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Thursday January 30 2025

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Find the best things to do from the daytime to the nighttime in Bangkok with our events calendar of 2025’s coolest events, including parties, concerts, films and art exhibits.

Events in Bangkok today

Treat yourself to ocean treasures at Chatrium Grand Bangkok

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Phaya Thai
Until Nov 30, 2025

Photograph: Chatrium Grand Bangkok

Oysters have long been one of the ocean’s most prized treasures, celebrated for their delicate flavour and luxurious appeal. This November, Chatrium Grand Bangkok invites you to savour the very best of the sea. Oyster Month: A Symphony of the Sea is a month-long culinary event spotlighting international masters, from Michelin-starred chefs to oyster-shucking champions. Highlights include Abby Zhang (China), Oyster Shucking Champion; Daniel Notkin (Canada), the renowned ‘Oyster King’; and Alvin Leung (Hong Kong), the two-Michelin-star ‘Demon Chef’, alongside expert mixologists pairing champagnes with oysters. Activities not to miss include a bubble and oyster party by the pool, complete with DJ beats and hosted by Vranken; a special bar takeover by Andrew Whibley on November 1 and an evening of Michelin-star excellence with a curated dinner set by Chef Alvin on November 2. November 1-30. Chatrium Grand Bangkok, Open daily 6.30am-10pm

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Feast at The Ultimate Street Food Festival 2025

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Ratchaprasong
Until Nov 1, 2025

Photograph: Kittikorn Aramrungsup - Time Out Thailand

Bangkok life is a delicious tug-of-war between splurging on a fine-dining meal and grabbing a cheap, flavour-packed bite from a street stall. But what if you didn’t have to choose? For the first time ever, Time Out Bangkok joins hands with Koktail Thailand for The Ultimate Street Food Festival 2025. This three-day event brings together some of the city’s most beloved restaurants, including Blue Elephant, Nara Thai Cuisine and Nila, to create street food-inspired dishes priced between B100-B200. To wash it all down, Merai Thailand by Thairath will pour top-notch local spirits, while Wine Now takes care of the vino. Of course, no festival is complete without a killer soundtrack. The neo-baannok crew has curated a weekend of live music to keep the vibes immaculate – from indie rock by Zeedox and mellow folk by That Beanie Dude to a genre-blending mix of traditional Thai instruments and electronic beats by AG Siamese. October 30-November 1. Free. G/F, Forum, Gaysorn Amarin, 10am-8pm

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Escape Bangkok’s bustle with books at Biblio Reading Corner

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Chula-Samyan
Until Nov 2, 2025

Photograph: Slowcombo

Slowcombo has joined forces with Biblio to unveil the Biblio Reading Corner, tucked on the first floor and already feeling like a quiet refuge from Bangkok. The space houses a carefully chosen mix of books, spanning mindfulness, art, design and non-fiction, blending Slowcombo’s own collection with selections from Biblio. Soft light, warm seating and the faint scent of coffee make it easy to forget the world outside, encouraging visitors to linger over pages rather than screens. It’s a corner designed for slow moments – where ideas can settle, imagination can wander and inspiration can arrive unannounced. Now onwards. B59-300 at the door. Slowcombo, 10am-8pm

Feel adrenaline spike as DJs spin relentless beats in Bangkok’s underground dance haven at Bloodrush

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Silom
Nov 1, 2025

Photograph: nonnonnon_bangkok

This Halloween, Non Non Non becomes a sanctuary for femme and queer energy, a night where music, movement and desire collide in unexpected ways. The line-up: Nanzhen Yang opening with beats that twist and stretch, Bonaventure layering tension and release, Issypeople bringing raw, tactile rhythms, and Mae Happyair B2B Lomoroom closing the night with a set that feels both reckless and precise. Sweat drips, bodies sway and the air hums with collective abandon as DJs guide the room through peaks of joy and quiet intimacy. November 1. B600 via here and B700 at the door. Horn, 8pm onwards

