13 editor picks across Thailand.
13 live music worth the night across Thailand, editor-ranked. All Thailand guides.
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.
TipSmart casual enforced, the only no-collared-tee bar on the riverside. Reserve via the hotel; cocktails from 700 baht, music charge after 20:00.
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.
TipLive 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 nightly jazz, blues, funk and reggae.
TipNo 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.
Adhere the 13th in Bangkok's Banglamphu is the shophouse blues bar a block north of Khao San Road. Eight tables, nightly live sets, walls papered with gig posters.
TipArrive before 21:00 for a seat, the room fills fast. No cover, beer from 120 baht, no card. The bandstand is two metres from the front table.
Brown Sugar in Bangkok has been the city's jazz pub since 1985, now anchored on Chinatown's Soi Nana. Two sets nightly with veterans Chai Blues and Mellow Motif regulars.
TipClosed Mondays. Showcases for touring acts run the last Fri-Sat of each month. No cover, food menu through the night.
The Iron Fairies on Thonglor is Ashley Sutton's gothic fantasy bar: a faux-blacksmith forge filled with wrought-iron fairies, nightly jazz on a tiny upstairs stage.
TipLive jazz from 21:00 nightly, no cover. Famous burger plus cocktail combo around 600 baht. Look for the unmarked black door off Thonglor.
Bebop Live Music Bar on VELA's second floor is Old Town's best-known jazz room, a grand piano and house band playing jazz, soul and blues from around 9pm.
TipBook ahead for a table near the stage on Friday or Saturday; there is no cover but tips for the band are expected.
A riverside arts venue near Narawat Bridge hosting jazz, funk, blues and world-music nights, one of the most eclectic live-music rooms in the city.
TipCheck the schedule before you go; some nights are ticketed gigs and the good seats fill early.
Ska Bar is a small reggae bar under a huge old tree where Kata Beach meets the rocks, playing reggae daily with a fire show on the sand some evenings.
TipThere is no car park; walk along the beach past the last hotels at the southern end of Kata Yai, and ask on the day which nights the fire show runs.
Michel Angelo's Bar, Lounge and Diner runs a different live set every night in Phuket Town, from a Monday jam and Tuesday jazz to a Sunday open mic.
TipSets run 20:30 to midnight; check the week's genre schedule on their Facebook page before you go.
The Garage OG on Patak Road in Karon, Phuket, is a live-music bar of shipping containers and oil-drum tables where a resident band plays rock covers.
TipThe bar is cash only with no cover charge; the band starts around 21:30 and front tables fill first, so arrive before 21:00.
An Old City live-music bar with nightly Thai bands and a warm local crowd, a reliable spot to catch acoustic and pop-rock sets inside the moat.
TipBands usually start around 21:00; it is a sit-down music bar rather than a dance club, good for a relaxed late drink.
So What Bar is a graffiti-walled courtyard hangout off a small Old Town lane, where blues jam sessions turn a quiet beer garden into a singalong.
TipLive music is not scheduled every night; check their social media for the jam-session calendar before making the trip.
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