a story, and Elaheh knows exactly how to hold a dancefloor from first track to last.

Jun 26. B300-600 via here. Siwilai Radical Club. 9pm onwards

Bangkok’s queer nightlife does not begin with social media, brand partnerships or rainbow-themed campaigns. It begins in clubs, bars and after-hours spaces where drag performers, DJs, dancers and chosen families built communities long before mainstream recognition arrived. PRIDAY celebrates that history with a night dedicated to the people who shape the city after dark. Expect familiar faces on the dancefloor, old friends reunited at the bar and a soundtrack that traces decades of queer nightlife. 

June 26. Register via here. Soho House. 8pm-midnight

Parity returns to Bar Temp. this month with a guest who knows her way around a dancefloor. Tokyo-based DJ FU takes over the decks for a night of deep house, soulful selections and groove-driven electronics. Born in Tokyo and raised in South London, she draws from Chicago, New York and Detroit house while weaving in the rhythms and sensibilities of UK club culture. The setting suits Parity’s ethos: a party built around openness, trust and shared space rather than VIP hierarchies. 

June 26. B400 via here. Bar Temp., 9pm onwards

Books & Beers returns for ten days of browsing, chatting and drinking under the suitably ambitious slogan ‘Drink Hard, Read Harder’. Part literary gathering, part social hangout, the festival brings together independent bookshops, publishers and readers under one roof. Expect stacks of Thai literature, translated fiction, light novels and BL titles, alongside talks with writers, translators and industry figures discussing new releases and old favourites. A steady soundtrack and cold pints keep things relaxed. New this year is Books & Beers Club, where readers swap recommendations and compare notes. On July 4, several popular BookTok creators stop by to share the titles currently occupying their bedside tables.

June 26-July 5. Free entry. Singha Complex. 11am-10pm

Kangkao returns with another community-minded gathering centred on local selectors and long-form sets. The concept is loose, but the idea is simple: bring people together, hand the decks to trusted DJs and see where the night goes. The line-up moves from either and eizu through sor, .g, bugsy and Jakrin, each taking a turn steering the room in a different direction. Expect familiar faces gathered around the booth, conversations spilling from smoking areas and dancers drifting back and forth between the floor and the bar. 

June 26. B450-B600 via here. DUAL. 9pm onwards

Sacristy Bangkok brings French hard techno artist Rorganic to the city for his first Bangkok appearance. A regular name on European line-ups, he is known for high-impact sets that combine relentless industrial textures with moments of tension and release. The night runs through a Kirsch Audio sound system from Germany, promising enough low end to rattle the walls and keep the front row firmly planted. House rules: no racism, no sexism, no hate and no flash photography.

June 26. B600 at the door.  AVVE: 5-Storey Event Space. 9pm onwards

GalileOasis marks Pride Month with an evening of queer cinema under the trees, pairing two Thai short films with a post-screening conversation. As daylight fades and chairs fill the garden, audiences gather for Concrete Wall, a coming-of-age story following a provincial student adjusting to life in Bangkok, and Us, Being and Time, a thoughtful portrait of adolescence, desire and isolation. Both works examine identity from different angles while staying rooted in everyday experiences. After the credits roll, the directors join a discussion exploring the themes, questions and personal stories that emerge from their films.

June 27. B270 via here. GalileOasis. 7pm onwards

Long before phone cameras and endless image feeds, photography in Bangkok meant rolls of film, contact sheets and hours spent under the red glow of a darkroom. Inspired by the Vanishing Bangkok series, this programme revisits that period through photographs, conversations and hands-on demonstrations. Organised by Dib Bangkok with Bangkok Darkroom, one of the city's few remaining analogue photography spaces, the session brings together artists and collaborators connected to Surat’s work. 

June 27. B850 via here. Gallery 2.3, Dib Bangkok. 2pm-4.30pm

Bangkok Kunsthalle hosts the final presentation of Surrounded, the closing chapter of artist duo elekhlekha’s residency project. Rather than rows of seats facing a stage, audiences share the room with the work itself. Generative visuals move across the floor, sound travels through speakers positioned around the space and a Yamaha Disklavier piano sits at the centre of the action. Developed over several months by Nitcha Tothong and Kengchakaj alongside Thai traditional musicians Kanta Kantaphong and Matas Masungsong and jazz drummer Pitchaon Kanajaroen, the performance brings together audiovisual experimentation, live music and lighting design by Voratorn Peerapongpan in one final gathering.

June 27. B350 here or B450 at the door. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 8pm

Bangkok’s cycling community gathers at ChangChui Creative Park this month for a two-day festival celebrating life on two wheels from every possible angle. Film screenings sit alongside BMX competitions, bike showcases and a sprawling market where collectors, independent sellers and cycling brands trade parts, accessories and hard-to-find finds. One corner hosts short films from Thailand and overseas, while another sees riders testing their skills in bunny hop contests, flatland sessions and freestyle events. Between activities, visitors can wander between food stalls, live music stages and workshops, making this as much a weekend hangout as a celebration of cycling culture.

June 27-28. Free entry. ChangChui Creative Park. 3pm-11pm

Slowcombo marks its third anniversary with the launch of bit.studio gallery, a new space dedicated to interactive and technology-driven art. The venue expands Slowcombo’s creative programme with installations that encourage visitors to engage directly with the work rather than simply observe from a distance. Screens, sensors, projections and digital experiments sit alongside contemporary art practice, highlighting how technology continues to shape creative expression. Visitors can wander through the gallery, spend time with individual pieces and see how artists are using emerging tools to create new forms of participation and interaction.

Friday-Sunday. B200-450 via here. Slowcombo. 2pm-8pm

Kind Market offers a welcome alternative to spending another rainy weekend indoors. The community-focused gathering brings together local makers, independent labels and small businesses for an afternoon of browsing, eating and meeting like-minded people. Stalls are stocked with handmade goods, vintage finds, second-hand treasures and environmentally conscious products, while food vendors keep visitors fuelled with plant-based snacks and drinks. Conversations tend to linger as long as the shopping, with many people stopping to chat with creators about their work. Bring an empty tote bag and a little spare time, because a quick visit rarely stays that way.

June 28. Free entry. EKM6. 10am onwards

This two-person exhibition brings together the sharply detailed oil paintings of Kajonsak Rungsuriyan and the distorted, organic forms of Jaiko in a shared examination of humanity’s more uncomfortable questions. Kajonsak places injured figures among decaying religious architecture, while Jaiko reshapes the body into strange, shifting forms that sit somewhere between attraction and unease. Moving through the gallery, visitors encounter works concerned with violence, belief and the stories people tell themselves to explain both. The contrast between the artists is striking, yet their concerns overlap, creating a conversation that lingers long after you leave.

June 20-July 5. Free entry. KYLA Gallery and Wine Bar. 3pm-midnight

A decade after HONNE first soundtracked countless late-night playlists, road trips and ill-advised text messages, Black Cabin hosts a tribute night dedicated to the British electronic-soul duo ahead of their Bangkok anniversary tour stop. Fans gather for an evening built around the songs that turned HONNE from an internet favourite into a global success story. Familiar choruses fill the room as audiences sing along to tracks spanning the band's ten-year catalogue. The venue is also giving away a pair of tickets to the upcoming tour, with the top spender taking home two ‘Warm on a Cold Night’ passes worth B13,800.

June 28. Reserve via LINE: @BLACKCABINBAR. Black Cabin. 9.30pm onwards