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Dance all night with Bangkok locals and Ryokei from Alien Sex Friends at Kangkao Halloween

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Silom
Until Nov 1, 2025

Photograph: Kangkao

Halloween this year stretches across two nights, each with its own mood and soundtrack. On October 31, Kangkao returns with a familiar mix of local residents and Ryokei from Alien Sex Friends, setting the night alight with grooves that feel equal parts reckless and precise. The following evening, Echo Sounds takes over, turning the room into a house music haven where NK Chan, Seelie, Brent, Rom Rom and Pam Anantr deliver euphoric sets that demand movement. Between the beats, the vinyl sale hums quietly in the corner, freshly stocked and waiting for those who like to lose themselves in record hunting. October 31-November 1. B900-1,600 via here. Trinity Complex, 9pm-2am

Hunt for vintage treasures while street performers and food stalls animate ChangChui’s industrial charm

Things to do
Bang Phlat
Until Nov 1, 2025

Photograph: ChangChui

The end of the month usually brings the quiet dread of bills and restraint. But at ChangChui, the ordinary act of buying and selling is recast as theatre. Stalls brim with secondhand fashion that still carries the scent of old nights out, handmade trinkets that insist on being touched and oddities that defy explanation yet demand ownership. You can part ways with a jacket you once loved and watch it slip into another life, or stumble upon a record you never knew you needed. Between the browsing there are drinks to sip, music spilling into the air, strangers who may not stay strangers for long. It is commerce reframed as a kind of collective play. October 31-November 1. Free. Chang Chui, 5pm-midnight

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Explore L’On Bangkok where traditional Thai instruments meet live jazz and experimental performances

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Rattanakosin
Until Nov 7, 2025

Photograph: L’On Bangkok

Every week the space reshuffles itself, hosting something unexpected: a khon dancer framed by candlelight one evening, a jazz quartet improvising beside a wall of canvases the next. It’s a small creative pocket where traditional Thai instruments meet electric guitars, and conversation hums somewhere between art talk and after-hours gossip. The adjoining flower shop spills colour and scent across the room, softening the edges of the gallery’s concrete walls. It’s the sort of spot that doesn’t shout about itself – you stumble in for a drink, stay for the performance, and leave feeling like you’ve witnessed Bangkok breathe in real time. Until November 7. Free. L’On Bangkok, 6pm onwards

Laugh, cry, and cheer with films like The Banshees of Inisherin and Kneecap at Irish Film Festival

Things to do
Chula-Samyan
Until Nov 2, 2025

Photograph: The Banshees of Inisherin

Now in its seventh year, the Irish Film Festival has become a quiet staple of Thailand’s cultural circuit – the kind of event that reminds you cinema still has the power to connect people across oceans. This edition celebrates the scope of Irish cinema, featuring titles like Kneecap, The Banshees of Inisherin and Four Mothers, each revealing a different rhythm of life on the island. From biting humour to tender heartbreak, the films show how storytelling can feel both intimate and expansive. Beyond the screen, the festival doubles as a nod to fifty years of friendship between Ireland and Thailand, marking the milestone with stories that feel both local and universal. It’s less about fanfare and more about shared emotion – that moment in the dark when laughter, silence and subtitles briefly erase the distance between two very different places. October 30-November 2. Free. House Samyan Cinema.

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Capture colourful processions, from monks’ robes to fluttering lanterns, against golden temple walls at the Golden Mount Festival

Things to do
Rattanakosin
Until Nov 7, 2025

Photograph: Sereechai Puttes

A week before Loy Krathong, the Golden Mount in Bangkok glows brighter than usual. Wat Saket, perched high above the old town, hosts its annual temple fair – a tradition that feels part pilgrimage, part street carnival. At dawn on the first day, monks and locals begin their ascent, carrying a long red cloth up the winding staircase to wrap around the stupa, a ritual said to bring merit and good fortune. As night falls, the air thickens with incense, laughter and the sound of temple drums echoing over the city. Food stalls spill across the grounds, fortune tellers set up beside ferris wheels, and the view from the top turns Bangkok’s sprawl into a sea of lanterns. It’s old Bangkok at its most alive. October 29-November 7. Free. Wat Saket, 7am-midnight

