Welcoming all from distant lands or nearby sois, our party scene is always thriving and surviving, offering pop-anthem worship and bawdy meat markets to sinister underground beat-fests. Here’s some of the fun available this weekend:
Friday
The Hormones party series is back, and there is reason to unabashedly dress up in overly short school skirts (or pants) again. Ladies in school uniform get free shots, and there will be a best-dressed competition. Spinning on the DJ stage will be resident DJ crew Over Brothers.
10pm, free, WIP168, BTS Ekkamai
A night of electro and progressive house brought to you by SoniceBoom and Surface to Air.
9pm, free, Aftermoon, Karaoke City, Ekamai-Raminthra
Saturday
Chew on “disco-bread” and visit the “boogie-circus” with Aussie Jr. Dynamite and other spinners from Germany, the UK, and Japan at the bordello-cum-nightclub.
10pm, Black Pagoda, Soi Patpong 2, THB250 includes one drink
Jam out to hip-hop brought by a slew of artists from Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. It is a feast of talents with Kimmese, Vietnam’s first female rapper, and 17-year-old Malaysian DJ Biggie, who has several DJ competitions under his belt.
9pm, THB360 includes two drinks, Onyx, RCA
From Brighton comes DJ Martin Reeves with a concoction of bass-heavy hip-hop, funk, EDM and more.
9pm, free, Ku De Ta, Sathorn Road, BTS Chong Nonsi
SHAPES presents URDIO livestream
SHAPES is back, this time with a live online stream by Urdio. Expect house and techno brought to you by Viking DJ The Outsider and British DJ TipTap.
10pm, Glow, THB350 includes one drink, Soi Sukhumvit 23, BTS Asoke
A two-hour artist showcase concert by local rock bands from The Voice Thailand.
10pm, Route 66, Free, RCA
Catch Renaissance man Reuben Wu while he’s back in Bangkok ‒ there doesn’t seem to be a thing Wu can’t do, as the Brit is a musician, engineer, photographer, producer. The list goes on!
10pm, Grease, 46/12 Sukhumvit Soi 49, free
Monday
Afreek returns for those who like their brand of freak straight from the source of the Mother continent. Step into Moose for some of the “roots of origins” jumpin’ afrobeats.
Free, Moose, Soi Ekkamai 21, BTS Ekkamai
