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

Burning City Bangkok returns for two nights of costumes and club music, with organisers advertising seven stages and around 60 DJs. Its post-apocalyptic world spreads across Sukhumvit Soi 24: 24BLVD becomes New Terra, a reclaimed wilderness, while Upper House hosts Eve’s Garden, a vine-covered paradise. Baccarat’s Redlands stay fire-scorched, House of Savoy becomes the sand-swallowed Aridia and The Palms hides the Scavengers. A newer announcement also mentions Mandrake as a secret territory, so check the venue map and what your pass covers before plotting your route. Come dressed for life after the end of the world.October 30-31. B1,200-4,500; via Ticketmelon. 24BLVD, The Palms, Baccarat, Upper House and House Of Savoy, Sukhumvit Soi 24. 7pm-midnight.

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.

Thai artist Nobbie Temeekul presents a new painting exhibition that challenges how we see the world and the stories we choose to believe. His oil paintings draw on the rich colours and dramatic brushwork of Western mythological art, but the figures at the centre are deities from Thai tradition. Rather than sticking to the usual images of divine perfection and purity, Nobbie depicts these gods in unexpected poses and situations. The exhibition asks visitors to look a little closer and consider how our own beliefs, as well as the stories we hear, shape what we see.October 17-November 22. Free entry. Trendy Gallery, Cloud 11. 10am-7pm

Wicked Sessions by White Claw turns Sphere Hall at EmSphere into the Wicked Woods for a forest-themed Halloween party. Amanda Sze heads a line-up featuring Ellia B2B Fleurpluma, Norita, Paulie Sirisant, Jahjaboyz and Certified V10. Between sets, get your tarot read, visit the styling booths or challenge friends to mini games. Immersive photo spots give you somewhere to document the outfit you spent all week assembling. October 31. ​​Advertised tiers: B1,199 Early Ghost, B1,499 regular and B1,899 at the door; check the current release via Nightify. Sphere Hall, 5/F, EmSphere. From 8pm until late. Table packages available.

Moxy Bangkok Ratchaprasong takes Halloween across two floors from October 22-31. At Moxy Bar & Restaurant on 9/F, the Moxy Truck serves zombie chicken wings, blackout calamari, bloodbath nachos and zombie brain panna cotta, with cocktails including blood & ash, spice & xcream and T-virus mix at B350++ each. Upstairs, Sato San Rooftop Bar on 32/F turns to Japanese folklore with oni chicken wings, kappa cucumber roll, nekomata gyoza and yokai takoyaki. Its cocktails take their names from supernatural characters, including Oni the Demon, Kitsune the Fox Spirit, Yurei the Restless Spirit and Jorogumo the Spider Woman. Both floors have food from B190++.October 22-31. Food from B190++; Moxy Bar & Restaurant’s Halloween cocktails B350++ each. Moxy Bangkok Ratchaprasong. Moxy Truck on 9/F, 5pm-11pm; Sato San on 32/F, 6pm-1.30am. Check seating and reservation terms with the venues.

Phae Lee: Before Chapter 1 sends you walking through a Thai horror story rather than watching from a seat. A mother, father and their seven-year-old son disappear, then turn up dead two weeks later. During the 60-minute immersive theatre production, you rooms and follow clues while the spirits tell their side. Before entering, each audience member chooses a talisman that determines whose story they hear first, so friends may uncover different versions of the case. English subtitles are available throughout. The producers plan nine horror tales in the Pao Lee universe, unfolding each October through 2035.October 30-November 1. B990 including one mocktail; B1,490 including one cocktail or mocktail and a burger set or vongle pasta, via Zipevent. Black Cabin Bar, Thong Lo Soi 16. 7.30-8.30pm. Recommended for ages 15+; includes strobes, theatrical fog and jump scares.

More than 50 years after Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader created them, three of his works arrive at Bangkok Kunsthalle for Bright at Midnight, a solo exhibition curated by Leonardo Orion Dal Colle. Created between 1970 and 1975, the works use simple materials and gestures to explore vulnerability, absence and uncertainty. Presented within the Kunsthalle’s unfinished architecture, they take on a new context in Bangkok, another ‘City of Angels’ thousands of miles from Los Angeles. The exhibition considers how these works speak to a different time and place, with gravity, light and darkness shaping the experience.October 14-January 10, 2027. Free entry. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 2pm-8pm

South Korean artist Jeon Gi-ok turns discarded cardboard into landscapes, architectural structures and thousands of hand-folded boats in this solo exhibition. Drawing on East Asian landscape painting, the works explore how people and things depend on one another to survive. Cardboard boxes, once used to transport and protect goods, retain marks of their previous lives, while paintings sit partly hidden inside them. Elsewhere, circular structures invite visitors to walk through the work, and folding screens reveal different views as they move. Look closely at the piles of tiny boats, each carrying traces of the artist’s studio practice. October 24-December 20. Free entry. Atelier 9. 1pm-8pm

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

Artist Tada Hengsapkul presents his first painting exhibition at 100 Tonson Foundation, introducing an approach to artmaking that uses encaustic, an ancient technique involving heated wax that he spends more than two years researching and developing. His work looks at how religious belief intersects with consumerism, from objects of worship to items that can be bought and sold. Wax becomes a fitting material for this exploration, taking shape through casting, moulding and scraping. Over six months, the gallery transforms into a contemporary altar inspired by ancient objects associated with animistic worship, with paintings and sculptures examining how belief changes over time.October 17-April 11, 2027. Free entry. 100 Ton Son Foundation. 10am-6pm