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

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.

Belgian photographer Alain Callebaut brings two bodies of work to Old Town Gallery. Bangkok Raw moves beyond familiar temple-and-skyline views into rain-soaked streets, narrow alleys, markets and bridges, catching everyday moments between the crowds. His second collection, Make Women Happy All Over the World, uses light and shadow to explore the human form, with the upstairs display of fine art nudes restricted to visitors aged 18 and over. A share of merchandise sales will support emerging local artists. Head to the October 4 opening from 3pm-6pm for a chance to meet Callebaut, or visit during the gallery hours throughout the month. October 4-31. Free entry. Old Town Gallery. 10am-6pm; opening October 4, 3pm-6pm

An entire Akha house now stands in the middle of Bangkok, carefully dismantled from a village in northern Thailand and rebuilt piece by piece inside an art gallery. Roof panels, woven bedding, timber floors and weathered household objects all carry marks of the people who once lived among them, quietly tracing a way of life that grows more fragile with each passing generation. The Akha are an Indigenous ethnic group whose communities are spread across the mountains of northern Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and southern China, known for their intricate textiles, spiritual rituals and deep connection to land and ancestry. In recent decades, migration, tourism and rapid development have reshaped many of those traditions. Through memory, craftsmanship and personal histories, The Preservation of Fire by Busui Ajaw keeps those stories alive a little longer. May 15-November 1. Free entry. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 2pm-8pm

Need a break from staring at screens and overthinking every little thing? Duemdum Space’s 1 Day Mini Retreat combines movement, sound meditation and mindful eating and drinking in sessions limited to six people. Start by moving your body and turning into your senses, then settle into music and breathing before turning your attention to the flavours, textures and aromas of each bite and sip. The listed sessions last two hours  – enough time to put your phone down without surrendering the whole day.  October 15-November 1. B800; book via @duemdumspace. Duemdum Space. Tue-Fri, 10am-noon and 6pm-8pm, Sat-Sun, 10am-noon and 4pm-6pm. Confirm your session and what the price includes when booking.

ใครที่เติบโตมากับ MOLLY ขอแนะนำให้แวะไปทำความรู้จักเธอให้ลึกขึ้นใน MOLLY's 20th Anniversary Exhibition นิทรรศการฉลองครบรอบ 20 ปี ที่พาย้อนกลับไปตั้งแต่จุดเริ่มต้นของคาแรกเตอร์ ผ่านภาพสเก็ตช์และผลงานต้นฉบับของ เคนนี่ หว่อง ครั้งนี้มอลลี่เดินทางมาถึงกรุงเทพฯ พร้อมผลงานที่เปิดพื้นที่ให้ศิลปะร่วมสมัยมาพบกับมรดกทางวัฒนธรรม ผ่านการตีความโดยศิลปินและช่างฝีมือจากหลากหลายวัฒนธรรม ตั้งแต่จิตรกรรม งานปัก ศิลปะกระดาษตัด เซรามิก ไปจนถึงงานหัตถศิลป์ดั้งเดิม ใครอยากย้อนดูเส้นทางของมอลลี่ตลอดสองทศวรรษ หรืออยากเห็นคาแรกเตอร์ตัวนี้ในมุมที่แตกต่างออกไป ลองแวะมาสำรวจจักรวาลของเธอกันได้  ที่ อุทยาน 100 ปี จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย กรุงเทพฯ บัตรราคา 290-390 บาท (จองบัตร) วันที่ 24 กันยายน - 25 ตุลาคมนี้

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

What happens to a memory when the details start to disappear? Trey Hurst considers that question in At the Threshold, a solo exhibition of paintings made between 2023 and 2026. Working directly on canvas, he builds layered surfaces through repeated brushwork, allowing human figures to emerge somewhere between abstraction and recognition. The paintings explore memory, relationships and the passing of time, with earlier marks remaining beneath newer ones. Stay with them a while: the figures resist a neat resolution. October 10-November 8. Free entry. Play Art House, Song Wat Road. Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-5pm; Friday-Sunday, 10am-6pm. Closed Monday.

Ever walked into a room and had a particular light, sound or smell suddenly remind you of somewhere else? Piyada Na Badalung’s A Place within a Place at L.O.F. Gallery explores those ‘overlapping spaces’, where physical surroundings meet personal memories, perceptions and feelings. A café, street corner or old building can mean something completely different depending on who’s there and what they remember. The works consider how one place can hold several versions of itself, shaped by the people who pass through it. Until October 25. Free entry. L.O.F Gallery, Soi Chulalongkorn 50, Samyan. 11am-7pm.

Southeastern Gathering 2026 returns for its third year, expanding to six days of bluegrass,  Irish and old-time music with players from Thailand, the US, Japan and Ireland. The line-up includes banjo player Tray Wellington, 2024 Steve Martin Banjo Prize recipient, Tokyo’s Bluegrass Police and Irish musicians Luke Coffey and Cameron Mather. Choose from a penthouse concert for 20 people, a welcome jam, a six-hour main gathering and a brunch with live music and stories. October 20-25. B999-3,299. Public House Bangkok. Programme starts at 7pm. Tickets here

Munins’ solo exhibition STILL : ON at River City Bangkok explores the work going on behind our thoughts, memories, emotions and decisions. Three processes shape the show: Emotion Encoding, how emotional experiences are recorded; Signal Selection, what we choose to retain; and Neural Pathway, how we see and make sense of what’s in front of us. Familiar moments of tiredness, confusion and quiet reflection connect those processes to everyday life. The artist also considers the changes happening around us, from accelerating technology and information to the human impact on the environment. The invitation is to slow down and consider what your mind is doing, even when you think nothing much is going on. October 2-November 15. Free entry. RCB Galleria 5, River City Bangkok. Daily 10am-8pm.