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

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

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

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

Pride Month brings a compelling reason to make tracks for Yaowarat, where new contemporary gallery Adult Material opens its doors with Against the Grain on June 18. Tucked among the neighbourhood’s glowing alleyways, the inaugural exhibition assembles artists from Bangkok, Berlin, Singapore and New York whose work probes identity, masculinity and the stories societies tell about belonging. Across sculpture, photography, installation and design, inherited symbols take on fresh meaning while intimacy, desire and power come under scrutiny. Expect standout contributions from Shen Wei, Oat Montien, Dylan Chan, Gregor Jahner and Thyme Neelaphanakul, alongside plenty to spark conversation long after you leave. June 18-August 15. Free entry. Adult Material. 1pm-6pm

More than two decades after staging exhibitions, publishing books and making art happenings together, four artists reunite for a long-overdue catch-up. The 4 Devils brings P7, Lolay, Tinnakorn Kasornsuwan and Wutigorn Kongka back together after years spent building separate practices across Thailand's contemporary art scene. Shared history sits alongside fresh perspectives as paintings, ideas and memories bounce from one wall to the next. Rather than looking back with nostalgia alone, the show asks what remains after years apart, and what happens when old collaborators return with plenty more to say. June 27-August 5. Free entry. La Lanta Fine Art. 10am-7pm