BANGKOK'S BEST WHAT'S ON MAGAZINES
Catherine from WomenLearningThai recently posed an interesting question to me on Twitter. She asked: "What are the best magazines for keeping up-to-date with what's happening in Bangkok?"
There are a few English language magazine that are aimed at informing visitors and expats about current events in the Thai capital. Starting with free magazine there's the weekly BK Magazine and Guru. Both can be easily found in coffee shops and on the counters of some bookstores throughout Bangkok. The latter is also distributed with Friday's edition of The Bangkok Post. Also free and monthly is the recently launched Do Pocazine.
Paid-for monthly magazine that are worth looking at are Bangkok 101 - which aims more towards tourists and visitors - and Big Chili which is more focused more towards expats.
There are problems relying on magazines for what's on information. New events are often scheduled after magazines have gone to print because, for monthlies especially, deadlines are so far in advance. Many magazines also contain a significant amount of reporting of events that have already happened - not much use if you're looking for an event this weekend.
There's no local edition of global events and listings magazine TimeOut! in Thailand yet. There are editions in Malaysia and Singapore. I know several publishers have been exploring the licensing opportunities here in recent years but nothing has appeared.
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That's why online is taking off. Monthly, weekly, even daily still can't give you real time updates. And knowing how Thais work, things always come in last minute.
Agreed Kitty. Online is the best option for what's on - but can you think of a decent English website that does that currently? I guess CNNGo comes the closest.
I was not aware that CNNGo had an events calender for BKK. Or anything close.
From what I can see (I briefly checked), it has opinion articles and tips for tourists.
Most BKK focused sites and mags have the staples, with a few coming events thrown in.
We need the meat :-)
I don't know if you'll allow this self publicity! But AngloINFO Bangkok has a fairly substantial What's On Guide that is updated on a daily basis.
http://bangkok.angloinfo.com/information/whatsontoday.asp
You can choose to look by event category, event location or event date. For example today we have listings of 63 different events and 296 future events.
Thanks Gavin. I'd forgotten about your website. Whoops !!!
Another listing of cultural events can be found in Traversing the Orient magazine on a monthly basis...i find it a useful guides that also includes less obvious concerts, lectures at museums and Siam Society as well as theatre performances.
Talen decided to create an Events Calendar for Thailand.
http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/events-calender/
If you have an event to add, please contact Talen at Thailand, Land of Smiles.
Although our new website is still in Beta, we have started posting events that didn't make the mag online @ www.bangkok101.com/category/whatson/ - hopefully as time goes by we'll be able to make this a more comprehensive go-to guide
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