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BKK Social Club
A lush hotel bar on the Chao Phraya, with a Mexico City-inspired drinks programme and room for an evening to unfold.
The Bangkok edit
Bangkok turns up the volume.
Let the dinner plates clear. There is house, techno and live jazz waiting on the other side of the evening.
Let the dinner plates clear. There is house, techno and live jazz waiting on the other side of the evening. Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.
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Stella
An intimate Art Deco bar at Capella Bangkok, with Thai-inspired drinks and a gentler pace on the riverfront.
PlaceConcerts
Elsewhere
A listening bar and electronic-music address above Silom. Follow the individual party announcement before heading up to Trinity Complex.
PlaceConcerts
The Bamboo Bar
Jazz by the river at Mandarin Oriental, with a late-evening mood quite different from Bangkok’s dance floors.
PlaceConcerts
Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre
A historic theatre gives Thai performance a dedicated evening destination.
PlaceConcerts
National Theatre Bangkok
A performance-led visit near Sanam Luang and the national museum district.
PlaceConcerts
Mustache Bangkok
House and techno on Decho Road, with a focused dance floor and a late start in the Silom neighbourhood.
PlaceConcerts
Thailand Cultural Centre
Choose an orchestral, dance or stage performance and make the Cultural Centre the anchor of the evening.
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Vesper
An intimate Silom cocktail room suits an evening built around a seat at the bar and a considered drinks menu.
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Bar Us
A tasting-menu approach to cocktails gives this Sukhumvit bar a food-minded way to structure the evening.
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Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar
Thai ingredients and an inventive cocktail menu make this a stop for drinkers curious about flavour and technique.
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Rabbit Hole
A discreet Thonglor entrance opens into a cocktail bar where the menu gives plenty to discuss across the counter.
PlaceConcerts
TEP BAR
Traditional Thai musical sounds and contemporary bar culture meet in a small Chinatown shophouse.
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Asia Today
A Soi Nana cocktail stop explores Thai ingredients with a menu that invites a little curiosity.
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Teens of Thailand
A small gin-focused bar makes an easy starting point for a Soi Nana evening in Chinatown.
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Opium Bar
An upper-floor Chinatown bar extends a night around cocktails, heritage architecture and a more secluded room.
PlaceConcerts
Smalls
A corner in Suan Phlu brings jazz, art and late conversations into a compact neighbourhood bar.
PlaceConcerts
Brown Sugar
Choose a live set at a Bangkok jazz institution and let the music set the pace for dinner and drinks.
PlaceConcerts
Saxophone Pub
A long-running Victory Monument venue puts live jazz and blues at the centre of a night out.
PlaceConcerts
Bar Temp.
A compact Chinatown dance floor gives Bangkok’s independent electronic music community a room for close-up DJ sets.
PlaceConcerts
Speakerbox
Choose an independent live show at a Thonglor venue that gives local bands and visiting artists a stage.
PlaceConcerts
Sing Sing Theater
A theatrical room turns a DJ-led night into an immersive outing in Sukhumvit.
PlaceConcerts
12x12
An intimate music bar offers a smaller-scale night shaped by selectors, records and the people around the room.
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Bar Marco
A relaxed Thonglor bar puts cocktails, wine and small plates at the centre of an unhurried evening.