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.
Address: 45 Soi Sukhumvit 45, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
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.
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.
The Bamboo Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bangkok is the city's oldest jazz room, opened 1953. Bamboo screens, rattan armchairs, a jazz vocalist plus band Mon-Sat from 20:00.
Tip: Smart casual enforced, the only no-collared-tee bar on the riverside. Reserve via the hotel; cocktails from 700 baht, music charge after 20:00.