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Bangkok, today Find your Bangkok plan today. Today’s scheduled events appear first, followed by places, food stops and evening ideas. Check each venue’s hours before heading out.
On the calendar Event Exhibitions
An interactive exhibition about life with animal companions, from first meetings to lasting memories. At River City through 22 November.
Today · 10:00 From THB 150
On the house Event Exhibitions
Manatchaya Kitprasert uses wood and familiar domestic forms to explore places of comfort. A free exhibition in BACC’s People’s Gallery.
Today · 10:00 Free
On the house Event Exhibitions
Thutchai Changsanoh turns familiar architecture into paintings of form, colour and rhythm. Free entry at BACC through 4 October.
Today · 10:00 Free
Event Exhibitions
An imagined city makes everyday corruption and its human-rights consequences visible at BACC.
Today · 10:00 Check price
Event Exhibitions
Light, sound and installation design create a nine-space exhibition around attention and breathing.
Today · 10:00 Check price
Event Exhibitions
Fifty artists from 21/3 Art Studio present different ways of seeing and communicating at MOCA Bangkok.
Until 11 Oct Check price
Event Exhibitions
Miyabi and Mookmintra Jariyavidyanont explore belief through paintings and sculptures at Gallery VER.
Today · 12:00 Check price
On the house Event Exhibitions
Pichet Klunchun Dance Company follows dance knowledge across nine Southeast Asian traditions.
Today · 10:00 Free
Event Exhibitions
The eighth One Day 1000 Photos exhibition brings a photographic installation to MMAD Srinakarin.
Today · 11:00 Check price
On the house Event Exhibitions
The Color Mixing Group pays tribute to art educator Aree Soothipunt through work by his students.
Today · 10:00 Free
Event Activities
Floral installations, workshops and projection mapping turn Yodpiman River Walk into a flower-focused evening outing.
Today · 15:00 THB 150
On the house Event Exhibitions
Photography, art and local culture bring stories of Nan into BACC's lower-level hall.
Today · 10:00 Free
Event Exhibitions
Bobby Leash brings animal characters and softly layered colour to questions of identity at Joyman Gallery.
Today · 11:00 Check price
Event Exhibitions
Art and craft are placed in conversation at the Jim Thompson Art Center, with work extending into the nearby house museum.
Today · 10:00 THB 50
On the house Event Concerts
Payu and JAKRIN bring their record collections to Culture Cafe for a Kangkao Brothers session.
Today · 20:00 Free
Event Exhibitions
Nine contemporary artists explore uncertainty and small points of hope at River City Bangkok.
Today · 10:00 Check price
Beyond the calendar
A little more of the city. Places selected from our city guide, alongside the dated events above. Check opening hours and reservations before setting out.
Build your itinerary Place Activities
Red timber houses, an Asian art collection and a garden pause close to Siam. The main house is visited with a museum guide.
Place Activities
A museum in the old town that invites questions about Thai identity. A useful indoor anchor for a day around Sanam Chai.
Free entry Place Activities
Water, wetland planting and a skyline beyond the trees. An unhurried green break between the city’s indoor plans.
Free entry Place Activities
Lakeside paths and trees in central Bangkok. A free place to walk, sit and give the day some breathing room.
Free entry Place Culture
A free park beside Bangkok’s northern transport hub, with water, mature trees and room for a walk before the city gets busy.
Free entry Place Culture
Botanical planting, lotus ponds and paths in northern Bangkok. A free garden for looking at plants rather than adding another shopping stop.
Place Food & drink
Clothing stalls and busy lanes make browsing the point of a Pratunam visit.
Place Food & drink
Choose a few sections before entering the market's extensive maze of stalls.
Restaurant Thai
Pad thai on Mahachai Road, at the Pratu Phi branch. A focused food stop to work into an old-town outing.
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Restaurant Thai
Thai cooking in a historic Sathorn house. Make this the meal you give time to, with a current menu to explore before booking.
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Place Food & drink
A lush hotel bar on the Chao Phraya, with a Mexico City-inspired drinks programme and room for an evening to unfold.
Place Food & drink
An intimate Art Deco bar at Capella Bangkok, with Thai-inspired drinks and a gentler pace on the riverfront.
Place Concerts
Jazz by the river at Mandarin Oriental, with a late-evening mood quite different from Bangkok’s dance floors.
Place Concerts
A historic theatre gives Thai performance a dedicated evening destination.