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ENTERTAINMENT
LIVE MUSIC
BRICK BAR
(
www.brickbarkhaosan.com
; basement, Buddy Lodge, 265 Th Khao San; 8pm-2am; Tha Phra Athit,
Banglamphu)
This basement pub, one of our fave destinations in Bangkok for live music, hosts
a nightly revolving cast of bands for an almost exclusively Thai crowd - most of whom
will end the night dancing on the tables. Brick Bar can get infamously packed, so be sure to
get there early. Fridays and Saturdays command a 150B entry fee.
AD HERE THE 13TH
(13 Th Samsen; 6pm-midnight; Tha Phra Athit, Banglamphu)
Located beside Khlong Banglamphu,
this closet-sized blues bar is everything a neighbourhood joint should be: lots of regulars,
cold beer and heart-warming tunes delivered by a masterful house band starting at 10pm.
Everyone knows each other, so don't be shy about mingling.
LIVE MUSIC
STREET TROUBADOURS
Banglamphu is home to Bangkok's greatest concentration of live-music bars. The western stretch of Th Phra Athit
in particular is home to half a dozen back-to-back pint-sized music pubs that offer lots of loud Thai pop, but not a
whole lot of breathing room.
For something a bit more approachable, head to Th Khao San's chilled-out next door neighbour, Th Rambuttri,
where there's an abundance of open-air live-music pubs including the bluesy
Barlamphu
(Th Rambuttri;
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noon-1am; Tha Phra Athit, Banglamphu), or the poppier
Suk Sabai
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(108 Th Rambuttri; 8pm-1am; Tha Phra Athit, Banglamphu).
Elsewhere, Th Khao San is home to one of our favourite places in Bangkok for live music, Brick Bar (
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here
). Just around the corner is Triple-D (
Click here
), which occasionally hosts indie Thai rock bands, while Ad
Here the 13th (
Click here
), a Bangkok blues legend, is only a couple of blocks away.
