Lucie Grace

As we are still very much in the throes of Chiang Mai’s festival season (anyone doing the Gaia Beats, Chiang Dao Punk Fest and Shambhala triple-header. we salute you), this interim weekend is all about getting out into the city and enjoying yourself. Play, make, create and maybe do some healing if you’re nursing a post-fest haze. There are sound baths, yin yoga and ecstatic dance at Eudemonia’s Organic Nights so get ready to recharge after, well, whatever you’ve been up to. Retro Recess will make you scale the streets like never before or get crafty and squeaky clean at Attika Studio’s artisan soap-making class. It’s all to play for.    Gunning for a party? From the classy affair at 1921 House, where the team at Brit Bar will transport you back to the 1970s, to the heady global beats at Pura Vida’s Latin Multiverse shindig, there are plenty of opportunities for dancing afoot. There’s even a techno legend in town: Thai-born, Berlin-based DJ Nakadia is heading up to the Liquid Rooms to make some serious waves. And Sunday rounds the weekend off with community and philanthropy at DemoCrazy! who are hosting a mega-day of fundraising for those who like to dig deep and drink deeper.

This Sunday, DemoCrazy! is hosting one of the city’s biggest fundraising events of the year, aptly named No One is Free Until Everyone is Free. A packed schedule of workshops and activities that run all morning and afternoon, the main question is deciding what to attend – will it being a chance to get arty and learn how to make your own zines and comics, learn some self care self massage skills or bliss out at a healing sound bath or cacao ceremony. All activities are priced individually, plus there’s a cafe and thrift stalls to check out so pop in and dig deep – 100% of funds raised go to The Sameer Project in Gaza and Minmahaw School in Mae Sot, supporting kids from Myanmar.   Feb 1. B100. DemoCrazy! Chiang Mai. 9am-6pm