Shows in Bangkok

Which show to choose

Cabaret is the easiest night out. Calypso at Asiatique and Golden Dome on Ratchada are seated theatre shows of about an hour, lip-synced, so you need no Thai, and both take children. For a late night among adults, the drag bars on Silom and at Chit Lom start their shows at 21:30 and 22:30.

Muay Thai runs every night at Rajadamnern Stadium, which calls itself the world’s first Muay Thai stadium. Saturday’s Rajadamnern World Series is the big weekly card and the only night with ฿1,000 seats online. Lumpinee hosts ONE Championship on most Fridays. On Sunday afternoons, Channel 7 lets the first 400 people watch its televised fights for free.

Thai dance and Khon (the masked dance drama based on the Ramakien) mostly come with dinner in the evening. Sala Lakorn at the Anantara Riverside stages a one-hour show nightly; Sala Rim Naam at the Mandarin Oriental has dancers during a set dinner from Wednesday to Sunday. On weekday afternoons, Sala Chalermkrung stages a 25-minute Khon show for ฿400, or free with a Grand Palace ticket.

What happened to Siam Niramit?

Siam Niramit Bangkok has closed. The 2,000-seat show on Ratchada opened in 2005, shut in March 2021 during Covid, and its operator announced in September 2021 that it would not reopen. The Siam Niramit website now goes to the Phuket show, which runs every night except Tuesday.

Some ticket resellers still list the Bangkok show. If you want a staged Thai cultural show in Bangkok now, the nearest equivalent is Sala Lakorn, which opened at the Anantara Riverside in November 2025.

Booking

Each listing links to the venue’s own booking page or its official ticket seller. Calypso’s standard seat costs ฿900 online and ฿1,200 at the box office. Rajadamnern sells through Ticketmelon and Lumpinee through ThaiTicketMajor. Some resellers charged the venue’s own price when we checked, so compare with the official page before you book.

Times below are showtimes unless a doors time is given. Venues change schedules for holidays and special events, so open the listing’s link before you set off. The date beside each source tells you when we checked it.

Looking for stand-up? See the Bangkok comedy calendar.