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

Netflix turns Song Wat Road strange in the best possible way with One Last Adventure in Thailand, a free tribute to Stranger Things as the series edges into its final episodes. Each evening from 5pm-10pm, the neighbourhood becomes a walkable love letter to Hawkins. Start at Chaoren Watana Warehouse, refashioned as Castle Byers, complete with the Christmas Light Wall that still raises hairs. Nearby, the I Wanna Bangkok sign flips expectations, while Nurry Chestnut Ice Cream plays double duty as The Palace Arcade and Scoops Ahoy, sailor outfits included. The mood darkens at The Foundry O with Vecna’s Mind Lair, before Sit in Soi delivers Floating Max, unsettling and oddly tender. It all ends at Chang Parking Lot with the WSQK van, a nostalgic farewell to a story that has followed us since 2016.   December 20-28. Free. Song Wat Road, 5-10pm

The world famous L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, known as the Sacred Temple of Pizza and immortalised in Eat Pray Love, opens in Bangkok with the same fifth generation recipes served in Naples since 1870. The Bangkok outpost follows locations in New York, London, Tokyo, Dubai and Singapore, showcasing the signature pizza a ruota di carro with its thin soft dough that stretches beyond the plate and a pillowy cornicione baked for just 60 seconds at 485C in a custom Stefano Ferrara oven. Ingredients are sourced directly from Campania and Southern Italy, including San Marzano DOP tomatoes, Agerola mozzarella, Pecorino Romano DOP and Masturzo olive oil, alongside toppings like Cetara anchovies, friarelli, capers and smoked scamorza. Beyond pizza, diners can expect handmade pastas, starters and classic southern Italian desserts served in the new Nextopia zone on the fifth floor of Siam Paragon. Reserve via allora@damichele.co.th. L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, Siam Paragon 5/F, 11am-10pm

Hope has a strange way of finding you when you least expect it, usually while you’re still adjusting your fringe in a mirrored wall. This exhibition leans into that feeling, pairing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with digital worlds that nudge you towards a lighter mood. The guide is Blossom Bloo, a soft-glowing creature with its loyal Seed, both drifting through scenes that chart the rhythms of a life lived in four chapters. The route begins at The Flower Shop, where you design a tiny seed that reappears later as part of a vast installation. Summer stretches out in a field of towering blooms, autumn follows with a golden oak shedding leaves that respond to your steps, then winter quietens everything with pale light and drifting snow. Spring closes the journey with a sweep of colour that feels a bit like exhaling after holding your breath too long.   Until March 26 2026. Free. 6/F, Iconsiam, 10am-10pm 

Bangkok saves its biggest gestures for the river and Iconsiam knows this well. As December draws to a close, the waterfront becomes a meeting point rather than a monument, drawing crowds who arrive early and stay longer than planned. The headline moment comes from the sky, where a 4D presentation unfurls across an astonishing stretch, blending fireworks, drones and light with a quiet sense of reverence rather than noise. Music carries the evenings forward. Thai favourites rotate across the stage, joined on the final night by Mark Tuan, whose appearance feels more like a shared secret than a stunt. Down by River Park, dancing happens organically, framed by water and skyline. Somewhere between spectacle and sincerity, the city finds its reflection and steps carefully into the next year.   December 27-31. Free. Reserve via here. Iconsiam, 4pm onwards

CLUB SEEN Koh Samui begins a new chapter with a full relaunch and an elevated day-to-night concept that brings international names to Chaweng Beach. From December through January, the beach club hosts its most ambitious season yet with Defected, Glitterbox, ARTBAT, Nina Kraviz, Miss Monique, Kolsch and a roster of global artists set across its main stage and the intimate UNSEEN Club Room. Days unfold at SEEN Eatery, a relaxed seaside dining space blending Tokyo-inspired flair with Latin heat in sharing plates built for long afternoons by the water. Nights shift into deeper sets, sculptural lighting and high-intensity shows before rolling into a festive programme that includes Christmas brunch, New Year’s Eve fireworks and weekly O Beach Ibiza takeovers every Sunday in January. With seamless flow between dining, dancing and beachfront lounging, CLUB SEEN positions itself as the island’s defining party destination for the season. Prices vary. Tickets and dining reservations via clubseenkohsamui.com. CLUB SEEN Koh Samui, daily hours vary.

