The rooms in Thailand
Alonetogether
A jazz bar on Soi Sukhumvit 31, Bangkok, from the owners of Sugar Ray and Ku Bar: live bands Wednesday to Sunday downstairs and a second-floor listening room of rare pressings from Recoroom…
Club Salva Record Bar
The Modern-Day Culture team's second record bar in Ekkamai, Bangkok, opened in 2026 behind a red door: crates of jazz, house and disco and wines and cocktails built from fermented…
Clutch, The Warehouse
The nightlife floor of The Warehouse, a multi-level creative complex in Talat Noi, Bangkok: a shared living room on quiet nights and a rave when RomRom or Bangkok Community Radio take the…
Deaf Shop
Chiang Mai's first vinyl listening bar, open since May 2022 at 36 Prapokklao Road inside the Old City.
Freaking Out The Neighborhood
A small listening bar in a metal-container building off Soi Sukhumvit 36, Bangkok, from the Have You Heard team.
Fung Record Bar
An all-analogue vinyl bar up the wooden stairs of a converted traditional house on Prapokklao Soi 1, inside Chiang Mai's Old City: funk, indie, disco and rock on records, good speakers, a…
Japhoochonpak
A shop, bar and occasional stage in Bangkok Noi, across the river from the old city, built from the record, book and memorabilia collection of Tum Tokin Teekhanont.
John Lemon
Khun Pik's bistro on Samlarn Road inside Chiang Mai's Old City, opened in 2025, with the slogan Food, Drink, Vinyl: burgers, a garden, a large LP collection tended by staff, and diners…
Lennon's
The Rosewood Bangkok's vinyl bar on the 30th floor, styled on a 1970s home studio: more than 6,000 records, a weekly programme (jazz on Friday), smart casual, 20 and over.
Long Play Music and Bar
A dark second-floor vinyl bar inside Josh Hotel on Soi Ari 4, Bangkok, with a wall-sized projector, rotating DJs, and live jazz on Friday and Saturday with the Club Patongko DJ team.
Modern-Day Culture
An Ekkamai record bar in Bangkok run by friends who have collected vinyl for more than twenty years.
Noomtaofire Record
Khun Ae's second-floor record shop above a clothing boutique on Charoen Prathet Road, near Chiang Mai's Night Bazaar, opened in 2023: secondhand and sealed LPs across pop, indie, hip-hop…
OBi Record Bar
A vinyl listening bar behind a blue door on Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Road, Silom, Bangkok, opened in 2026 by the Yayyyyy team: rare Japanese pressings, dark wood, and a host called the Bar…
SIWILAI Sound Club
A two-floor audiophile club inside Central: The Original Store on Charoen Krung, Bangkok, opened in 2020: six OJAS speakers around a grand piano downstairs, and upstairs a pair of OJAS 816s…
Sober Record Bar
A vinyl bar on the third floor of the Merchant Gate Hotel on Song Wat Road, Bangkok's old riverside street, where the DJ plays from the balcony.
Soulmate Listening Bar
A converted old house off Soi Lat Phrao 41 in north-east Bangkok, wood throughout with a front garden, where records play in the evenings: Thai and international easy listening and the…
Studio Lam
Maft Sai's small vinyl bar above Zudrangma Records on Sukhumvit Soi 51, Bangkok's home of Thai mor lam and luk thung on record. Closed for good on 28 February 2026.
The Toys Club
A café by day and cocktail bar by night on San Pa Koi Road, east of the Ping river in Chiang Mai, packed with retro consoles, where DJ Bird plays his First Press collection of jazz, funk…
Thirty Records
Khun Munee's record shop in Suthep, Chiang Mai, opened early 2023, with a hi-fi listening wall at the back: Pioneer CS-77A and Diatone DS-36BR speakers, sofas, post-1950s jazz and Japanese…
Wonderfruit Festival
Five days on the Fields at Siam Country Club outside Pattaya. Bamboo-architecture stages, sustainability ethos, programming closer to Burning Man than EDM.
Yayyyyy Record Bar
A one-shophouse record bar in a 77-year-old building on the edge of Nang Loeng, Bangkok, opened around June 2024 and named after the grandmother's grocery it replaced: 1,500 records, DJs'…
aftersun Listening Bar
A small listening bar made from an empty room in an old dormitory in Bang Bon, far west Bangkok: dark walls, 1970s light, a different vinyl DJ every night, a buy-and-sell record corner and…
Planning a trip
Hearing music in Thailand
Wonderfruit suits travellers who want house, ambient and world music alongside contemporary classical, in a festival that feels closer to a theme camp than a nightclub; the Quarry stage hosts the most interesting late-night sets. The 2026 edition runs from 3 to 7 December at The Fields at Siam Country Club, near Pattaya, and the middle days carry the deepest programming.
Fly into Bangkok (BKK). The Fields at Siam Country Club is about 150 km south-east by road, around two hours, and the festival's own site has the latest on transport. The festival uses reusable plates and no single-use items.
Bangkok's listening bars run from the strict to the social. Freaking Out The Neighborhood off Sukhumvit 36 plays every album first track to last; OBi Record Bar in Silom carries the jazz kissa idea with rare Japanese pressings; SIWILAI Sound Club on Charoen Krung has OJAS speakers built for the room by Devon Turnbull. The record bars (Modern-Day Culture, Club Salva, Yayyyyy, Sober, Long Play) are for talking over good records. Rail stops around midnight, so plan on Grab after that.
Chiang Mai has one listening bar, Deaf Shop inside the Old City, which prints which nights are for listening (Thursday and Sunday) and which for dancing (Friday and Saturday), and is on a break until 30 October 2026. Fung Record Bar is ninety metres away. Thirty Records and Noomtaofire are shops for the afternoon, with benches and a hi-fi wall to listen on.
Studio Lam closed after a 49-night farewell run, with its final night on 28 February 2026. For what Maft Sai and the Paradise Bangkok label do next, follow Zudrangma Records on Sukhumvit Soi 51.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Is Studio Lam in Bangkok still open?
No. Studio Lam closed for good. Its final night was 28 February 2026, after a 49-night farewell run.
When is Wonderfruit Festival held?
Wonderfruit runs for five days each December. The 2026 edition runs from 3 to 7 December at The Fields at Siam Country Club, near Pattaya.
How do you get to Wonderfruit from Bangkok?
Fly into Bangkok (BKK) and travel about 150 km south-east by road to The Fields at Siam Country Club, around two hours. Check the festival's site for transport options.
Which Bangkok bars are listening bars?
The strictest is Freaking Out The Neighborhood off Sukhumvit 36, where every album plays whole. OBi Record Bar in Silom, SIWILAI Sound Club on Charoen Krung, Soulmate in Lat Phrao and aftersun in Bang Bon are the other listening rooms; the rest of the twenty are record bars and shops. Each has its own page, and the Bangkok guide has hours and crawls.
Is there a listening bar in Chiang Mai?
Yes. Deaf Shop, at 36 Prapokklao Road inside the Old City, opened in May 2022 and is Chiang Mai's first. It is on a break until 30 October 2026. Fung Record Bar is ninety metres away, upstairs at Nuii.