Insight Bangkok by night isn't all unbridled sleaze, bump-and-grind bars and boozy cruising. There are lots of hip dance clubs and cool bars, plus a thriving live jazz and indie music scene. Less well know are its highbrow classical and modern dance and theatre events
Many visitors' expectations of Bangkok nightlife extend no further than the much-hyped up Patpong go-go bar options for entertainment once the sun goes down. The Thai craving for sanuk (fun) has in recent years seen booms in microbreweries and bars offering everything from Cuban cigars and art on the walls to clubs specialising in music as diverse as jazz, Latin, hip hop, house and mind-numbing techno, often all on the same street. In addition, there is traditional dance, theatre, opera, classical music, indie films and evening sports aplenty. Bangkok really comes alive under the cover of darkness, and never before has it offered so much choice to the nighttime reveler.
