BK Weekend: What's on in Bangkok this Jun 23-26
Hotel Art Fair, the European Film Festival, Jam's 4th birthday, the return of Speedy Grandma, Dudesweet, Trasher, jazz at The Commons—this is one big, big weekend.
Thursday (Jun 23)
NIGHTLIFE: TJR
The American DJ and producer, best known for his hit "Funky Vodka" and "Don't Stop the Party ft. Pitbull," returns to Bangkok with his best bass-heavy electro house tracks.
Jun 23. Onyx, RCA, Rama 9 Rd.
ART: Atmosfear
Artist Yuree Kensaku has spent the past four months transforming the walls of the gallery into a large scale mural depicting an alternative universe with eccentric characters depicting her hopes and fears in a colorful and surreal style.
Jun 23-Nov 27. 100 Tonson Gallery, 100 Soi Tonson, Phloen Chit Rd.
THEATER: Death Trap
Culture Collective Studio and director Loni Berry presents an adaptation of Ira Levin's 1978 play that holds the record as the longest running comedy-triller on Broadway. The play is a highly self-referiential story about a Broadway playwright struggling to overcome a creative dryspell until he receives a thriller screenplay from one of his students. Tickets are B800-1,000.
Jun 23-Jul 3. Culture Collective Studio, Charoenkrung Soi 70
THEATER: The Disappearance of the Boy on a Sunday Afternoon
Director Thanaphon Accawatanyu, who won the Best Script award last year at the Bangkok Theater Festival, along with the Splashing Theatre troupe presents a dramatic mystery following a family after their son suddenly disappears. Tickets are B450.
Jun 23-25. Democrazy Theatre Studio, Soi Saphan Khoo, Rama 4 Rd.
TALKS: Women in Design
Discuss the power and potential for design on a global level and its role in humanity and the enviroment. The panel includes Viria Vichit-Vadakan, Director of New Business Development for Learn Education, SoMa SoM, Director of S.P.S. Gems & Jewellery Co.Ltd, and Sali Sasaki, Regional Advisor on crafts & design for the British Council (East Asia).
Jun 23. Thailand Creative and Design Center, 5/F The Emporium, Sukhumvit Soi 24
SPECIAL SCREENINGS: EU Film Festival
The European Film Festival returns to SF Cinema CentralWorld with 17 specially selected movies. Under the theme “Look to the Past, See the Future,” the films depict the growth of different European cultures to raise awareness of how we can make a better future for the next generation.
Jun 23-Jul 3. SF Cinema, CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Rd.
Friday (Jun 24)
NIGHTLIFE: Roska
The British DJ who has performed at the likes of Glastonbury and Sonar Festival spins his best house tracks that feature elements of garage, dubstep and grime.
Jun 24. Beam, 72 Courtyard, 72 Sukhumvit 55
NIGHTLIFE: S.I.S "Your Disco Needs You"
Despite the controversy of their last event, the Trasher party team are back, this time teaming up with Sing Street for a night music dedicated to the 60s-90s including disco, soul, eurotrance hits from the likes of Abba, Whitney Houston, Kylie Minogue, Beyonce, Rihanna and Britney Spears.
Jun 24. Novotel Bangkok, Siam Square Soi 6
NIGHTLIFE: The Dudesweet Conjuring
The Dudesweet party team throws a horror-themed party based around the movie The Conjuring, with the second floor playing exorcist rock and indie tunes while the third floor 60s-70s oldies, punk, funk and pop.
Jun 24. Third World Bar, Tapas, Silom Soi 4
NIGHTLIFE: Jam 4 Year Anniversary
It’s been four years since the bar provided a space for Sathorn’s indie kids to congregate, drink cheap beer and appreciate each others’ art. To celebrate their birthday, they’re holding two nights of anniversary partying to celebrate, complete with music from Jin Matutamtada, DJ Gao Lao and Melbourne’s Tek Tek Ensemble.
Jun 24-25. Jam, 41 Charoen Rat Soi 1, 083-5451-833. BTS Surasak.
NIGHTLIFE: Red Bull Thre3Style World DJ Championships
The international competition looking for the world's best DJs lands in Bangkok along with past champions DJ Byte and Shintaro. They'll both be performing along with six local contenders.
Jun 24. Ce La Vie (formerly Ku De Ta), 39/F, Sathorn Square Complex, 98 Sathorn Rd. BTS Chong Nonsi
ART: Nocturne
Taipei-born artist Nana Chen presents a series of photographs capturing Chinatown at night.