Asoke’s Mirage feels like a quiet continuation. Following Suggestions, the new works keep worrying at perception, memory and that soft space where certainty slips. Layers of colour drift across the surface, broken by half-seen structures and shapes that suggest buildings without committing to them. Everything appears provisional, as if caught mid-thought. You recognise a form, then doubt yourself a second later. What holds it together is the way the mind gets involved. Marks feel random but never careless, asking the viewer to finish the picture themselves. Paint and ink stack up in thin skins, creating scenes that hover between abstraction and something more familiar. Moving to a larger scale gives these works room to breathe. Standing in front of them feels like walking through a remembered place that refuses to stay still, intimate yet oddly unreachable.   Until January 18 2026. Free. Supples Gallery, 11am-6pm

Central World has teamed up with Disney to turn Bangkok into a soft-focus winter fantasy called Disney The Magical Stars. Familiar faces have wandered south for the season, greeting visitors with the sort of enthusiasm that makes adults forget they’re meant to play it cool. The space unfolds in several pockets, each shaped by a different story. Mickey and his crew keep things cheerful, the Toy Story lot look ready to sprint out of the frame, Zootopia residents linger with city-slick confidence and Stitch behaves exactly as expected. A Frozen corner brings a welcome chill that Bangkok never quite manages on its own. Fans can roam at an easy pace, letting the glitter and nostalgia do the heavy lifting. A gentle way to wrap up the year with something warm, bright and a little sentimental. Until January 6 2026. Free. Central World, 10am-10pm

Gallery VER’s 20th anniversary lands with a show that feels a bit like opening an old photo album and finding the pages humming. Rirkrit Tiravanija, the gallery’s co-founder, takes on curating duties for The Abyss Is Calling, gathering 47 artists who have shaped its story. The result leans less on nostalgia and more on tuning into the echoes left by two decades of shared rooms, late-night installs and conversations that stayed long after closing time. More than 50 works span painting, sculpture, installation, video and fragments from the archive. Together, they form a kind of collective memory, mapping the relationships between artists, curators, collectors and visitors. Walking through it feels like catching whispers from the past, a reminder of how art spaces hold people as much as objects.   Until January 31 2026. Free. Gallery VER, midday-6pm

(In)visible Presence opens Dib Bangkok with a quiet confidence. Think a painted gust of wind, music shaped by half-remembered summers and the soft trace of herbal medicine lingering longer than expected. The show asks how we hold on to what matters when it cannot be seen, while also nodding to the many people, some now gone, who helped turn this museum from idea to place. Drawn from a collection built across three decades and widened through fresh collaborations, the exhibition gathers 81 works by 40 contemporary artists, several new to Thailand. Sound, scent and light do much of the talking. Across three floors, everyday materials shift, memories blur and imagination fills the gaps. A special focus on Montien Boonma closes the journey, offering space for reflection, healing and a slower way of looking. December 21-August 3 2026. B150-700 via here. Dib Bangkok, 10am-6pm

Pnk.ff's second solo exhibition celebrates everything we usually try to sweep under the rug – the fumbles, the messes, the moments when life doesn't quite go to plan. Rather than hiding these beautifully awkward bits of being human, the artist drags them out and gives them proper gallery treatment. What you'll find here are personal, clumsy snapshots transformed through playful and humorous artworks that feel refreshingly honest. It's essentially an invitation to laugh at your own stumbles whilst recognizing that these wonky moments are what make ordinary stories genuinely memorable. Because let's be real, some days simply refuse to go smoothly, and often it's precisely those off-kilter experiences that stick with us longest. Until December 27. Free. KICH Ari Space, midday-7pm