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

Hua Takhe Old Market spends the month in bloom as Rakdok Floral Weeks 2026 returns under the theme ‘Flower to Spread Smiles’. The festival winds through weathered shophouses, wooden walkways and quiet corners of the canalside neighbourhood. What began as a flower-arranging showcase in 2020 has grown into a community-wide exhibition designed to be wandered through rather than viewed from a distance. Twenty floral works by artists, local residents and competition winners tell their own stories while casting fresh light on one of Bangkok’s most characterful old markets. July 4-August 2. Free entry. Hua Takhe Old Market. 10am-6pm

PUN returns to the stage with The Space Between Dream and Dawn – Comeback Show, his first live performance since completing his ordination. Picking up where MUSEUM OF SOMNIA – An Embodied Music Experience left off, the concert revisits the songs and stories that shaped the project while opening a new chapter. PUN oversees every detail, from the setlist and narrative to the staging, lending the evening a distinctly personal touch. Tickets are reserved for visitors who attended the MUSEUM OF SOMNIA exhibition with either a One-time Pass or Four-times Pass, making this a rare reunion with the fans who have followed the journey from the start. July 25-August 8. B299-1,299 via here. centralwOrld LIVE. 11am-10pm

Three decades after Detective Conan first arrives on television, the long-running mystery series gets its first Southeast Asian anniversary exhibition. The show traces the anime's history from early sketches and storyboards to voice recording, music and final animation, offering a closer look at the work behind one of Japan's biggest franchises. Highlights include life-sized recreations of memorable scenes, a storyboard wall spanning 30 years and a screening room showing an exclusive anniversary film. Pick up an assigned collectible ticket on arrival, then finish with a browse through exclusive merchandise made specially for the exhibition. July 23-November 8. B250-900 via here. FreeAttraction Hall, ICONSIAM. 10am-9pm

Japanese craftsmanship has long balanced painstaking technique with a playful streak, and The Superlative Artistry of Japan shows how little that has changed over the past 150 years. After touring internationally since 2017, the exhibition finally arrives in Thailand, bringing together Meiji-era masterpieces and contemporary design in one thoughtful survey. Rather than separating tradition from pop culture, the exhibition shows how the same careful approach continues to shape Japanese creativity across generations. July 25-August 23. Free entry. First floor, TCDC Bangkok. 10.30am-7pm

Seoul-born party collective Lazberry makes its Bangkok debut with a club night built around care, respect and good music rather than big-name hype. Created to offer a safer space for FLINTA communities, the event welcomes anyone willing to share the dancefloor with the same spirit. There’s selectors like Xing Xing, Uni, Elaheh and Sarayu soundtracking the night with sets while Bart Temp's intimate room keeps the focus firmly on the people in front of the speakers. Come for the music, stay for the sense of community and enjoy a club night where everyone gets the chance to dance comfortably on their own terms. August 2. B300 at the door. Bar Temp. 9pm-2am

Artist DAYY makes ordinary packaging the subject of a clever exhibition about how easily appearances shape perception. Using the centuries-old trompe-l'œil technique, the paintings recreate cardboard boxes, tape, labels and shipping seals with startling precision, forcing a second look at objects most of us barely register. The works ask how value and identity change when the outer layer shifts but the contents remain the same. It is a thoughtful show that finds unexpectedly big questions in the most familiar everyday materials. July 11-August 2. Free entry. KYLA Gallery & Wine Bar. 3pm-midnight

Sichuan cooking is about far more than heat. Man Ho’s new Summer Sichuan Selection focuses on freshness, fragrance and balance, pairing green Sichuan peppercorns with pickled chillies, citrus notes and premium ingredients. Standouts include steamed bamboo fish with fresh peppercorns, poached Australian beef in aromatic chilli broth and sliced abalone with Sichuan peppercorn dressing. It is a seasonal menu packed with flavour without relying on fiery spice alone. Until August 31. From B690++. Man Ho Chinese Restaurant, JW Marriott Bangkok

A long dim sum menu can be intimidating, so Xian Yuan has done the choosing for you. Its new tasting sets offer either five classic steamed favourites or five signature fried selections, each paired with a cocktail or mocktail. It is a straightforward way to sample the restaurant’s Cantonese cooking without committing to a tableful of dishes, whether you are visiting for the first time or simply cannot decide what to order. Until October 31. B488++ per set. Xian Yuan, Dusit Central Park

Craft here reads like a way of staying present. The exhibition looks at time across Thailand and Southeast Asia as something layered and cyclical, shaped by ritual, labour and shared experience rather than strict progression. Makers move between past and present with a quiet ease, holding inherited knowledge while adjusting to what now demands. Objects carry that negotiation, each one marked by repetition. Slowness becomes intentional, offering an alternative to constant speed and easy consumption. Nothing feels rushed, yet nothing stands still either.  April 30-16 August. Free. Jim Thompson Art Center, 10am-6pm

First staged in Cheongju Craft Biennale, this group exhibition arrives in Bangkok following a debut as the Invited Country Pavilion in Cheongju, South Korea. The project grows from an ongoing exchange between Thailand and the Republic of Korea, setting craft alongside contemporary art across Southeast and East Asia. At its core sits ‘Elastic Time’, a curatorial thread that questions how time behaves across the region. Forget neat timelines. Here, past, present and future overlap, repeat and quietly reshape one another. The Cheongju edition sets the tone as a cross-cultural conversation, where material, process and memory carry equal weight. Artists approach craft not as something fixed, but as a way to consider what unfolds now, and what might come next. Until August 16. Free. Jim Thompson Art Center. 10am-6pm