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Grab a friend and lose yourself in vinyl classics at Analog Evening

Things to do
Asok
Nov 1, 2025

Photograph: Recoroom

When Bangkok’s weekends start to sound like a never-ending drum solo, Fewer Better Things offers a softer tempo. Think vinyl crackles, bookshop chatter and cocktails that actually taste like something. For one night, the space morphs into a tactile sanctuary where records, words and conversation share the same easy rhythm. Recoroom, Bangkok’s temple of jazz and blues vinyl, sets the tone with a live DJ set gliding between smooth standards and forgotten gems. Crates brim with records waiting for someone curious enough to flip through. Vacilando Bookshop and Spacebar Zines bring their own quiet intensity – tables stacked with photobooks, indie prints and vintage magazines that smell faintly of history. Meanwhile, Choeng Doi Distillery keeps the glasses poetic with cocktails crafted from mountain water and northern herbs. November 1. Free. Fewer Better Things, 8pm-11pm

Movies now showing

Black Widow

Film Frame©Marvel Studios 2020

Release date: October 1

It’s been a long time coming for this Marvel femme fatale to shine on her own. This month, we finally learn of the backstory of Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow) as a Russian undercover agent before her glory days with the Avengers.

Malignant

Warner Bros

Release date: October 1

From the mind of Hollywood’s main horror conjuror James Wan comes a new horrifying story about Madison, a mother-to-be who suddenly loses her baby and then starts to see visions of gory murders committed by her imaginary childhood friend Gabriel.

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A Quiet Place Part II

imdb

Release date: October 1

In this sequel to the nail-biting 2018 hit, we are taken on a flashback to when sound-sensitive aliens first landed on Earth, causing chaos and carnage. In present day, newly widowed mother Evelyn (still brilliantly played by Emily Blunt) now knows the weakness of their extraterrestrial nemeses. She and her children venture out to band with other survivors while dealing with their own traumas.

Supernova

Studiocanal

Release date: October 7

In this emotion-driven tear-jerker, a mature gay couple embarks on a road trip across England to cherish a few happy moments together before one of them is completely overtaken by dementia.

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No Time to Die

MGM

Release date: October 7

Daniel Craig’s fifth and last outing as 007 sees the now-retired agent briefly going back into action to chase after yet another mysterious baddie who plans to cause chaos with destructive new technology.

The Suicide Squad

Warner Bros

Release date: October 1

Don’t confuse this with the critically-panned 2016 attempt at giving life to a troop of crazy DC supervillains back in 2016. The Suicide Squad (as opposed to just “Suicide Squad”) is the sequel-slash-reboot, as well as an ambitious undertaking to overshadow the reputation of the original incarnation. It’s directed by James Gunn (you know, of Marvel’s Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy fame), so it would be interesting to see how the movie pans out.

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Release date: October 13

This latest superhero release follows the story of Shang-Chi, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Asian champion, a former martial arts master who has to confront his buried past when the mysterious Ten Rings organization comes after him.

Fast & Furious 9

Universal Pictures

Release date: October 21

Just when you thought it was all over, it keeps coming back for more. In this ninth installment of the petrol-burning franchise, the spotlight is trained on Dom Toretto’s life in retirement and domestic bliss, which is disrupted by the appearance of his brother Jakob who has an axe to grind.

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Free Guy

20th Century Studios

Release date: October 7

Realizing that he is a character in a video game, Guy decides to take control of his own fate in the virtual world and make himself the hero of his own adventure—to precarious but comical results.

Suicide Forest Village

All Horror

Release date: October 13

The spine-chilling myth surrounding the Aokigahara forest or Japan’s Suicide Forest is revisited in this spooky film by horror maestro Takashi Shimizu—he who terrified the world with the Ju-On, popularly known as The Grudge, series.