Chiang Mai Entertainment

  1. Drunken Flower (Mao Dokmai)

    Drunken Flower is a cosy indoor/outdoor bar and restaurant with a mixed Thai and expat crowd, especially local NGO staffers. There's plenty to nosh on while drinking. Most weekends locals perform live folk music.

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  2. Fashion House

    Students fill this two-room club. The hip hop room is always full, the techno one is quieter. The bands are pretty dodgy but the DJ is good.

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  3. Good View

    Good View changes bands frequently and is quite popular. It also has a restaurant .

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  4. Heaven Beach

    Behind the building that houses the Yoy Pocket is a cluster of rustic outdoor bars catering to backpackers and expats. In this area is the rustic Heaven Beach which often features live local bands.

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  5. Le Brasserie

    Le Brasserie is a popular late-night spot to listen to live bands play rock and blues. Expect to hear Hendrix, Cream, Dylan, Marley, and other 1960s and '70s classics. Food service is available inside the bar or out the back by the river.

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  7. Pinte Blues Pub

    This place deserves some sort of award for staying in business so long (more than 20 years) while serving only espresso and beer, and for sticking to a the blues music format the whole time.

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  8. Rasta Café

    Behind the building that houses the Yoy Pocket is a cluster of rustic outdoor bars catering to backpackers and expats. Rasta Café, the first one to open in this area (and still the largest), plays recorded reggae, dub, African and Latin music, and is quite popular in the high season.

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  9. Riverside Bar & Restaurant

    In a twinkly setting on Mae Nam Ping, this is one of the longest-running live music venues in Chiang Mai. Two cover bands play at either end of the rambling wooden buildings nightly. It's usually packed with both foreigners and Thais on weekends, so arrive early to get a table on the veranda overlooking the river. There are two indoor bars, both full of regulars, and the food is reliably good.

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  10. UN Irish Pub

    This is a comfortable place with the food area downstairs, and the bar upstairs. There's nothing particularly Irish here other than some kitsch on the walls and a dark-green décor. The range of beer on offer is impressive, and there's live music on Tuesday and Friday, plus quiz nights on Thursday and a TV for watching football.

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  11. Warm-Up

    This relaxed place is filled with Thai trendsters and a smattering of Westerners. Hang out in the pretty decked courtyard area with lots of seating and various bars, or dance manically to the latest tunes in the two glass enclosed dance floors. Regular live music is a feature here too.

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