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

Thailand’s largest and longest-running international motor show returns once again, officially recognised by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles. The event brings together leading global car manufacturers, regional brands and emerging EV companies. Visitors can expect major launches, concept cars and important market debuts for Thailand and Southeast Asia. Large exhibition booths feature production vehicles across every category, including electric cars, performance models, luxury brands and motorcycles. Accessories, aftermarket products and special promotions are also available, with many visitors placing orders directly at the show.  Challenger Hall, Impact Muang Thong Thani. March 25-April 5. Monday-Friday noon-10pm, Saturday-Sunday 11am-10pm

(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

Missing the smell of fresh paperbacks? The Thai Book Fair returns to Queen Sirikit National Convention Center with a quiet sense of occasion. This year’s theme, Read The Legend, suits a gathering that now feels woven into the city’s cultural calendar. Across Halls 5 to 8 on the LG floor, more than 360 booths turn the pages of Thai fiction, translated titles, children’s stories and harder-to-find imports. Hall 8 hosts the main stage, where writers introduce new works and speak candidly, while Hall 5 offers a softer setting for smaller conversations in the Author’s Salon. For deeper industry talk, Room MR 205 runs Book Symposium sessions upstairs. The Read as a Legend Award, led by Ministry of Books, keeps the focus on writers, not just what sits on the shelves. Until April 6. Free. Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, 10am-9pm

Noo Monthip moves across disciplines with quiet ease, shaping voice, music, fashion and image without ever insisting on attention. This exhibition gathers what she leaves behind, assembled by family and friends who understand that her work speaks best when given space. ‘Wind’ becomes a gentle thread. You don’t see it, but you feel its presence in motion, much like memory that lingers, shifts and returns in unexpected ways. The ground floor, Baan Sailom, invites a slower pace, a place to sit and reflect. Upstairs, her life unfolds through sound, images and objects that feel deeply personal. A music corner hums beside fragments of writing. Another level brings fashion and collaborations, offering a fuller sense of how she connects with others, softly but unmistakably. Until April 30. Free. Museum Pier, 10am-6pm

Grey rarely settles comfortably within beauty. It lingers between light and dark, feeling and logic, never fully choosing a side. In In the Midst of Gray, Chainarong follows that in-between state through Chawky, a character who carries the quiet weight of growing up without quite knowing how to answer their own emotions. Encounters pass, connections form, affection deepens, then shifts. Not everything finds resolution. Some moments blur, others stay unexpectedly sharp. Chawky moves through this uncertainty with a kind of soft detachment, as if standing just outside their own story. The works feel reflective without becoming heavy. They ask simple questions that don’t quite settle: which memories stay brightest, and why do certain feelings refuse to fade, even as everything else slowly recedes? Until May 3. Free. Supples Gallery, 11am-6pm

Weekends rarely feel this light, or this deliberately unhurried. At The Commons Thonglor, Little Pea brings back its annual Wild Easter Rumpus, stretching across two easygoing days that lean gently towards joy rather than spectacle. Families wander between egg hunts with limited slots, hands-on craft tables, and corners set aside for face painting, each moment held together by a soft, playful rhythm. Storytelling sessions unfold without fuss and stay open to all, offering a quiet pause between bursts of colour and movement. Children move freely, curiosity leading the way, while parents follow at a slower pace.  April 4-5. Free. The Commons Thonglor, 10am-5pm

This year, it settles at Two Palms Taproom for three easy days of tasting, with DJs spinning records in the background and no one insisting you swirl with authority. Fifteen vendors gather with more than 200 labels, ranging from familiar producers to bottles that rarely travel this far. You wander, sip, compare notes, then circle back for another glass that caught your attention earlier. A small group offer adds a playful touch. Buy five tickets and, if you’re quick, a free bottle lands on your table, ready to be shared without much ceremony. April 3-5. B700-1,500 via here. Two Palms Taproom, 3pm-midnight

Old films make ballroom dancing look impossibly glamorous, all sweeping skirts and easy confidence. Lumpini Hall borrows that mood for one evening, turning a grand space into a dance floor that feels surprisingly alive. Music comes from Yusu Jazz Band and the Silpakorn University Jazz Orchestra, both leaning on live swing. Between sets, dancers step in with performances that keep the room engaged without feeling upstaged. No experience? It hardly matters. Free beginner classes run on the night, designed for anyone curious enough to try.  April 5. Free. Lumphini Hall, 5pm onwards

sits firmly in the category of places you keep having to return to. But this time, it feels different. The concept leans on the ocean after dark, when sunlight disappears and whole ecosystems carry on unseen. You wander through shifting light, sometimes above the waterline, sometimes beneath it, with bioluminescent creatures flickering softly around you. Details keep catching your eye. A neon wall answers your touch with imagined marine life. Seahorses glow under tinted light, rainforest corners bloom with luminous flora, and a quiet full moon hangs over goldfish. In the shark tunnel, silver ripples mimic night tides, while Gentoo penguins stand beneath drifting northern lights. Even the familiar route feels refreshed, with a small stamp trail guiding the way. Until September 20. Starts at B449 via here. SEA LIFE Bangkok

Seven voices meet on the same wall, each shaped by different cities yet speaking through the same visual code. Artists from Thailand, France and Switzerland treat graffiti less as rebellion and more as a shared language, one that carries stories of ambition, missteps and quiet persistence. Styles shift from sharp lettering to loose, almost instinctive forms, but a sense of dialogue holds everything together. Youth lingers here, with all its uncertainty and small acts of bravery. Misjudgments sit beside moments of clarity, neither cancelling the other. What stays is the belief that expression matters, even when direction feels unclear, and that instinct often knows before certainty catches up. March 20-May 3. Free. Maison JE Bangkok, 11am-7pm