Beam in Bangkok's Thonglor is the four-level underground club inside 72 Courtyard, open since 2016. Tech-house and techno on a Function-One rig, the city's serious-music room.
Tip: Doors usually 21:00 Wed-Sat. Cover 300-500 baht, photo ID required, smart casual. Limited capacity on the main floor, queue early for international bookings.
Address: 72 Soi Sukhumvit 55, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Sing Sing Theater in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 45 is the 1930s Shanghai-styled club with wrought-iron screens and lanterns. House and electronic DJs alongside cabaret performers.
Tip: Doors 21:00 Tue-Sat. No cover most nights, table reservations via SevenRooms. Smart casual, photo ID, dancing kicks off after midnight.
Onyx on Royal City Avenue is Bangkok's stadium-style EDM room, opened October 2015 with a 2,500-capacity main stage. D&B Audiotechnik rig and superstar headliner bookings.
Tip: Doors 21:00 nightly, peak crowd from 23:30. Cover 300-500 baht with one drink, photo ID required. Table bookings via Clubbable for prime view of the booth.
Route 66 on Royal City Avenue is a long-running RCA mainstay split into three rooms: hip-hop main, Thai pop side, and an EDM annex. The student and 20s crowd anchor of RCA.
Tip: Cover 200-400 baht with two drinks. Multiple rooms charged separately, photo ID required. The hip-hop room runs latest on Fri-Sat.
Sing Sing Theater in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 45 is the 1930s Shanghai-styled club with wrought-iron screens and lanterns. House and electronic DJs alongside cabaret performers.
Tip: Doors 21:00 Tue-Sat. No cover most nights, table reservations via SevenRooms. Smart casual, photo ID, dancing kicks off after midnight.
CE LA VI Bangkok occupies the 39th floor of Sathorn Square Tower, brought from Singapore in 2017 as a renaming of KU DE TA. Sky bar plus club lounge, big-name DJs at weekends.
Tip: Cover 500-1,000 baht on weekends, smart casual enforced. Sky Bar opens 17:00, club room kicks off after 22:00 Fri-Sat with table service the norm.
Onyx on Royal City Avenue is Bangkok's stadium-style EDM room, opened October 2015 with a 2,500-capacity main stage. D&B Audiotechnik rig and superstar headliner bookings.
Tip: Doors 21:00 nightly, peak crowd from 23:30. Cover 300-500 baht with one drink, photo ID required. Table bookings via Clubbable for prime view of the booth.
Route 66 on Royal City Avenue is a long-running RCA mainstay split into three rooms: hip-hop main, Thai pop side, and an EDM annex. The student and 20s crowd anchor of RCA.
Tip: Cover 200-400 baht with two drinks. Multiple rooms charged separately, photo ID required. The hip-hop room runs latest on Fri-Sat.
Tep Bar in Bangkok's Chinatown is the Soi Nana shophouse bar opened in 2015. Live Thai folk and classical music Fri-Sun from 19:00, house-infused Thai herbal cocktails.
Tip: Live music charges around 200 baht on performance nights. Walk-in for the early set, reserve a stage-front table after 20:00 on weekends.
Saxophone Pub at Victory Monument is Bangkok's longest-running live-music institution, open since 1987. Two-level wood-and-brick room with jazz, blues, funk, and reggae nightly.
Tip: No cover, drinks from 180 baht. Two sets nightly, the after-midnight Fri-Sat funk set is the marquee. BTS Victory Monument exit 4, two-minute walk.