Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — A Bangkok lawyer, Khmer activist, Egyptian feminist and more will converge at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Join the brave next week as artists and human rights activists will come down in Bangkok for art, music and talks.

BANGKOK — Sun, sand, sea and sex are what some might expect when traveling to the Land of Smiles. Behind the infamous prostitution industry are hidden the lives and dreams of workers, all of which a director reflected through documentary theater.

RAYONG — Two weeks before an annual music festival on Koh Samet was to be held, its organizer finally announced Thursday it would not happen, two weeks after the authorities said as much.

When it comes to underground electronic tunes in Bangkok, it was always the smaller, independent clubs brave enough to say “fuck you” to commercial music and do something different. In the mid-’90s, Deeper in Soi Silom 4 sparked the flame for the city’s rave scene, in the early 2000s cafe Democ gave local crews a venue to perform, and in 2014 Dark Bar became the place that gave Bangkok’s next-gen DJs and promoters a place to be heard.

NAKHON PATHOM — Favorite Japanese anime themes will explode from the small screen to full orchestral sound in a concert hall next month.

BANGKOK — Russian ballet troupes will fly in to show their steps in Bangkok along with talented performers from around the world at this year’s International Festival of Dance and Music.

BANGKOK — See two Mesopotamian construction workers labor over the Tower of Babel, explore a straight man’s sexuality while sharing intimate moments with his gay buddy and laugh at the absurdist journey of a dying man who faces a doctor, a bully and his domineering wife.

BANGKOK — A celebration of the capital’s alternative art and music scene will return in June after a long hiatus.

BANGKOK — With tickets selling out almost as soon as they went on sale and fan drama on Britney Spears’ extra show, the party monsters of Trasher are throwing a prep party for her followers a week before the show.

BANGKOK — A second Britney Spears concert was announced Thursday in response to the overwhelming demand for tickets after the first date sold out in less than an hour.