Welcome to the Weekend Warrior, wherein we not only gyre and wabe with a multitude of mimsy borogoves but hone a gleaming snicker-snack on the vorpal blades of all our beamish girls and boys.
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Friday
Get ready to lurk the halls of Museum Siam for the annual series of evening explorations in Night at the Museum. This year’s theme, Kin Dai or “edible,” will feature temporary exhibitions about Thailand’s tasty gastronomic culture, food stalls and cooking workshops on everything from lemongrass chicken to basil rice and soup.
6 pm to 10 pm, Friday to Sunday. Free entry. Museum Siam, Phra Nang Klao Road. Chao Phraya River Express Big C Pier.
The Silom Renaissance continues with the grand opening of the Mode Sathorn by Siam@Siam. Marketed as Bangkok’s “first party hotel”, the new venue is throwing open the doors from the rooftop down to pool bar with local and international DJs. The man behind the entertainment is local party promoter Daryl Scott, who previously featured midgets lacquered in silver paint to look like extraterrestrials at Bash’s grand opening. While we’re still having nightmares about his costume for Bed’s closing – a bride with an umbilical cord and baby doll dragging behind – we’re of course expecting this to be an interesting rager.
Friday to Sunday. Free entry, no tank tops or sandals allowed. Mode Sathorn, 144 North Sathorn Road, Silom. BTS Surasak.
There aren’t many Thai DJs playing house and techno in the local underground scene, so that’s what makes this event such a treat. Glow Nightclub has rounded up four of the best, DJs Ekanan, Wintix, Oum and With Love’s cuddly Superstar Panda to hit the decks solo and back-to-back.
9 pm. THB 300 including one drink. Glow Nightclub, Sukhumvit 23. BTS Asoke Station, MRT Sukhumvit.
Saturday
If you get out of bed for anything this weekend, let this be it – four femme-fatales from Chiang May playing garage punk rock. We first fell in love with Itchy Band at a Harmonica gig last year, but since then the punk band – who by the way, get its name from the Thai word for “horny” – has released its second album, Live Fast Die Fun. While these ladies are certainly easy on the eyes, it doesn’t change the fact they can drop gut-tearing guitar licks layered with heavy cymbals and screaming like nobody’s business.
9 pm. Zoo, Free entry. 19 Prachathipatai Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok. Walking distance from Democracy Monument.
Buy stuff or gifts or just hang out: Speedy Grandma Yard Sale
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Whether you want to pick up some craft projects or gifts or just hang out and drink some beer and listen to music, the deviants at Speedy Grandma art gallery have you covered. From noon to midnight, near Chinatown. Check the link for a map.
Get the hell out of Bangkok and into paradise this weekend with KEMF (Kloud Electronic Musical Festival) going down in Samut Songkhram, near Amphawa floating moarket. The party, happening all weekend, features a daytime pool chill-out session and outdoor jungle party into the early hours. The VIP package is THB 4,500 and includes an overnight bungalow, three tickets and breakfast – perfect for a sweet little getaway with some friends. See the Facebook event page for more details.
12 pm until Sunday. THB 1,000 including two drinks. Amphawa Club Resort, Samut Songkhram.
Sunday
Polishing off this last weekend before Christmas hols, is another edition of Ground Control at Harmonica. This time around the venue’s rounded up Japanese folk act 2090, Thai-Japanese instrumental rockers aire, local psychedelic-alt outfit Zweedz n’ roll and Harmonica regulars, Wednesday.
8 pm. THB 100. Harmonica, Ozono, Petchaburi 38/1. MRT Petchaburi.
