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     Nightclubs and Entertainment















     Elaborate dance performance at Calypso Cabaret
         Calypso Cabaret
                                  Lumphini Stadium
     1                        6
         MAP S6  •  Asiatique the
                                  MAP T4  •  Ram Intra Road  •  Fights
     Riverfront, 2194 Charoen Krung   6:30pm Tue & Fri, 4pm Sat & Sun
     72–76 Road  •  02 688 1415  •  Show   Bangkok’s second major Thai boxing
     8:15pm, 9:45pm daily  •  Adm  •  www.  stadium moved out to the suburbs
     calypsocabaret.com       near Don Muang Airport in 2014.
     Transvestites in sequins lip-synch
                                  Titanium Bar
     and dance to pop songs (see p51).  7
                                  MAP T6  •  Sukhumvit Soi 22
         Saxophone
     2                        •  02 258 3758  •  Open 8pm–2am daily
                              Featuring an ice bar, the cool but
         Moderate prices and great
     music bring both Thais and foreign-  unpretentious Titanium hosts “the
     ers to Saxophone (see p56).  best all-girl rock band in Thailand.”
                              They play mostly covers but really
         The Iron Fairies
     3                        know how to make it swing.
         MAP T6  •  402 Soi Thonglor
                                  Living Room
     •  02 714 8875 or 09 9918 1600    8
     •  Open 6pm–2am daily        MAP T6  •  Sheraton Grande
     Like a cross between an Edwardian   Sukhumvit, 250 Sukhumvit Road  •  02
     factory and a magical playground.   649 8888  •  Open 9am–midnight daily
     Enjoy great burgers as you listen to   A stylish hang-out with a sophisti-
     live jazz. Book a table in advance.  cated ambience, Living Room
                              features top-class jazz musicians
         Clouds
     4                        every evening and at Sunday lunch.
         MAP T6  •  G/F Seenspace,
                                  Adhere the 13th
     251/1 Thonglor Soi 13  •  02 185 2365    9
     •  Open 5pm–2am daily        This club may be small, but
     This very hip Thonglor dance spot   the combination of a band, cheap
     plays mainly funky electronica and   beer, and friendly vibe make it a
     offers the best pizza in Bangkok.  popular hangout (see p56).
         Tawandang German
                                  Siam Niramit
     5                        0
         Brewery
                                  One of the largest stage
     MAP T6  •  462/61 Narathiwat   produc tions in the world, featuring
     Ratchanakharin  •  02 678 1114–5    over 150 performers, 500 costumes,
     •  Open 5pm–1am daily    and lots of special effects that take
     Get a big helping of home-brewed   the audience on a spec tacular jour-
     beer while big bands play morlam   ney to the enchanted kingdom of
     music from northeast Thailand.   Thailand (see p50).
                                           See map on pp94–5
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