Jun 24. Project 189 Bangkok, 189 Soi Nana, Mitrijit Rd.
ART: There I Was, Underground, Bending the Light
Artists Evan Dawson and Paige Phillips, along with a team of performers, present an art installation using fabric to create a pop-up space where the audience will be enclosed with the performers as they perform a surrealistic piece using kaleidescopes, sculptures and light to create a new world.
Jun 24-25. Cho Why, Soi Nana 17, Chinatown
SPECIAL SCREENINGS: The Good Lie
In the occasion of World Refugee Day, the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center hosts a free screening of Philippe Falardeau's 2014 drama starring Reese Witherspoon which follows a group of Sudanese orphans on a difficult journey to a refugee camp in Kenya. The screening will be accompanied by a photo exhibition capturing refugee life as well as talks by guest speakers.
Jun 24. 5/F Auditorium, BACC, 939 Rama 1 Rd.
Saturday (Jun 25)
NIGHTLIFE: Resurrection
Speedy Grandma returns after a four-month hiatus with a huge party featuring four live bands and a DJ set from Natchanol Vatanakuljaras, Radical Rat, Takeshi Kajiwara, Tek Tek Ensemble and DJ Krit Morton.
Jun 25, 7pm. Speedy Grandma, 672/50-52 Charoen Krung Soi 28
GIGS: Sanamluang Music Playtime
Sanamluang Music School and Rockademy joins forces for this event combining music and shopping. Taking on the live stage are acoustic pop singer Singto Numchok and acoustic jazz band Hers.
Jun 25. Rockademy Thailand, Sukhumvit Soi 26
ART: Hotel Art Fair
An exhibition which takes the best artworks from the city's top galleries and independent artists, including Serindia Gallery, H Gallery, Atta Gallery and Gallery Ver, and brings them to display inside designer hotel rooms as part of a mobile art exhibition. This year's highlight includes a live drawing performance by Douglas Diaz and celebrity guest curators, Sutima Sucharitakul and Jitsing Somboon, who will also be showing their private art collections.
Jun 25-26. Ad Lib Bangkok Hotel, 230/5 Sukhumvit Soi 1
FAIRS: Sneaker Party Thailand
The biggest sneaker market in Thailand promises many street fashion brands selling new and second-hand sneakers, plus an exclusive rare sneaker exhibition and a sneaker live paiting session by the bass guitarist from rock band Paradox with revenues donated to the Phlook Loei initiative that is dedicated to planting trees in the Nan district. Tickets available at goo.gl/DMbrJF.
Jun 25. CentralPlaza Lardprao, 1693 Paholyothin Rd.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS: FilmVirus Wildtype
A two-day event dedicated to screening short films, ranging from global classics to new independent works, with the first day covering styles of fiction, documentary and experimental and the second day screening mockumentary, fiction and rough.
Jun 25-26. The Reading Room, Silom Soi 19
OUT OF TOWN: Warp Music Festival: Lost on Jupiter
Promising 6 parties over 30 hours featuring 23 artists, Thailand’s “first EDM festival on the beach” returns. Top DJs set to appear include Marshmello (US), an anonymous bassheavy producer who hides behind a glowing white mask, and Lookas (US), who was named in the top 10 of Billboard’s Rising Artist Chart. The line-up also features progressive house duo Matisse & Sadko (Russia), electro artist Valentino Khan (US) and trap DJ Sam Collins (Germany).
June 25, 4pm. Warp Station Base, Pattaya, Chonburi.
WHY NOT: Bangkok Train Station celebrates 100th anniversary
In order to celebrate it's 100th birthday, The Bangkok Train Sation hosts a whole day of traditional shows including the ranad show Hom Rong as well as stand up comedians and plenty of live music. There also promises to be an exhibition detailing the grand history of the station along with State Railway Thailand's 114 years of history. The highlight, however, is the showcase of four old locomotives that have been refurbished with new carriages.
June 25. Hua Lamphong Train Station
Sunday (Jun 26)
GIGS: La Sonida De La Habana
Latin guitarist Clark Berger performs a set performance that includes flamenco, classical, jazz, blues and celtic tunes, all set in the moody vibe of the secret bar.
June 26. Havana Social, Sukhumvit Soi 26.
GIGS: Jazz on Sunday
The community mall's weekly jazz afternoon returns for its fourth edition, this time featuring music from Pisut Pratheepasena on the tenor sax along with surprise special guests.
June 26. The Commons, Thonglor Soi 17
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