Bangkok
Rajadamnern Stadium is Bangkok’s oldest and most venerable venue for moo·ay tai (Thai boxing; also spelt muay Thai). Be sure to buy tickets from the…
Bangkok
Rajadamnern Stadium is Bangkok’s oldest and most venerable venue for moo·ay tai (Thai boxing; also spelt muay Thai). Be sure to buy tickets from the…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
In addition to housing Thailand’s largest IMAX screen, Major Cineplex's options include the Blue Ribbon Screen, a cinema with a maximum of 72 seats, where…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Don’t let looks deceive you: every night this bland hotel lounge transforms into the city’s best venue for live jazz. True to the name, there’s comfy,…
Banglamphu
This basement pub, a favourite destination in Bangkok for live music, hosts a nightly revolving cast of bands for an almost exclusively Thai crowd – many…
Bangkok
After more than 65 years of service, the Mandarin Oriental's Bamboo Bar remains one of the city's premier locales for live jazz. Guest vocalists are flown…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
After 30 years, Saxophone remains Bangkok’s premier live-music venue – a dark, intimate space where you can pull up a chair just a few metres away from…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
A flagrantly 1960s-era cinema in central Bangkok, the Scala's one screen shows a mix of contemporary Hollywood and films from the past.
Bangkok
Bangkok has heaps of attractions that draw tourists in – great weather, fantastic bars, unbeatable food, low prices – but it's not known for being a…
Chinatown
This art-deco Bangkok landmark, a former cinema dating to 1933, is one of the few remaining places kŏhn (masked dance-drama based on stories from the…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Even Ziggy Stardust–era David Bowie has nothing on this dark, decadent, rhinestone-encrusted den, one of Bangkok's best venues for mŏr lam and lôok tûng,…
Northern Bangkok
A cultural theme park, this enchanted kingdom transports visitors to a Disneyesque version of ancient Siam with a brightly coloured stage show of…
Northern Bangkok
One of northern Bangkok’s best venues for live music, Parking Toys hosts an eclectic revolving cast of bands ranging in genre from rockabilly to electro…
Bangkok
The historic Mandarin Oriental hosts a traditional dance theatre in a sumptuous Thai pavilion located across the river in Thonburi to complement a luxury…
Bangkok
A set or two of live jazz in this elegant glass-encased perch 32 floors above the city will help you forget some of your day's woes (or life's worries)…
Bangkok
This six-storey shophouse-turned-artspace in bustling Silom has something for everyone: film screenings, indie concerts, gallery nights displaying local…
Banglamphu
Linked with Silpakorn University, Thailand's most famous arts university, jazz happens! is a stage for aspiring musical talent. With four acts playing…
Bangkok
It’s Oktoberfest all year round at this hangar-sized music-hall-cum-microbrewery. The Thai–German food is tasty, the house-brewed ales are eminently…
Banglamphu
This closet-sized blues bar is everything a neighbourhood joint should be: lots of regulars, cold beer and heart-warming tunes delivered by a masterful…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
This rustic pub is one of the few remaining places in town to hear ‘songs for life’, Thai folk music with roots in the political movements of the 1960s…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Many come to this cheesy ‘ice bar’ for the chill, the skimpily dressed waitresses and the flavoured vodka, but some discerning others come for Unicorn,…
Banglamphu
Located in a cavernous shophouse is this long-standing live-music staple. The music, which spans from funk to jazz, starts at 8pm most nights and, on…
Northern Bangkok
Bangkok’s first and biggest art-house cinema, House shows lots of foreign flicks of the non-Hollywood type. For updated screening information, check the…
Northern Bangkok
The other of Bangkok's two premier Thai boxing rings is located in a modern venue far north of town.
Ko Ratanakosin & Thonburi
The National Theatre holds performances of kŏhn (masked dance-drama based on stories from the Ramakian) at 2pm on the first and second Sundays of the…
Bangkok
Once billed as the world's most notorious red-light district, Patpong is now a much watered-down version of its former self. These days, a flea market…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
Named for its location in the middle of the embassy district, this is one of the few hotel lounges that locals make a point of visiting. Choose from an…
Chinatown
One of the only non-karaoke-based places of entertainment on Chinatown's main drag is this cosy Chinatown-themed lounge in the Shanghai Mansion hotel…
Bangkok
Located in Asiatique market, Calypso is a popular destination for gà·teu·i (also spelt kàthoey) cabaret, which features cross-dressers or transgender…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Antiques and a shophouse-like setting give Apoteka a fun, old-school feel. Stiff mixed drinks and blues-oriented bands every night from around 7pm make it…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Nana is a three-storey go-go bar complex which attracts sexpats and gawking tourists alike. It’s also home to a few gà·teu·i (Thai cross-dresser or…
Thanon Sukhumvit
This single-lane strip of raunchy bars claims direct lineage to the post–Vietnam War R&R era. A real flesh trade functions amid the flashing neons that…
Banglamphu
Although it's located one street over, Suk Sabai is the epitome of the open-air Th Khao San–style bar/restaurant, with live music played to beer-guzzling…
Banglamphu
This is a long-standing bar with live music – think Top 40 hits or perky Thai pop covers – on most nights. Despite its proximity to Th Khao San, it's a…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
With posters of Iron Maiden as interior design, and black jeans and long hair as the dress code, this long-standing, cave-like, live-music bar is Thailand…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
This large multiscreen theatre is a great place to catch up on international releases.
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
This multiplex screens a mix of Hollywood and local releases.