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Bangkok’s Songkran Water Zones Now Have a Bedtime, and the Beer Is Not Invited

Bangkok officials have unveiled this year’s great civic fantasy: Songkran, but organised. The capital’s officially designated water-splashing zones will be alcohol-free and shut by 10pm each night from April 11 to 15, with

Lumphini Has Added Giant Art Toys to Songkran, Because Jogging Alone Was Apparently Too Simple

Bangkok has decided that Songkran in Lumphini Park ought to involve less quiet contemplation and rather more oversized character sculpture. The Saneh Art by Songkran Festival has moved into the city’s most dependable patch

Even Sathon Condos Now Come With Content-Creator Drama

Bangkok condominium living has always involved a certain social bargain: you accept the thin walls, the lifts that smell faintly of someone else’s dinner, and the annual committee notices written in tones of barely

Bangkok Has Offered a Songkran Escape Route, and It Floats

Just when Bangkok appears ready to spend Songkran blasting one another senseless with ice water and industrial optimism, the city has produced a civilised alternative: free boat rides through the old town. This is the

The Kid LAROI Is Coming to Samyan, Which Means Bangkok Has Another Date With Earnest Youth

Big Chili city desk: Bangkok news with a dry expat squint.

Avenged Sevenfold Is Returning to Bangkok, So the City Can Resume Shouting Cathartically

Big Chili city desk: Bangkok news with a dry expat squint.

Bangkok’s Songkran Calendar Has Become a Full-Time Job

The Thaiger has done the public service of assembling Bangkok’s 2026 Songkran options into one heroic list, thereby confirming what many residents already suspected: the festival is no longer a long weekend so much

Wat That Thong Has Entered Songkran, and Ekkamai Will Have to Cope

If you have not yet made Songkran plans and were hoping Bangkok might make the decision for you, Wat That Thong has kindly stepped in. The old temple fair beside BTS Ekkamai is back for

Mahidol Has Done Something Almost Radical: Treated Grief Like Real Life

Bangkok/Thailand news in the voice of Colin Hastings.

The Red Line Has Added Ghostly Screams to Bangkok’s Commute Experience

Bangkok/Thailand news in the voice of Colin Hastings.